Thread: My new kitten

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

As much as I love them I'm afraid that would be one out of luck cat if all he had to depend on was me.

LOL, Jimmy, you'd take a wet tissue then and rub its belly.

When my long gone siamese family had their kitten they were both taking care of them.
Guys are actually quite useful there.
Watching them was way better than TV!

I agree, don't declaw your cats.

Mine came from the humanitarian center that way, and I think it's a terrible thing to do.

We had considered declawing him, but once we educated ourselves about the process, we'll never consider it again. Instead, I do trim his claws myself- yet another thing he sits still for.

We don't intend to bathe him often, just every few months or so. He likes to get into things he isn't supposed to and isn't always so thorough in his cleaning. For instance, he jumped with all 4 feet into my bowl of oatmeal 2 days ago.

He is generally emperor, but at night, he gets a friendly boot from the bedroom and a closed door. He seems to be nocturnal, so he enjoys running around the apartment as fast as he can, and running and jumping on everything, including the bed. All it takes is a cat landing on your stomach once after you just got to sleep for you to shut the door

Don't worry he'll set things clear about closed doors.
Cats can be so educating!
You'll get nocturnal too. Its so simple!

Seriously its really a matter of temper.
My big one is so precautious and thoughtful.
She never nags or anything.
Works out that way that I'm constantly worrying that she's really ok
and got everything that a little cat's heart desires.
The small one has been arguing with me about open windows for two years now.
So now they are open or I have to get up every two hours.
Well unless she sleeps. Thats when she wants them closed to stay safe.
Doors? I wonder what they are here for actually. As coat hanger holders maybe.

Thankfully, we got him young and they are trainable. He only threw a fit the first night we shut the door, and that took the form of him running into it. After two hits, he gave up

He's starting to learn his name and will usually come to me when I call it. He's learning no and that it means he shouldn't do whatever it is.

Something I can't get over is how fast he is! I've had a lot of cats before, and he is by far the fastest cat I've ever owned. If I'm close enough, I'm fast enough to snatch him, but more than a couple steps away and I can't match him.

Yes, thats when they are so small.
When my little siamese moved in, she was about 8 months old and not yet grown / very skinny.
When she jumped on a window sill or a table, it looked like she was just floating up with no effort at all.
In the meantime she picked on a bit more, so now it looks like she actually jumps.

Funny that you should say that actually. He's got to be the worst jumper of any cat I've ever seen. He really has to try in order to make it above 3 feet. My last cat could almost do 6 feet vertical, seemingly without effort. I'm fine with him being a bad jumper though. That means there is less for him to get into, like the bookshelves. He's got a thing for chewing on books and being in high places, so he tries to get as high as he can on our 6 foot bookshelves. Thankfully, as high as he can means the second shelf

LOL is he!
Could it be that he's bored a little?
Thought about a companion for him?

I've only had a single cat back in the eighties
because of he was contageous with feline leukemia
and there was no vaccine back then.
He needed MUCH more attention than any couple or group that I had.
I'd always vote for two of them,
just to not make them lonely if their temper allows.
When they are young they are quite happy about it.
Later on its getting more difficult to get them getting used to another.

Oh god no, no companions for now. I'm unemployed at the moment, so we're buddies. I don't think we could handle another cat...he's a handful as it is. Not to mention a growing handful. He's at least 1/3 bigger than when we got him, and it's been about a week.

One of the ways my cat shows he is happy is by gently flexing his claws. Declawing him would be like cutting out his purr!

Sure, it's a problem with them climbing curtains etc. when they are young, but I'm sure they grow out of it. Mine stopped climbing curtains instantly the day we let him outdoors. Cats need to climb, but they would rather do it outdoors than inside. If you keep them inside you need to make something for them to climb. Fabric fixed to the wall is supposed to be good.

If someone wants a pet that won't climb despite being kept from wandering free, aren't they really after a dog?