Kitten Capacity
Sep. 26th, 2012 01:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pen_gruntI've always thought that a good kitty capacity for us was two cats. My two neutered boys are about a year apart and get along wonderfully. They're about... oh, 8 and 9 now.
And then my parents started being poster people for irresponsible cat ownership and kittens have been coming out of their whorish farm cat left and right and multiplying exponentially. I've been trying to re-home some of the kittens and have mostly been unsuccessful. People would rather criticize me about other people's spaying and neutering choices than actually, you know, think about whether someone they know would like to adopt a kitten.
And then this little guy was born.
He's adorable. And his favorite thing is to fall asleep in my lap purring while being petted and stroked and such.
And I really kinda want him. But... is 3 cats too much?
I asked D and he said NO THIRD CAT. Well, not forcefully. It was more like, "I think you want me to be the strong one here, so I'm going to say no." He could be convinced.
There are pros and cons. I would be giving a little kitten a good home. My cats are getting older and an infusion of fresh kitten in the house might do them good. On the other hand, three cats is a lot of cats. And it might disturb the cat-harmony in the household.
I just don't know. Do I want to push this? Look at that *face*....
And then my parents started being poster people for irresponsible cat ownership and kittens have been coming out of their whorish farm cat left and right and multiplying exponentially. I've been trying to re-home some of the kittens and have mostly been unsuccessful. People would rather criticize me about other people's spaying and neutering choices than actually, you know, think about whether someone they know would like to adopt a kitten.
And then this little guy was born.
He's adorable. And his favorite thing is to fall asleep in my lap purring while being petted and stroked and such.
And I really kinda want him. But... is 3 cats too much?
I asked D and he said NO THIRD CAT. Well, not forcefully. It was more like, "I think you want me to be the strong one here, so I'm going to say no." He could be convinced.
There are pros and cons. I would be giving a little kitten a good home. My cats are getting older and an infusion of fresh kitten in the house might do them good. On the other hand, three cats is a lot of cats. And it might disturb the cat-harmony in the household.
I just don't know. Do I want to push this? Look at that *face*....
