I just adopted a three month old kitten, and she is great! She playes with me and cuddles up to me, but I sit in another room and watch t.v while my dad watches t.v in another room connected to the kitchen. The problem is that the kitten likes being over where my dad is and I don't have much time to spend with it, is there anyway that I could get my cat to come ever to where I am sitting more often? And by the way, we just got her today.
2006-09-30 12:14:09 · 32 answers · asked by bballplaya706 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
Your kitten will develop a love for you and will want to be where you are if you are the person spending the most time caring for it.
Right now it is looking for a comfortable place to be, and likely a room that reminds it of where it lived before, or a person that reminds it of someone it lived with before.
Don't worry. If you love your kitten and show it a good balance of affection and discipline (example - don't claw the furniture, don't sit on the table), it will follow you around no matter what room you are in.
I'm quote impressed that your kitten isn't hiding behind a couch on its first day in your home, most do!
Plan to give the kitten some healthy "treats" when you get home after work or school, and get a nice brush to use a couple of times a week. Make sure the food is always there, the water is fresh, and the litter pan is scooped out once a day. Your kitten will know that you are the one that takes care of him/her, and will repay you with more love than you can imagine.
Right now just be patient and loving.
PS - my 7 month old kitten is 10lbs and is now standing on my shoulder because he wants me to get off the computer and pet him.
2006-09-30 12:26:05 · answer #1 · answered by K M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A few months ago I adopted a three month old kitten myself. If you want your kittten to spend time with you, put his/her toys in the room you watch t.v. in. Also, you could bring him/her into your t.v. room while you watch it to cuddle with him/her. Another thing you can do is get a mouse that makes a sound, like a ring or squeak, make the sound with it, and your kitten might come. Sometimes when I call my kitten's name, or meow like a cat, she comes.
2006-09-30 12:26:41 · answer #2 · answered by muffinman5763 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The wonderful, horrible thing about kittens is that they will choose their "preferred" human and stick to them unless you work hard to break them of the habit.
Keep a few kitten treats on your person at all times. When she comes to see what you're doing, put a treat on your belly and let her jump up and eat it. Pet her, but don't try to hold her or keep her from leaving. She'll start associating you with rewards and pets, and will most likely start hanging around you more often.
On the other hand, after 15 years of cat ownership and 6 cats between the two of us, our cats have always preferred my wife, no matter how much I've coddled them. Some people just exude a "cat vibe" and you just live with it. The oddest thing is that one of our newer cats has taken to sleeping with our 5-year-old son and following him around, though he's never done anything to encourage her. Cats choose their people, not vice versa.
Joe
2006-09-30 12:21:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
just give it more time. but thers one thing u should definately understand, cats r very independant personalities and will do exactly what they wnat to do when they want to do it. i can only think of one way to try to persuade it to b with u , get a little food and take it into ur room with u and the kitten, if she gets used to getting treats from u in there she might justdecide to b with u more than dad..good luck
2006-09-30 12:20:38 · answer #4 · answered by Nora G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had the same trouble with my kitten when I first got him. He would rather be with others then myself. I would lure him towards me with kitten treats and toys. He would come running over to me. Then after about a week he would just naturally come and sit with me and I would rub his neck and his back and he would purr.
Treats and toys are a good way to get a cat to love you. And show the kitten alot of attention and plenty of love.
I wish you the best with your kitten.
2006-09-30 12:22:16 · answer #5 · answered by Christy B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you go to watch tv, find the kitten and carry her into the other room with you. Give her attention, pet her, play with her (cats love to chase the end of a piece of string if you wiggle it on the floor). If the cat has fun playing and enjoys the attention she will be more likely to seek you out.
2006-09-30 12:19:16 · answer #6 · answered by glitz2275 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well cats usually hang around the person that dislikes cats the most, so i would try to ignore the cat then it will want your attention and be in your face until you give it attention. Or what i do is i feed the cat treats on the side so that it will like me better.
2006-09-30 12:16:43 · answer #7 · answered by sexykitty614 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give her some time. She's in a new place, with new people. Let her roam and get used to your house. Time will tell, and you'll have the cat you always wanted. Right now though is the time to bond with her. Go pick her up and hold her, cradle her, and show her your her owner. But also in that same respect do not keep her if she wants to get down, doing so, will tell her that if she wants down to explore, you wont let her, and she wont be as likely to come back.
Give it some time. It'll be ok.
2006-09-30 12:17:46 · answer #8 · answered by Enigma 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well give her a little time, you've only had her for one day. After a while she'll come up to you if she likes you, unless she cant get to your TV room from her room. Its hard to try and get cats to come to you for the first few days/weeks, they're not like dogs.
2006-09-30 12:20:06 · answer #9 · answered by Kiera S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh well, being a cat she will quickly claim the whole house and all the people in it as "hers". I would surely have her in my bedroom at night so she bonds a lot to you. You are in much better shape than your dad to put up with the inevitable sleepless nights you are going to have with this baby.
2006-09-30 12:19:25 · answer #10 · answered by old cat lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋