This has turned into a wall of text. Sorry yall!
So....I have 2 cats, a brother sister pair that are almost 3 years old. I stopped in a parking deck to get a prescription Thursday night and a small kitten waltzed right up to me. I couldn't leave him, so I stuck him in my car for the ride back home. Zero complains from the little guy, especially for not having a carrier of any type. He was calm the entire 30 minute drive back home. I took him with the intention of taking him to a local rescue that I have heard nothing but positive things about, or to see if anyone I know/friends of friends would take him.
Once home, I had to introduce him to my cats. They hated him, especially Evie. I was not surprised. The kitten did not care.
I took him to the vet on Friday. He is HIV and FLV negative. He is now up to date on all of his shots. Three to four months old. He has ringworm and we were given a shampoo for that. He was given a pill for hookworms so hopefully those will be taken care of. He goes back in 3 weeks for boosters and he will have to be neutered.
No one has taken this baby. All of the shelters and rescues are at max capacity. I don't want to give him to a random person online because I don't want him to wind up as bait. So....I guess we now have a third cat! I've named him Dexter (get it?...parking deck...deck-ster...haha aren't I hilarious?) and he is the sweetest little thing. He just wants to be held and touched.
The other two cats, Evie and Emerson, are leaps and bounds better, compared to Thursday night. There is less hissing and growling every day. I think it's dawned on them that he is going to stay and they are begrudgingly accepting that fact. Dexter has his own little area in one of our guest rooms, but he wanders the house when I and/or my husband are home.
I haven't had a kitten since mine were babies so any advice would be greatly appreciated. Currently:
He has his own disposable litterbox and scooper, especially important until I get confirmation that his worms are 100% gone. When they are, he will be upgraded to his own big covered litterbox.
He is free-fed Dr. Elsey's kibble. I am giving him as much wet food as he wants several times a day. He loves Redbarn lamb so far. I have also given him some Nature's Variety raw chicken bites, since his poop is a little...pudding-y? Although that could be from the worm pill he received yesterday. Either way, he stinks...lol.
I know we introduced very fast, but he wouldn't stay behind the door in the bedroom. He cried and cried, which stressed out my other cats even more than if he was left to wander. I think everyone is doing fine. When we go back to work on Tuesday, we have a setup with a large dog cage in the middle of the living room where he will stay so the cats can be around him and smell him but can't interact with him. This was advice that the lady at the cat rescue gave me. I do not feel comfortable leaving him alone to wander in the house with my other two yet.
Thanks for putting up with my wall of text! Bonus picture of sweet little Dexter.
So....I have 2 cats, a brother sister pair that are almost 3 years old. I stopped in a parking deck to get a prescription Thursday night and a small kitten waltzed right up to me. I couldn't leave him, so I stuck him in my car for the ride back home. Zero complains from the little guy, especially for not having a carrier of any type. He was calm the entire 30 minute drive back home. I took him with the intention of taking him to a local rescue that I have heard nothing but positive things about, or to see if anyone I know/friends of friends would take him.
Once home, I had to introduce him to my cats. They hated him, especially Evie. I was not surprised. The kitten did not care.
I took him to the vet on Friday. He is HIV and FLV negative. He is now up to date on all of his shots. Three to four months old. He has ringworm and we were given a shampoo for that. He was given a pill for hookworms so hopefully those will be taken care of. He goes back in 3 weeks for boosters and he will have to be neutered.
No one has taken this baby. All of the shelters and rescues are at max capacity. I don't want to give him to a random person online because I don't want him to wind up as bait. So....I guess we now have a third cat! I've named him Dexter (get it?...parking deck...deck-ster...haha aren't I hilarious?) and he is the sweetest little thing. He just wants to be held and touched.
The other two cats, Evie and Emerson, are leaps and bounds better, compared to Thursday night. There is less hissing and growling every day. I think it's dawned on them that he is going to stay and they are begrudgingly accepting that fact. Dexter has his own little area in one of our guest rooms, but he wanders the house when I and/or my husband are home.
I haven't had a kitten since mine were babies so any advice would be greatly appreciated. Currently:
He has his own disposable litterbox and scooper, especially important until I get confirmation that his worms are 100% gone. When they are, he will be upgraded to his own big covered litterbox.
He is free-fed Dr. Elsey's kibble. I am giving him as much wet food as he wants several times a day. He loves Redbarn lamb so far. I have also given him some Nature's Variety raw chicken bites, since his poop is a little...pudding-y? Although that could be from the worm pill he received yesterday. Either way, he stinks...lol.
I know we introduced very fast, but he wouldn't stay behind the door in the bedroom. He cried and cried, which stressed out my other cats even more than if he was left to wander. I think everyone is doing fine. When we go back to work on Tuesday, we have a setup with a large dog cage in the middle of the living room where he will stay so the cats can be around him and smell him but can't interact with him. This was advice that the lady at the cat rescue gave me. I do not feel comfortable leaving him alone to wander in the house with my other two yet.
Thanks for putting up with my wall of text! Bonus picture of sweet little Dexter.
