My first kitten

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  • #836813
    Nav
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    Hey ๐Ÿ™‚

    So I’m adopting my first kitten from CP, next Tuesday – just wanted to ask a couple of questions.

    She is tiny http://postimg.org/image/phltxlein/

    Now, our house is quite large, it’s a pretty big 5 bedroom house. What do i do? ๐Ÿ˜€

    Do i let her roam the whole house, or do i close some of our doors downstairs so she can only go in 2 rooms?

    To be honest i don’t want to let her upstairs during the night, as our railings around the stairs have large gaps in them – she could easily fall through. I will most likely just sleep with her downstairs for the next few weeks on the sofa.

    During the day is ok though, as I’m normally at home doing uni work, so i can keep an eye on her.

    Is there anything else i should or shouldn’t do? or something i could read that has a lot of info about having a kitten for the first time?

    Thanks ๐Ÿ™‚

    #836820
    katzenjammer
    Participant

    Welcome Nav,
    And congrats on being a new Meowmy! ๐Ÿ™‚ I believe that there are some links on kittens do’s and dont’s on this site – but I’m not sure exactly where! Purrhaps some of the more experienced TDKers can help you out. But OMG your kitty is soooo precious and floofy! Looks like she might have some Maine Coone in her genes, meaning that she’ll grow up to be a big girl! What’s her name? I’m owned by the silver grey tabby in my avatar, Dorian Gray Esq, or Dorry.

    #836823
    Anonymous
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    ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ˜Ž

    #836824
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Nav,

    Welcome to kittendom and TDK land. We are all thing fluffy! Your wee girl is soo precious.

    Here’s a couple of basic links. I like the website because they give out current information.

    It says you should prepare a Safe Room for a few days up to a week. Given the size of house, I would make hers a permanent safe room. When you make her bed, put soft, squishy fabrics and a stuffed pet of the same fabric. This way she can knead and snuggle. Make one a shirt/sweaters of yours so gets your scent. If she has trouble sleeping, put a manual alarm clock in with her. It mimics mom’s heartbeat. Turn the alarm off, of course.

    When you set up her litter box make sure to use non-clumping, unscented litter. Kittens (like children) want to taste everything. Clumping litter can be eaten and built up in her tummy creating serious problems. Now, using the litter box is second nature to most cats. Training kittens to use a litter box is usually as easy as showing them where it is and dropping them in. When youโ€™re introducing your new cat to your home, the litter box should be one of your first stops. Let her sniff it a bit, and then place her inside it. She may dig around a bit, or she may hop out. If she hops out, place her inside it again in an hour or two. Make sure you put her in right after meals. Cats will shun the litter box if itโ€™s not in an acceptable spot. Position it in a quiet, low-traffic location that your cat can access at all times. Do not place it near her food and water. Laundry rooms are not optimal locations because of the noise produced by the appliances. When she’s a bit older you can introduce her a hooded box if you’re so inclined. Some cats love hooded boxes and enjoy the privacy…some get scared of the enclosed space. If she does get scared you will have to retrain her to use an open box again.

    I’m not sure how old she is but you give her Goats’ milk in a dish (Cows’ milk is not easily digested because it has high lactose.) It has probiotics, low lactose and doesn’t upset tummies. This would be a good idea because she is going through a lot of changes and could get an upset tummy. If you want to introduce wet food mix the Goats’ milk and wet food into a mush. In a couple of weeks start weaning her off the milk. The liquid milk is in the fridge section and the concentrate is in the baking aisle. If you use concentrate, mix it 1:1 with water.

    She needs lots of water available.

    Her food/water bowls and litter box need to be low enough for her to use.

    I’ve going on and on and not in a linear way. Please feel free to ask for more advice or clarification.

    PG and my gang of 3 furballs

    #836829
    Moonshadow_NZ
    Moderator

    Welcome to TDK Nav and your kitten is adorable.
    Great advice from PG.
    What are you calling your kitten?
    My cat is called Shadz or HRH and that’s her in my avatar looking fierce.

    #836844
    Nav
    Participant

    Hey, thanks for all the reptiles ๐Ÿ™‚

    We do have a spare empty bedroom, so i shall just put her in there for the first week or two and see how she gets on.

    I don’t see any links though?

    She is like 6/7 weeks old. I’m not sure if she has maine coon in her though, i asked the lady at CP and she said no, she’s just a long haired tabby. But she came from a feral mother – so they won’t know what the father was. But she does look like a maine coon kitten…haha.

    She is very dainty though, she is smaller than all her siblings, and shy! Apparently she won’t eat when all the other 7 kittens are eating, she will sit alone till they’ve all gone, and then go and eat.

    Her name is Sky/Skye.

    #836845
    Nav
    Participant

    http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/cats/scratching_posts/medium/medium_cat_tree_height_120_cm/186606

    I also bought her this cat tree, but she will probably be too small to use it, or?

    #836855
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Nav,

    Sorry I lost the links. That’s a beautiful cat tree and will be good for wee Skye gets older. I was looking on the site and saw a “Patchwork Scratch Pad.” It lays on the floor and is more accessible for her. You want to make sure she learns to use a scratching post as soon as she comes home so there aren’t furniture problems.

    It not usual for runts to sit back until older sibs eat the food.

    PG

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