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When you arrive home with your kitten, it should be shown it’s litter tray first.
It is best to have the same kind of litter that they have been used to. our kittens all leave home with sample bags of cat litter and of course the food they have been used to. In fact we always say our kittens leave with plenty of luggage.
We use a wood based cat litter as we do not like the clumping varieties, and more to the point neither do the kittens.
Do not place the litter tray near the kittens food,
or you will find that he,
a) will not have a good appetite
or
b) will not use his litter
Would you like to eat near your toilet ?
The litter tray should be positioned where it can be reached easily, away from the main stream of traffic in your house. Our kittens are completely litter trained but they do need to be shown where their new tray is and to quietly in their own way, explore their new surroundings.
Some kittens are extremely bold and will explore
immediately but sometimes a rather shy kitten may be
a little reluctant to venture too far. It is best to leave the
kitten to it’s own devices for a while and to watch quietly from a distance.
remember they have left the security of being a part of their feline family and their
litter mates.
Whilst we cannot dictate what you choose for 'your' kitten, we would much prefer that our kittens are not allowed outside. They have never known the outside world and there is absolutely no truth in the old wives tale that they are missing out on something by being kept inside their loving and safe homes.
Cats love to sit in a sunny window ledge and watch the world go by – but this does not mean that they want to go outside, they are just naturally nosey.
keep your animals safe by keeping them inside
Companionship, a warm lap and cat toys
are just what an inside cat loves.
We change our cat toys regularly to keep our cats stimulated and very often they will devise their own games with bits of sweet papers, an empty box or two and other household items, sponges go missing, along with socks, small packages, balls of wool and whatever else they fancy but it all adds to the fun.
But one thing is certain our cats are safe.
It is very important that you do not change a kitten’s diet until they have well and truly settled in. Our kittens leave with samples of the food that they are used to.
We always feed our cats and kittens on a high quality diet with Iams, Hills Science Diet and James Wellbeloved, Proplan and Royal Cannin are available freely all day.
The research that as gone into producing the dried food proves that it is the best diet you can give your cat. The dried food is a complete diet and if your cat/kitten ate nothing else they would be perfectly happy and healthy on a diet of dried food.
We do use canned cat food but it only forms a very small basis of the cats diet as it contains very little real goodness. It is in fact the equivalent of our ‘fast food’, so instead we prefer to give real food cooked naturally, and for this reason we highly recommend 'Applaws' our cats and kittens adore it.
Cats are carnivores,they need meat to survive. A cat requires at least 38% of protein in their diet and most tinned food contains between 8 – 12 % that’s an awful of lot of tinned food.
Remember though dried food will increase your cats thirst and a cat is kept healthy on a good diet and fresh drinking water.
Always keep a good supply of fresh drinking water available at all times
now is there any thing we have forgot to say to keep your kitten happy
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Love him often and this will be returned a million times over
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