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The kitten spends the night in the safe room with access to toys, food, litter and water.
In the morning I play with the kitten and replenish food and water, and clean the litter box. Then I leave the safe room door open for the kitten to explore. Throughout the day the kitten brushes past me and plays with me whilst I work and is relaxed and happy.
As soon as my daughter comes home the kitten is up for playing, and they both do. I’ve noticed approx 1.5 to 2 hrs later my daughter and the kitten seem agitated with each other. My daughter just wants to sit and watch tv but the kitten keeps trying to pounce at her feet, which my daughter is scared of.
The kitten isn’t interested in playing with me at that point, then starts to claw at the furniture. For the past few days I’ve had to get the kitten to follow me to the safe room where I use the puzzle toys as distraction and set up the tunnel and hammock. Then I make sure all is clean and topped up and say my goodnight and leave the room closing the door behind me.
Until I fall asleep I keep the baby monitor dialled in, so I can hear what the kitten is doing. From the noises I can tell the kitten plays around, has some food then I assume has gone to sleep.
I’m starting to wonder if the kitten is overstimulated with my daughter and I have to adopt this separation of both for a few weeks to keep them both safe. Or am I missing the trick here? Has anyone else experienced anything similar? We’ve only had the kitten for just over 2 weeks, and it’s only been a week since the kitten has been allowed to explore the house.
In the morning I play with the kitten and replenish food and water, and clean the litter box. Then I leave the safe room door open for the kitten to explore. Throughout the day the kitten brushes past me and plays with me whilst I work and is relaxed and happy.
As soon as my daughter comes home the kitten is up for playing, and they both do. I’ve noticed approx 1.5 to 2 hrs later my daughter and the kitten seem agitated with each other. My daughter just wants to sit and watch tv but the kitten keeps trying to pounce at her feet, which my daughter is scared of.
The kitten isn’t interested in playing with me at that point, then starts to claw at the furniture. For the past few days I’ve had to get the kitten to follow me to the safe room where I use the puzzle toys as distraction and set up the tunnel and hammock. Then I make sure all is clean and topped up and say my goodnight and leave the room closing the door behind me.
Until I fall asleep I keep the baby monitor dialled in, so I can hear what the kitten is doing. From the noises I can tell the kitten plays around, has some food then I assume has gone to sleep.
I’m starting to wonder if the kitten is overstimulated with my daughter and I have to adopt this separation of both for a few weeks to keep them both safe. Or am I missing the trick here? Has anyone else experienced anything similar? We’ve only had the kitten for just over 2 weeks, and it’s only been a week since the kitten has been allowed to explore the house.