Taking Care of My Kitten

sukablyat · Nov 15, 2015

p.s i am not allergic and no one in my family is.

sukablyat · Nov 15, 2015

P.S Till when do I need to take care of him as a kitten (Like feeding him all the fats, growing foods like olive oil etc?)

StefanZ · Nov 15, 2015

SukaBlyat said:
I'd like to give him minced meat, how do I prepare it? @StefanZ? I'll give him boiled eggs too I guess.

Don't think we need more fat, A good way I read somewhere is to feel his ribs

Well I don't SEE his ribs, which means he''s not too slim

and I can feel his ribs, which means he's not too fat, perfect!

Indeed he's a beauty!

But a bit shy.

I'm going to make a tent for him using cardboard and t-shirt and hanger (the lifehack one lol ;3)

I am indeed a mommy to him.

I teach him stuff, how to play, etc.

And I teach him not to go to certain places by picking him up by the neck (how his mom would) and putting him away from that place

I do have a bit of a biting problem

when he plays with me, he's very nice, bites gently my finger, but today he bit me very hard, there was blood

Any tips? I've tried the "ignore your kitty when he bites you" but to no avail.

If that is a problem for you, the standard advice is not to play with them with your hands.   Use play toys instead.    A mouse or a bird on a string. Or a wooden spoon to touch tem with...

TalkingPeanut gave also some sound advices here too.

I myself, with my two residents, I did played with hands and let them bite. They were very gently, as yours Shirazi.   As adults they understand perfectly well there is a big no no with biting.

Left are gentle love bites.

Sometimes a threat of biting, but they never do it for real.   (oh, well, it DID happened once, I got bitten for real... But that is another story).

With cats you dont know its much more important to be careful here, of course.

sukablyat · Nov 15, 2015

Hmm, okay. I'll teach em not to bite, please answer my other questions, my mom is killing me xD.

StefanZ · Nov 15, 2015

SukaBlyat said:
P.S Till when do I need to take care of him as a kitten (Like feeding him all the fats, growing foods like olive oil etc?)

The first 6 months most important, a slow downgrading after it, after one year he is counted as adult.

Persians tend to mature slower than shorthairrs, so add perhaps two months to this scale.

sukablyat · Nov 15, 2015

StefanZ said:
If that is a problem for you, the standard advice is not to play with them with your hands.   Use play toys instead.    A mouse or a bird on a string. Or a wooden spoon to touch tem with...

TalkingPeanut gave also some sound advices here too.

I myself, with my two residents, I did played with hands and let them bite. They were very gently, as yours Shirazi.   As adults they understand perfectly well there is a big no no with biting.

Left are gentle love bites.

Sometimes a threat of biting, but they never do it for real.   (oh, well, it DID happened once, I got bitten for real... But that is another story).

With cats you dont know its much more important to be careful here, of course.

P.S thank you so so much for helping me! Loving this site!

StefanZ · Nov 15, 2015

SukaBlyat said:
Ok, so here's what I've thought about his feeding routine

Morning: Chicken boiled up and cut into fine pieces (boneless chicken)

I'll leave some dry food I guess :/ It's low quality, I'm worried :/ for the 7 Hours, is there any alternative?

Afternoon: The food I posted the pic of.

Evening: Olive oil (how do I feed him this?) and one whole boiled egg

Night:You decide? Chicken or the food I posted the pic of? Le Chat or whatever? Or?

Perhaps boilde chicken, boiled eggs - they dont get bad as quickly as wet food.

Olive oil - it depends on how he eates. MY boys for example, dont like it. But I see many others do.

You can give it from a spoon - some few drops is enough! Not too much, because oil is also used to soften up the stomach, if they get constipation.

Or you can pour these few oil drops in his food...

sukablyat · Nov 15, 2015

Hm, Okay. I guess I'll mash some eggs or cut a whole boiled egg and leave it in the cup as a DIY Puzzle feeder. will that be okay?

talkingpeanut · Nov 15, 2015

SukaBlyat said:
Ok, so here's what I've thought about his feeding routine

Morning: Chicken boiled up and cut into fine pieces (boneless chicken)

I'll leave some dry food I guess :/ It's low quality, I'm worried :/ for the 7 Hours, is there any alternative?

Afternoon: The food I posted the pic of.

Evening: Olive oil (how do I feed him this?) and one whole boiled egg

Night:You decide? Chicken or the food I posted the pic of? Le Chat or whatever? Or?

If you give him olive oil you can add a few drop to his wet food. It's not necessary unless you think he needs calories or is constipated.

Your main food should be the canned food as it is balanced properly with taurine, etc. I still would leave a bit of dry food down, and maybe try to order something of higher quality. It will be down for too long for any other food. Meat or an egg can be substituted for a serving per day. It is protein and calories, but not balanced.

talkingpeanut · Nov 15, 2015

SukaBlyat said:
Hm, Okay. I guess I'll mash some eggs or cut a whole boiled egg and leave it in the cup as a DIY Puzzle feeder. will that be okay?

I wouldn't do this without supervising him a few times first. This could be ok if eaten within an hour, maybe two. I wouldn't trust anything longer than that.

StefanZ · Nov 15, 2015

SukaBlyat said:
Ok, so here's what I've thought about his feeding routine

Morning: Chicken boiled up and cut into fine pieces (boneless chicken)

I'll leave some dry food I guess :/ It's low quality, I'm worried :/ for the 7 Hours, is there any alternative?

Afternoon: The food I posted the pic of.

Evening: Olive oil (how do I feed him this?) and one whole boiled egg

Night:You decide? Chicken or the food I posted the pic of? Le Chat or whatever? Or?

Chicken meat is excellent, but the fact is most on a chicken is good.

heart is excellent, some liver, some bit of kidneys... raw or boiled.

Even the wings and cartilage there is good, lotsa of calcium, but must be raw... Boiled bones gets hard, and are easy to become as very sharp needles or razors...

While raw chicken wings are softer.

Sounds unpleasant, but in the nature cats do eat the whole mice, and smaller hens, if they manage to catch them. They eat them raw and whole.

sukablyat · Nov 15, 2015

I guess like this then.

Morning: Chicken

and I'll leave dry food.

Afternoon: LeChat

Evening: Olive Oil and Eggs (cut or mashed?)

Night: LeChat

Sound good? and maybe once-twice a month I'll give him Chicken heart with the LeChat?

sukablyat · Nov 15, 2015

That'll be hard to get because of my parents. Will chicken meat minced/cut into small pieces be enough?

StefanZ · Nov 15, 2015

SukaBlyat said:
I guess like this then.

Morning: Chicken

and I'll leave dry food.

Afternoon: LeChat

Evening: Olive Oil and Eggs (cut or mashed?)

Night: LeChat

Sound good? and maybe once-twice a month I'll give him Chicken heart with the LeChat?

OK, but again, just a few drops of olive oil.

And the heart you can give more often.

yes, sound good as a base

sukablyat · Nov 15, 2015

Few as in? Number please xD

Heart hmm. once a week? (Thrice a month, that means)

StefanZ · Nov 15, 2015

SukaBlyat said:
That'll be hard to get because of my parents. Will chicken meat minced/cut into small pieces be enough?

Im not sure what you mean...

Also, leave some dry in the nights. Cats tends to be awake some in the night.

sukablyat · Nov 15, 2015

What I mean is I'm not old enough to go out and buy chicken heart, and my parents are too lazy to get me it

I'll try to do once a week I guess.

StefanZ · Nov 15, 2015

SukaBlyat said:
Few as in? Number please xD

Heart hmm. once a week? (Thrice a month, that means)

2-4 drops... not a whole tea spoon.

At least once a week.

sukablyat · Nov 15, 2015

Ok. Half a teaspoon? That do?

sukablyat · Nov 15, 2015

StefanZ said:
2-4 drops... not a whole tea spoon.

At least once a week.

And heart cooked or raw?

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