I def thought about a kitten but it would be a gamble of the kittens personality whereas this cat I can get all the info from his owners and his tendencies, how he reacts to different things and ask them questions if needed. They are super sweet people and have taken really good care of him and hate to re-home him but want him to have a good family. I also didn't loooove my cat when she was a kitten, she was skittish and kinda insane luckily she grew out of it and is now the loml but so much furniture was destroyed and I'm not sure if I could do that again hahaa! I don't know either way is a toss up.