Oy, I have amazing news!!
IM GETTING A KITTY! aarrgghhhhh Freakkkk outttt!!!
So now my question is, does anyone have tips on training the Kitty? Or just random tips and tricks they have learned along the way? I would reallllyyy appreciate your help!
Vicky and Doctor Mew Thank you!
IM GETTING A KITTY! aarrgghhhhh Freakkkk outttt!!!
So now my question is, does anyone have tips on training the Kitty? Or just random tips and tricks they have learned along the way? I would reallllyyy appreciate your help!
Vicky and Doctor Mew Thank you!
My kitten didn't really need much training. She had no problems with food or litterbox at all! The only issues we had when she get a little bit bigger were that she started to scratch on a specific part of the couch and liked to chew electrical chords 
Penholder wrote:
My kitten didn't really need much training. She had no problems with food or litterbox at all! The only issues we had when she get a little bit bigger were that she started to scratch on a specific part of the couch and liked to chew electrical chords
How did you teach her not to do that anymore?
Distractions, distractions, distractions! When she chewed the chords, we distracted her with toys. I think it was Sanne who told me to use straws also, and Kali really likes playing with straws now! Just remember to change the straws often, so your kitten doesn't swallow any plastic
For now. we've wrapped the scratchy areas in blankets, just in case she scratches when we go to sleep. We've also put a scratching post beside her favorite place to scratch on the couch, so she uses that instead. I also sprayed the couch with some cat pheromones, so the couch smells more like her and she won't mark her territory. Then I gave the scratching post some valerian to make it more interesting for her, and I also trim her nails.
For now. we've wrapped the scratchy areas in blankets, just in case she scratches when we go to sleep. We've also put a scratching post beside her favorite place to scratch on the couch, so she uses that instead. I also sprayed the couch with some cat pheromones, so the couch smells more like her and she won't mark her territory. Then I gave the scratching post some valerian to make it more interesting for her, and I also trim her nails.
Wow! Nice!! Thank you!
What Pen said. ALSO:
Sanne wrote:
What Pen said. ALSO:
Oh my GOD! Doctor Mew is going to love that!!!!
Pics or it didn't happen!!! 
Kittens are SO much fun, but they're also work! From my knowledge we never really had any problems 'training' our cats with the litterbox or anything. Be sure to get your kitten toys; especially mice that they can 'kill'. They're very playful and bitey when they're young. If you're really worried about claws and scratching, a wonderful alternative to declawing (which is a horrible thing anyways) is claw-covers. My dad does this for our cat. They're little claw covers that you put glue in and slide the claw into. That way they can't rip up any furniture.
Pen already gave some great tips. For us, we also used spray on the chairs that was lemony, because cats don't like that scent. It's a specific 'no-scratch' spray you can get at a pet store. We also got a similar spray that is catnip-ish, and sprayed that on the scratching post to encourage the cats to use it.
My cat LOVES our mouse-on-a-string. It's a cat toy I got from the dollar store, there's a plastic stick, a string attached to it, and the other end of the string has a mouse. He goes crazy over that thing, and all you do is wave the stick around!
Enjoy your kitten! I love cats so much They're really little furry family members!
Kittens are SO much fun, but they're also work! From my knowledge we never really had any problems 'training' our cats with the litterbox or anything. Be sure to get your kitten toys; especially mice that they can 'kill'. They're very playful and bitey when they're young. If you're really worried about claws and scratching, a wonderful alternative to declawing (which is a horrible thing anyways) is claw-covers. My dad does this for our cat. They're little claw covers that you put glue in and slide the claw into. That way they can't rip up any furniture.
Pen already gave some great tips. For us, we also used spray on the chairs that was lemony, because cats don't like that scent. It's a specific 'no-scratch' spray you can get at a pet store. We also got a similar spray that is catnip-ish, and sprayed that on the scratching post to encourage the cats to use it.
My cat LOVES our mouse-on-a-string. It's a cat toy I got from the dollar store, there's a plastic stick, a string attached to it, and the other end of the string has a mouse. He goes crazy over that thing, and all you do is wave the stick around!
Enjoy your kitten! I love cats so much
They're really little furry family members!
CelestinaGrey wrote:
Pics or it didn't happen!!!
Kittens are SO much fun, but they're also work! From my knowledge we never really had any problems 'training' our cats with the litterbox or anything. Be sure to get your kitten toys; especially mice that they can 'kill'. They're very playful and bitey when they're young. If you're really worried about claws and scratching, a wonderful alternative to declawing (which is a horrible thing anyways) is claw-covers. My dad does this for our cat. They're little claw covers that you put glue in and slide the claw into. That way they can't rip up any furniture.
Pen already gave some great tips. For us, we also used spray on the chairs that was lemony, because cats don't like that scent. It's a specific 'no-scratch' spray you can get at a pet store. We also got a similar spray that is catnip-ish, and sprayed that on the scratching post to encourage the cats to use it.
My cat LOVES our mouse-on-a-string. It's a cat toy I got from the dollar store, there's a plastic stick, a string attached to it, and the other end of the string has a mouse. He goes crazy over that thing, and all you do is wave the stick around!
Enjoy your kitten! I love cats so much They're really little furry family members!
Kittens are SO much fun, but they're also work! From my knowledge we never really had any problems 'training' our cats with the litterbox or anything. Be sure to get your kitten toys; especially mice that they can 'kill'. They're very playful and bitey when they're young. If you're really worried about claws and scratching, a wonderful alternative to declawing (which is a horrible thing anyways) is claw-covers. My dad does this for our cat. They're little claw covers that you put glue in and slide the claw into. That way they can't rip up any furniture.
Pen already gave some great tips. For us, we also used spray on the chairs that was lemony, because cats don't like that scent. It's a specific 'no-scratch' spray you can get at a pet store. We also got a similar spray that is catnip-ish, and sprayed that on the scratching post to encourage the cats to use it.
My cat LOVES our mouse-on-a-string. It's a cat toy I got from the dollar store, there's a plastic stick, a string attached to it, and the other end of the string has a mouse. He goes crazy over that thing, and all you do is wave the stick around!
Enjoy your kitten! I love cats so much
They're really little furry family members! It has to stay with the momma until the end of July but yeah I'm so happy!!!
I would love to post a picture but I don't know how :0
Kitty tip! if you are planing to do your own grooming:
Nail trimming: too young to trip nails now but as a kitten it is a good time to get her use to holding her paws and showing off those claws by pushing on the pad of her paw while holding them. then rewarding the experience with yummies.
same concept with grooming if she is short hair anf using the zoom groom just introduce them earily and made it a nice happy relaxed experaince.
watxhout for ear mites! allot of kitties come with tease dark crusties in the ears check it out with the vest when upi do the frist kitties well check.
teeth brushing: again some to intro the action to very young the idea of looking into here mouth and at there teeth young. this is one grooming practice I dont do but I still like get my cats okay with me looking into there mouth either to give them meds, or to do my own wellness check.
Nail trimming: too young to trip nails now but as a kitten it is a good time to get her use to holding her paws and showing off those claws by pushing on the pad of her paw while holding them. then rewarding the experience with yummies.
same concept with grooming if she is short hair anf using the zoom groom just introduce them earily and made it a nice happy relaxed experaince.
watxhout for ear mites! allot of kitties come with tease dark crusties in the ears check it out with the vest when upi do the frist kitties well check.
teeth brushing: again some to intro the action to very young the idea of looking into here mouth and at there teeth young. this is one grooming practice I dont do but I still like get my cats okay with me looking into there mouth either to give them meds, or to do my own wellness check.
SarietheFae wrote:
Kitty tip! if you are planing to do your own grooming:
Nail trimming: too young to trip nails now but as a kitten it is a good time to get her use to holding her paws and showing off those claws by pushing on the pad of her paw while holding them. then rewarding the experience with yummies.
same concept with grooming if she is short hair anf using the zoom groom just introduce them earily and made it a nice happy relaxed experaince.
watxhout for ear mites! allot of kitties come with tease dark crusties in the ears check it out with the vest when upi do the frist kitties well check.
teeth brushing: again some to intro the action to very young the idea of looking into here mouth and at there teeth young. this is one grooming practice I dont do but I still like get my cats okay with me looking into there mouth either to give them meds, or to do my own wellness check.
Nail trimming: too young to trip nails now but as a kitten it is a good time to get her use to holding her paws and showing off those claws by pushing on the pad of her paw while holding them. then rewarding the experience with yummies.
same concept with grooming if she is short hair anf using the zoom groom just introduce them earily and made it a nice happy relaxed experaince.
watxhout for ear mites! allot of kitties come with tease dark crusties in the ears check it out with the vest when upi do the frist kitties well check.
teeth brushing: again some to intro the action to very young the idea of looking into here mouth and at there teeth young. this is one grooming practice I dont do but I still like get my cats okay with me looking into there mouth either to give them meds, or to do my own wellness check.
Oh god! Thanks those are all things I would have never thought about!!
Just click on the image picture in the reply box and copy-paste the url of the image. You have to upload the image somewhere else (like photobucket or dA Stash) to get the link, but then just copy-paste the link into the little pop-up box that appears 
A tip for when you get your kitten: setup the litterbox in advance, in the location you want to keep it almost permanently. When you bring kitten home, put it in the litterbox straight away and let it come out on its own. (Remove the top if necessary.) That way she will know straight away where it is, what it smells like and will use it when she needs to.
Also please consider getting her fixed when the vet gives the okay for it. I'd recommend anywhere between 6-12 months. This will prevent in-heat spraying on your furniture (even if a cat never sprays, being in-heat or smelling other in-heat cats can trigger this behavior out of the blue) and also prevents a number of cancers related to the reproductive organs.
Please please please consider keeping her indoors if you haven't already. There is such a short life expectancy of outdoor cats (3-5 years on average versus 15+ years indoors) for lots of reasons, and there's no point in risking a life when you can meet a cat's needs indoors just fine!
I also recommend Jackson Galaxy's videos on YouTube, he has a lot of great stuff about cats to talk about.
Also please consider getting her fixed when the vet gives the okay for it. I'd recommend anywhere between 6-12 months. This will prevent in-heat spraying on your furniture (even if a cat never sprays, being in-heat or smelling other in-heat cats can trigger this behavior out of the blue) and also prevents a number of cancers related to the reproductive organs.
Please please please consider keeping her indoors if you haven't already. There is such a short life expectancy of outdoor cats (3-5 years on average versus 15+ years indoors) for lots of reasons, and there's no point in risking a life when you can meet a cat's needs indoors just fine!
I also recommend Jackson Galaxy's videos on YouTube, he has a lot of great stuff about cats to talk about.
victoria. here is a good youtube video on the cat nail trimming. it is the same exact way as I do it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-4hwXDxg0c
CelestinaGrey wrote:
Just click on the image picture in the reply box and copy-paste the url of the image. You have to upload the image somewhere else (like photobucket or dA Stash) to get the link, but then just copy-paste the link into the little pop-up box that appears
Since the picture itself isn't working, here is a link.. Doctor Mew
Victoriantruth wrote:
CelestinaGrey wrote:
Just click on the image picture in the reply box and copy-paste the url of the image. You have to upload the image somewhere else (like photobucket or dA Stash) to get the link, but then just copy-paste the link into the little pop-up box that appears
Since the picture itself isn't working, here is a link.. Doctor Mew
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!! SO CUTE AND TINY
For the other people who can't click on the link.. Here is a picture. 
CelestinaGrey wrote:
Victoriantruth wrote:
CelestinaGrey wrote:
Just click on the image picture in the reply box and copy-paste the url of the image. You have to upload the image somewhere else (like photobucket or dA Stash) to get the link, but then just copy-paste the link into the little pop-up box that appears
Since the picture itself isn't working, here is a link.. Doctor Mew
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!! SO CUTE AND TINY
I KNOW RIGHTTTTT!!!
Sanne wrote:
A tip for when you get your kitten: setup the litterbox in advance, in the location you want to keep it almost permanently. When you bring kitten home, put it in the litterbox straight away and let it come out on its own. (Remove the top if necessary.) That way she will know straight away where it is, what it smells like and will use it when she needs to.
Also please consider getting her fixed when the vet gives the okay for it. I'd recommend anywhere between 6-12 months. This will prevent in-heat spraying on your furniture (even if a cat never sprays, being in-heat or smelling other in-heat cats can trigger this behavior out of the blue) and also prevents a number of cancers related to the reproductive organs.
Please please please consider keeping her indoors if you haven't already. There is such a short life expectancy of outdoor cats (3-5 years on average versus 15+ years indoors) for lots of reasons, and there's no point in risking a life when you can meet a cat's needs indoors just fine!
I also recommend Jackson Galaxy's videos on YouTube, he has a lot of great stuff about cats to talk about.
Also please consider getting her fixed when the vet gives the okay for it. I'd recommend anywhere between 6-12 months. This will prevent in-heat spraying on your furniture (even if a cat never sprays, being in-heat or smelling other in-heat cats can trigger this behavior out of the blue) and also prevents a number of cancers related to the reproductive organs.
Please please please consider keeping her indoors if you haven't already. There is such a short life expectancy of outdoor cats (3-5 years on average versus 15+ years indoors) for lots of reasons, and there's no point in risking a life when you can meet a cat's needs indoors just fine!
I also recommend Jackson Galaxy's videos on YouTube, he has a lot of great stuff about cats to talk about.
Wow, okay! Thanks so much! I will all write this down! I was already going to keep her indoors.. there is a reason I want a cat and it wouldn't be to never see her.. thanks honey!
SarietheFae wrote:
victoria. here is a good youtube video on the cat nail trimming. it is the same exact way as I do it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-4hwXDxg0c
Thank youuuu!!
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