Comments on: The Best Kind of Shelter http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/the-best-kind-of-shelter/1431 understand their nature Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cat House on Kings - Cat Forum : Cat Discussion Forums http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/the-best-kind-of-shelter/1431/comment-page-1#comment-9659 Cat House on Kings - Cat Forum : Cat Discussion Forums Sun, 30 Jan 2011 18:57:23 +0000 http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/?p=1431#comment-9659 [...] I thought it was pretty cool. Maybe some of the members in California have heard of this place? Cat House on the Kings – Way of Cats blog I can only dream of that many cats [...] [...] I thought it was pretty cool. Maybe some of the members in California have heard of this place? Cat House on the Kings – Way of Cats blog I can only dream of that many cats [...]

]]> By: WereBear http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/the-best-kind-of-shelter/1431/comment-page-1#comment-1320 WereBear Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:23:57 +0000 http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/?p=1431#comment-1320 I have three cats in a 1 1/2 bedroom apartment. (The half is sized for a youth bed & a small dresser; we use it as a computer room.) The cat's need for territory is dependent on who they share it with, not its actual size. My three boys share a Litter Robot, a bed, and two people, because they get along. When cats don't get along, no house is large enough. The types of cats, and their blending, is a crucial element. We once adopted an Alpha kitten, who turned out to be too much for our apartment. It wasn't just the lack of space, though that was enough. It was that his night rowdies would also affect our neighbors, and our quarters were too cramped to give him the exercise equipment that would have helped. While his story had <a href="http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/the-importance-of-the-name/54" rel="nofollow">a happy ending</a>, it illustrates how the cat types perceive space differently. The apartment was too small for one Alpha, but I could get seven Gammas happy and contented there. (Quick! Someone revive Dear Husband!) For more tips, see my posts on <a href"http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/?s=space" rel="nofollow">Cats and Their Spaces</a>. I have three cats in a 1 1/2 bedroom apartment. (The half is sized for a youth bed & a small dresser; we use it as a computer room.)

The cat’s need for territory is dependent on who they share it with, not its actual size. My three boys share a Litter Robot, a bed, and two people, because they get along.

When cats don’t get along, no house is large enough. The types of cats, and their blending, is a crucial element.

We once adopted an Alpha kitten, who turned out to be too much for our apartment. It wasn’t just the lack of space, though that was enough. It was that his night rowdies would also affect our neighbors, and our quarters were too cramped to give him the exercise equipment that would have helped. While his story had a happy ending, it illustrates how the cat types perceive space differently.

The apartment was too small for one Alpha, but I could get seven Gammas happy and contented there. (Quick! Someone revive Dear Husband!)

For more tips, see my posts on Cats and Their Spaces.

]]> By: Bill the Splut http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/the-best-kind-of-shelter/1431/comment-page-1#comment-1312 Bill the Splut Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:08:15 +0000 http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/?p=1431#comment-1312 Just curious, but how big is your apartment? I have a one-bedroom condo, and it wasn't until after I got my second cat that I heard that "you shouldn't have more cats than bedrooms, so that they each have their own territories." Is that true? Killsy and Byron usually coexist pretty peacefully, despite their wildly different personalities. Just curious, but how big is your apartment? I have a one-bedroom condo, and it wasn’t until after I got my second cat that I heard that “you shouldn’t have more cats than bedrooms, so that they each have their own territories.” Is that true? Killsy and Byron usually coexist pretty peacefully, despite their wildly different personalities.

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