I tell everyone, if you want a cat, get two, preferably litter mates. It is an identical amount of work to have two cats compared to one, and my two little girls (sisters but not voids) literally spend 90% of their time together playing and sleeping on one another. I would literally amount separating them to animal abuse. They need one another.
But a duo are often less likely to get bored and do something dumb and more likely to spawn the question of what place are they cuddling now.
Which often results in either on the couch or bed or under. Which is a lot less stressful than discovering ones kitty some how made the impossible jump to that impossible to reach ledge.
One of my girls spent the first five years of her life with her brother; someone adopted both of them and then returned only her. :/
(She's spoiled rotten now, though. I keep joking that I wish she'd go back into her shell a little, because she went from hiding in the closet to being the loudest cat I've ever seen.)
I adopted two unrelated black kittens from a shelter that had a policy that kittens had to be either adopted in pairs or to homes with other young cats. I thought it would be great for them to grow up together and they would end up bonded. The girl kitten ended up being a “people cat” in that she was only interested in interacting with people, and more specifically just me. She wasn’t abused or anything, she’s just a diva.
My boy cat is extremely friendly and outgoing though, and we just got a new kitten last year who ADORES him, so now they both have playmates and my queen baby gets some peace and quiet. So 2 is easier than 1, and in my case 3 was easier than 2. Good ol cat mathematics
Agree with 3 is better than one. I have two adult cats, I think they’re like 8 or 9, who were together since birth. Boy kitty is playful and loves being around other cats. Girl kitty is a little more indifferent to other cats and would get irritated by boy kitty’s attention. Last year I took in a stray. She was about 9 months at the time. She blended right in, like she had always been here. Boy kitty loved her on sight, girl kitty hissed a couple of times then gave up? Idk. But now boy kitty has a playmate so he mostly leaves girl kitty alone, girl kitty is happy to be loved on by humans, and kitten is well… a little crazy. When she gets her zoomies I call her parkour kitty lol. But they’re all happy and I love it.
I agree 100% except I think it is actually easier to have 2 instead of 1! I play with my kitties a LOT throughout the day and night. Still, I can't keep up with their zoomies and sibling fighting/playing which is basically a role play of the Lion King (without the murder)
I can't imagine just having one.
One of mine is a void though and boy does he love to occasionally hide in impossible to find places and disguises himself VERY well. So if you can't find them get a flashlight and take a breath. They don't abide by the laws of physics. But they are probably just tucked away napping.
I’m soooo glad you adopted her sister! They will forever be thankful for that! Honestly sibling kitties are the best. Hope it’s ok for me to post two oranges on the black cat sub but these two sisters were my bottle baby fosters and I was so heartsick that the rescue wasn’t going to try to adopt them out together. So to keep them together my partner adopted them. They are so bonded, I can’t imagine one without the other! 🖤🧡
We adopted a pair of brothers and when one is in a different part of the house the other gets agitated, calls for him and goes around the house looking for him. Even if they don't usually snuggle like yours, they still really need each other. They always need to at least know where the other is. The term "bonded pair" really means "bonded".
I can't imagine splitting up our boys. It would crush them. I'm so glad you were able to keep these two together. They will be so much happier and more well adjusted having each other. Also... twice the cuteness.
We too got two. In the same cage at the shelter no less. Sometimes they’re cuddled together. Sometimes they nap apart. Though they often “fight,” it’s obvious they are bonded. I am glad I decided not to separate (husband annoyed at first.) Smooth move shelter. It worked.
I don’t have a bonded pair but when my husband and I went to the shelter to pick out a cat I was secretly plotting to get two even tho he only wanted one. Well I fell in love with one cat, my husband fell in love with another and before I could make the case the shelter volunteer helpfully piped in to say “well it’s really better if you get two so they have a friend.” 🤣 mission accomplished!
We had a brother and sister, but the sister got hit by a car when she escaped during a blackout. We rushed her to the hospital but she died on the surgery table.
We're crushed but we know deep down it's her brother who's even more heartbroken. I'm sure our boy misses her everyday. He hates other cats.
I have a solo void and she seems to love the solo life. What cracks me up is that in her photos from her early days, she’s usually off by herself causing trouble while her littermates are snuggling 😆
It's also fun discovering new additional advanced ways to tell void twins apart the longer they live with you. I identify my girls with eyes closed based on just touching their fur or listening to their purrs now.
To be honest, mostly out of nostalgia. I haven’t actually watched any new episodes since the movie came out !
We walked into the shelter and there were some rambunctious kittens and a really sweet friendly girl, but then my partner spotted these two shy ladies hiding in the back of their cage.
“Heh, check out Patty and Selma over there.” They were originally Fiesta and Sorrento but as soon as he pointed them out and named them they were ours.
We got six year old brothers and a newer addition. I wish the blood bros were as bonded close as yours but they do all love each other in their own weird ways lol
When I adopted mine I knew I had to take both. They were cuddling in the same cage. I'm so glad you went back. My two sibling voids love to snuggle and play. The male likes to taunt her sometimes but she handles it well.
We also have a matching pair! We originally went to adopt Charlie (now Ozwald) and the woman said "well I couldn't tell him apart from his brother Clyde, so I brought both!" Needless to say we couldn't think of separating them. Make the happiest of memories with your girls!
Thank goodness, the shelter realized the sisters needed to be together – and thank goodness you also realized it and did the “right thing“! The cockles of my heart are warmed and just looking at the sweet picture of the two little girls becoming reacquainted is enough to put a smile in my heart all day!! Thank you so much for sharing this sweet picture and story. What are their names?
Unfortunately one of them passed away, the one on the left.. but these are my two babies, Binx and Twix. Twix is still alive and well and he has a stubby tail which we think was just a birth defect because we got his dna done and there's no bobtails in his lineage.
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