Kitten Help!?

Question

At the moment, my block has a problem with field mice and bugs - so just a couple of days ago, I saw a small mouse in my basement, and it totally freaked me out! Like my house is spotless, and I see this small gray mouse - and it's a problem with the whole street right now .....

Where my dad works they have a cat - well, the cat is pregnant - so my dad thought that maybe when the cat gives birth he will take a kitten for the house - i'm just wondering if kittens chase mice and bugs?? Also, at what age should the kitten be for us to adopt one? And how should we prepare for its arrival?

Answer 1

If you want a kitten make sure it is for more than to be a mouser. They live a long time and it is a life time commitment.

Kittens can come home with you after they are weaned, usually about 6 to 8 weeks old.

You will need to find a vet, get a litter box, and get whatever food the kitten has been weaned to. Of course you can always change that later.

Take Kitty to the vet and get it the shots it will need to live a healthy life. Remember that a kitty can get almost any disease that we can get.

Good luck with your new arrival!

Answer 2

Cats will hunt mice, bugs, and just about anything else that moves. But they can't do a whole lot about the bugs, so you'll have to find some other way to deal with that.

The kitten should be no younger than 6 weeks old when you bring him home. You'll need a set of good solid pet food bowls that the baby can't knock over, a litter box, and a scooper. A lot of people add beds and toys, but I consider those optional: Our cats get the greatest pleasure out of paper wads, and they share our bed or sleep on the furniture.

Back to the litter box: Kittens are very small creatures, so a big box might look a little scary. So you might want to have a painter's tray set up with litter too, elsewhere in the house in case the baby just can't hold it. When he gets bigger, you can gradually move the tray toward the big box, then take it up altogether.

When your kitten reaches about 6 months old, he'll have to be fixed. That will help avoid a LOT of problems for all concerned. There are other shots he will need too, such as rabies, distemper, and feline leukemia. A vet can tell you about this in detail.

You will want to feed the kitten Kitten Chow until he's about a year old. Then switch to adult food.

Good luck!

Answer 3

The kitten should be weaned by the mother cat - this usually happens between 6 weeks and 8 weeks of age - before you separate it from its mother.

There are vaccinations it should get, check with you local vet for what and when.

Kittens should be fed Kitten Chow for (my vet said) the first year of its life to promote strong bones and muscle development. An indoor cat needs a litter box and an outdoor cat needs a good shelter. Indoor cats live longer, healthier lives. You should get the kitten spayed or neutered - less chance of it straying, getting into fights, generating unwanted kittens, etc.

Kittens will chase anything that moves. Not all cats are good mousers, but if the mother is the kitten (when it matures) is more likely to be as well. Toys can be as simple as a string or a wooden spool tied to a string which you can hang from a doorknob or drag around the house to the wide variety sold at pet stores. It's a good idea to get it a scratching post of some kind so it doesn't use your furniture or draperies.

Best of luck!

Answer 4

Your kitten may want to chase things as soon as 2 weeks. It may not eat the mice or bugs depending on its acquired taste, but they do like to catch movie objects. Your kitten also doesn't have to be a specific age to adopt..unless you're getting it from an adoption center. Then you have to follow their guidelines...b/c they give the kittens shots and make sure you're a suitable owner, but you should leave the kitten with it's mother for about 3-5 weeks and just make sure that the kitten gets the appropriate shots. You should also by the litter box and cover any stringy important furniture. But some mouse toys and may research some kitty training sites. Litter box is necessary...I suggest scented. hope this helps.

Answer 5

getting a kitten doesn't make it a mouser..mice carry germs and can be carriers of rabies and other parasites that can infest a kitten. Better to get mouse baits or humane animal traps and have the rodent humanely destroyed..