To let my cat have kittens

[Mittens1969]

This is a more lighthearted thread than my two previous ones, but I'm fully expecting to be flamed by some posters on here, especially those who work in cat rescue centres.

I've had cats all through my life, I have 4 furry friends atm. I've finally given into temptation to let one of my cats, a 1 year old black and white female, to have one litter of kittens before having her spayed.

We used to let our cats have a couple of litters of kittens when I was growing up, and we never had any problems finding homes for them. I've never done this with cats since I've grown up, I've had a number of cats and I've always had them spayed/neutered.

But this time I couldn't resist. And I already know it won't be hard to find homes for the kittens and I intend to look after them for as long as necessary. I'll have 2 DDs who want to keep them of course.

So that's my AIBU basically. I would also be interested in suggestions from people who have done this.

OP our kittens came from a foster home with multiple cats. They just had a separate kitten room. No problem at all.
I think with the kids it depends. Mine could be trusted to stay away from the fosters unless I was with them. But they're older.

Opheliacat - Simply because in my reply to Abbylee I told her that she was talking shit, and I could say that because I was a farmer too and also "know animals". I assumed you'd read that and were having a go.

I am probably more than a little over sensitive about generalisations about farmers being "evil and lacking compassion" because we try very hard to have very good welfare and treat our animals with respect. Sadly, as your comment suggests, many farmers don't.

Well we were in agreement that Abby was talking cow manure then :)

@Quiettiger, thank you, I'll do that, I'm excited about this now. Thank you to those of you who have suggested this.

Mittens1969
Sounds exciting and a really nice thing for you too do