Interested in a kitten or just brought one home? Here you will find the basics on care and feeding of your new beloved baby furball!




Before bringing home a new kitten make sure you have all the necessary supplies. You will need a litter box with low sides, a cat carrier, comfy bed, scratching post, small ceramic or metal bowl(plastic can contain harmful chemicals!). Purchase some healthy kitten food. (Please see our section on "pet food"!


If you have other cats you may want to find a quiet secluded place for your kitten to stay until the other heads of the household become familiar with this intruder.


Make sure you go through your house, top to bottom looking for any potentially hazardous things kitten can get into such as small chokeable items, electric cords that could be chewed, plants, small holes they could get trapped in, etc. Just as you would a baby. Kittens are very curious!


As soon as you come home, show kitty all the supplies mentioned above.


Kittens love to climb legs etc. They love to rough house too. Try to discourage this at an early age or you may have problems once they are an adult.


Make sure you have scheduled your vet appt by weeks 8-9 at the latest to make sure kitty has a clean bill of health.


If you have taken in an orphaned kitten (applause!) that is under 6 weeks of age, you can bottle feed the kitten with pre-mixed kitten milk available at pet stores. Dont feed cows milk as this could cause diarrhea. Bottle feed the kitten but dont lay them on their back as this will cause choking. Gently rub under their mouth until kitten begins to drink. When you see bubbles forming at the mouth this usually means the kitten is full. Gradually introduce the kitten to the milk in a bowl and then eventually add canned food to the formula. Eventually you can replace the canned with healthy dry food.


Give the orphaned kitten a cute stuffed toy to sleep with too. This may help her adapt to missing her littermates at such an early age.


Please have your kitten spayed or neutered as soon as possible. It can be done as early as twelve weeks. There are millions of unwanted cats and dogs euthanized every year. If everyone plays a part, we can help end the killing of all these unfortunate pets.


If your kitten has an upper respiratory infection you must keep her away from any adult cats in your home! It is very contagious!


Keep empasizing the use of the scratching post to the kitten so the kitten learns where to scratch. Too many people (although more and more are becoming educated on the cons) opt for declawing and its just not a nice thing to do to the cat. They now have caps that you can put on your cats claws but early training is the best, and be persistant.


You may think your cat is missing out by not letting them outdoors. Please, if you are starting out with an indoor kitten, keep her that way. She will never know what she is missing! She will be happier and most likely live longer if you keep her indoors. Its no fun waiting for your kitty to come home, day after day, night after night, only to come to realize your kitty probably wont be coming home at all! Many horrific things can happen. Hit by a car, attacked by another animal, infected with a disease, stolen, lost, tortured. Give your kitty a happy and long life, keep them in!









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