Tips and advice on kittens?

I'm getting a female 7-8 week old in like 2 hours (ahh im excited)


does any 1 have any good useful tips or advice on kittens??


thank u sooo much!Tips and advice on kittens?
Please when she's old enough, neuter her.


First, she's extremelly young, she'll be agraviated by all the new changes she'll have in such a short period of time, so don't push it, let her smell evrything and meet the new place and her new faily, and if you see her go away to a ';save'; plac, just let her, too much stress may affect her.


Have evrything ready, litter box, food, place to sleep. She should know which are her areas since the beggining. Give her lots of love and speak her softly, start calling her by her name since the first time (please pick the name and don't change it every day) so she can learn it fast. and LOTS OF PATIENCE!


Congratulation for your new baby! you'll have lots of fun!!Tips and advice on kittens?
Feed the kitten canned food to start. Put down some dry kitten food to help it get used to it. Always have fresh water present. Your kitten will need to eat every 4 hours at least for now, as it stomach is small. Have a kitty litter pan ready and take him in there after meals and naps. He will sleep quite a bit at this age. Keep all string, rubber bands or ribbon out of his reach as he can ingest these causing a blockage. Keep him warm. He will want to sleep with you as he will miss his litter mates. Hes favorite time to play will be when you are asleep, so you will need to get used to that.Take him for his vet check and schedule his vaccinations and spay, if female, neuter, if male ( this is very important to prevent mammary gland cancer in females and testicular cancer in males)


Ask your vet when is the appropriate time to start. flea control products and worming. Never use over the counter flea control,as it can be fatal. Over the counter wormers don't work. Use only products that the vet supplies and on a prescribed schedule.Purchase toys and balls that he can chase and bat around the house. Have fun with your kitten. If it is raised as an indoor cat he will live to be a ripe old age.
Start training ASAP. If you've already invested in all the cat toys, scratching posts, litters, and KITTEN food, then your next job is to prepare for the future.





Do you have rules set up? (i.e. cat not allowed on dining room table but is allowed on the sofa) Is everyone in your household on board with those rules? Do you have a place for the kitty litters? When will you get the cat fixed? Do you have a vet picked out already? Have you started a savings account (or getting pet insurance) to pay for unexpected vet visits? How much are you willing to sacrifice for the sake of kitty? Do you have a name? etc.





I trained my cats to come when I called them from day one. I associated feeding time with a clicking noise. After about a week, they recognized that clicking = food and eventually just learned to come when they heard the clicking noise. This made it possible for me to let my cats outside knowing they would come when called. (Also comes in handy when they find those neat hiding places and you can't find them.)





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Give her time to settle in, she may just run off and hide under the bed, don't try and force her to come out, just leave her to find her own way around.


she will miss her mum, brothers and sisters on the first couple of nights so a bed that is safe and warm will help to comfort her. ( a ticking clock under some blankets in her bed will imatate her mums heart beat).


She may not eat very much in the first few days so dont worry but leave food and water out all the time.


Don't forget that you need to take her to the vets to have her jabs and to be wormed if she hasnt had them done.


Oh yes one more thing, have loads of fun with her.
You should get her spayed when she is 6 months!


Don't stress her out by holding her frequently, trying to make her eat or poop or do something she doesn't want. Let her explore the environment on her own time... she can sit crying all day or start to sniff around the house.





I hope you have all the necessary items... litter box, food and water bowl WITH food and water in them, scratching post, few toys, and collar with tag. Oh and a bed its optional though.





Try to keep the house quiet and not TOOOOO excited, this may cause her to stress also. And begin to call her by her name. Good luck!
Make sure you have the vet check her out, DO NOT rough house with her. I made that mistake with my 4 month old kitten and now he thinks it is fun to bite me. It didn't hurt when he was little, but now he bites super hard. Make sure you have plenty toys for her and get her spayed when she is 5 months old. I was all for declawing before I got him, but now have chosen not to do it. If you think about it, it is really mean and in-humane. Good luck and give her lots of lovin!