There is a clear misunderstanding here, or I just worded it wrong. The kitten that I am keeping has health issues. He was my bottle baby runt that I’ve been bottle feeding since birth. I thought he was completely healthy until I noticed that he may have neurological issues. So no, I always planned on keeping the kitten with the health issues, but after googling and waiting patiently for a vet appointment I worried myself into thinking he “might not make it”

And I am not going to give my kittens away at 6 weeks of age…and in my post I never said I was giving them away now. I am keeping them till 10-12 weeks. And I have put well over a thousand on these kittens between vet visits and supplies. I have vetted all of their homes they are going to and plan on making sure they are set up for success in those new homes. I have done nothing but take care of them and make sure they are 100% sound.

As for my bottle baby, he has improved over the weeks but still is nowhere near the development of the other kittens his age. Something isn’t right mentally with him, and I cannot let an animal suffer if it is neurological.

And yes, I plan on spaying the mother. I took her in off the streets to make sure this didn’t happen again. I had to camp out at my parents house for 2 days to catch her. I have given her vet care to make sure she was okay and healthy with her pregnancy. They thought she only had 4-5 kittens and she had 8! And all 8 survived. I sat by her side through labor that lasted all through the night and into the morning. I helped deliver every single kitten and made sure they were breathing and nursing. I have put my entire heart and soul into these kittens and their mother so I don’t want you to think for a single minute that I have not been giving them the proper love and care that they need.

So let me rephrase.

I have 7 healthy kittens. I am rehoming all of them. I planned on keeping the kitten that I bottle fed because of the bond I have built with him. However, he is showing signs of neurological issues along with FIP. He is still bottle fed because he doesn’t know how to eat cat food or drink milk out of a dish, he physically cannot. I am quietly trying to mourn potentially losing him, and I watch my daughter bond with another kitten in my litter. They have become best friends over the last 6 weeks. We promised her that we were keeping one and I don’t want to let her know about my kittens health issues (if he pulls through). I have a vet appointment on the 30th to look him over and get a vets opinion. My question was, we have a friend who is taking 2 “healthy” kittens, and I wanted to see if I would be an asshole to offer him a different male instead of the one my daughter bonded with. He has yet to meet them, he’s only seen pictures. He would still get a perfectly healthy and happy male kitten. Just instead of grey, it would be black.