The big day has arrived!

On kitten pick up day I will bring ....

1. Your new clean baby with trimmed claws.
2. CFA Registration paperwork
3. Health Guarantee form to sign
4. Vaccination/Health Record
5. Food your baby eats
6. Filtered water your baby drinks

On kitten pick up day you will bring ....

1. Cash to pay full balance due for your baby. Please bring exact amount, since I won’t be able to give change. Only CASH is accepted.
2. Cash to cover my delivery fee if we have agreed to meet out of my Ozark/Mulberry area.
3. Your own CLEAN Carrier. I won’t let my kittens go home in a dirty carrier.
​4. A litter box with litter if you have a lengthy drive back home (over 5 hours).

This is the food your baby eats, Purina One Kitten, available to your baby 24-7.

It’s best to offer your kitten a couple of litter boxes around the house, instead of just one.

​New Kitten Parent Information
*Please Read*

(Let me know when your kitten gets spayed/neutered,
​so I can add that to my own documents)

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First Day

Set up a small, temperature controlled bathroom for your new baby. This will be its "safe room". Don't let your baby loose in the entire house until about a week has passed, or it may end up hiding under your furniture, or have potty accidents from being overwhelmed. Make sure he/she knows where its litter box, food, and water are located. It's also a great idea to leave the carrier with the baby. It can retreat back into the carrier when feeling nervous for a couple of days. If, after a couple of days have passed, and you see that your kitten is using the carrier as a place to hide when you come in to visit, it's time to remove the carrier. By removing hiding places, it will help enable your kitten to become more social with you and less shy. Your new baby may not drink or eat the first day or so. That is normal. Let him/her gradually get used to you and its new environment. Make sure the room isn't too cold at night. It will be used to sleeping with litter mates to keep warm. Around 75 degrees is okay. Be patient, and don't rush the baby. Some adjust quicker than others.

Litter box

Your kitten is used to clay litter pictured above. It’s a non-clumping clay litter. He/she is used to a standard litter box without a lid, and without a plastic liner. Some kittens are scared of plastic liners/bags. Make sure your kitten is shown where the litter box is located in the small bathroom during the first week. As your kitten is gradually allowed access to other rooms in the home, make sure there are other litter boxes to use, and is shown where they are.

Eyes

Persian and Himalayans need their eyes wiped each day. It is normal for your kitten's eyes to water more than usual when arriving at it's new home due to stress.

Food and Water

Don't try to suddenly change the type of food your baby eats. Gradually switch the food and water over in order to lessen the chances of upset stomach. Remember, it's your job to wash baby's rear when it gets dirty. Your baby has been drinking filtered water. I noticed when my cats would drink tap water, which has been chlorinated, they would have messier rear ends. My grown cats have done much better on filtered water. Your baby will be used to having access to food and water 24-7.
​I advise against “feeding times”. I also recommend you begin giving your male kitten a urinary healthy formula cat food when they reach a year old.

Important:
If you have another cat in the house and want to know the best way of introducing them, please go to my page entitled "Proper Kitten Introduction". You will learn some helpful tips to help ease the transition from a one cat household to a two cat household with less stress.

Basic  Kitten  Care

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