Hi all - not sure if this is in the right forum, but I'll give it a try.
We brought home two kittens from a rescue about three weeks ago - Pixel (female) and Pilot (male) are about 12 weeks old now. Prior to living with us, they were in a foster home, having been found outside with their mother who had died when the kittens were about three weeks of age.
The kittens are still living in a separate room in the house - our tortie, Rosie, who has a definite 'tortitude', got quite stressed with the change and had some stomach issues, so we are taking the introductions slower than we had originally planned.
My question is this: we are spending at least an hour a day dedicated to playing with the kittens in their room, but I'm worried that they're not getting enough interaction and socializing. They're not bored by any means - they have lots of toys, and they could chase each other and scale the cat tree all day. I'm not quite sure what 'normal' kitten behaviour should be at this stage, but both Pixel and Pilot 'play attack' our hands and feet constantly, and Pilot has developed a rather painful habit of trying to climb legs, backs, arms, etc. with his very sharp kitten claws.
We are wondering what, if anything, we can do to keep them from drawing blood on a regular basis
. I know that kittens will be more rambunctious than older cats, but I'm worried that it could be a symptom of not getting enough human interaction?
I'm probably worrying too much (these are our first kittens), but if there's something that we need to be doing that we're not, I'd want find out sooner rather than later!
Thanks in advance!
We brought home two kittens from a rescue about three weeks ago - Pixel (female) and Pilot (male) are about 12 weeks old now. Prior to living with us, they were in a foster home, having been found outside with their mother who had died when the kittens were about three weeks of age.
The kittens are still living in a separate room in the house - our tortie, Rosie, who has a definite 'tortitude', got quite stressed with the change and had some stomach issues, so we are taking the introductions slower than we had originally planned.
My question is this: we are spending at least an hour a day dedicated to playing with the kittens in their room, but I'm worried that they're not getting enough interaction and socializing. They're not bored by any means - they have lots of toys, and they could chase each other and scale the cat tree all day. I'm not quite sure what 'normal' kitten behaviour should be at this stage, but both Pixel and Pilot 'play attack' our hands and feet constantly, and Pilot has developed a rather painful habit of trying to climb legs, backs, arms, etc. with his very sharp kitten claws.
We are wondering what, if anything, we can do to keep them from drawing blood on a regular basis
I'm probably worrying too much (these are our first kittens), but if there's something that we need to be doing that we're not, I'd want find out sooner rather than later!
Thanks in advance!