Why does Animal Aid prefer to adopt kittens in pairs, with another cat, or to a home with a kitten-tolerant resident cat?
Here are seven good reasons to adopt two kittens together: • One kitten can become lonely and bored, especially if the owners are out working or at school for a good portion of the day. Boredom is the first ingredient in cooking up problem behavior. • Two kittens socialize each other. When they play rough they let each other know how much biting is too much. They learn what is acceptable play behavior and what is unacceptable aggressive behavior. When they have a playmate their age they learn to be much better cats. • Two kittens are less trouble than one. One lonely kitten gets into all kinds of mischief out of boredom. Two kittens keep each other entertained and out of trouble. • It is great fun to watch two kittens play together. • Kittens find comfort in each other – just watch them sleeping curled together. • One kitten can easily irritate an adult cat. Some adopt a kitten when they have an older cat with the thought that the older cat will more easily accept a kitten rather than
