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A New Kitten In The Family

A new kitten in the family is not a big deal if you don't have any other pets currently living in your home. You can welcome the kitten with open arms and spend a great deal of time with them, you know spoil them. You need to remember though that your home is a strange new place to your kitten and they will need time to explore their new surroundings and adjust. A new kitten in the family can require patience and love if they are coming from a shelter where they have either spent most of their time in a cage or with litter mates. Love your kitten and give them alone time if that's what they want and you help ease your kitten's fears about their new environment.

Provide your kitten with their own private area that has a bed, food and litter box. It doesn't have to be an entire room, just a nice quiet area where your kitten can go and feel safe. With a little time and love, your new kitten will come to feel safe and comfortable in their new howm

If a new kitten in the family is going to be joining an existing dog or cat that already lives in the family home then you will need to take different steps to make the transition. You will want to keep your new kitten away from the other pets until you can have your veterinarian check them out and give them a clean bill of health. Provide your kitten with their own area that has their bed, food, water and litterbox in a separate area for a couple of days. After your kitten has a clean bill of health, you can slowly introduce the kitten to the other furry members of the family. The other pets will want to sniff and peek at the new arrival. You can expect some growling and hissing right at first; this is totally instinctive. If you have older cats in your household, it may take a little longer for the kitten to be accepted.

Try to engage all your cats in a pleasurable activity to help break the ice. Before you know it, all the cats should settle down into a good routine and get along just fine. The key to the whole process is to not rush things so that both the older cats and the new kitten have individual attention and time to get used to each other.