Getting A Kitten When You Already Have A Cat

You will have already selected the room before he came home and you should have the room ready for the kitten.

Getting a kitten when you already have a cat. Whether you re considering getting a kitten or have already welcomed a fuzzy little bundle of joy into your life you no doubt want to be the best pet parent. I have an almost 9 year old cat he will be 9 years old in a few weeks and for the past month or so i ve been thinking about adopting a kitten or at least another cat. Perhaps you already have one cat and decided that he or she needed a new playmate to keep from being lonely while you re away.

If the cat is in the room the snakes stay in their enclosures or they must be securely held by a human who is keeping the snake out of cat s reach and vice versa. You will want to have a new litter box and some new toys for the kitten to play with. We ve introduced a kitten to an adult cat a few times over the years we always have two cats.

When you bring the kitten home you will have to keep him in isolation for several weeks until both cats are able to get along. On many cat sites i visit there are posts from people who decide to adopt a kitten when they already have a grown cat 10 years old in some cases. As for whether to get a male or female many people have believed for years you should get a cat of the opposite sex.

I have never followed that theory and in all my years of doing professional behavior consulting making good personality and temperament matches have been far more important than whether the cat is male or female. Bringing home and raising a new kitten is an experience that s loaded with challenges and rewards. It s funny you made a thread on this because i have been thinking the exact same thing.

At first they are a bit suspicious of each other kitten has to learn boundaries. If the snakes have to come out of their en. After your kitten becomes an adult cat do not feed her your usual kitten.

Maybe you already have several cats in your household but couldn t resist adopting the sweet little rescue kitty you met at an adoption event. If you can try to include items that have the scent of the kitten on them already. However we have two rules.