The bug is upon me again. Over the past few weeks, I have been considering getting a new kitten more and more. As many of you know, I have two cats right now: Memphis (1 1/2 years) and Tails (4.5 months), who I adopted 4 and 3 months ago, respectively. They get along very well and they don't cause any problems.
This isn't a question of IF I'm going to get a third cat, but WHEN. My hesitation comes from me being in grad school right now. I graduate this spring, and I am interviewing for jobs that I would start over summer or in autumn, but right now I am living on student loans and some help from my parents. However, this is the perfect time time-wise for me to get a new kitten. I am taking four classes, which is only 16 hours per week I'm gone including travel, while a job will take up at least 50 hours per week with travel. It sounds like I a being impatient, but I am thinking about this long-term. I know a kitten is a large chunk of time right away until they mellow into adults and I fear I won't ever have the time for a rambunctious kitten again until I am at least married and possibly have kids (to split the time and responsibility up).
I understand one, maybe two emergencies would completely drain my emergency funds, and I wouldn't be able to afford it if all my cats got sick at once, but I do have enough emergency funds to cover some big problems.
In all honesty, this would be an addition mostly for my benefit. I would never do this if I thought it would be detrimental to my cats in any way, which I don't, but the desire for another cat comes from me and not how my cats are acting is what I'm trying to say.
I am thinking about getting a young female kitten to add some variety and drama to our situation. Right now I am on the look out, but I'm in the mood where I need to find the perfect kitten before I make any moves. On one hand I feel impatient, but on the other I will not make a decision without fully considering all the consequences and repercussions.
So after hearing my reasoning and situation, what do you all think about me getting a thrid cat? I'm trying to figure out if I'm not thinking about all the issues, or if I am understating ones I did bring up. I really want a third cat, and I know it would complete our house, but I don't want to do something that will end up harming my current cats.
This isn't a question of IF I'm going to get a third cat, but WHEN. My hesitation comes from me being in grad school right now. I graduate this spring, and I am interviewing for jobs that I would start over summer or in autumn, but right now I am living on student loans and some help from my parents. However, this is the perfect time time-wise for me to get a new kitten. I am taking four classes, which is only 16 hours per week I'm gone including travel, while a job will take up at least 50 hours per week with travel. It sounds like I a being impatient, but I am thinking about this long-term. I know a kitten is a large chunk of time right away until they mellow into adults and I fear I won't ever have the time for a rambunctious kitten again until I am at least married and possibly have kids (to split the time and responsibility up).
I understand one, maybe two emergencies would completely drain my emergency funds, and I wouldn't be able to afford it if all my cats got sick at once, but I do have enough emergency funds to cover some big problems.
In all honesty, this would be an addition mostly for my benefit. I would never do this if I thought it would be detrimental to my cats in any way, which I don't, but the desire for another cat comes from me and not how my cats are acting is what I'm trying to say.
I am thinking about getting a young female kitten to add some variety and drama to our situation. Right now I am on the look out, but I'm in the mood where I need to find the perfect kitten before I make any moves. On one hand I feel impatient, but on the other I will not make a decision without fully considering all the consequences and repercussions.
So after hearing my reasoning and situation, what do you all think about me getting a thrid cat? I'm trying to figure out if I'm not thinking about all the issues, or if I am understating ones I did bring up. I really want a third cat, and I know it would complete our house, but I don't want to do something that will end up harming my current cats.