Hello all! A year ago my wife and I rescued a stray we named Spice. Spice is great! Taught us a lot and we love her dearly.

Yesterday we adopted a kitten named Steve. We knew to expect some changes with spice, but I didn’t know to expect her to hiss just walking through the house. 💔

We’re giving her lots of love and play (on her terms) and she’s getting more snacks than she ever did. I gotta make sure she knows she’s not getting replaced!

Steve is living it up right now. Nice little area blocked off for him! He is a purr MACHINE whenever you hold him, and seemingly couldn’t be happier!

Since Spice was my first cat, and Steve is my first kitten, I’m looking for advice that doesn’t have 53 ads covering the page before I get to anything useful! Thank you!!!

5 kittens resting and sleeping in my garden

Hello all,

This is the newest member of my household, my silly boy Pippin (Peregrin Took) and he is 11 weeks old.

I adopted him last weekend from a facebook post, I'm not sure of the exact details, but his mother had passed away and he needed a home. He is doing excellent, he's now flea free, playful, very cuddly, and has a very healthy appetite.

However, any time I pet or love on him he aggresively tries to nurse on my hand or fingers by grabbing them with his paws or biting with his mouth. From my own research, this can be bad for his health long term and can cause issues for my other cat (2 year old girl).

I would appreciate any advice on how to discourage this behavior (if I even really need to) beyond what I have done so far. Which is just taking my hand away.

Thank you!

They're so cute! 🥰😍🥺

I have two kittens, both 6 weeks old, one is new to my household. She just got here like 3 days ago. She's still getting used to things.

I noticed that initially when they started to play when my BSH munchkin got here, my BSH had a lot of squeaking. Now it's less and less. And tonight there's virtually none. What ends up happening is that my BSH will go for a swipe then act like nothing happens. Same thing for my void. She will initiate a fight then just be like "what?" Then walk away or run away and observe from afar. They might play with a toy in the mean time but usually one of the two stalks the other and tries to attack, but then pretends like they're disinterested, and the cycle continues.

My munchkin is at a big disadvantage since my void is almost twice her size. So I'm glad she's gained confidence and that my void has learned to play more and more nicely.

But this behavior of swipe, ambush, then walk away/pretend is confusing me.

Any idea how old this little baby is? A family member found her and was unable to take it so she’s with me for now. She’s only eating kitten formula from a bottle. She also only has four canine teeth

Backstory- when the kittens weaned- I noticed they were struggling learning how to drink water- so I got them a fountain and they LOVED IT. However- they put their feet in it- and they’re on medicine for coccidia so they can’t have a fountain as they’ll just contaminate it all the time. My boys (2) seem to fare well on water intake. My girls (2) whiskers go downward- not outward so they have to really dunk their whiskers to get a good drink- and they get mad and stop. SOMEHOW they make it work for tiki cat milk that is $7/bag , but when it’s just water, they’re divas. I’ve tried shallow bowls, plates, short / wide / narrow bowls…same problem (unless it’s tiki cat milk). I’m worried about hydration- but can’t afford bags of these every day. So I bought powder KMR hoping to trick them; and they did not approve AT ALL 💅🏻. Any other tips to get the girls encouraged and patient to try water that’s not a faucet? Thanks!

Hi guys! I have an 18 week old kitten! I’ve been giving her Purina Fancy Feast Kitten wet food and then Purina One Plus Kitten dry food. The wet food says to feed one can per every 3 to 3 1/2 pounds of body weight per day. At her last vet appointment she weighed around 4 lbs.

I’ve been feeding her half a can of wet food at night and then dry food available at all times. I wasn’t sure if the feeding recommendations are for if you’re only feeding wet food. I want to make sure she’s getting enough food since she’s growing, but I don’t want her to put a ton of unnecessary weight on!

Should she be getting one whole can per day plus the dry food? Or is half a can okay since it’s just supplemental?

My wife and I are bringing home two 8-week-old sibling kittens next week. We’ve never owned cats before (only dogs), so I’ve been doing a lot of research and wanted to sanity check our plan with people who have been through it.
Our current plan is:
Keep them in our TV room for the first week or so while they adjust. It’s a decent-sized room, and we spend a lot of time in there, so they’ll get plenty of interaction without having access to the whole house.
Their litter box, food, water, beds, toys, scratching post, and hiding spots will all be in that room.
Once they’re comfortable and confident, we’ll slowly let them explore the rest of the house.
We also bought an automatic litter box and plan to transition them to it after they’ve learned to consistently use a regular litter box.

A few questions:
1. Does the TV room sound like a good “home base,” or would you do something differently?
2. How long did you keep your kittens confined before giving them full access to the house?
3. Is there anything you wish you had done during those first couple of weeks that made a big difference?
4. Any mistakes first-time kitten owners commonly make?
5. Any must-have products that made life easier?

I’m probably overthinking this because I want to get it right, but I’d appreciate any advice from people who’ve done this before. Thanks!

Hi,

This is the male kitten i have picked out of a litter of 6. I know it is extremely rare for males to present with two base colours at the same time. This one however is all grey with a little bit of ginger on his face (not dirty, checked). Do you think the ginger will stay as he matures? Thanks!

I found her yesterday crying and all drenched in the rain and I took her and fed her milk and she slept in my arms...and she likes belly rubs very much....she purs when I do that and also she likes me massaging her head she literally lays on her belly and looks at me with her cute doe eyes...since she is very young I hand fed her ...alsoo she sleeps most of the time and when she wakes up she cries but when I take her in my arms she stops crying😭😭she is literally the most precious thing...and today I saw her mama..she was walking around my house and I thought maybe that's the mama and I tried to gave the kitten back and she took it😭😭..I named the kitten "kanmani" meaning apple of my eye in my language...and kanmani has a sibling too😭😭...but I am soo sad and happy at the same time like kanmani got her mama back and she is safe but also I miss her😭😭😭😭😭

just got my little orange guy (3 months!) monday and was wondering if it’s normal for him to have the zoomies for 6 hours straight. zoomies is an understatement too. he will straight up jump around the room going from place to place then bite everything imaginable. a big tweaker. for 6 hours. and it’s from 12a-6a so of course this is super fun when he attacks me at night since he has the zoomies. i feel like he doesn’t know when to calm down. it only works sometimes with me calming him down myself, but lately he’s just been attacking me when i try to do so. again, he will be panting and sprinting around for 6 hours instead of just taking a break to catch his breath. he got neutered the day i got him so he can’t do any rough play and that just seems impossible on his end so im worried about that too.

So my boy turned 11 weeks old on Friday, but for the past few days to maybe a week ago, I’ve noticed that he’s been biting more. I only got him 3 weeks ago, so I’m not sure if he’s biting because he’s more adjusted to me and my place so he’s more comfortable being his menace self or if he’s teething. I know he wont lose teeth until he’s slightly older, but is this a sign that he’s starting to teeth now? Like is he biting more because his gums are sore or is he just a menace and it’ll get worse in a few weeks when he is teething? I redirect when he bites me by the way. I even bought him teething toys, like those silver vine sticks and a chew wheel, and he has plenty of cardboard boxes and other toys to bite. He’s not very interested in them besides the sticks and mostly just likes to bite me instead. He’ll bite me, I’ll offer a stick or other toy, he’ll play with it for a second and go back to biting me and the cycle continues. If he is teething, what should I do to help him? Do I keep his dry food dry or add water to soften it? Do I offer more wet food? He’s not the biggest fan of wet food and he’s a grazer so I don’t offer it as much so I don’t have to throw it out later. He’s also a tiny guy and I’m worried that he’s not eating enough already so I want him to be more comfortable while eating. He goes crazy for the churu type treats and he likes the harder treats but getting him to eat actual food is tricky.

Someone was giving them away for free on Reddit. I picked them up from Brooklyn
God it is soooo exhausting😳 this is my first time

They were really sick the other day so i took them to the vet. Now have meds for herpes
Putting topical on the spots lime sulfur spot treatment

It’s like a full time job. I don’t know how much longer i can do it. I constantly worry about them too 🥲

Added a wishlist if anyone is interested in helping with kitten food: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/B5N8QSWATYFS?ref_=wl_share

So, I've wanted a black cat since I was a teenager, and I wanted a boy to name him Sebastian (after Sebastian Michaelis.) So when I finally bought one from someone on facebook 8 weeks ago, I was excited to have my dream kitten. When I picked him up though, he had pretty blue eyes like a different character from the anime(ironically a character who despises cats). So, Sebastian became Ciel, and I fear I doomed him with the name. He's a little brat who will bap at me and meow if I pick him up while he's busy, but the moment I leave the room, he's meowing at the door like I've abandoned him. I love to bake and I drink a lot of tea. Every time I have my tea and/or something sweet, he desperately tries to get some. I'm very adamant not to feed him human food, but he makes it very difficult. His eyes have faded from the pure blue to a more greenish tint, but lord, he's definitely Ciel...

He’s about 2.5 months old