First kitten and future kittens

Talk about your first kitten and questions about getting a new kitten! Feel free!

Welcome, jazzyjazzy to TCS!!!! Hope you enjoy your time looking over all we have to offer here on site with our many, many forums and exciting topics. Please check out the Cat Lounge here http://www.thecatsite.com/f/2/the-cat-lounge That would be a great place to start this thread and get the stories going on first kitten experiences.

Hi, welcome to TCS!  My first kitten was a solid white Persian, a gift from my aunt who was a breeder.  She was a living doll (my kitten, not my aunt  ) both in appearance and purrsonality.  

jazzyzazzy said:

Talk about your first kitten and questions about getting a new kitten! Feel free!

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Welcome to TCS ! As suggested by @Feralvr  , you may want to start a thread about new kittens in the lounge. Why not post here to tell us more about yourself?

Hi, First off I want to say from as far back as I can remember my mother had a cat phobia. She was very scared of cats. We had good friends of the family who always had at least 3 cats in their home. When we visited my mother was very nervous if a cat came near here. She was always afraid that one would jump on her. We had dogs growing up but never cats.

When I was about 22 and had been out on my own for 4 years a friend of my mothers asked me if I would keep her cat temporarily because she was moving into  a new apartment and wanted to wait until she moved the cat in. This cat stayed in my walk in closet for about 2 weeks (cat's choice). Several times a day I would go into the closet to take care of the cat. The cat and I became friends. I realized while taking care of her that cats weren't scary as I was raised to believe.

So I don't remember how long after taking care of the friends cat that I adopted my very first kitten but I do know I was living in the same apartment. I named her Shardai after a popular singer at the time. She was so loving. Shortly after adopting Shardai I adopted another kitten and I named him Benson. Again after a musician. He was adorable and very mischievous.

I moved out of the apartment and into a house. Shardai got out by mistake and when she came back I picked her up and she became very upset it was obvious she was hurt. I took her to the vet and he told me she was bruised. She stayed under my bed for a few weeks after that. When she finally did come out she was never the same. The once very confident cat was now shy and more aloof.

Not long after I got the kittens I ended up hospitalized for allergy induced Asthma. The second time I was hospitalized I had to find new homes for Benson and Shardai. I promised myself to never go through that heart break again. I remained allergic to cats all my adult life.

Fast forward 25 years to last year in Sept when my now 9 y/o daughter wanted a kitten. We had 2 dogs that I had before she was even born. She had been wanting a kitten for a few years. I finally relented and we adopted an 8 y/o cat we named GiGi. The humane society said she was special needs because unless she ate special food she had loose stools. Sadly I had to euthanize after 6 months of many vet visits for severe IBD  and failure to thrive. Very sad for my daughter and I.  Shortly after adopting GiGi we adopted a young cat we named Trinity. A few months later we rescued a 4 w/o kitten from a woman who found the kitten in the road. We named her Twilight. Then a few months after that we adopted a 6 m/o kitten and we named her Amber after the color of her eyes. She is a Tortie. Surprisingly my cat allergies are gone. I have not had any allergies other than seasonal allergies that I have always had. So we have our Dog Callie and our 3 cats Trinity, Twilight ,and Amber. Our other dog Summer went to the bridge last year at age 12.