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Post pictures of her! Does she have a name yet?
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Post pictures of her! Does she have a name yet?
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By the way, it's too bad she's not a male-- you could have named her Oscar, because you found her in a trashcan 
Here are some w/ my camera phone, the digitalones come tomorrow!
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OMG!!! Lila is adorable!!!! How can anyone throw her away like that?!??!
de-clawing is inhumane - and illegal in alot of places.....cats get great pleasure out of scratching things, and it is vital to their their health as its instinctual.
I have 2 indoor cats, and heres what i've done with both:
2 Litter trays, one for number 1's, and one for number 2's...the cat will learn this him/herself over time...
Clean the litter trays out DAILY...this doesnt mean replacing the litter, just scooping out the clumps
Get a BIG cat scratcher, something that your new kitty can climb on top of, and something that he/she can scratch to bits and you wont care....discipine your cat by clapping your hands loudly or shaking a can full of rocks should the cat scratch where its not spose to. If this doesn't work, 1:20 mix of lemon juice or vinagar with water in a spray bottle will be enough to frighten but not harm the cat. Don't do it too often or it'll lose effect (i use the can for if the cats sit on the kitchen bench, the water for if they scratch and the loud clap if they are fighting.....so as not to confuse them!)
if the clawing gets bad you can get perspex claw covers put on by your vet..they are like glue on nail extensions, cat can still claw but wont damage your furniture
Invest in cat nip....good for calming your cat down when he/she gets stressed..just spray on his/her fav blanket and plop the cat on it...it'll goto sleep in seconds. cat nipped furniture is less likely to get scratched or pee'd on.
Clean Pee up immediately! this stuff reaks if its left the fester.... if your little one pees on your bed (and it will if you let it sleep with you, at least once i guarentee it will!) - clean the bed straight away, don't wait till morning!
Get the cat vacinated, flea treated, and desexed in accordance with your vet's recommendations.
DONT let it outside...it'll destroy native wildlife and get in fights with other cats - this gets costly. If it must go outside, supervised exersize preferably with a leash is the best way to go.
Pay the extra money for some GOOD cat food. I spend about $30 aud a fortnight on the cat buscuits i feed my 2 with - i could spend as little as 3....reason for good food is usually it makes their stools smaller and less smelly. You can get special indoor cat food blends as well, which moderate their diet for the decreased amount of exersize they will have being inside.
Play with your cat and read books to your cat while it is a baby - this will get it used to you and your voice, and make it more likely to bond with you - you will also get more enjoyment out of the cat if you do this.
if you are going to feed the cat wet meat, get proper butchered meat, not canned crap - canned crap has beaks and feet minced up...you wouldn't eat it, why should your cat? low quality fresh cuts minced up at your local butcher, as well as chicken necks and the like are good.
toys - ball of string, scrunched up ball of aluminium foil and an old neck tie are all the toys my 2 have ever had, and they love them all
bed, my cats have a couple of old/no longer used towels and blankets piled up to sleep on - most of the time they chose to sleep on the sofa
cats can be very enjoyable animals if you train them young and look after them. if you don't do the prep work, they can be absolute menaces.
I have 2 indoor cats, and heres what i've done with both:
2 Litter trays, one for number 1's, and one for number 2's...the cat will learn this him/herself over time...
Clean the litter trays out DAILY...this doesnt mean replacing the litter, just scooping out the clumps
Get a BIG cat scratcher, something that your new kitty can climb on top of, and something that he/she can scratch to bits and you wont care....discipine your cat by clapping your hands loudly or shaking a can full of rocks should the cat scratch where its not spose to. If this doesn't work, 1:20 mix of lemon juice or vinagar with water in a spray bottle will be enough to frighten but not harm the cat. Don't do it too often or it'll lose effect (i use the can for if the cats sit on the kitchen bench, the water for if they scratch and the loud clap if they are fighting.....so as not to confuse them!
)if the clawing gets bad you can get perspex claw covers put on by your vet..they are like glue on nail extensions, cat can still claw but wont damage your furniture
Invest in cat nip....good for calming your cat down when he/she gets stressed..just spray on his/her fav blanket and plop the cat on it...it'll goto sleep in seconds. cat nipped furniture is less likely to get scratched or pee'd on.
Clean Pee up immediately! this stuff reaks if its left the fester.... if your little one pees on your bed (and it will if you let it sleep with you, at least once i guarentee it will!) - clean the bed straight away, don't wait till morning!
Get the cat vacinated, flea treated, and desexed in accordance with your vet's recommendations.
DONT let it outside...it'll destroy native wildlife and get in fights with other cats - this gets costly. If it must go outside, supervised exersize preferably with a leash is the best way to go.
Pay the extra money for some GOOD cat food. I spend about $30 aud a fortnight on the cat buscuits i feed my 2 with - i could spend as little as 3....reason for good food is usually it makes their stools smaller and less smelly. You can get special indoor cat food blends as well, which moderate their diet for the decreased amount of exersize they will have being inside.
Play with your cat and read books to your cat while it is a baby - this will get it used to you and your voice, and make it more likely to bond with you - you will also get more enjoyment out of the cat if you do this.
if you are going to feed the cat wet meat, get proper butchered meat, not canned crap - canned crap has beaks and feet minced up...you wouldn't eat it, why should your cat? low quality fresh cuts minced up at your local butcher, as well as chicken necks and the like are good.
toys - ball of string, scrunched up ball of aluminium foil and an old neck tie are all the toys my 2 have ever had, and they love them all
bed, my cats have a couple of old/no longer used towels and blankets piled up to sleep on - most of the time they chose to sleep on the sofa
cats can be very enjoyable animals if you train them young and look after them. if you don't do the prep work, they can be absolute menaces.
DO NOT DECLAY YOUR PET
you will go to hell, i promise you....it hurts them too much!!!
don't give them COLD food...their digestive system sucks and will get sick
they won't give him any shots until his over 4 weeks old,,,
give them warm goat milk, cat milk from the store
do not bathe him, use cat wipes and clean its ears and everything else.
the cloth may turn red becaus eof all the blood from when it was born.
enjoy your cat
i'm currently waiting for a cat that's pregnant to get the kitties,
theyre just so much fun!
you will go to hell, i promise you....it hurts them too much!!!
don't give them COLD food...their digestive system sucks and will get sick
they won't give him any shots until his over 4 weeks old,,,
give them warm goat milk, cat milk from the store
do not bathe him, use cat wipes and clean its ears and everything else.
the cloth may turn red becaus eof all the blood from when it was born.
enjoy your cat
i'm currently waiting for a cat that's pregnant to get the kitties,
theyre just so much fun!
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Declaw your cat if you want to, thats a decision you have to make. My cat is declawed on the front and he has no "tenderness" there...declawing is a personal choice.
Some of the people that tell you not to declaw are the same people that have their pitbull/boxer/pinchers/etc ears cropped and tails cut off...same s***...
Do what you want.
You're a good man for wanting to keep and take care of the kitty, props to you. And its a Tuxedo kitty just like our cat Moo
Some of the people that tell you not to declaw are the same people that have their pitbull/boxer/pinchers/etc ears cropped and tails cut off...same s***...
Do what you want.
You're a good man for wanting to keep and take care of the kitty, props to you. And its a Tuxedo kitty just like our cat Moo
please don't declaw it. You can train it to use a scratching post. We used the imitation method to train both of our cats and it worked like a charm.
The easiest way to do it is to get a nice sturdy scratching post (not the cheap one from walmart) and set it up somewhere near the front door. Then every time you come in the front door make sure the cat sees you and then pretend to scratch the post yourself for a few seconds. The cat will eventually pick up on this and start doing when you come home, once they're used to the post they wont use anything else. My sisters cat loves those cardboard floor scratches, but my cats wont touch them.
As for food, I'd say stay away from cow milk. You'll likely have to give it something special to start with since it's not weaned. The vet should have kitten formula and a bottle that's for kittens. It should be given at room temp. Ideally you should give it 8 ccs of formula per ounce of body weight per day. Very small new born kittens should be feed every 2-3 hours (under 3 weeks old), after 3 weeks you can do it every 6-8 hours. After 8 weeks you can try moist kitten food, but this could take a little longer.
Now that our cats are grown we only give them dry cat food (Purina Cat Chow) and water.
**I AM NO VET, PLEASE CONSULT THE VET ABOUT ALL OF THIS**
Helpful Links (a quick google search for "orphaned kitten" will yield tons of helpful info):
http://www.2ndchance.info/orphankitten.htm
http://www.petcaretips.net/orphaned_kitten_care.html
Also, I never waste a chance to show them off:
The easiest way to do it is to get a nice sturdy scratching post (not the cheap one from walmart) and set it up somewhere near the front door. Then every time you come in the front door make sure the cat sees you and then pretend to scratch the post yourself for a few seconds. The cat will eventually pick up on this and start doing when you come home, once they're used to the post they wont use anything else. My sisters cat loves those cardboard floor scratches, but my cats wont touch them.
As for food, I'd say stay away from cow milk. You'll likely have to give it something special to start with since it's not weaned. The vet should have kitten formula and a bottle that's for kittens. It should be given at room temp. Ideally you should give it 8 ccs of formula per ounce of body weight per day. Very small new born kittens should be feed every 2-3 hours (under 3 weeks old), after 3 weeks you can do it every 6-8 hours. After 8 weeks you can try moist kitten food, but this could take a little longer.
Now that our cats are grown we only give them dry cat food (Purina Cat Chow) and water.
**I AM NO VET, PLEASE CONSULT THE VET ABOUT ALL OF THIS**
Helpful Links (a quick google search for "orphaned kitten" will yield tons of helpful info):
http://www.2ndchance.info/orphankitten.htm
http://www.petcaretips.net/orphaned_kitten_care.html
Also, I never waste a chance to show them off:
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this is exactly what i do.,
feeding them with the bottle is so much fun.
when they get the hang of it they will press on your hands like they would with they mother, pinching you with they nails...is so cute.
the milk is Goat milk....regular milk is really bad for kittens.
go to petco or something similar..
when they get around 4 weeks old you can do what i call CEREAL, which is dry food mix with milk. they'll start getting the hang of hard food.
keep treats as that, TREATS, they love those things and if given too regularly they won't eat food to the point of dehydration and death. if a cat choses not to eat, there's nothing in the world that would make them eat, they rather die of starvation.
the vet won't even see them until they're about 4 weeksn old.
i chose to bathe mine arouind 2 weeks old with a flea shampoo coz they were suffering too much from fleas. cat wipes are your friend for DANDER which is the first reason why allergic people wn't have cats...you cna't stop the cat from licking its fur but you can help eliminate dander by cleaning it regurarily.
another fun fact: cats when they are that small don't know how to poo, you will have to mimic their mom and wipe their bottom with a wet papertowel, as soon a syou do that they'll start to pee until they get used to it.
feeding them with the bottle is so much fun.
when they get the hang of it they will press on your hands like they would with they mother, pinching you with they nails...is so cute.
the milk is Goat milk....regular milk is really bad for kittens.
go to petco or something similar..
when they get around 4 weeks old you can do what i call CEREAL, which is dry food mix with milk. they'll start getting the hang of hard food.
keep treats as that, TREATS, they love those things and if given too regularly they won't eat food to the point of dehydration and death. if a cat choses not to eat, there's nothing in the world that would make them eat, they rather die of starvation.
the vet won't even see them until they're about 4 weeksn old.
i chose to bathe mine arouind 2 weeks old with a flea shampoo coz they were suffering too much from fleas. cat wipes are your friend for DANDER which is the first reason why allergic people wn't have cats...you cna't stop the cat from licking its fur but you can help eliminate dander by cleaning it regurarily.
another fun fact: cats when they are that small don't know how to poo, you will have to mimic their mom and wipe their bottom with a wet papertowel, as soon a syou do that they'll start to pee until they get used to it.
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Alejo_NIN said:
LoL Yea I learned that hard way today, I wiped her bottom like I was told expecting her to wonder off and poop soon, but nope, the second I wiped she let lose all over my hand and floor, it was hilarous.
Took her to the vet, took the de-worm shot and had a the vet look at her, seems in good health but the vet was worried with her back legs and how she was walking with her hind legs(she is using her ankles to walk with her paws), which is a indicator of diabetes in older kitties but said that she just might be learning to walk b/c if it was diabetes she would be dead (thank god it's not!), but overall she's great and seems very happy w/ her surroundings!
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Mr Magnum said:
What a good kitty daddy you are!- :
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Alejo_NIN said:
lol...we had a Tomassina kitty when I was little too - we thought it was a boy and ta-da, turns out he was a she...
