Beloved cat put to sleep a few months ago, shall we get a new kitten?

[Crunchymum]

Bit of background. Cat was 12, not a baby but pretty young and it was utterly heartbreaking as she got so ill so quickly. Then a week later my mum died suddenly.... so I've been a mess, am dealing with a lot of emotions and essentially just putting one foot in front of the other.

We have the opportunity to welcome a new kitten to our family and I'm just not sure? Anuy advice?

FWIW I work from home, we have young kids (but very "cat" savvy we had our girl before we ever had children) and our house is kitten friendly IE shabby

I just feel unsure?

[quote MatildaonaWaltzer]@Tomorrowisanotherdayyouknow and my beloved cat was killed by an arsehole dog that broke into my garden but I’m not spending a lot of time haunting dog threads telling people to get cats instead because dogs are cat murdering arseholes. And need their poo collecting in plastic bags. If you’re not a fan of cats what do you really think you’re contributing to the specific question?[/quote]
I was contributing an apology to the OP after making an unnecessary comment as I said in my post to her.

Yes i think you should rehome it - if you are working from home you can give it the attention it needs as a kitten during the day. sounds like a great idea

do it. :)

we are desperate to get another kitten. But QueenCat and PrincessCat are at loggerheads (and have been for years) so it's not the right time for us.

Yes, and then get another one

Maybe something to think about depending on the age of the kitten, its personality and how much attention you can give it. If its under about 4 months old and you can commit to 2 cats long term, this kitten might benefit from a playmate, but if its not tiny and it doesn't seem lonely, it will probably be OK as an only, especially if you can play with it a lot.

We've always had cats and apart from the first two, have never actively sought them, they've always found us and for years we had between 4 and 6 cats, that had either moved themselves in or had come to us like the circumstances in the OP.

But there was one point where, due to the passing of 3 elderly cats within a short period, we were down to one quite young cat and we did think about whether she needed a companion and we decided that we would not actively seek one, but see what happened and it was only a couple of months before a relative asked us if we could take on her cat as she was having to move between rentals and couldn't find one that would let her have a cat. Of course we said yes.

So the point of this is that, if this feels to you like the right time for you for this kitten, take this as a sign that you should say yes too.

@MatildaonaWaltzer

Yes! Unless you can get two. *@MonaLisaPiles* can you tell me how your older cat and kitten were introduced? We lost an 18 year old a month ago and still have her brother who doesn’t seem to be pining for her (the heartless shit!) but I have real reservations about how fair it would be to get a kitten (or two) at his age. He’s also still got a powerful punch in him so may also be unfair in the kitten(s)!

I also already had a four year old female cat too. To be honest I have always left them to it. They’ve all been fine together Thai so them about three weeks after the youngest arrived

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