When I lost my beloved Andy, supercat, back in 1993, I was grief-stricken...but lonesome. I knew I couldn't replace him specifically, nor would I have wanted to try, but I could not stand my too-quiet house. I went to the shelter a couple of days later and adopted two sibling kittens who are still with me today at age 17. No, they didn't replace Andy, but they sure did distract me with their curtain-climbing and escape artist antics! They are both curled up in my lap right now as I type this -- Gus and Lori.