Marabell & Odette

I was staring at the screen wondering what to write about tonight. An almost as if on cue, Marabell and Odette started playing. First Mara approached Odette, and started to groom Odette, then suddenly my neighbour slammed their car door shut, which made the two girls jump and run for cover. You would think that these two would be used to these noises after a year and half, but I guess some cats just spook easier than others. My neighbours cat, Bailey, I am sure is used to all the noise of vehicles, because she lives outside most of the time in my carport.
Back to Mara and Odette, once they gained their composer, they decided to have a little boxing match. These two have always played well together. I guess that is because they grew up together. Most of my cats were added as singles and as adults. Separated from their siblings long ago, so I never really experienced two kittens growing up together.

Mara and Odette are not siblings, but they are almost exactly the same age, give or take a day or two. And have lived with me since they were about 5 weeks old. I kept them in my bathroom, for the first week or two, so they would be safe, and would not have to fight the big cats for their food, which was kitten food , so the adults weren't supposed to eat it anyway. This was the beginning of the bonding for these two, they would play together, eat together, and sleep together. As adult cats they have different personalities, Odette, being more shy, and aloof. Marabell being outgoing and motherly, hence the grooming she always does. But when ever there is some roughhousing to be done these two will do it. It is fun to watch, and I recommend to people to try and get two kittens together if they can, so they will always have a buddy.
However this may mean that they will not bond to you as much as just one kitten would, but a cat will always bond with however is feeding it, that is one thing I know for sure.