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We adopted two kittens, siblings, 14 years ago and they are perfectly raised and I have zero complaints and the two are true cuddle bugs and the female adores the male and he tolerates being groomed and snuggled relentlessly by her. While it was some work at fist, for years I'm always amazed at their manners, how considerate they are, and how they actually listen to you and do what you ask them which I'm told is not very catlike.
They are starting to get older though, and I was starting to think about the next generation. I think cats learn from each other even more so than from humans, and my two I think still have the energy to be the mom and dad to two new kittens. So we are in no rush but were floating the idea of adopting two 8-10 week old kittens, again preferably siblings that are bonded, and slowly introduce them to our two senior cats while they are still young enough to play with and tolerate the kittens and can show them the ropes and hopefully rub off on them. We have a decent size house, and already have a pull-out screen door installed on one of the hallways for when we want to section off the cats (say if workers are coming), so that can be used to separate the kittens from the cats for introduction purposes.
Has anyone done this, and did it work out? Or is four cats at one time asking a lot, and ultimately perhaps annoying to the older cats and we should let them be in peace by themselves without young intruders stressing them out on their turf?
They are starting to get older though, and I was starting to think about the next generation. I think cats learn from each other even more so than from humans, and my two I think still have the energy to be the mom and dad to two new kittens. So we are in no rush but were floating the idea of adopting two 8-10 week old kittens, again preferably siblings that are bonded, and slowly introduce them to our two senior cats while they are still young enough to play with and tolerate the kittens and can show them the ropes and hopefully rub off on them. We have a decent size house, and already have a pull-out screen door installed on one of the hallways for when we want to section off the cats (say if workers are coming), so that can be used to separate the kittens from the cats for introduction purposes.
Has anyone done this, and did it work out? Or is four cats at one time asking a lot, and ultimately perhaps annoying to the older cats and we should let them be in peace by themselves without young intruders stressing them out on their turf?