Should I take in my cat's mum?

[JuniorMint]

I have a lovely little tortoiseshell girl, age 3 years. We've had her since 8 weeks. She's settled and loving, if a little on the skittish side as torties tend to be!

The lady I got her from has just posted on Facebook:
"Can anyone offer a loving home to my cat X, she is no bother and has been spayed but DH has developed an allergy".
The cat X she if referring to is my cat's mother, who is only around a year older as was just young when she had the kittens.

Should I reply and take her in?! I'd love to have two cats, in fact the only ready we didn't taken two of the kittens at the time was that we lived in a flat but we've bought a house now. I also love the idea of reuniting mother and daughter!

BUT my little cat is so settled, and is quite sensitive (have had problems with the Tom cat next door making her anxious), what if they didn't get along (would they "remember" each other?!) or she felt her space was invaded. ALSO I'm now 12 weeks pregnant, is it silly to take on a new pet with a baby on the way?

TIA for any thoughts!

The only reason not the only ready!

after three years her mom certainly would not recognise her and with being pregnant and having a nervous cat i would say lovely as the idea is it probably would not work especially introducing an older female cat into an already female household, the rescue i work at if someone wants another cat and already has a femal we recccomend that thwey look at a kitten of either sex or a younger gentle male cat

Agreed - I don't see that they'd recognize each other with so much water under the bridge. I'd recommend against it with change already to be on the way and with a sensitive existing cat.

We had a mum and daughter who recognised each other after a year but it didn't end well as the daughter had been the dominant cat in the house & the mum cat decided she was in charge.

It wasn't a bloodless coup.

Ohh thanks for all your replies, I suppose I did suspect this! I would love to take her in, but I guess it isn't very good timing for us- my girl is going to have a lot of upheaval in the coming months with the baby on the way so I should keep everything else as stable as possible for her. It just would've been so lovely if it would've worked out... I just wish I'd never seen that Facebook status!

Doesn't mean that you should never have another cat, Junior. Just that maybe right now is a time for a bit of stability as you mentioned.

Yes, that's true cozie. I actually always pictured getting a new cat/kitten when my DC (currently a plum-sized bump!) would be old enough to enjoy getting a new animal and enjoy taking a bit of responsibility over looking after it etc.

hi, just to show it can work. A long story short, my cats sister was in need of a home. (both cats had been my mums before she died) I had found out I was pregnant two weeks prior. the sister had burst her eardrum , had a head tilt and was wobbly. we had her in one room as was semi feral so could get her to do meds and vet trips. gradually let her out to mix with the three cats we already had. They never 'loved' her but they all got on. she died a year ago today aged nineteen. cats all coped well with the baby arriving as well as second one four years later.
Whatever you do will be right for you, I can't help being sceptical about all these allergies.