Hi Sarjanna,

It is a little unusual for a shelter to hand over a kitten at only 6wks.
However, shelters also assess a kitten's weight as part of their judgement
prior to homing them and, presumably, they are happy with the weight and
health of your prospective kitten.  When you pick the kitten up, ask the
shelter if kitty is toilet trained.  Toilet training is another reason for
holding a kitten back as the mother cat helps to encourage clean toileting.

As to bonding, both you and the kitten will find your new union easier and
more rewarding if you handle and examine the kitten regularly.  Talk to
kitty and use its name frequently so that it learns its name and is more
likely to respond to you.  Introduce the kitten to lots of (willing) people
so that it adjusts to people and new situations more comfortably.   A very
young kitten will really miss its mother, so you will need to adopt that
roll.  Groom kitty and check under its tail after toileting as its mother
would, remembering to praise if kitty is clean.  Be prepared to clean under
kitty's tail if it is less than clean.  This is exactly what its mother
would do.  When you're at leisure, flop into a comfy chair with kitty on
your stomach.  Kittens like this because it is reminiscent of suckling at
their mother's underbelly.  Indeed, kitty may still try to suckle.
Encourage this, even though kneading with prickly claws may be a little
uncomfortable, because this is a sure way of bonding closely.  Whilst
suckling, kitty will probably purr its head off - right off the
seismographic scale, in fact!  Enjoy.

Give a thought to poor Morris though.  He will probably be jealous and feel
betrayed.  Remember he's your top cat and give him lots of quality time.
Hope all goes well.

Spider