Hello
I'm a cat noob, i found a stray cat on july 2015 that i decided to pet, so on January she got pregnant, and on march she gave birth for 5 kittens, one died in the first hours as he couldn't get any milk from his mother, now i have the mother and her 4 kittens inside, they're about 4 weeks, they move and shout and play. But i need help to raise them to live like pets, (be friendly not wild), as I'm going to pet all 4 of them, i totally don't know what to do, so can anyone help me?
The problems I'm facing now is:
1-that the kittens are pooping on the ground, i have to keep cleaning behind them, how to make them use litter box? Will their mother teach them this? Or i have to do that/assist the mother?
2-sometimes when I'm sitting they come and start scratching my legs and try to eat my toes, is this normal and what should i do if not?
3-"cats hate water" so should i do something now so that i can bath them easier when they grow up? (I tried to bath the mother and she got crazy and ran away, i don't want to face such things with the kittens).
4-when should i spay them?
5-i feed them meat, is that good for them? Or should i try something else?
6-anyway to make them happier? I can't understand the kittens as they don't give any expressions unlike the mother..
7-the kittems are still unnamed suggest some good names (they're 4, 3 females and one male)
Their might be more questions but for now those are the ones that i need help in..
Sorry, but I'm a cat noob without any experience, those are my first kittens, and there is no one around to help at my place, the mother seems like she was someone's pet before, as once i got her in, she used to use the litter box and the toilet, also the scratching post (she never scratched any furniture), she also gets so much close to humans, and also knows how to open and close windows, all of this meaning that i haven't really made any effort to learn her something as she already now, and now I'm facing some kittens and not knowing what to do, I'm attaching some photos down..
(i was a die hard cat hater, pretty experienced with what do cats hate, but seeing that cat that i pet made me change about cats).
So answering any of those questions will be appreciated.
I'm a cat noob, i found a stray cat on july 2015 that i decided to pet, so on January she got pregnant, and on march she gave birth for 5 kittens, one died in the first hours as he couldn't get any milk from his mother, now i have the mother and her 4 kittens inside, they're about 4 weeks, they move and shout and play. But i need help to raise them to live like pets, (be friendly not wild), as I'm going to pet all 4 of them, i totally don't know what to do, so can anyone help me?
The problems I'm facing now is:
1-that the kittens are pooping on the ground, i have to keep cleaning behind them, how to make them use litter box? Will their mother teach them this? Or i have to do that/assist the mother?
2-sometimes when I'm sitting they come and start scratching my legs and try to eat my toes, is this normal and what should i do if not?
3-"cats hate water" so should i do something now so that i can bath them easier when they grow up? (I tried to bath the mother and she got crazy and ran away, i don't want to face such things with the kittens).
4-when should i spay them?
5-i feed them meat, is that good for them? Or should i try something else?
6-anyway to make them happier? I can't understand the kittens as they don't give any expressions unlike the mother..
7-the kittems are still unnamed suggest some good names (they're 4, 3 females and one male)
Their might be more questions but for now those are the ones that i need help in..
Sorry, but I'm a cat noob without any experience, those are my first kittens, and there is no one around to help at my place, the mother seems like she was someone's pet before, as once i got her in, she used to use the litter box and the toilet, also the scratching post (she never scratched any furniture), she also gets so much close to humans, and also knows how to open and close windows, all of this meaning that i haven't really made any effort to learn her something as she already now, and now I'm facing some kittens and not knowing what to do, I'm attaching some photos down..
(i was a die hard cat hater, pretty experienced with what do cats hate, but seeing that cat that i pet made me change about cats).
So answering any of those questions will be appreciated.