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Personally I think kittens are bad choices for most people in your suitation...young, first starting out, you've got longevity behind you true..(cats can live over 30 years) but so much is happening, so much is changing,there are landlords( real idoits over cat welfare imo), new loves,ect, ect.
My advice is to find someone to take them.
Pantherpride...please stop putting info out there that cats live to 30 or over. It is NOT common. It is rare for them to live that long. It is hurtful to those of us with cats who don't even make it to 20! And the OP wants help with kittens who are destructive...not about their life span and diets.
I don't know about that .... half the cats I know lived old, one 28. another at a pet store shop cat, is 27 old but in good health , another (friends cat) 32. Most/all were probably on low grade diets. The ones that died in my childhood at my parents died from problems asasseated with diet such as kidney failure/cancer but even they lived over 13. One was 16!
If cats are living into their teens on a regular basis... pet food... given what it truly is given the research. I think its entirely possible it CAN happen,
Right now the worlds oldest living cat is 37 and is in Dulth MN.... while in doubtful the cat is really that old it IS proven by a photo shot in the 70's the cat is at least 35
someone verifed, false reports of a 43 year old cat but it hasn't been proven... probably false. It did assumably eat a good diet of prey model birds,ect ( which aside from parasites is the best diet their is for an obigate carnivore assuming the cat is healthy) so anything "MIGHT" be possible with allot of luck..
It could be these are just really bezare cases of longevity, There was a woman who died recently she was 115, sept in bed and ate bacon. go figure
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Sounds like the kittens are bored. Try giving them toys (change the toys up)
Wad up a huge ball of newspaper and let them bat/shred it. Get a few empty boxes, put them in the room, and let the kittens play with that. Now's the time to get creative to entertain them.
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How old are these kittens?? Time takes care of some of this. Kittens usually play in spurts and sleep a lot. The spurts are probably great fun for these two but they really don't require a whole house at this point.
Kitten-proof an area(one room is fine--even a bathroom))--remove stuff--put down toys that are changed out frequently--a climbing tower with nooks and crannies--dangling strings for swatting--and leave them be. Then play with them with a box, paperbag, and laser light when you get home. They will wear themselves out and eventually when you least expect it they will be content to act like normal cats.
A few years ago my auntie had the same problem, she thought her two kittens (brother and sister) would drive her crazy. After they were a year old they calmed down considerably and she is so happy with them and wouldn't miss them for the world. I would try confining them to one room and give them lots of things to play with and also spend time playing with them whenever possible.
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Are they fed during the day? My cats get antsy when they're hungry. Keep a feeder stocked with dry food and water.
Remember, they're just children. they will grow out of this. By this time next year they will be sleeping most of the day.
Have you considered keeping them seperate during the day? Put each one in a seperate room? Like kids, they play off each other. I also like the idea of keeping a TV on, also some lights, etc. Would it be possible to come home during the day for lunch? Sounds like perfectly normal kitties to me!
so after locking the kittens in their room last night and shutting myself up in my room for a good cry, I finally got up and started cleaning the mess and tried to think about this situation clearly.
Thank you all for responding some of you came to the same conclusions that I came to. First I am not just starting out, and I have more experience with animals that I care to admit to ( especially since I let these kittens bring me to tears), I have just never had kittens before. There is no way I could have prevented the damage that they did to the house since I cant remove or hide the walls and carpet. I trim their nails weekly so that is a none issue and most of the shredding of things is from them chewing and ripping things with their mouths.
I can't give an animal away, that is just me! If I do say so myself I am a pretty good pet owner, my animals lack for nothing they need and nothing they want ( or that I want them to want) but now that I have experienced kittenhood I know that I need to make more accommodations for them than I previously thought.
They will be closed in their room when I am not at home. They have an assortment of scratching posts, mats, and climbers, toys, balls, fuzzy mice, etc but I will buy more toys so that I can switch them out. I hand built a 2 story kitty house for my last cat and I have been meaning to build another one even bigger and better for these guys, I am hoping to have it done by Thanksgiving time.
This morning I spent the morning in the room with them to see how it would be and I am happy with the arrangement. The room itself is pretty kitten proof and apparently it is large enough for them to run, jump, leap, chase each other, and generally blow off some energy in. So I won't feel bad about putting them in there.
Wow, I guess I just needed to blow off some steam last night, get a good nights sleep, and some good advise from some of you more experienced cat owners.
What a difference a day makes,
Thanks,
Tomeka, Louie, and Oscar
I'm glad to hear things looked a little better in the light of day. I know...the furkids can be overwhelming sometimes! Sounds like a good cry and venting helped! ((hugs))
Hopefully, confining them to their own room when you can not be home will do the trick. And yes, age will slow them down...eventually
NO stocking up on dry isn't a good idea unless you are making a major life transistion/ or go away for vast stretches of time. and you know its reputable brand like Innova EVO. Dry food can cause many of the following issues.
(Next to allowing outside, not spaying or neutering, and de clawing its one of the worst things you can do long term).
Dehydration
Cancer
Obesity
Major Dental disease
UTI's
lifelong fixscation (its all they'll ever eat)
kidney trouble
Canned/raw diets are MUCH better.
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) but so much is happening, so much is changing,there are landlords( real idoits over cat welfare imo
), new loves,ect, ect. 
It did assumably eat a good diet of prey model birds,ect ( which aside from parasites is the best diet their is for an obigate carnivore assuming the cat is healthy) so anything "MIGHT" be possible with allot of luck..
a new day
) but now that I have experienced kittenhood I know that I need to make more accommodations for them than I previously thought.
