Yes, currently the bunny's help is crucial to the kittens' growth.

I was thinking it might actually work out to set up @catnet as a "dust-net" for the kittens exclusively, powered by a leased delegation to beat the threshold. With the available funds that might just work to get it set up for a few months.

I'll have to run some numbers, but maybe that could work while also leaving some for growing the kittens themselves a bit.