Wife finds a scared kitten under a bush in her yard just as a thunderstorm rolls in, takes him inside, and is already working on convincing her husband that three cats is basically the same as two.

Ayala Sorotsky • Writer and Editor

Jul 12, 2026 9:30 AM EDT

Cat math is different than the human one, and I'm all about counting like a cat.

People always say the two cats are better than one. And I can totally understand that - your cat gets a buddy, a fellow feline friend, a de facto sibling. There are plenty of studies that have gone through this topic - the gist of it is that cats are doing better in pairs, because it helps them regulate boredom, and it's just very understandable to want to have a friend. I get it, you get it, and your cat as well. They're very social creatures, despite their PR. But what about three cats? Well, u/regular_ginger thinks it's just the same as having two cats. She just needs to convince her husband of this truth.

I tried to bring my cat a buddy once, but this is an experiment that didn't succeed. A woman in my grandparents' village talked to me about a kitten in her yard she can't adopt. I went to see him, and he was the spitting image of my cat - completely black with green eyes, with small white patches on the stomach. It sent me right to when my Cassie was a wee kitten when I adopted her, so I took that little void kitten on the spot. Named him Nooka. But this was done on a whim. There are plenty of steps a cat pawrent should take to make sure to introduce another cat to the resident cat. Apparently, he was very dominant. My Cassie was actually scared, didn't come out of the blanket for days. So I did what was best - I took care of all his vet needs, like a good foster mom, and found him a loving forever home with someone sweet.

But if I already had two cats, like this one woman who shares her story below, I think I'd gladly take a third one if the Cat Distribution System threw one my way. Just so it's on the record - I think she's right. Her husband needs to get used to the fact that there's a third cat in the house now. Because if you have two, what's one more? Yeah, four cats is ideal. Everyone should have five cats with them. It's like we were always meant to raise six cats. Having seven cats in a home is written in the stars.

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