I was supposed to foster kittens not ready for adoption through the humane society, but then I found two cats that stole me and adopted them. I wanted to get them adjusted before bringing home kittens.
Now I am concerned. I was told today (and wasn't PREVIOUSLY!) that kittens will need to be kept separate from the resident cats due to any potential illness an adult may have. UGH. OK, while I understand that, I am really let down!! I totally want to do this, but I don't have any extra rooms to close off! We have two bedrooms down and then the refinished attic. One bedroom is my son and daughter's room and the other is ours. One of the resident cats sleeps with us every night on our bed and my daughter ends up crawling in bed with us early in the morning. Just due to the nature of our lives, I don't think we can close off any bedroom. The attic doesn't have a way to be closed off PLUS it gets REALLY hot up there in the summer. We have a window thing up there (our central air doesn't make it up there), but it isn't so great. Our bathroom is small, too, not that I think it would be nice to keep kittens trapped in a stupid bathroom like ours.
So am I just hung out to dry now on this?? I thought about one of our child-gates but then I am sure our adult cats could very easily jump over those suckers. UGH.
Any other solutions??? If I would've known ahead of time, I would've waited on adopting any resident cat!!
Now I am concerned. I was told today (and wasn't PREVIOUSLY!) that kittens will need to be kept separate from the resident cats due to any potential illness an adult may have. UGH. OK, while I understand that, I am really let down!! I totally want to do this, but I don't have any extra rooms to close off! We have two bedrooms down and then the refinished attic. One bedroom is my son and daughter's room and the other is ours. One of the resident cats sleeps with us every night on our bed and my daughter ends up crawling in bed with us early in the morning. Just due to the nature of our lives, I don't think we can close off any bedroom. The attic doesn't have a way to be closed off PLUS it gets REALLY hot up there in the summer. We have a window thing up there (our central air doesn't make it up there), but it isn't so great. Our bathroom is small, too, not that I think it would be nice to keep kittens trapped in a stupid bathroom like ours.
So am I just hung out to dry now on this?? I thought about one of our child-gates but then I am sure our adult cats could very easily jump over those suckers. UGH.
Any other solutions??? If I would've known ahead of time, I would've waited on adopting any resident cat!!