It sounds like one that has been dumped, JP. I've got seven in a 954 square foot house. The MAIN thing is to have ONE MORE litter box than you have cats, to clean them out frequently and rinse them out once per week. NO, I do NOT have 8 litter boxes, so I try really hard to keep them all clean. We use what I consider to be the best litter which is called Feline Pine. It is wood pellets which break down into sawdust. No tracking and once you've scooped the poopies, you can add it to a compost heap.

I always lock a new cat into one room for awhile. They all sniff at each other under the door and eventually get to take peeks at each other. Your old lady will have her nose out of joint for awhile, BUT a good trick to that is, after a week or so, when you are ready to let them meet, put something tasty on the ears of each of them, somewhere where it is not easy for them to clean it off quickly. The vets have a tasty tube of stuff called Nutri-Cal. Anyway, the trick is, the each cat smells that, starts cleaning the other one and before ya know it they are at least on their way to becoming pals.

It is also good to make sure each cat has some spot which they know is theirs, i.e. basket, blankie, or bed. If the older cat has one, be sure to discourage the new one from trying to use it by showing it a spot that can be its.

Yes, you can train it to the box, it probably already knows how. My cats all have their claws. I moved from a 25 acre ranch with 8 cats who went in and out at will, to a house in New England where they all 8 went to being in-door cats only. Now, that's the only way I will have it, although they do get to go out in an enclosure we've put up for them.

Cats are very adaptable, they just don't want you to know it! Plus, they really do like to have another cat around to exchange licks with and snuggle when it gets blustery. Give your old one lots of reassurance that you still love her, make sure she knows the other one is going to get spayed, just like her, and it'll be fine.

Use a pop can with one or two pennies in it, with tape on the top and if they start to get in a spat, toss it towards them, not hitting them, just near them and the noise will break it up right quick.

I have one that is coloured like you've described. It's not a particular breed, that I know of, but a beautiful mix. I'll see if I can find a picture and send it to you or link it here.

Let me know if I can help in anyway,

kat...really and truly, at least that's what they say!