Melg,
Just to give you some perspective... years ago I adopted a kitten at 8 weeks from a shelter. They warned me straight up that she was really too young to have left her mother and be rehomed, but that circumstances being what they were, she was at the shelter and needed a home. They wanted to make sure I was fully aware of all that and asked me again and again if I was "sure", "positive", "absolutely positve" etc. I did take her, and don't regret it, but she never was very socialized, especially to other people (although she bonded with me fine). She also had some litterbox issues. One saving grace for me was that the other cat that I had at the time (~9 months old) took up a very motherly role towards the 8 week old kitten, for at least the first month or so. That was a lucky break.
Now after dealing with two breeders for my current cats, and doing a bunch of reading and listening to the perspectives of several different breeders here on this forum, people get pretty worked up at rehoming kittens at 9 and 10 weeks. Yours may not even be 6 weeks from what you said. OWCH!
Very cute kitten though, and I really hope it works out well for you. But such warnings are useful to know, even after the fact. It may give you some insight into problems that may arise, and if you are ever in this situation again, of evaluating perspective kittens to take home, you can make a wiser, more informed decision.
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