What age do kittens become less annoying?

[laurack]

I'm thinking more about possibly getting a kitty this year. Matilda still talks about her kitty and I think she'd love one. The local rescue usually has a range of ages on their website so I think we could probably get any age.

I want to avoid the super annoying kitten stage. BUT on the other hand if they are older the description often says they "are used to quiet" "want a peaceful home" etc. AKA no good for us. We'd like a playful cat who is good for kids and with a doggie.

Is there a sweet spot age where they will usually be good with kids/dogs/easygoing yet not a total kitten-asshole? I'm thinking like 8-10 months? or are they still really annoying at that age?

I also don't want an old cat, I know it's terrible but after all the money we spent on ozzy last year and such, I would rather decrease my chances of large vet bills for the near future.

[Deleted]

I find under 2 can still be annoying lol. We got Bob at 2.5 and he was perfect. I would just keep looking, I looked for months until I saw him on the website and knew he was perfect for us.

[Deleted]

I guess my sisters cat was annoying until like 5 lol. He had lots of energy and acted like a kitten for far too many years.

[laurack]

Thanks guys. The main thing I find annoying about cats is how they just go and knock things off ledges and such willy nilly. They can be such assholes

I don't like the way they can get anywhere no matter how high up it is!

Ok I might be changing my mind again. lol

[ktstorm]

I got my cat when she was 3 and I think she was through most of her shenanigans?

She still knocks glasses off the counter to drink the water, meows at our bedroom door if we don't leave it open for her, and is the most loveable sweet thing ever with the kids.

[ktstorm]

Apr 25, 2016 9:41:41 GMT -5 @destinationunknown said:

never. I was at my parents house last night and OMG. also, their food and litter smells= NO.

We keep Stormy's food and litter in the unfinished portion of our basement so the smell is not present anywhere else in the house or available for little toddler hands to play with. 

eta: we lived in an apartment for a few months, and the smell was awful. Most of the reason why all of her stuff is sequestered. 

[orriskitten]

We found a magical cat who is amazing with kids and doesn't just throw things. We got him at about 7 weeks old. But he is an unusually social and the best behaved cat I've ever had.

On the other hand, my older cats we used to have were assholes until the end. I think it's all about the cat and not the age.

[laurack]

Apr 25, 2016 9:43:58 GMT -5 ktstorm said:

Apr 25, 2016 9:41:41 GMT -5 @destinationunknown said:

never. I was at my parents house last night and OMG. also, their food and litter smells= NO.

We keep Stormy's food and litter in the unfinished portion of our basement so the smell is not present anywhere else in the house or available for little toddler hands to play with. 

eta: we lived in an apartment for a few months, and the smell was awful. Most of the reason why all of her stuff is sequestered. 

yeah when we had a cat before the litter box was in the basement so that is what we would do again

I don't think animal food really smells but we do dry food so that's probably why

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Apr 25, 2016 9:55:34 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

On second thought, just don't get a cat.

Lol yeah, I loved Bob, but I'm done with cats.  If I come here saying I want another one ever, just tell me no.

[lauranicole91]

My cat is awesome. We found her when she was about 10 or 12 weeks and she has been the sweetest addition to our family. She was good from the get go with the dogs and Peyton. And she's great with Logan now too.
She was past the playful biting by the time we got her. Not sure what else is considered "annoying kitten" stage. Haha.

[lauranicole91]

This was the day we got her


And this is her with Logan when he was younger

Seriously the best cat ever.

[puppylove64]

Apr 25, 2016 9:50:57 GMT -5 orriskitten said:

We found a magical cat who is amazing with kids and doesn't just throw things. We got him at about 7 weeks old. But he is an unusually social and the best behaved cat I've ever had.

On the other hand, my older cats we used to have were assholes until the end. I think it's all about the cat and not the age.

This, but we got ours at about 4 months and he had been at the shelter since birth both of my really awesome cats have been black males, dunno if that matter or just my luck!

Our shelter let you bring your current pets to visit a perspective new pet to see if they get along. Maybe you could try this?

[orriskitten]

Apr 25, 2016 10:30:58 GMT -5 puppylove64 said:

Apr 25, 2016 9:50:57 GMT -5 orriskitten said:

We found a magical cat who is amazing with kids and doesn't just throw things. We got him at about 7 weeks old. But he is an unusually social and the best behaved cat I've ever had.

On the other hand, my older cats we used to have were assholes until the end. I think it's all about the cat and not the age.

This, but we got ours at about 4 months and he had been at the shelter since birth both of my really awesome cats have been black males, dunno if that matter or just my luck!

Our shelter let you bring your current pets to visit a perspective new pet to see if they get along. Maybe you could try this?

Our cat is also a black male. I had one black male previously who was a really sweet boy, too. Just not a fan of people.

[shevacc]

We have two 8-year-old cats and the boy pees everywhere, so has been locked in a bedroom for the last 1.5 years where we go visit him. His sister gets the run of the house several times a week when we're awake, but I refuse to be awoken by cats after having 2 kids who don't sleep. These are the compromises we've made to be able to keep both cats. I can't imagine anyone wanting to adopt a skittish cat who marks often and we're not sure how his sister would do on her own.

So I'm team no cats.

[katfco]

When they become dogs.