Hello everyone!
Thank you all for bearing with my variety of questions across these forums. I know I may seem dumb, but I know nothing about kittens so Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]m here to get advice from all of you wise, kind, people!
Our kitten will be coming home in a few weeks, so I have time to get things shipped to get online discounts and whatnot.
The kitten is male; heâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s a silver Maine Coon and will be about 12.5 weeks old when he comes home.
We live in a two bedroom two bath condo. Thereâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s a Kitchen and a large living space. Itâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s big enough, but we donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t have room for giant cat trees or massive automated litter-boxes.
We have a litter box; itâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s a covered litter box with a little flap to get in. Weâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]ll likely take off the flap, as well as keep the cover off at first. Should we keep the cover on? So the kitten gets used to it right off the bat?
The other things I can think that we need is...
Feeder/Waterer: http://www.petsmart.com/product/inde...#RatingsDetail - I was looking at these from Petsmart. I know Maine Coons have large appetites so I want him to have food and fresh water available to him at all times. Also, weâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]re college students, and we work. So I want to know if myself or none of my roommates are home for like 3 hours if he gets very thirsty he can have all the water he wants to drink.
Scratcher: http://www.petsmart.com/product/inde...ductId=2753687 - I thought this would be good since we donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t have room for a large tree it would give us something he can scratch on that doesnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t take up space and we can mount it to whatever height he needs.
Cat Bed: http://www.petsmart.com/product/inde...#RatingsDetail - This bed looks machine washable and I donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t think a cat bed needs to be anything fancy, just a warm option for the cat to sleep.
Food: I got this covered, I know of special Maine Coon food.
De-Shedder - How old should the cat be and what de-shedders are good? This one I have no idea on.
Also what do I need to brush my catâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s teeth, and when should I begin doing this?
What else should I get/need?
Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]m excited!
Thank you all for bearing with my variety of questions across these forums. I know I may seem dumb, but I know nothing about kittens so Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]m here to get advice from all of you wise, kind, people!
Our kitten will be coming home in a few weeks, so I have time to get things shipped to get online discounts and whatnot.
The kitten is male; heâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s a silver Maine Coon and will be about 12.5 weeks old when he comes home.
We live in a two bedroom two bath condo. Thereâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s a Kitchen and a large living space. Itâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s big enough, but we donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t have room for giant cat trees or massive automated litter-boxes.
We have a litter box; itâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s a covered litter box with a little flap to get in. Weâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]ll likely take off the flap, as well as keep the cover off at first. Should we keep the cover on? So the kitten gets used to it right off the bat?
The other things I can think that we need is...
Feeder/Waterer: http://www.petsmart.com/product/inde...#RatingsDetail - I was looking at these from Petsmart. I know Maine Coons have large appetites so I want him to have food and fresh water available to him at all times. Also, weâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]re college students, and we work. So I want to know if myself or none of my roommates are home for like 3 hours if he gets very thirsty he can have all the water he wants to drink.
Scratcher: http://www.petsmart.com/product/inde...ductId=2753687 - I thought this would be good since we donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t have room for a large tree it would give us something he can scratch on that doesnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t take up space and we can mount it to whatever height he needs.
Cat Bed: http://www.petsmart.com/product/inde...#RatingsDetail - This bed looks machine washable and I donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t think a cat bed needs to be anything fancy, just a warm option for the cat to sleep.
Food: I got this covered, I know of special Maine Coon food.
De-Shedder - How old should the cat be and what de-shedders are good? This one I have no idea on.
Also what do I need to brush my catâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s teeth, and when should I begin doing this?
What else should I get/need?
Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]m excited!