I must be crazy

Well I'm the owner of snowball, to refresh ya'lls memory...

Today around 6:30 pm, I walked out into my back yard and saw my 9 month old cat with strange looking thing hanging from his mouth. I screamed at him and he dropped it. It turned out to be a kitten. A young kitten. So I called for my dad and he ran out and grabbed the kitten. Now my dad is a self proclaimed cat hater. I think he is all talk though. He just started cuddling this kitten and calling her baby and cooing at her. On the surface she is fine. I am going to make an appt for her next week. She eats cat food ... but she won't drink water out of the bowl. She only drinks it if it is on the floor. That worries me.

Ultimately, here is my question ... can I put the two kittens together? I have already and they seem okay together ... no meowing, no hissing, but they are swatting at one another. Right now they are separate. Ya'lls have helped me before ... please help me again...

BTW ... my dad named her patches. And his decision is --- we're keeping her. BUT she is my responsibility. I must be crazy!

Forgot to add pics .. here they are

They are both precious!! I hope that everything turns out fine for Patches. Please keep us posted!

Well, congratulations on a new addition - she's a cutie! If you haven't done so, please frontline Patches and get a vet appt. asap!!!

I put ear mite medicine that the vet gave me for snowball in her ears. The inside of her ears were completely black and she was scratching them. Should I have done that?

Ahh she's trying to look coy in that first pic.

As far as them getting along?
They're very young, I don't think it'd do any harm.
I personally would have waited till after the vet gave her a clean bill of health first.
And you should probably not put them together until she gets a clean bill of health from the vet.

Sounds about right...I guess...might as well put some on snowball's too to prevent infection...

Well it is snowballs medicine cuz she had a really bad case of earmites when I found her. Isn't snowball a porker now???

Snowball is deaf, correct?
If so, this is actually great as most deaf (or blind) cats will form a strong bond with one cat and that cat will usually look out for them for life.

Oh my gosh I am in love! they are both just soooooooooooooo cute! awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

They are precious...PRECIOUS!!! The only thing I would worry about, really, is communicable diseases when putting them together. Do you know (I forget, sorry) if Snowball is deaf? If she does end up being deaf, I think the best thing would be a playmate who could look out for her and be her ears. They usually play somewhat roughly, but I don't know if I'd leave them alone...

Here are a couple of my girls at about 6 or 7 weeks...

They make an adorable couple! They will be so happy to have each other to play with.

Snowball isn't deaf. I don't know where that came from. She's perfectly healthy... Just a porker with a wild streak.

Because she is white with blue eyes, typically, that would mean a deaf cat.

White cats with blue eyes are very often deaf.

Oh wow .. no I don't think she is ... cuz she cries over loud noises... but I will ask the vet next week. She is almost 6 weeks old ... her eyes might change colors still right?

No, those are not the blue of baby cat eyes, those are the blue of a blue eyed cat.

I would take them apart until after the new kitten sees the vet. I accidentally exposed my first foster litter to distemper by adding 2 new kittens. And the new kids had seen the vet once, and got a clean bill of health!

She is very adorable. As is Snowball. But I have to say I just hate kitten season, with all these poor babies just outside! Maybe you can follow your 9 mo old kitten the next time he goes out, and he will show you where he found the new baby so you can look for the rest of the litter?

Thanks for saving these two babies.

By 6 wks their eyes are changing color or have already changed. My 6 wks old kittens all have green eyes, although they are different shades of green. Buddy is the only one who still has blue eyes and I don't think that will change.

The eye shine is the best way to tell.
A true blue eye will shine red, all other colors shine green or yellow.

I don't want snowball to be deaf.