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Advice for adopting a kitten and its care - 1/19/2008 7:24:30 PM   
winterlight


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Status: offline 		anybody have any advice for me as far as introducing it to my home etc. What i need to set up for its care besides a good vet, collar, leash, food, water and most importantly Love!

Thanks!
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RE: Advice for adopting a kitten and its care - 1/19/2008 7:29:49 PM   
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RE: Advice for adopting a kitten and its care - 1/19/2008 7:31:31 PM   
winterlight


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Status: offline 		Forgot to list that but would buy that anyways.. LOL

And Kitty toys...

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RE: Advice for adopting a kitten and its care - 1/19/2008 7:34:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		seems you have it covered...except for a covered catbox hehe.  i just adopted a kitten a few weeks ago and she is so much fun, i named her lambchop.  she gets into everything, she can open cupboard doors and then gets stuck inside, she's gotten stuck behind the couch and the fridge (how and what the?)  be careful about where she might be able to get herself stuck if you aren't home, that has been my biggest problem so far.   as far as toys go, cats will play with anything, i spent a small fortune on toys for her and her favorite thing to chase around the house is a plastic lid from a hairspray bottle and her favorite place to "hang" is a shoe box in my closet...go figure.

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RE: Advice for adopting a kitten and its care - 1/19/2008 7:35:45 PM   
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Status: offline 		they sell these things that look like igloos with a hole in the side that cats are supposed to love to curl up in.  mine will sleep anywhere they feel like it, in cupboards, on my monitor, wherever they drop.  maybe if yours starts early enough s/he will learn to like the kitty bed.

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RE: Advice for adopting a kitten and its care - 1/19/2008 7:37:29 PM   
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Status: offline 		I would also suggest only buying a premium kitten food.  In both dry and canned styles.  

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RE: Advice for adopting a kitten and its care - 1/19/2008 7:37:33 PM   
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RE: Advice for adopting a kitten and its care - 1/19/2008 7:39:41 PM   
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Clear counters of breakable items.

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RE: Advice for adopting a kitten and its care - 1/19/2008 7:40:14 PM   
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I would also suggest only buying a premium kitten food.  In both dry and canned styles.  


Good point.

Check the labels.A lot of pet food is filled with volcanic ash and other cheap fillers.

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RE: Advice for adopting a kitten and its care - 1/19/2008 7:42:05 PM   
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Forgot to list that but would buy that anyways.. LOL

And Kitty toys...


kitty toy here!!!


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RE: Advice for adopting a kitten and its care - 1/19/2008 7:45:34 PM   
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RE: Advice for adopting a kitten and its care - 1/19/2008 7:45:47 PM   
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Status: offline 		Things to scratch on are a good idea. Kitty condos, a carpeted post, a nice leather couch. Cardboard boxes, brown paper bags, and the toilet paper in the bathroom will keep him amused for hours on end.

Bob (and his 6 cats)

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RE: Advice for adopting a kitten and its care - 1/19/2008 7:49:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		winterlight,

Ensure u get high quality kitten food that looks soft and digestible
perhaps eukaneuba and for liquid only give water - do not give
milk as the kitten will get an infection and in most cases nothing
can be done even with antibiotics.

Way lots of quite undisturbed cuddled sleep in a warm dark place,
as much food as they want and water and very gentle play.

All my kats lived beyond 18 years - its a big time commitment.
What you do now gives them the foundation for health. At
6 weeks I think it is they need to start there shots.

If they are not eating a good child ( human ) baby formula
gets them going - I always use chicken and peas and after that
they are eating like gangbusters.

Use Maslowes Heirarchy and you are good :)


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RE: Advice for adopting a kitten and its care - 1/19/2008 7:50:00 PM   
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Things to scratch on are a good idea. Kitty condos, a carpeted post, a nice leather couch. Cardboard boxes, brown paper bags, and the toilet paper in the bathroom will keep him amused for hours on end.

Bob (and his 6 cats)


It's true! And leather shows the claw marks so well:)

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RE: Advice for adopting a kitten and its care - 1/19/2008 7:50:04 PM   
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ORIGINAL: FangsNfeet

Spay/nutter, declaw, have toys and cat nip on hand.

Clear counters of breakable items.

don't declaw! very cruel process. 
get  a scratching post of some kind.
Science Diet cat food is best, it's what most vets will tell you they feed their own pets.
kittens are so fun!

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RE: Advice for adopting a kitten and its care - 1/19/2008 7:51:50 PM   
faerytattoodgirl


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Status: offline 		for play you need one of those rope things connected to a long plastic stick.
the kitten will jump really high trying to catch it.  they'll chase it and even run away with it... takes ALL of their energy in just a few minutes.


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RE: Advice for adopting a kitten and its care - 1/19/2008 7:51:56 PM   
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don't declaw! very cruel process. 


I second that.

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RE: Advice for adopting a kitten and its care - 1/19/2008 7:53:00 PM   
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ORIGINAL: winterlight

anybody have any advice for me as far as introducing it to my home etc. What i need to set up for its care besides a good vet, collar, leash, food, water and most importantly Love!

Thanks!


Get a Roomba robot vacuum cleaner, glue a 2 foot long string with a feather attached to it, charge it up, turn it on and go have a nice relaxing cup of coffee.

Your floors will be spotless...and you'll laugh your ass off for well over 90 minutes.

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RE: Advice for adopting a kitten and its care - 1/19/2008 7:53:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		yikes a cat.  Ask yourself if you can deal with the hair - the pee, the claw marks.   hair will get on your clothes funrinture ect- as will the pee.    you DONT want a cat.

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RE: Advice for adopting a kitten and its care - 1/19/2008 7:56:23 PM   
Griswold


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don't declaw! very cruel process. 


I second that.


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Cats that get declawed walk on their hinds for months afterwards (because you never do both ends at the same time) and the reason they do is because it hurts like a motherfucker.

Also...cats that get declawed...tend to pee a lot...everywhere (cause their heads have been more than slightly fucked over and they're wondering what else you're about to cut off).

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