Hello everyone - great site, I appreciate the ability to ask a community, rather than just reading some random article.
Anyway, I was recently given a kitten yesterday (Wednesday the 13th). I have no idea how old she is, but hopefully I'll find that out on Monday when I take her to the vet. Anyway, I grew up with always having a cat in the house, but we never got them when they were kittens, it was always some stray that sort of adopted us. So anyway, I've got behavioral questions as well as other questions/concerns about things I'm doing and whether their "right" or not.
So here goes...
This kitten's mother was ran over, so her and her siblings were rescued by a co-worker. She nursed them for several weeks and then started to give them away (three kittens). I took this one. I assume kittens are insanely playful, right? All this little girl does is run full speed from A to B, chasing her shadow, biting feet, attacking toys and whatever else she can grab. Then she passes out for about 1 hour normally, right next to me on the couch. I know when she wakes up because she starts biting again. Is the constant biting normal behavior?
She seems to be litter box trained - she'll be playing hard, and then take off like a rocket to the box, do her business, then fire back as fast as she left to continue playing. But, I'm currently keeping her in a spare bathroom while I'm sleeping and while I'm at work. I know she hates it, but I'm just not comfortable with her having free reign of the house yet. My plan is to continue this for the remainder of the weekend, and starting Monday move her to a spare bedroom (where the litter box will be permanently). There I'll keep her for a few weeks unless there's a lot of objection... I just don't know for sure what I should do about it, but that's my current plan of action.
She's 100% playful, and I assume that's normal for a kitten, so her running around the house without any type of supervision spooks me.
Are there any other things I should be concerned about, since she's so little/young? Any surprises I may be in for? Will she grow quickly??? She's so small right now, I look forward to when she's a bit bigger.
Anyway, I was recently given a kitten yesterday (Wednesday the 13th). I have no idea how old she is, but hopefully I'll find that out on Monday when I take her to the vet. Anyway, I grew up with always having a cat in the house, but we never got them when they were kittens, it was always some stray that sort of adopted us. So anyway, I've got behavioral questions as well as other questions/concerns about things I'm doing and whether their "right" or not.
So here goes...
This kitten's mother was ran over, so her and her siblings were rescued by a co-worker. She nursed them for several weeks and then started to give them away (three kittens). I took this one. I assume kittens are insanely playful, right? All this little girl does is run full speed from A to B, chasing her shadow, biting feet, attacking toys and whatever else she can grab. Then she passes out for about 1 hour normally, right next to me on the couch. I know when she wakes up because she starts biting again. Is the constant biting normal behavior?
She seems to be litter box trained - she'll be playing hard, and then take off like a rocket to the box, do her business, then fire back as fast as she left to continue playing. But, I'm currently keeping her in a spare bathroom while I'm sleeping and while I'm at work. I know she hates it, but I'm just not comfortable with her having free reign of the house yet. My plan is to continue this for the remainder of the weekend, and starting Monday move her to a spare bedroom (where the litter box will be permanently). There I'll keep her for a few weeks unless there's a lot of objection... I just don't know for sure what I should do about it, but that's my current plan of action.
She's 100% playful, and I assume that's normal for a kitten, so her running around the house without any type of supervision spooks me.
Are there any other things I should be concerned about, since she's so little/young? Any surprises I may be in for? Will she grow quickly??? She's so small right now, I look forward to when she's a bit bigger.