Adopting siblings a bad idea?

[orangemm]

We adopted Archy & Binky from Petsmart, too. They were advertised as "brothers", but I'm not sure about that. They are close as brothers and we've never had a problem with them. Sure they have their little skirmishes, but nothing major; just normal scuffling.

We had female littermates and they got along fine; both lived until they were 17.

[Taz_Zoee]

Yes, siblings fight. I know I did with mine.
But that's just silly to not adopt them out together. The shelter I work with adopts out kittens from the same litter together.

[happylabs]

Nope. Never heard that one before. Tinky and Mack are brother and sister and Mamma is their natural mom. They don't fight at all. Every now and then a swat over food bowls or a toy but that is it.

[kuhio98]

I'm so glad that the rescue we adopted Willy and Willow from don't feel that way. They are the best of friends. I don't know what Willy would do without Willow. He adores her and relies on her for comfort when he's feeling scared.

[DJFyrewolf36]

My parents had littermates when I was younger. Tiggus and Crybaby never got into nothing more than a minor cat spat and dad was convinced they plotted things together lol. They both lived to be over 18 yrs old too! I think if two cats are going to get along, they'll get along and if they won't then they wont. I do think cats are social creatures and if they are with another cat from the start I think the odds are better that theyll get along.

Maybe they figure not adopting out littermates together is a way to prevent hoarding too