(June 11, 2016 at 3:12 pm)Mermaid Wrote: Don't feed the kitten dry food. Keep her on wet food of high quality. Dry food has a lot of carbohydrate, and cats, as obligate carnivores, can't handle that and very often develop diabetes due to dry food.You don't need to emphasize that it is a Pet. I have had multiple other pets.
Besides, she's way too young for crunchy dry food right now. She's barely old enough to be weaned.
There is absolutely no reason to declaw a cat, so please don't.
The best advice I can give you, besides pleading with you to PLEASE realize this is a 15+ year commitment (and if you have any doubts, please take her to a shelter while she's still small and adoptable) is that cats are very intelligent and curious. They need a lot of mental and physical stimulation and exercise. Get some interactive toys for her and dedicate some time to her every day. They absolutely crave routine, and without that and any sort of stimulation, they can develop behavioral problems.
This is a commitment. Please love your cat and commit to her, a sentient, living, feeling, breathing creature with emotions and feelings, for the rest of her life.
Anyways, I have had some practically annual problems with mice, so this is a particularly good thing.
I am trying to hold him for at least 5 minutes a day so that he gets used to being held.
He has regained a lot of weight from the first day we got him, so that is good.
The only reason I would give him to a shelter is if he doesn't get along with the two, small, old, dogs at all. If they get along decently, I can build on that. I plan to introduce the Cat to the Dogs tomorrow.
