Cats?

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Kim and I have planned for years to get a cat, so now that we have our own house it seems to be time. Shortly after moving in, we visited the neighbors and saw their two cats playing together. This inspired Kim to upgrade our plans to two cats instead of one, and I had to agree with her: that way, the cats can keep each other company when we're both out of the house (or when we're out of town). Things seemed settled.

Today, we visited a fellow faculty member who has a local cat rescue operation. She has a bunch of kittens (and a few older cats) available, all of which are adorable. Among them is a set of three sister kittens who love each other ever so much. So now Kim is suggesting that three isn't that much larger a number than two (and I certainly share the temptation).

I'm a little nervous about where this is heading. :) But in all seriousness, for you cat people out there, how do you think three compares to two?

Comments

[ricevermicelli.livejournal.com]

We have three cats at the moment, because our older cat was lonely and we fell for a pair of sister kittens. In our situation, three cats sometimes mean an interesting 2 against 1 dynamic, but please keep in mind that two cats sometimes meant an interesting player vs. player dynamic. Three cats from the same litter who get along and everything strikes me as a fairly good way to get three cats if that's the number you're going to have.

Definitely keep up with the litter boxes (have at least two, scoop every day or two, change litter weekly), as otherwise they smell awful, and three does add up very much faster than two than you might expect.

And plan to spend your free time for a week or so sitting around squeeing at the cute.