Couple adopts their first orange kitten, and instantly realizes that having a ginger kitten means constant hissterical chaos: 'We thought we knew but nothing could have prepared us'

Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor

Apr 21, 2026 1:30 PM EDT

Adopting a kitten always means signing up for chaos. Adopting an orange kitten… that's on a whole different level.

The kittenhood phase of a cat's life is something special. It's relatively short. We say this from experience. We know what it is like to adopt a kitten and live through that phase, that silliness and crimes. For about a year, maybe a little more, you will essentially be living with a little fluffy ball of overenergized chaos. You thought having a puppy was difficult because they chew on your couch when they are teething? Now try to imagine that but with the brain of a criminal mastermind, weaponizing their teeth against your favorite charger over and over and over.

Then, add onto the kittenhood phase some orange color, and you are really in for something special. We think that everyone knows at this point that orange cats are built different. If you ever see a particularly ridiculous story about a cat going viral online, you can basically assume, without ever seeing the picture, that the kitty is orange. Because orange cats have a single brain cell - between all of them. And although sometimes, they are brilliant, most times… they're just orange. And orange kittens… well, scroll down, and you will see a hint of the chaos of orange kittens.

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It's when this stuff starts happening that your whole worldview about cats shatters. We've been there. We remember what it was like to have an actual cat living in our actual house for the first time. The things that people say about cats being slow and lazy and aloof are so not true. Some of the time, yes, they will be the laziest creatures you have ever met, but other times… it's complete and utter chaos, and it is amazing.
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Cherish these moments. This is all that we have to say about this. Your kitty is still just a kitty. The energy levels are insane right meow, but they will mellow eventually. Soon, it will be well-thought-out crime that happens every once in a while rather than chaos all the time. And you will miss it. We promise you, even though it may not look like it right now, you will miss it deeply.
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Couple adopts their first orange kitten, and instantly realizes that having a ginger kitten means constant hissterical chaos: 'We thought we knew but nothing could have prepared us'

Adopting a kitten always means signing up for chaos. Adopting an orange kitten… that's on a whole different level.

"11 weeks of Otto = Pure Chaos"

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