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How to Care for Kittens

How to Look After Kittens
Kittens need some more specific care than a cat. They will need to be introduced to various people and animals and be correctly socialised. Keeping kittens can be a demanding job and it will require a lot of dedication but it is very rewarding. When caring for kittens, you will need to be able to provide it with lots of human companionship, plenty of good food and clean water, a good bed and lots of care and attention.


Looking After Kittens




• You need to make sure that the kitten get’s all it’s necessary vaccinations and health checks. It may be worth having your pet spayed or neutered at six weeks unless you want lots of new kittens running around in the future. Kittens cannot be allowed outside until a week after it’s final vaccination which will usually be at 14 weeks.

• When you first bring your new kitten home you need to do things quite slowly. When looking after kittens, allow the kitten to get used to it’s new home before you start introducing other family members and especially other animals. Make sure that the kitten knows where it’s bed, food bowl and the litter tray is placed. Putting a hot water bottle in it’s bed for the first few nights may help it get over not being with other members of his litter.

• When it is time to introduce the kitten other members of the family, make sure that is done at the cat’s own pace. Make sure that any children are gentle and quiet with the new kitten and that he is not treated as a toy. Allow the kitten to come up to a new member of the family rather than them approaching the kitten.

• A bad experience could scare the kitten for life and they need to be socialised correctly around people and other animals. Part of caring for kittens is to ensure their good mental wellbeing so when it comes to introducing other animals, especially dogs, do so at a very slow pace. Little and often is much better. Keep dogs on a lead, eventually the dog will realise that the new kitten isn’t actually that interesting.

• When feeding a new kitten, use the same food as it has been used to, especially if you haven’t been there since birth. The stress of moving to a new home and a change of diet may cause diarrhoea. Looking after kittens can be demanding as kittens need different nutrition to adult cats. Specialist kitten food is available which is of very good quality and will leave you with more time to bond with your new cat.

• Part of keeping kittens is toilet training them. If they still live with their mother they pick it up off them and the kitten may well be house trained when you pick it up. If this is the case, all you will need to do show the kitten where the new litter tray is. Make sure that you keep the litter tray clean but don’t use a disinfectant that is too strong smelling as it may discourage the kitten to use the tray.

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