Death By Cute.

[Fierce Critter]

Don't say I didn't warn you.

[Onyx]

ack. OK. I'm dead now.

I promised my youngest daughter a kitten when we move into our house. I have a cat but she's 10 and doesn't play much. I'd actually rather adopt a couple of older cats, but she has had her heart set on kittens.

I'm really seriously thinking of asking the animal shelter to watch for a litter to come in so I can adopt 2 brothers or sister kittens, so that I'm sure they will get along, and when my older kitty is gone they can keep each other company. I think it will be so fun to watch them play though!

[Fierce Critter]

I have or have had the following:

2 brothers adopted as 6-week olds. They turned into Grover & Lincoln, my biggest cats. They got along phenomenally. Since none of the other cats came near them in size, they found they could play with/wrestle each other the way they couldn't with the others. Now that Lincoln has passed, Grover seems bored. The others won't wrestle with him 'cause he's alpha cat, and intimidates them.

1 brother & sister adopted as 6 week olds. Isabeau & Gus. They really don't spend much time interacting at all.

2 sisters brought in with their mother at 2 weeks. Ray & Phoebe. They grew into very petite cats - they both still look like kittens at 2 years old. They don't do much interacting with the other cats, they prefer solitary relaxation. They do interact some, but not a ton.

Being siblings doesn't necessarily mean interaction. It's totally situational. I personally think that male siblings do more interaction than females or female/male combos. But that's mostly personal observation, under specific conditions.

3 cats is a nice number. I don't like to talk about my cats dying, but we will never go into high numbers again, unless we inherit some billions of dollars and a big, isolated estate somewhere. I think up to 4 is a perfect number. More than that, and things start getting complicated.

[Msterbeau]

[Onyx]

Interesting stuff.

I do like the idea of 3 cats. My solitary cat is so lonely, and sometimes she also gets overwhelmed and gives a little soft bite because we pet her so much, heh.

I'm a little disappointed that some of your sibling cats didn't interact much. Somehow I thought siblings always did. I'm really wanting to make a good decision here because when I get a cat I never give it up unless forced to, so I want my daughter to be happy with playful kittens who get along and grow up to be friendly adult cats who love each other.

The cat I have now is just my kinda cat - bitchy and aloof. My daughter wants a really loving cat who thrives on attention and lots of petting. She does tend to love tomcats, and I have noticed they tend to be less bitchy and usually more loving. Male or female, I'll definitely have them fixed at an early age too.

[Homicidalheathen]

...I can't say it enough. You goths and your kitties. Sheesh!

[DarkRacer]

Aint they cute.......BUT ITS WRONG!!!!