New Kitten advice

[mattde]

Hey everyone

I'm picking up two kittens on Friday night.

I'm after some advice on how to make the transition from cat breeders house to my house as easy on the kittens as possible.

Just found the plants topics, very useful .

Things I've planned so far

1. Using the same , food, litter, litter tray that the breeder uses.
2. getting a blanket from the breeder that has been with the kittens from day one.
3. tried to hide, block off any cables / dangerous items, keep toilet seat down.

anythin else anyone can think of ?

Many thanks
Matt

[candyshandy]

My kitten just coped straight away - he is bombproof though!

If they seem a bit timid then it may be best to keep them in one room for a while and let them come to you.

A bit obvious, keep windows closed and also get some toys and believe it or not they will love empty cardboard boxes.

Good luck - I bet you're really excited!!!

[calismum]

Sounds as if you have the basics covered.

What are they like? boys, girls, colour, breed - have you thought of names yet?

[mattde]

I cant wait.....
I've been toy shopping, got some feather tickle things, balls, all sorts of crazy toys. Thanks for the tip about keeping them in one room. I'll let them investigate the house slowly.
Think i'll be watching them like a hawk for the first few days.

[mattde]

Originally Posted by calismum

Sounds as if you have the basics covered.

What are they like? boys, girls, colour, breed - have you thought of names yet?

I've gone for two girl Maine Coons
Not sure what colours there down as, I'll post some pics.

[calismum]

Originally Posted by mattde

I've gone for two girl Maine Coons
Not sure what colours there down as, I'll post some pics.

Oh how lovely -

Maybe keep them in one room overnight until they get used to their litter tray and get their geography.

[dandysmom]

You definitely have the basics down pat! And lots of toys! Are you waiting to get to know them a bit to see what names spring to mind?

[Elvisisboss]

put them in the litter tray & keep in in the same place, i always do that as soon as i get them so they know where it is, always amazes me as they just know its the loo! mum did a good job!

think you have it all covered.

what i did was put him down & leave him to his own devices really, i 'named' things like 'din dins' so after a while he would run to me for it and 'drink' and 'whats this?!' for treats!

id let him come to me when He wanted to i didn't follow him or pick him up, i played but it was all on his terms! after about a few weeks he was fully settled and then i did what i wanted! haha! never met sucha amazing kitten, as someone said before he is 'bombproof'!

oh if you hear a loud noise never make a fuss, like fireworks, when i heard them i ignored them Tay looked at me like 'mum?!' i just watched TV, he see i didn't care so he didn't, infact he likes to watch them, as does my older cat & so did my dog! so i think it worked!

cant wait for pics! LOVE maine coons!!!!

Edited to add............dont be suprised if they leave the toy sand played up wit ha rolled up bit of paper..........and a cardboard box...Tays fav is crunchynut cornflakes box! cheaper too!

[mattde]

Thanks for the reply's everyone, excellent advice.
I have some photos already , but feel its tempting fate posting them before I have the little ones at my house.
Soon as I have them I'll post some. I'm a photographer so expect to be bombarded with them.

[yola]

Sounds exciting!!! I love new kitten pictures and don't really have anything to add to the excellent advice already given. Very much looking forward to seeing some excellent pics of them.

Do you specialise in animal portraiture? If so we really do expect some knock-out pics