Kitten dilemma

[FleurNancy]

We have been to our local cat rescue centre today to look at some kittens. Standard protocol is to adopt a pair which is fine. However me being the absolute sap that I am fell in love with the mummy cat. Only 2/3 years old and been a kitten machine until rescued pregnant with this lot.

Anyone got any thoughts on adopting one female kitten (the absolute spit of my much missed boy) plus the mum instead of a boy/girl pair? The rescue said actually they do usually manage to rehome the mums so weren't too worried that she'd languish but I'm a sucker for a rescue. All the cats I've had in the last 20 years have been male. Not that that makes any difference I guess.

Obligatory kitten pics attached...

BABY KITTY!!! What a little cutie!

I don't think it would do any harm. A colleague of mine had three cats - a mother and two of her offspring (son and daughter). They did okay together.

Oh their little faces!!!

We adopted mum and kitten. We are all very happy together. Cats have forgotten they are mum / daughter and think they are siblings. Cue play fighting, l want what you have etc. Until the vets or neighbours cats happen then they cling together

They are super cute by the way!

We were going to adopt boy/girl kittens, then Mum’s home fell through at the last minute so we took her too...

They all get on fine (after a bit of Mum asserting some independence when the kittens were old enough).

It can go both ways really - and partly depends on how mum is finding it all when kittens get to the 8-10 week mark. Some mum cats are really stressed by then and just want to be in peace without kittens really - and would be best homed without their kittens. Some seem to be more bonded with their kittens and would be happy to "keep" a kitten.

😍 they're so cute!
We have 3 cats, brother and sister and her baby (I say baby he's 9 now!) they've all got on fine :)

There's no way I can swing two kittens and the mummy cat past DH! Good point made about the mum though, she's had so many litters that she might be grateful for a bit of peace and quiet!!

My friend has mum and daughter. They get on very well.

We did exactly this! We planned to adopt just the mum, from a foster care unit, but fell in love with the last (female) kitten of the litter after the others were adopted in pairs. So glad we did, love them both to bits.

They were very happy together at first, then went through a phase where the little one acted up a bit and the mum taught her a few (fairly gentle) lessons! Now they're good, although the mum can be a bit tetchy if the LO tries to challenge her dominance or disturb her rest, the LO (now 2yo) has learned this. Don't think they'd be without each other really. The LO is still quite kitten-ish in behaviour, I don't know if this is due to always having mum around?

We have had this little beauty a week and she is amazing at using the litter tray just not good at cleaning her bottom! Is there anything we can do to encourage her? She cleans everywhere else. She is 10 weeks on Saturday.

Oh, can you take them all? I would! We have 3 cats, 2 of them related, the third not at all.

Showgirl

She very pretty girl!

I would suggest that for now she may need some help cleaning. Young kittens do rely on their mothers for elimination support.

Sorry I thought I had started a new post. Have reported my post. Thank you for the advice.