Today I brought home a kitten. DH not speaking to me (pics)

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We have an almost 3 year old boy cat. DSis's cat had kittens a couple of months ago and today I brought one home. He's bloody gorgeous! However, DH not happy and hasn't spoken to me since he came home. Will he come round???? I hope so.

It's also much better to introduce a kitten when the older cat is under 3yo.

Grumpylady was a bit dubious of Batcat when we first bought him home, but he's mellowed her out, she was a bitey stroppy madam before, but she was giving him a good wash within a week and they were inseparable after that.

Not so sweet now, he's turned teenager and is being an annoying butt head as young male cats can be at this age, but he will calm down...

I'm clearly a bad un too. My dh said we're not getting another kitten when my geriatric cat is no more. Yeah right we'll see about that..... He keeps buying bloody vintage tents (8 and counting) without consulting me, so it's fair game as far as I'm concerned. Gorgeous kitten

He's gorgeous. Utterly gorgeous.

My ginger boy was an accidental house guest, and my DH hates cats, proper hates them.

However I did tell ask him that his children were in love and would be heart broken if the cat went elsewhere if his was ok with keeping GingerBoy as would be with us for at up to 12 years or more

He is gorgeous! Your DH will come round.
I once bought DH a kitten for his birthday (and no, he hadn't asked for one!).
We have 3 but sadly my oldest one is getting very old.

You clearly chose the section wisely... If it was AIBU you'd get a roasting but it's the Litter Tray so people are on your side!

It took me a very long time to persuade my DH to agree to getting a pair of kittens, but he eventually gave in. However, if I'd got them before he agreed, he would have been seriously pissed off, and understandably so.

In our case it took pretty much daily nagging discussion, so if you only mentioned it once and then got one anyway without bringing it up again, YABvvvU.

Gorgeous kitty.

More pics please!

Haha! I wasn't going to put this in AIBU!

Your DH isn't talking to you?! Who cares! You have a cute kitten to cuddle .

Your DH will come round anyway. You'll catch him giving kitty a sneaky cuddle and baby talking to him very soon.

You really need to post a pic of your dh, so we can make an informed decision as to which should go and live with KnockMe

Your DH may not come round. In which case you'll miss him. (DH, not the kitten)

KnockMe can have DH, he takes up more room of the bed than a cat and kitten.

He is really cute

I did this to DH 13 years ago - consulted, was told no, and turned up after work one day with a tabby kitten in a box anyway. In my defence I had recently had a miscarriage and wasn't wholly rational at the time. DH tried to be pissed off, but a) he didn't want to argue in the circumstances b) tabby kitten SQUEEEE!

13 years on our boy doesn't have much time left but he has spent most of those years cuddled up to DH. I can count the days he has sat on me on 1 hand.

Enjoy your ginger cutie - I give it a day at the most before he belongs to your DH!

KITTENS

I will hold my hands up (and pit on my flameproof clothing) and admit I find kittens far cuter than grown up cats, and would probably lose interest when it grew up. BUT, and it's a big one, that's why I don't have them, because it would be horrible for the poor animal not to get the adoration it deserves for its whole life not just while it's tiny and cute.

So, so, SO cute.

More importantly how is the resident cat taking it?.

Oh my, he is a gorgeous little ball of fur there is no way your DH can possibly be angry for long. His eyes are just amazing! The kitten, not your dh, although I am sure he is nice too

My dp is getting fed up of me looking at your photos and going "awww look at him". Don't stop on my say so, he's bloody gorgeous.

Pleased to report that DH smiled at the kitten just now when he walked over his paperwork that he was doing at the table. (Knew he wouldn't be a big bad ogre for too long!)

Resident cat is taking it really well, they're just kind of looking at each other. Have hissed a few times but just seems to be curious with each other now.

I'm introducing them in short bursts. Kitten will be staying in the bathroom for a few days until they start getting used to each other, with short bursts of being in the same place throughout the day. I thought resident cat wouldn't like it, but he's been really good so far.

Better keep the loo seat down then. He smiled, your off the hook.

Just got to pretend you don't know your in the clear.

thats what we did, Batcat spent the first week in the bathroom, coming out for 'supervised' visits.

The funniest incident was when he found Grumpyladys blanket covered perch in the bay window.... he was sat up there on her blanket, pleased as punch, and she clocked him.. i thought she was going to go for him, but instead she stuck her claws in the blanket, pulled it slooooowly out from underneath him and sat on it.

Like your DH is going to be able to resist that gorgeous ginger face !
My dh is not a pet person really... but somehow we have managed to have 8 cats over our 28 year relationship :) (Two died of old age, lost two to roads, one to cancer... have three still going strong!)

Apparently I can't have any more until we are down to two.

What he doesn't know yet is that the next cat is probably going to be a dog ... (oh there will be more cats.. I am NEVER going to have fewer than two at any time!)

Hehehe!!!! DH has softened, we've just been watching them playing, and bigcat batted kitten on the head, but then jumped a mile! Kitten continued to carry on playing with the piece of cardboard he had found!
Bigcat, who usually sleeps on our bed, is currently keeping guard outside the bathroom door!

Aww I want a cat, my gf hates them though and has slammed her foot down and said absolutely not.

I'm not brave enough to ignore her

If he doesn't come round then you need to LTB.

I bet in a week's time they will be best friends.

I did this with our dog

In my defence I was not very mentally well at the time, but I said I wanted a dog, he said no, and I took the kids to see a puppy the next day who we later brought home.

He does love her now but doesn't get involved in her care. He does let her sit on his lap and snuggle though. She's smaller than most cats.

Stu If my DH did that I'd be absolutely livid!