We have an adult cat and a kitten. I had no idea how much hard work it is to have a kitten. I knew it'd be tough, but she's 9 months now and I'm still exhausted with her.
This is light-hearted though, we love her to bits and she has enriched our lives so much and it's so fun to watch her grow. She's funny, affectionate, playful, has all her own little quirks.
But I also cant wait for her to grow up. It's reminiscent of when my children were young. Waking up in the night, wanting to get up at 5am. Crying for me if I'm in another room and the door is shut, needing to have eyeballs in the back of my head in case she gets into any trouble or starts destroying something. Dedicating lots of time in the day for play. All the energy! And more energy! We started letting her go out but not unsupervised but she won't go. She just stands on the grass screaming lol she's not very confident. I was trying to encourage her to play outside but she wasn't having any of it. We've tried quote a few times but there's no sign of her moving a muscle. She won't even go back inside she just stands on one spot frozen going "WAHHHHH" until I pick her up and take her back in bless her. I just thought that it'd help her burn off some energy but if she doesn't want to then that's fine.
As funny and cute and delightful as kittens are, and as much as we adore her..... I think in future I would stick to adult cats. Does anyone else prefer adults too?