is it okay for your cat to have no friends?

My cat's 5 years old. When he was like 6 months old we took him from my uncle's farm and he hasn't interacted with any other cats since. Occassionally a cat would walk past our house and he'd get all excited. Today one was right by our patio door and my cat really wanted to go outside and play with it or kill it or whatever cats do.

It's kind of sad, should I have a little kitty playdate or what?

No, it isn't okay for him to not have friends.

Honestly, my dog is almost three years old and he has no "dog friends", I don't think its sad.

My cat's 5 years old. When he was like 6 months old we took him from my uncle's farm and he hasn't interacted with any other cats since. Occassionally a cat would walk past our house and he'd get all excited. Today one was right by our patio door and my cat really wanted to go outside and play with it or kill it or whatever cats do.

It's kind of sad, should I have a little kitty playdate or what?

Half-Life_man

Same with my cat, and it's no big deal. It's normal for house cats to "not have friends."

I think... :P

Probably not.

I wouldnt know though, since I always have more than 1 of a type of pet.

4 dogs, 2 guinea pigs, 2 fish.

Yeah it's abnormal.

I think you should just go and have it put to sleep.

It sounds depressed and may attempt kitty suicide. So just do what it wants for it!

For whoever asked, he's an indoor cat but I take him outside for maybe 20 minutes every day or so, I guess he's psycologically normal because he goes outside and chases rabbits, kills mice etc. i just thought he would get lonely for other cats

You can be its friend and crawl around meowing like a cat.R0cky_Racc00n

[QUOTE="R0cky_Racc00n"]You can be its friend and crawl around meowing like a cat.elblanquito_81

Cat's are solidary animals(such as tigers and leopards), so it's probably alright for them to be alone.

It's probably not a good idea to introduce him or she to another cat because they will probably not get along.

The only way you can get a cat to get along with a cat is if they are raised together when they are kittens.

[QUOTE="elblanquito_81"][QUOTE="R0cky_Racc00n"]You can be its friend and crawl around meowing like a cat.R0cky_Racc00n

wow so cruel just inclose your cat from the outside world... how would you like to be locked up in your house with no communication to any humans but only to a cat?!

lol I'm really not as serious as I made that sound.

My roommate and i used to have an indoor cat as a pet,when we had to move out of our apartment the poor thing was really scared of going outside and actually peed on us.teh_destroyer

yeah my cat is not familiar with much else besides our house and backyard (too fat to be an explorer) and one time i took it out and cars were going by and she never seen them or heard them so she probably thought they were living beings who were out to kill. she pissed herself. she's happy enough inside or in our backyard, thats about it tho.

My cat's 5 years old. When he was like 6 months old we took him from my uncle's farm and he hasn't interacted with any other cats since. Occassionally a cat would walk past our house and he'd get all excited. Today one was right by our patio door and my cat really wanted to go outside and play with it or kill it or whatever cats do.

It's kind of sad, should I have a little kitty playdate or what?

Half-Life_man

Housecats aren't pack animals. They're not supposed to have friends, and most of them don't WANT friends.

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My cat's 5 years old. When he was like 6 months old we took him from my uncle's farm and he hasn't interacted with any other cats since. Occassionally a cat would walk past our house and he'd get all excited. Today one was right by our patio door and my cat really wanted to go outside and play with it or kill it or whatever cats do.

It's kind of sad, should I have a little kitty playdate or what?

MrGeezer

Housecats aren't pack animals. They're not supposed to have friends, and most of them don't WANT friends.

Darn it! You got to it before me. Cats get excited when they see other cats generally because they want to eat them. ;)