Kittens
A kitten arrives small and helpless, and a year later it is a grown cat with settled habits — nearly all of which are formed in those first few months. Everything worth knowing from the start is gathered here: how to make the house ready, how the first day and the first night will go, what to feed it, how to teach the litter box, and what to do about the mischief that will soon stop being charming.
- Kittens Kittens always mean disorder: charming, mischievous, ruling the house with an iron paw. Everything worth knowing about them from the start.
- Be ready! A kitten will get into places you never imagined: behind the bookshelves, under the furniture. What to prepare in the house before it arrives.
- Ode to confinement What to do when you do not have the opportunity to monitor the kitten. How to limit the harm that he can inflict on your home, and develop good habits from him.
- The first day Fetch the kitten in the morning, ideally before days off, so you have time to bond. How to carry it home, and what to do in the first hours.
- The first night On the first night the kitten is a stranger in a strange land, and you are unlikely to get much sleep. What helps you both through it.
- Kittens left at home A cat really can bear long hours alone, but that does not make it easy for her. How to arrange a kitten's day while you are out.
- Meeting the other animals Before introducing a new kitten to your older cats, make sure every one of them is vaccinated: serious infections spread easily. How to introduce them.
- Litter box training Kittens want to be clean, and the owner's job is only to let them. Step-by-step litter training, which works for adult cats as well.
- Preventing bad habits Do not let a kitten do what you will not tolerate from a grown cat. Its charm makes bad habits unusually easy to pick up.
- Tried and trusted toys The best cat toys cost almost nothing: cats are pragmatic animals with no urge to climb the social ladder. What actually works.
- Feeding kittens Feed a kitten food made specifically for kittens. Why most cats prefer canned food to anything else, and how often to fill the bowl.
- Looking after kittens Brushing, claw trimming, bathing: what care a kitten needs, how often, and why even a short-haired one should be brushed every week.