Kitten question? Is this situation ok? (ive only looked after cats before!)?

Question

When i was 5 we owned kittens, but obviously i cant remember this :s Anyways:

-I work 6hours a day, 5 days a week (but when i get the kittens, i will have 2 days off)

- I plan to get 2 kittens to keep each other company, they will both be neautered, and may be brother and sister depending on what kittens i fall in love with at the shelter :)

- They will be inside/outside cats and i live in a safe area in england (your lucky if a car passes every hour at about 20mph) please dont lecture me about the bad points of a cat being an innie/outie i know all of these facts, and ive lived with cats ever since i was a baby and all of those cats lived till way into thier late teens (apart from a few cats who lives till 20+) without any accidents caused by being outside.

-In the process of buying the basics. (cat scratching post, cat food bowls and water dishes, cat food, litter box, toys, cat bed, cat brushes, and blankets and of course cat litter) but what else do you think is a wise investment for kittens?

-As i said earlier, i havent really brought up kittens, but i have looked after cats and had 4 of my own that i cared for as a teen. Some brief notes about care for kittens please? anything i need to know?

2 last things: so is my situation a good one? what could i do to improve?

and- any more tips on how to care for kittens would be great :)

I LIVE IN A DOWNSTAIRS FLAT, QUITE BIG, HAS A GARDEN, NO WHERE NEER ANY MAIN OR BUSY ROADS. :)

Answer 1

Although I disagree about the innie/outtie aspect, it surely sounds like you're ready to be a good pet parent.  The only thing I can think of that you might also need is a decent pair of nail trimmers and some double stick tape to keep them from scratching stuff and some cat nip to encourage them to scratch on the post.  Good luck!

Answer 2

Sounds like there about to be a couple of very lucky kitties!  Make sure to get them a good cat tree with scratching posts so they can run, jump, play inside on it. Regular vet care is very important.

There are usually conflicts with indoor/outdoor opinions on here. Most of us in the US and Canada don't realize the different regional/cultural issues and will suggest indoor only for other countries. I recently learned quite a bit about these differences. In the US, we have high populations of coyotes and more travel by car so our kitties are considered safer indoors. You lucky folks don't have these issues and some places even have laws in place requiring cats have a means of going outside. Please forgive any US people if they down you for letting the kitties outside.

Answer 3

Looks like your ready to bring up those kittens. If i were you i would get some toys eg. rattle balls or the little mice that you can buy but apart from that all you need now is the kittens themselves!

Answer 4

No problem, kittens are easy, they almost take care of themselves. Just make sure they have easy access to the litter box, all of mine have instinctively litter trained themselves but to be safe, keep houseplants out of reach until they are used to the litter. I have a cat who wanted to be an outtie til she got lost for a week, its been a year and a half and she only ventures outside to lay under the porch for a while then comes back in, some are happy indoors some want to be outside now and again, just depends on the cat, sounds like you have everything you need.  In my wxperience kittens are the easiest animals to raise, as they say, you may own your dog but your cat owns you;)