Thread: Help needed. Don't know if I should get My Maine Coon a kitty companion!

I find that the males do tend to suddenly go into more of a couch potato than the girls thats why when people ask is there is any difference between the two sexes I always reckon if you want a village idiot with lights on & no one at home get a boy & if you want a busy busy cat get a girl,have you tried playing with a laser light that used to spark our lazy boy up & would getting him running about plus you can take the beam up the wall which makes them stretch up as well & give them a workout,I think he is just maturing into a typical male,although there are some exceptions to the rule as with all things...!
Also they are a pack animal so although a few are happy to be loners it is nice for them to have the company of another feline as well,I have brought both sexes into my household the first couple of times no problems at all but when the 4th male came the others were very anti & then when two more boys entered I had even more antis,all worked out though luckily so was very worried about bringing the new girl into the fold but the breeder & others said they bet I would have no trouble as she was a little girl & they were right,every cat even the antis just loved her from day 1 so I would now say perhaps a little lady for him to luv could be the way to go if you think you should go that route...x

My old boy is 18 and had been solitary all his life. I guess he thought he was going in to retirement. I had other ideas and got 3 MC babies to jog him along a bit in his old age They took a while to get accustomed to each other but they got there. Old boy loves watching the babies, occasionally joining in with their naughtiness and washing them. Like JCKerrison, they all love the laser pointer. Each of them have their favourite other toy from a vast array. I try to change them round so they don't get bored but they always seek out their favourites.