Three cats vs. two cats

[Anonymous]

We are considering adding a third kitten to our two cat family.

Currently we have two cats: an 8 month old kitten (whom we got at 3.5 months) and a 4 year old adult cat.

Cat and kitten are getting along well but as kitten gets older and bigger (and is now the same size as adult cat), they are fighting more because kitten always wants to play and is now stronger and more boisterous than adult cat. Adult cat is constantly hissing and growling at kitten when kitten plays too boisterously (which is most of the time) but they sit nicely and cuddle each other when kitten is tired or when they are both sleeping. So I'm not worried that they don't like each other or that this is a situation where we need to call in a feline behaviorist.

We are thinking of getting a third kitten so that kitten and new kitten will be buddies and leave the older cat alone more. We have a single family house so lots of room for the cats.

Would this be a bad idea? My concern is that older cat would get overwhelmed by two boisterous kittens.

[Anonymous]

Three cats is cat lady territory.

[Anonymous]

We have three cats and a dog and it's great! Our older cat is NOT into playing, and the two younger ones have each other to romp around with to their hearts' delight. It's not really any more work than having two, either.

I'd foster to adopt, in your shoes, just to make sure that your younger cat enjoys the new one and it doesn't turn into two little kitties ganging up on the third. I'm sure you already know this - but it can take a couple of weeks (or even a little longer) for everyone to adjust to a newcomer, so you might not know on day one how it's going to go.

In short - three cats is great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Three cats is cat lady territory.

Np. And how is this a problem?