Bringing home a new little furry companion is exciting, but there are some things you need to know about taking care of a new kitten properly. Kitten care requires feeding the right kind of food, providing a litter box with the right kind of litter, kitten-proofing your home, and providing the stimulation of toys and a scratching post. Taking care of kittens is not difficult if you know what you’re doing. If you follow these suggestions, your kitten will be well on the way to a long, happy, healthy life with you.

Feeding the proper food is an important part of keeping your kitten healthy. For the first year of his life, he will be growing fast, so will need extra nutrition to keep up with the demands of his development. Feed him a cat food made especially for kittens, or a cat food meant for both adult cats and kittens. Food made only for adult cats will not provide all the nutrition he needs.

Canned food is better than dry, because it provides more meat, which your little carnivore needs, and it also contains more moisture. Read the label, and try to choose a food that does not contain any grain.

Your new cat will also need a litter box. Make sure her box is easy to get to, and show her where it is. Also check that the sides are not too high for her to easily climb in and out. Don’t use clumping clay litter while your kitten is still a baby. It can be dangerous for her if she ingests it, and it could even kill her. The best litter to use for a kitten is something like World’s Best Cat Litter, which is all natural and made from corn.

The next thing you need to do is kitten-proof your house. Kittens are curious and likely to get into everything. Make sure yours can’t get into anything that will hurt him. Keep drawers and cupboard doors closed, especially the cupboards where you keep cleaning supplies and other chemicals. If your kitten is a chewer, you may have to put plastic covers on the electrical wires.

Also, many plants are poisonous to cats, so make sure your kitten can’t get to them to eat them. And be very careful with reclining chairs, because your kitten could easily be crushed in one.

Kittens have lots of energy and love to play. Make sure your kitten has enough toys to keep her from getting bored. Also make sure the toys are safe, and have no small pieces that can break off for your kitten to swallow or choke on. Spend some quality time playing and interacting with your cat every day. This should be fun for both of you, and will help you and your kitten bond.

You will also need to provide your kitten with a scratching post. Scratching is natural for cats, and you want your cat to scratch the post, rather than your carpet or furniture. A sisal or cardboard scratching post would be a good choice.

Taking care of a new kitten can be a challenge, but it should also be lots of fun. As long as you provide your new kitten with a healthy diet and a fun, safe environment right from the start, you should have many happy years together. You may find that you like taking care of kittens so much that you can’t wait to go out and adopt another one!

Choosing kittens’ names can seem like a daunting task, but it doesn’t have to be hard. There are tons of ways to come up with good names for kittens. Below are a few suggestions to get your creative juices flowing.

1. Appearance. This is one of the easiest ways to choose a kitten’s name. If your kitten is grey, you might name her Smokey or Misty. A black and white tuxedo kitty might be called Tux or Jeeves. If your cat has mitts on his feet, you could name him Socks or Boots.

2. Personality. This will take a little longer, since you will need some time to get to know your kitten better before choosing a name. If you have a very vocal, talkative cat, you might call her Gabby. If your kitty is a little genius, you can call him Einstein. A calm and placid kitten (is there such a thing?) might be named Serena.

3. Pairs or groups. Perhaps you have more than one kitten who needs a name. In that case, you might choose themed groups of names, such as Thelma and Louise, John and Yoko, or Larry, Moe and Curly.

4. Your favorite drink. There are many beverages that also make good kittens’ names. Kahlua would be a good name for a black or dark brown kitten. Other cute names include Gimlet and Mojito.

5. Famous people or animals in history. You could name your kitten Elsa, after the lion in Born Free. Or Cleopatra, after the queen of the Nile. Or if you or your little guy has a philosophical bent, you could call him Spinoza.

6. Famous people or animals in literature. How about Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights (or the famous cartoon cat)? Or Titania from Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream? Or you could call your great little guy Gatsby.

7. Mythology. You could always name your cat after a mythological god or goddess. Some possibilities include Zeus, the king of the gods, or Athena, who is said to have sprung from Zeus’s head, or perhaps Persephone, the queen of the underworld.

8. Celebrities. There are plenty of celebrities you could name your kitten after. How about Elvis (Presley) or Angelina (Jolie) or Miley (Cyrus)? Or you can name your kitty after one of your personal favorites.

9. Places. Is there a city or country you’ve always wanted to visit, or perhaps a place you’ve been that you loved? You could call your cat Dakota or Paris or Dallas.

10. Foreign names. It doesn’t even have to be a real foreign name. Maybe it just sounds like one. You can call your cat Pepe or Vladimir. Or how about naming a Siamese kitten Mei Tu (”me too”)?

There are so many ways to come up with cute names for kittens. You can name them based on how they look, how they act, or famous people, places or things. You’re limited only by your imagination. Now, see if you can come up with some great kittens’ names of your own.

If you love your kitty, but some of his behaviors are driving you crazy, Cat Secrets Revealed may be able to help. The author, Liz Barton, has packed this ebook with solutions to many common house cat behavior problems, including your cat not using the litter box, tearing up the furniture, and biting or scratching you. It provides the solutions in easy to follow step by step instructions. It also tells you what causes the problem in the first place, so you have a better understanding of why your cat does what he does.

Cat Secrets Revealed is very thorough, covering nearly every cat behavior problem you’re likely to run into. It covers what to do if your cat is clawing the furniture, and how to choose the right scratching post. It will tell you how to keep your kitty off the tables and counters. It includes what to do about cat biting and scratching. It will also show you how to tell the difference between spraying and litter box avoidance, and what to do about both. There are techniques to get your cat to use the litter box every time. There is good advice on keeping your cat out of the houseplants. And there is a section on how to manage a multicat household so that everyone gets along.

Although there is a ton of helpful information in this ebook, it is laid out in step by step, easy to follow instructions. You won’t get bogged down in a bunch of unnecessary details. There are plenty of lists of things for you to try in order to solve your cat’s behavior problems. If one thing doesn’t work as well as you’d like, you can just move on to the next one. If one method doesn’t appeal to you, you can try one of the other ones. You are bound to be successful with some of the many suggestions in this ebook.

The author also explains why your kitty behaves the way she does. For instance, there are several reasons why your cat may be going outside the litter box. It’s important to know which one you are dealing with, in order to take the right steps. Once you know why your cat does what she does, it is much easier to know what to do about it.

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While there is a lot of great advice in this ebook, it does not provide overnight solutions to every problem. In order to work, many of the techniques must be used consistently over a period of time to see lasting results. It will take some time and effort. But the results should be well worth it — a relaxed and loving relationship with your cat.

If you are dealing with bad cat behavior, Cat Secrets Revealed may be just what you are looking for. With all the information it covers, it is a good value. However, even better, it comes with several nice bonuses. Also included at no extra charge are Grooming and Health Secrets Revealed, Feline Nutrition Secrets, Amazing Kitten Care Secrets, plus several unannounced bonuses. All in all, it is a pretty good package.

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