Remind me what having kittens is like.....
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My two beloved cats both had to be put to sleep within months of each other after over 18 years together 
We're keen to get two more in January, and I always assumed to myself we'd be getting kittens.
But I've found myself thinking I can't actually remember what it was like having kittens (mine were 2 months old when I got them in 2008).......I'm right in thinking they'll claw the furniture, jump up on every imaginable surface, knock things over, climb the curtains etc etc
Anything else I need to remind myself of?
We're keen to get two more in January, and I always assumed to myself we'd be getting kittens.
But I've found myself thinking I can't actually remember what it was like having kittens (mine were 2 months old when I got them in 2008).......I'm right in thinking they'll claw the furniture, jump up on every imaginable surface, knock things over, climb the curtains etc etc
Anything else I need to remind myself of?
UTH said:
My two beloved cats both had to be put to sleep within months of each other after over 18 years together
We're keen to get two more in January, and I always assumed to myself we'd be getting kittens.
But I've found myself thinking I can't actually remember what it was like having kittens (mine were 2 months old when I got them in 2008).......I'm right in thinking they'll claw the furniture, jump up on every imaginable surface, knock things over, climb the curtains etc etc
Anything else I need to remind myself of?
Pretty accurate on all counts basically, mine didn't have any curtains to climb as I have vertical blinds but yes jumping on every possible surface and knocking everything off the said surface is normal. Mine has calmed down somewhat at 18 months old, still likes to zoom around the house and jump off surfaces but he's a bit less clumsy than he was. We're keen to get two more in January, and I always assumed to myself we'd be getting kittens.
But I've found myself thinking I can't actually remember what it was like having kittens (mine were 2 months old when I got them in 2008).......I'm right in thinking they'll claw the furniture, jump up on every imaginable surface, knock things over, climb the curtains etc etc
Anything else I need to remind myself of?
clawing at the corners and edges of carpets was the biggest damage.
Timref81 said:
Ours is 10, and she's still a knob. Rescue a slightly older pair? Plenty needing good homes, and pairs that rescue centres wont split up are more difficult for them to home.
I think we're pretty set on kittens, 4 year old especially keen, just want to make sure we're preparing ourselves properly. 
Kittens are lovely but, if you are looking for two cats try and find an older bonded pair.
Rescue centres really struggle to place pairs and especially older pairs. They hate to see them separated, so they will be delighted if someone came and took both.
If you can deal with the possible bills, then oldies are best - they tend to be left at centres because everyone wants a kitten, whereas, I love the olds.
Castrol for a knave said:
If you can deal with the possible bills, then oldies are best - they tend to be left at centres because everyone wants a kitten, whereas, I love the olds.
I mentioned 'ours', we actually have 4. One of them, Alfie, is blind, and 12 years old. When we took him on Cats Protection were delighted, he'd been somewhat a long termer. Castrol for a knave said:
Kittens are lovely but, if you are looking for two cats try and find an older bonded pair.
Rescue centres really struggle to place pairs and especially older pairs. They hate to see them separated, so they will be delighted if someone came and took both.
If you can deal with the possible bills, then oldies are best - they tend to be left at centres because everyone wants a kitten, whereas, I love the olds.
Rescue centres really struggle to place pairs and especially older pairs. They hate to see them separated, so they will be delighted if someone came and took both.
If you can deal with the possible bills, then oldies are best - they tend to be left at centres because everyone wants a kitten, whereas, I love the olds.
As much as I do like the idea of being able to give cats a good home, I think my daughter would love the magic of having cats from kittens like I did with my previous 2.
We had 2 kittens nearly 4 years ago, brother & sister from the RSPCA, they were around 3 months old when we brought them home and they get on most of the time now they are approaching 4 years old.
Personally I think we've been lucky with these two, they haven't destroyed the house, and they were house trained when we collected them. But they were still crazy, running around, sleep, eat and repeat.
Sure they get up to no good and now they're older the male is the keen hunter and kind of does what he wants, his sister is still crazy and have some mad half hours, but she is generally OK but does push the boundaries a little when she's in that mood.
Personally I think we've been lucky with these two, they haven't destroyed the house, and they were house trained when we collected them. But they were still crazy, running around, sleep, eat and repeat.
Sure they get up to no good and now they're older the male is the keen hunter and kind of does what he wants, his sister is still crazy and have some mad half hours, but she is generally OK but does push the boundaries a little when she's in that mood.
Timref81 said:
Ours is 10, and she's still a knob. Rescue a slightly older pair? Plenty needing good homes, and pairs that rescue centres wont split up are more difficult for them to home.
If you can, you should. But I was so upset by the loss of our last cat that I was not prepared to go through it again so soon and I wanted to share a full innings with the new cats which we have now had for 10 years and are hoping will get to 15 plus.Gassing Station | All Creatures Great & Small | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff