The problem with having a very friendly, social cat is this: when you don't socialize with her as much as she'd like, she gets angsty. And she misbehaves
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I have mulled the same thing, getting another cat to give mine company for the times when I am not around a lot to give mine the attention she craves (she is standing on my lap as I type this, which does make the typing a bit of a challenge). I ultimately have not done it, for many of the same reasons you stated. Biggest one is the issue that there's no easy way to predict how two cats will get along until you put them together. Jennie is 12, and as far as I know, has never lived with another cat, definitely not in the six years I've had her. Like people, they get set in their ways. She is the alpha female by default, so the only possibility that I'd even consider would be a younger male cat (by younger I mean kitten or not much beyond). The biggest positive I see would be getting Jennie some more exercise - a younger cat is likely to engage her in more play than she does now, but at 12, she's definitely closing in on retirement age for a feline, so there could be too much of a good thing there
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Yeah... we've been working on not rewarding things she shouldn't do (i.e. if she bats at my earrings she gets a "NO" and then is put off my lap, etc, etc). She does seem to learn, slowly. It's just that when she gets bored she seems to backslide, which I guess is normal but which is still a little exasperating! I'm hoping she will mellow a little with age - end up like Jennie seems to be, social but a little more laid-back!
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