i am geting one and need to know what to do and how to do it fast!
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Please make an appointment with your vet as soon as you can. The cat will need to be checked for worms, distemper, ear mites, and any other various diseases or conditions. The vet will guide you from there. Buy a nice new litter box and some non scented litter. For the first few days, you might want to keep the kitten in a small room with the liter box, so it can learn to use it. Also, you should buy some ceramic or steel bowls for water and food. I recommend IAMs brand cat food, or Science Diet. Get it for kittens, they need the nutrients. Lastly, be sure to be patient with the kitten. Kittens are cute, but all they want to do is PLAY. Good luck! Cats are such great pets, if you give them a chance.
by that age they are super easy. just feed him some kitten food. they are litter trained and pretty much easy.
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A six month old kitten is almost a full grown cat. Just keep Food and Water available and make sure it knows where the litter box is. Allow time for it to adjust to its new home, it will be frightened for a few weeks. Also a trip to the vet to make sure it is happy and healthy and has all of its shots is recommended if it has not already been done.
You don't need kitten food, adult cat food is perfectly fine.
Additional: For those giving me thumbs down please re-read the question. This Kitten is 6 months old and while it may grow a little more over the next 3 months or so, it should be pretty much full grown and if you take it to the vet all of the services will be charged at the adult rate. I took my cat Kink (because he has a crooked tail) to the vet at 5 months old to be declawed and the vet said he wasnt a kitten anymore and charged the adult price. So either what I was doing was awesome and my cat grew faster than normal, or I was doing everything right and my cat grew normally. Either way, 6 months old is plenty old enough for adult cat food. Kitten food would be needed from after weening to about 4 months.
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you really shouldn't be getting one if you don't know how to take care of it, and kittens are better in pairs. otherwise they will grow up to be very territorial and disklike other cats, they learn by playing, so this kitten could be mildly agressive if it doesn't learn "proper cat behavior" by interacting with other cats. again, do not get a kitten if you don't know how to take care of it. do your research first, then decide if you are up for the challenge.
i am so glad to hear someone ask this BEFORE they get it! you are off to a good start already! the same as an adult, except give him a good kitten food! toys will help keep him busy and in shape!! and ofcorse lots of love!!lots of luck to you!!:)
When you get your kitten, take him/her to your veterinarian (and if you don't have one, check with someone you know to get a recommendation). Ask the veterinarian what would be a good food for your kitten, make sure he/she is up to date on shots and has been tested for Feline AIDS and Leukeumia and anything else the vet would normally test for unless you know the kitten has already been tested and is up to date on shots.
there are a lot of stray cats in our country and God just feeds them and is taking care of them. even if you leave it aside it'll survive. just give it an adequate food. domestic pets can live on their own unless caged.
is your kitten sick? sick kittens like to eat grass, i guess it's their meds.
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a 6 mo. old kitten is pretty much able to take care of itself, you need litter box, SCOOPABLE litter, alitter scooper, 2 food dishes,1 for food and 1 for water, a few cat toys and a kitten type food preferably hard. Just sit back and enjoy the antics of it they are awesome and I hope you get one that likes to be held , sometimes they get independant and aren't the lovers we would like them to be.
at six months, the kitten is almost fully grown. you do not need to wipe their butt, or bottle-feed them or anything, just give them fresh food, water, a clean litter box, and a warm place to curl up at night.
Been there done that. I got a 3 mos old kitten who just turned one year old. It was interesting but FUN. Give the kitten a nice quiet place away from traffic and house noise. A kitten needs to get away and they need to establish a routine. Keep food and water away from potty box. Establish the potty box right away. They will use it. I find it best to keep unused rooms in the house closed and as the kitten gets used to his new home, open other doors for him to explore. Some kittens take longer to acclimate. Give your kitten time and space.
Our cat adopted us (she literally came to our door and wouldn't leave) when she was about 4 months old. I took her to the vet who confirmed she was old enough to get fixed (or as he put it "have her kitten factory removed") We have too many unwanted cats and kittens, so please consider neutering or spaying as a necessary first. Our cat knew how to use a litter box instinctively, but she has always gone to the door to be let out (she meows, goes out, comes back and meows to be let in). We set a clean bowl of water down, and bought Purina Kitten Chow for the first year. We showed her where it was, and after that she meowed when it was empty and she was hungry. (We now keep a little out all day as she tends to snack instead of eat all at once) When she was a year old, we switched to regular cat food. She does not get canned food very often. That's it. Be ready for aloofness, or cuddliness, for playfulness or all day sleeping. And a whole lot of fun, laughter, and joy. For more information about your new bundle of joy, check out the web site.
Your question doesn't give me much to go on. First you should always take the cat to the vet to make sure that it is up-to-date with all of its shots, is healthy, doesn't have any ear mites, or any parasites or feline leukemia. Only a vet visit can help you with that.
I also like the idea of researching this BEFORE you get the kitten. First of all, your asking the world, not experienced vets on how to take care of a kitten. There is so much good information online, and I suggest searching for educated advice there. My cat had four kittens and I raised them from newborns. Vet apointment is important, but other than that its pretty simple. Nail clippers (learn how to do it correctly or you could really hurt your kitten), litter and box, kitten food, brush, shampoo if you want. Figure out before hand whether you want it to be indoor, outdoor or both. Good Luck!
you give it a lot of attention and feed it hard food and mix soft food with the hard food lunch breakfast and dinner but always keep dry food out. at first u should keep your cat in a small part of your house and put the food and litterbox in the room with it and spend time with it in that room. then in like in 2 days let it roam around your house. it wll probally hide but thats normal also you should buy toys and a scraching post and take it to the vet to get it vaccinated. dont forget lots of love and affection
Kittens are great, and tons of fun.
you should make a vet appointment for the day you'll be getting the kitten, or very shortly after. at 6 months, most vets will spay or neuter kittens, so you could go ahead and schedule this at the initial appointment. At the first appointment, the kitten will need vaccinations, a leukemia test if it hasn't already been done, worm treatment, and possibly flea treatment. I'd say there isn't a chance of that appointment being less than $100.
For your house, you need to get a litter box, kitten food, and litter. You can get a kitty bed, but after many years and many kittens, iv'e found that they just prefer a blanket or more often than not, my coat. Get some toys. They love things to chase and things that roll.
Whenever I bring a new kitten into the house, I always take the kitten immediately to the litter box. I don't know why, but this is what my mom always did, and it seems to be effective to show them the bathroom first thing. Kittens use litter boxes instinctively, so house breaking isnt usually a problem. I usually quarantine the kitten to that room for a half hour or so, to help the kitten remember where the litter box is, and also so my other cats aren't quite so freaked out by the time the kitten comes out of that room.
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