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Edit: Whoops.......the cat did NOT run into my house TODAY, it was 2 nights ago. Sorry for the confusion! lol
2 nights ago a stray kitten bolted into my house. I've had cats all my life but never have raised one by myself so I'm kind of clueless. I decided to care for this cat and very soon I'm taking him to a vet to see if he is microchipped.
Firstly, can someone look at these pictures and tell me how old you think he is? I don't think he is 6 months yet because he hasn't been spraying.....yet.
Also, since I don't know his age, I don't know how much to feed him. I have been free feeding him kitten chow, and then feeding him 3 pouches of food a day. Is this too much? Too little? Also, with the kitten chow (It's Purina's Kitten Nuturing type), he eats it, but he has yet to finish what I put in his little bowl. He just takes a couple bites at a time. Is this okay? He always eats all of his wet food.
I also have a couple behavioral questions but don't know if I should post in the different forum, or just ask here. So sorry if this doesn't belong here!
1) He will jump on counters. Even when there is nothing for him to have up there, he does it anyways. When I see it, I put him down and say "No!", but he doesn't care and does it anyways.
2) He will "play bite" and "play scratch" my hand. I pull back and say "No!" but when I go to pet him again, he does it anyways.
3) He keeps climbing up my LEATHER bed post. I take him down immediately but he does it again. I like him sleeping with me so I don't mind him in the room, but when I'm trying to sleep and in the morning he sees feet moving under the covers and attacks them. What do I do about that?
I got him a scratching thing, made of cardboard and you put it on the ground, I sprinkled cat nip on it but he could not care less about it. I haven't seen him scratching anything yet, just jumping on stuff (and climbing up my leather bed post to get to the top).
2 nights ago a stray kitten bolted into my house. I've had cats all my life but never have raised one by myself so I'm kind of clueless. I decided to care for this cat and very soon I'm taking him to a vet to see if he is microchipped.
Firstly, can someone look at these pictures and tell me how old you think he is? I don't think he is 6 months yet because he hasn't been spraying.....yet.
Also, since I don't know his age, I don't know how much to feed him. I have been free feeding him kitten chow, and then feeding him 3 pouches of food a day. Is this too much? Too little? Also, with the kitten chow (It's Purina's Kitten Nuturing type), he eats it, but he has yet to finish what I put in his little bowl. He just takes a couple bites at a time. Is this okay? He always eats all of his wet food.
I also have a couple behavioral questions but don't know if I should post in the different forum, or just ask here. So sorry if this doesn't belong here!
1) He will jump on counters. Even when there is nothing for him to have up there, he does it anyways. When I see it, I put him down and say "No!", but he doesn't care and does it anyways.
2) He will "play bite" and "play scratch" my hand. I pull back and say "No!" but when I go to pet him again, he does it anyways.
3) He keeps climbing up my LEATHER bed post. I take him down immediately but he does it again. I like him sleeping with me so I don't mind him in the room, but when I'm trying to sleep and in the morning he sees feet moving under the covers and attacks them. What do I do about that?
I got him a scratching thing, made of cardboard and you put it on the ground, I sprinkled cat nip on it but he could not care less about it. I haven't seen him scratching anything yet, just jumping on stuff (and climbing up my leather bed post to get to the top).
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