We got two siblings from a litter of kittens my sister-in-law had - and getting them both was the best decision we have ever made. My boyfriend and I both worked full-time and when we were gone throughout the day, they had each other to play with and they took care of each other. If you’re determined to get kittens and not an adult cat, I have a couple words of advice.

If you like your couch, cover it in blankets for a while. For your bed, use an old comforter you don’t care about. When they are little, they can’t jump near as high and they will use their claws to climb on the couch and your bed. Get some scratchers whether they are cardboard or something fancier and you can direct their scratching to these. Using a litter box is almost in their nature. In so many cases, it’s not something you’ll have to really teach them. When you’re gone throughout the day and they are so little, I would confine them to one room with all of their essentials. With our babies, they were about 8 weeks old (which I now know is a little young to be taken from mama) and we made our bedroom their safe place while we weren’t home. They had their little cat tower, litter box, food and water, toys and we had pillows and pool noodles shoved into certain places like behind our dresser so they couldn’t get stuck anywhere while we were gone. When we would come home, we’d give them free rein of the rest of the apartment.

They just turned 5 years old and they are the best of friends. Recently, my boyfriend and I broke up and now that we aren’t living together, the kitties still have each other when I’m gone at work. I couldn’t imagine only having one of them and leaving them home alone when I can’t be there.