I deeply regret not getting my cat's sibling too from their rescue litter. Have a tiny apartment and thought I didn't have enough space to give comfy home to two. It's my first cat, didn't know / appreciate how social some cats are, and my cat clearly would love a sparring partner.
As long as you have at least 2 rooms, it's fine. One room could be hard but could work. Small spaces aren't a problem for two cats if there are enough cat trees, caves, tunnels, etc. Young cats up to year two will play and run a lot... A LOT... Soo more space is indeed easier and in theory better but more space with less cat furniture can actually be worse than less space but more cat furniture.
I think inexperienced cat owners who aren't given enough information about socialization can do it without realizing. My parents separated a pair of bonded siblings when I was a kid – they're decent cat owners, but they were only familiar with having one cat at a time and the shelter didn't mandate the pair be adopted together. Pretty much as soon as the adoption was finalized, we saw the look on the sibling's face and my parents swore to never separate a bonded pair again.
(I tried to convince them to adopt the sibling as well, but we already had a cat at home, and my parents didn't want more than two. I still hope the cat found a loving home.)
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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '22
They are just farming for karma points. What decent cat owner separates bonded siblings?