Hi everyone!
Hubs and I recently took in a semi feral mom and her 3 kittens. There are two girls and one boy. Kits are now 16 weeks old. I have a wonderful adopter lined up to take 2 of them. (She has 3 kitties already). My issue is that we have 9 indoor cats (yes, really), who are loved and treated well. We have to keep the mom, at least temporarily, til she is socialized and comfortable, then she might get adopted out through local rescue. We're going to keep one girl kitten so she has an instant friend. (My adopter def wants the boy). So here are the kitten personalities we have: Female kitten A, who is fearless and friendly--was the first one to force her way out of the kitten room to go meet our Gen Pop. She is really playful, and wrestles/runs around constantly with her brother. Boy is almost as brave, and friendly too. Female kitten B is smaller and quieter. Initially she would hiss at everyone in Gen Pop, but she's gotten friendlier and more playful with more frequent access. She is pretty attached to me and still tries to nurse on my head/neck while I'm sleeping, even though we didn't sep from mom til about 12-13 weeks. On one hand, I can see Female A getting along great and not being bullied in the family, but she's buddies with her brother and I'd feel bad about splitting them up. I can see Female B doing OK in our family because she's not obnoxious, but am worried she might be bullied without her brother as protector. She might do better in my friend's smaller household with only 3 new cats and then having her brother as sidekick. If anyone wants to weigh in, I'd love opinions (please be kind ). Our whole crew seems amused by the kittens, but I'm trying to guess at how the future would be. Thank you.
Hubs and I recently took in a semi feral mom and her 3 kittens. There are two girls and one boy. Kits are now 16 weeks old. I have a wonderful adopter lined up to take 2 of them. (She has 3 kitties already). My issue is that we have 9 indoor cats (yes, really), who are loved and treated well. We have to keep the mom, at least temporarily, til she is socialized and comfortable, then she might get adopted out through local rescue. We're going to keep one girl kitten so she has an instant friend. (My adopter def wants the boy). So here are the kitten personalities we have: Female kitten A, who is fearless and friendly--was the first one to force her way out of the kitten room to go meet our Gen Pop. She is really playful, and wrestles/runs around constantly with her brother. Boy is almost as brave, and friendly too. Female kitten B is smaller and quieter. Initially she would hiss at everyone in Gen Pop, but she's gotten friendlier and more playful with more frequent access. She is pretty attached to me and still tries to nurse on my head/neck while I'm sleeping, even though we didn't sep from mom til about 12-13 weeks. On one hand, I can see Female A getting along great and not being bullied in the family, but she's buddies with her brother and I'd feel bad about splitting them up. I can see Female B doing OK in our family because she's not obnoxious, but am worried she might be bullied without her brother as protector. She might do better in my friend's smaller household with only 3 new cats and then having her brother as sidekick. If anyone wants to weigh in, I'd love opinions (please be kind ). Our whole crew seems amused by the kittens, but I'm trying to guess at how the future would be. Thank you.