How about adopting 2 cats??? They can keep each other company when you are
not home. Also, get some interactive-type toys to keep them occupied when
you aren't there.
Good luck....
S.
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"Stan Brown" <the_stan_brown@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>I know this is a dangerous admission on Usenet, :-) but I'd like
> advice.
>
> I've been ten years without a cat, and I'm thinking of adopting a
> one-year-old neutered male from the shelter. I worry, though, that
> it may not be a good idea because I'm gone every weekday for work for
> 9.5 hours counting commuting, and during the summer I'm often out
> doing yard work. The last time I had a cat, I was working from home
> so there was plenty of time to play with him and make him feel secure
> as he adjusted to his new home. Then a couple of years later when I
> had outside work again I didn't worry about leaving him.
>
> But this time he'd be on his own most of the day, right from the get-
> go. He'd be the only pet in the household, and I'm the only human.
> And he'll be exclusively an indoor cat -- I'd do that anyway, but
> it's especially im****tant since he was declawed before the shelter
> got him. What do y'all think?
>
> And assuming that I go ahead with the adoption, is there a helpful
> FAQ about choice of food, choice of litterbox and litter, and so
> forth? I know I can look in the newsgroup archives, but there are so
> many contradictory opinions that I just get confused. Is there some
> good authoritative source?
>
> Thanks!
>
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> Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
> http://OakRoadSystems.com
> ****kata ga nai...
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