How to care for your new kitten!
First of all well done on getting your new pet!! They really are great fun! This booklet will give you everything you need to know on caring for your kitten (and hopefully show you how to have lots of fun with it too!!)
Welcoming your kitten into your home!
You must be so excited it must have taken lots of hard work, showing that you are ready for the responsibility of a pet! Now you’ve just got to show that you know how to look after a pet. Now our friend Sarah will help show us how he looked after his new friend!
When mummy and daddy said I could get a kitten I was so excited, I had to wait for 13 weeks until I could collect Monty though because he was too young to leave his mummy. But when I finally went to get him I was very nervous- I didn’t know what to do to welcome Monty home. I knew that Monty would be sad at first because he had to leave his mum and he would miss her so me and Daddy went to the pet shop and bought him lots of new things.
We got him:
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A bed: we got him a basket with a snugly lining, and put it into our dining room where its quiet and warm, but you can just get a box with lots of squishy blankets inside so your kitten will be comfortable
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A litter Tray: A kitten needs one of these so it can go to the toilet, Cats can go outside but kittens need to stay inside all the time until they have been at home for a month- so they understand where they are and don’t get lost!
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Food and Water: Because your kitten needs to keep fed and watered so he is happy and healthy!
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Toys! Because kittens are only babies and they love to play and learn! (We got Monty a scratching post so he could stretch and wouldn’t ruin mummy’s furniture)
How I made friends with Monty
When I first got Monty he was very scared and didn’t want to play with me, I thought he didn’t love me until dad told me that it would take some time for the kitten to be my friend because he was so frightened and scared. So I had to be very careful and gentle and made sure I didn’t shout when I was near him.
Make sure you're new kitten has all the love and attention you can give him... little kittens grow strong and big with a good balanced meal, plenty of water and a sprinkling of love...
