I do feel for you honestly but i must admit when we were looking for another kitten/cat i was calling regarding both really as people must realise that sooner or later that kitten will be a cat anyway.
I also admit that i am a bit of a novice when it comes to cats but would love to become more involved and help out etc.
When we got Muppet (She is 4 in april) We were told that she was about 9 weeks old - Honestly when we got there it was such a state the place was terrible and if i could have bought all of them home i would have done!
We later found out she was more like 6 or 7 weeks old
she had developed bad conjuctavitus (sp) but with the right vet treatment she was well on the mend quite fast - and although its probably not true i feel she has an extra special bond with us as she was so young when we got her.
She lived with our dog Woody who sadly passed away in June last year and she was terribly depressed by this and waited at the top of the stairs for weeks waiting for him to come home (It was heart breaking)!
We waited approx 6 months before we looked for another cat and although i did look for an adult i thought getting a kitten might be a bit more sensible (Mothering effect i think)
So in December i called a number in the local paper who was advertising 2 rescue kittens and although i was hoping that 1 would still be there i was holding out that much hope but sure enough the guy called me back that night and said there was 1 sister left!
I think i humanise out cats far too much as i was so worried that Muppet's nose would feel pushed out of joint by another cat entering her space
So we bought Dotty home who at the time was about 11 weeks old - We left her in the carrier for about 20 minutes so they could smell each other and finally let her out -
They have now been together approx 9 weeks now and there is still ears going back on Muppets part as it she is scared of her, Dotty jumps all over her, and there is hissing etc but nothing evil evil but i just wish they would get on 100& and love each other (Does anyone think there is still time)??
I'm so sorry for the long post i really didn't intend to ramble on lol!!
But what i think i'm trying to say is that I'm am glad we bought a kitten into a cat environment rather than the other way around as our thinking was that Muppet could mould the kitten to her way of life which i must point out hasn't happened!
But they are who they are and we love them loads!
Sorry for the essay! Keep up the good work everyone who re-homes kittens and cats you do a marvelous job!