Hey cute kitty! Wait a minute!!! Is that silencio's reflection I see in that poor kitty's eyes!https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gifhttps://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif
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Hey cute kitty! Wait a minute!!! Is that silencio's reflection I see in that poor kitty's eyes!https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gifhttps://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif
Congrats on the allergy/turd-production device! :p
I guess they're easier to wrestle than "Bubba" and probably won't shank you in the shower.
That cat looks cute, playfull, and quietly evil......like the mad scientist while he's still a student at MIT learning to twist the will of nature.
He's still scared $hitless of us and the house though. I figure after a few days he should have calmed down enough that he will stop hiding from us and shivering in the corner.Quote:
Originally Posted by FatalException0E
If anyone else out there has experience with raising kittens please let me know, I have a few questions, like when will he be brave enough to go near his food and water dish? before he starves to death or becomes dehydrated?
If he is that skittish, leave him in a small room with everything near him. Maybe offer up another type of food as well. Sometimes they just have to gradually calm down and they always do stuff on their own schedule. Luckily all my cats have taken to the whole house, food, and litter box very well.
He wasn't taken from his mother too early was he? That always leads to problems, but everyone always likes to get rid of them early.
Yeah, how old is he? They should be fine after 6 or 7 weeks old...they should be able to eat and drink on their own. You may want to soften up his dry food with a little bit of water or milk...or go with canned food. If you get him started on dry food like Meow Mix, he will live his entire life on that stuff.
Also, set up a cat box for him and put him with his feet in it so that he knows what it is...he should start using it right away.
We recently had two different litters of kittens in our household and still have about 18 of them running around. Anybody want one? How about two or three or more? Anybody?!?
Easy on the milk. Too much and you will have a real mess to deal with! Particularly with a young'un. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by JaxSon
he's about 9 weeks and I have no idea how long ago he left his mother (first cat, had no idea what questions to ask).
After we fished him out from under the entertainment unit last night (took 5 minutes to loose him and 30 minutes to find him) we set him up in the bathroom (after removing all soaps, and cleaners) with an old blanket he seemed to like hiding in. His litter box is about a foot or two away from him and his food and drink is 3-4 feet away from that. I set him in his litter box as soon as we put him in there. He just looked up at me, hung his head low and scampered back underneath the blanket. I went to check on him about an hour later to see if he had made a mess of the blanket yet, but he was nowhere to be found, until I heard the bell on his collar (looks cute and teh gay but very effective in finding lost kittens). He was hiding amongst the shower curtan in the tub. I put him back in his blanket and left him there the rest of the night.
This morning when I checked on him, he was still hiding in his blanket. Made sure he had fresh water and wasn't hiding in his own filth and left with the wife to go to work. Her brother was comming over today to make sure the kitten is alright and do any clean up if necessary.
How long did it take your cats to not be afraid of you? I am expecting it to take a few days for him to get used to us, but I do not want him wander freely until we have had a chance to kitten proof the place (he has already introduced his face to the basement floor after missing half the steps trying to hide) and get him a scratching post (I like my furnature and speakers just the way they are thank you very much. Someone at work suggested I get him a carry to hide and sleep in for a while and just leave the door open so he can come out on his own.
Damn I want to go home so bad now. I think I'm going to leave early. maybe buy the wife some flowers for our anniversary on the way home as well.
yea, the wife found that out reading some material online last nigh. I don't think he will be getting any milk any time soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by El_Squid
Like I said, I got lucky with the two boys I got with the ex, they slept in our laps during the three hour drive back from dallas. My girl she isn't so much into being petted all the time and is not a lap cat, but when we were feeding her before I rescued her I could tell she would end up and already was a friendly cat, and she has no fears at all, beats the crap out of the roommates cat that is twice her height, twice her weight and three times her width. The house was hers as soon as she got there, same with the two boys.
All cats are different. Just make sure to give him plenty of time and patience, he will come around. As far as furniture they have all sorts of good products out there. Honestly, if you are really unsure, there are some great websites out there with great advice plus good books for cat owners.
Just be slow, he will come around. Make sure he has plenty of activities to work out any aggression and excess energy. As a kitten, he will sleep probably up to 18-20 hours a day once he is comfortable, and close to that anyway. Try to get him in the habit of sleeping at night as well.
When you picked him out, did you have any good interaction with him before hand?
You should modify that thing with some 22's on spinners and get the tint job and the boomin' system installed.
If you have an old wind up clock or even a warmish hot water bottle wrap it in a soft towel and put it his bed for him to snuggle a large soft toy is another option.As to being scared try to keep the noise down and give it somewhere to escape away from you all if it feels threatened/spooked i.e. a large box with a warm blanket inside.it could be that it was always getting spooked at its home address or it was tossed out and left outside.So patience and lots of whispering whilst stroking him is the name of the game.
BTW have you taken him to the vets for a check up?
Just a suggestion that worked well with me as far as eliminating damage to walls, molding, furniture, speakers, etc. A water spray bottle with water in it. I used this with my cat to correct her when she scratched things other than her scratching post when she was a kitten. Worked great. She only scratches her post, or the dog if he deserves it. :) And she's a loving cat, she had no hard feelings that I sprayed her. Because I had it set to a straight stream instead of a mist, she had no idea it was coming from me. Good luck and congrats! :thumbs: