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The
Best Way to Introduce Your New Kitten or Cat to Your Home
Adding
a new kitten or cat to your home can be a very rewarding
or a very frustrating experience. It all depends upon how
well you plan ahead for the new member of your family.
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Before
you bring your new kitten home be certain you have:
Purchased
the same type of food the kitten is used to eating so you
won't upset its stomach by changing diet suddenly.
If
you don't have the right food at home, ask the breeder for
a small bag of food to last you for a day until you can
buy some of the same kind.
Have
a clean litter box ready.
Have
good quality food and water bowls ready.
Have
a cosy, soft bed.
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AND
MOST IMPORTANTLY
HAVE
A QUIET SMALL ROOM SET ASIDE FOR KITTEN TO STAY IN UNTIL
IT BECOMES COMFORTABLE WITH YOU AND IS EATING WELL.
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WHY
A SMALL ROOM?
Well,
imagine that you have always lived in the same place and
have NEVER left there. You know your littermates, your mother,
and your people. You also know exactly where to find your
food, fresh water and your litter box.
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NOW,
imagine strange people come and take you away from everything
you have ever known and drop you into the middle of a
big strange house. Wouldn't you be a little afraid? Sure!!
Would you automatically know where to find your food and
water AND your litter box? Of course not!! You might run
and hide under the furniture or in a dangerous location
like behind the refrigerator. Then the new people yell
for you to get out from under the couch and reach for
you and drag you out. You might get scared and scratch
them.
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NOW
imagine being placed in a small quiet room with food you
are used to, fresh water and a litter box all easy to
find. You are given time to quietly explore your new space.
And you soon see that these new people mean you no harm,
because every time they come and see you they sit quietly
and talk to you sweetly and pet you. In a day, maybe even
less, you are ready for them to leave the door open so
you can start to explore the rest of the house at your
own pace.Even with just the one kitten 2 litter boxes
are recommended to avoid accidents.
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PLEASE,
set-up a small room, an extra bathroom works best for
your new kitten cat. Remove anything that could hurt the
kitten: bars of soap, glass jar, razors etc and be sure
to close the toilet lid! If you kitten cries when left
alone and comes running to you when you come to visit,
it is ready to be allowed to explore the rest of the house.
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IF
YOU HAVE OTHER CATS AND/OR DOGS
You
will also need to plan for a slow introduction of your
new kitten. PLEASE keep your new kitten away from all
of your other pets for at least a week. This gives the
kitten a chance to be eating well and become confident
with you. It also allows your other pets to begin to get
used to the smell of the new kitten. Your other pets will
sniff around the door of the room housing your new kitten
and you will have its scent on your clothes.
Another
option is to buy a foldaway carrier which you can use
to seperate the kitten from your other pet but still let
them interact with each other, you can take it in turns
to put the kitten or other pet in the carrier so the kitten
can get to know the new environment as well as the other
pet.
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DO NOT force the animals together. Do your best to
monitor their interactions. If things get too rough, separate
the kitten back into its room. Do not leave your new kitten
alone with other pets until you are absolutely sure that
they will get along. Don't leave a small kitten alone
with even the sweetest big dog. Accidents can and will
happen. When you leave the house, put the kitten back
in its room.
IF
YOU FOLLOW THESE FEW SIMPLE RULES, YOU WILL FIND BRINGING
A NEW KITTEN INTO YOUR HOME WILL GO EASILY AND SAFELY.
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SO
PLEASE CONSIDER FOLLOWING THESE IMPORTANT SUGGESTIONS
FEEDING INSTRUCTIONS
We
feed our cats James Wellbeloved or Royal Canin dried kitten
food down all the time, along with just water to drink.
In addition, most of our kittens like around 2-3 pouches
a day of Whiskas in jelly. Please do not feed tinned food
in gravy.We stock both the dried food and the litter at
very competitive prices as well as a range of scratching
posts and beds. Your kitten will have been wormed at least
twice with Panacur paste. They are used to the wood-based
litter. They are vaccinated (except leukaemia) and litter
trained.
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