Rehoming Kitten

I have been taking care of a kitten for the past 3 weeks and she has become attached to my other 3 cat . My best friend will be moving into her home in about a month and wants to adopt this baby. My question is: is it emotionally okay for her to go? I dont want to decrease her quality of life if she was to go with them.

Kittens are very adaptable to new environments. While she may miss your other cats a little bit she will get over it quickly. If you know and trust them then I am sure she will be just fine.

My only concern is that she has attached to one as a mother figure. She is about 7 weeks old now so we have had her since about 4 weeks old. They have all taken her under thier wing

Most kittens leave their mothers, that is a natural part of growing up. So I still think she would be fine but the bigger question is whether you can stand to let her go.

I agree the question is can you let her go? Do you want to.

I will add that I think she should stay with you and your cats until she is 4 months old. Technically everyone recommends letting a kitten stay with mom and siblings until they are 12 weeks old (or in your case with you and your cats.) She will learn a lot and be a much better behaved kitten if you keep her another 5-9 weeks! If they really want her and not to just adopt a cute kitten they will wait.

That said I raised 3 kittens from 4 weeks. At 11 weeks I adopted out one to a family member of a friend of my step dad’s. 2 weeks later he was returned (I should have vetted his adopter better.) When he returned he was super clingy to me and was not comfortable being in another room from me for a couple months afterwards. In fairness he is part siamese and I moved, leaving his brother and sister behind. However after a couple months he is back to normal and gets a weekly play date with his brother. So even if it traumatizes her a little to be adopted out, she will be OK. Personally I think bottle babies are fantastic and a rare gift when you can adopt one. So if you keep her or adopt her, her forever family will be lucky! *can we see a picture of her to bask in her cuteness?

Here she is! It's not that I do not trust them I am just attached to this baby. They will have a new born and settling in to their new home. I think It is a bit much for them. I extended the offer of then taking her when I wasnt sure she would be a good fit. Obviously she is just fine. Another thing is that thier dogs are not cat friendly and mine are( even going as far to clean her) I just want her happ .

OK it was an even match until you mentioned newborn and non-cat-friendly dogs. Keep the kitten! Kittens require lots of energy and can, well be exasperating minions as the destroy/explore everything. Which is fine, but add in a sleep deprived zombie parent of newborn and that sounds like to much for any sane person to take on. Maybe when their baby is a year old or three years old they can get a kitten?

I will add my failed foster story: I was drawn to my little dude from the beginning; however I could only take one cat to my new place and I already had a cat. Both boys were supposed to be adopted out and my mom was keeping the girl. I saw him and he reminded me so much of my bud Dante (R.I.P.) that I was trying to hold off on loving him. He was his own cat, with letting me carry him belly up and his brother being his best friend. The hyper ness, bat ears and long tail all reminded me of Dante as a kitten Now he lives with me and is my little dude. I’m sure if you asked him, he would say he was always meant to be mine; Uncle Dante passed the punk torch to him ...... and he knew how I really felt even though I tried to deny it, when he was little! Plus he has no idea why I sent him away for two weeks but he is never leaving my side again!!!



So listen to your heart, admit defeat and congratulations on your new kitten!

Agirlnamedkylie said:

Another thing is that thier dogs are not cat friendly

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Knowing that, why is it even a question? They should not get a Cat if their Dogs do not like them, it will be stressful for the Cat, the Dogs, and for them trying to deal with it.

Unless they have a home catified beyond belief (with lots of cat shelves and trees), two doors between the dogs and the kitten room and a full time nanny ...... plus a dog trainer/behaviorist set to start training their dogs this week, I would not consider the home to be safe. Since that seems unlikely, they should know better and do what is best for the kitten (maturity!) * newborns/babies make their parents sleep deprived and tired people make mistakes. Add in the dogs and in under a minute, the kitten/a full grown cat could escape the cat room and be killed by a medium/large dog with one well placed snap of the teeth!!!

You can soften the blow by telling them the truth; that you love her to much to let her go. You don’t have to tell them what a bad idea getting a kitten is, unless they start looking for a kitten.