Get Ready for your New Kitten!

Veterinarian Appointment

Make a vet appointment so you can get confirmation of the kittens health within the first 2 days of receiving your kitten.

Kittens come with

• Wellness check

• 2 FVRCP vaccines approx. (7 & 11 weeks)

• Dewormed with Panacur 

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Your responsibility

• Wellness check within 2 days

• Spay / Neuter by 6-8 months of age per your vet recommendation

• 3rd FVRCP vaccine booster

• Microchipping kitten

Food

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• Hard Food (Free Feed as Young Kittens need a lot of energy)

  • Hill's Science Diet​ Kitten Chicken Recipe (Hard food)

• Wet Food (Twice Daily - amount based on your kitten appetite)

Kittens receive wet food twice a day. The types and flavors may vary depending on the mother cat’s preferences and what each litter enjoys.

Please refer to the shared photo folder to see exactly which wet foods your kitten is currently eating. Photos are updated often, as kittens sometimes prefer certain flavors.​

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Wet Foods Commonly Used

• Weruva (Varies by Litter)

• Royale Cannie - Baby cat and Kitten loaf  

  • **This is typically not main wet food when they go home & it is based on mother preferences

• Hill's Science Diet Kitten Savory Salmon Sensitive Stomach (Wet food)

• Occasionally Kittens are given

  • Boiled Chicken, Turkey or White Fish

  • Freeze dried salmon

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Important Transition Guidelines

Even if you plan to switch brands, please purchase the foods your kitten is currently eating so you can transition slowly at home. Sudden changes can cause stress-related diarrhea, which is very common in young kittens.​

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After your kitten has settled in, you may gradually introduce a new food over a 3-week transition period using the ratios below:

• Please purchase these food even if you would like to change the kittens food since it is very IMPORTANT to change kittens food do it slowly after the kitten has adjusted to your home to AVOID Diarrehea due to stress.  After they adjust change food over a 3 week period to avoid diarrhea from changing food too quickly slowly

  • Mix ratios of kitten food to change it

    • Weeks 1-3:  100% Science Hills Diet

    • Week 4:  75% Science Hills Diet / 25% New High Quality Kitten food

    • Week 5:  50% Science Hills Diet / 50% New High Quality Kitten food

    • Week 6:  25% Science Hills Diet / 75% New High Quality Kitten food

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Human Allergy Management Food Options:

• If you have bad allergies many people are reporting excellent results by using Purina ProPlan LiveClear which is clinically proven to lower allergens by 47%

                https://www.chewy.com/purina-pro-plan-liveclear-kitten/dp/354878

** Kittens due not fully develop their FLD-1 proteins until they are 1 years of age so please switch kittens food slowly to this option to avoid diarrehea 

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Toys

Kittens love a lot of toys and need to scratch

• Catnip toys, Balls, Feathers, etc.

• A scratching post, tree or cardboard scratchers

Fur care

Kittens will need to be groomed

• Metal Comb will help to avoid tangles 

  • If a kitten or cat get something in their fur including some poop put baby powder or cornstarch to dry out then comb out with metal comb.​

    • Then give bath with kitten safe shampoo or dawn dish soap if needed but 1st brush out dried out poop.​

• FURminator can be used 

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Allergies to Cats:

• Siberian cats are hypo-allergenic to low allergen cats.  

  • Purina Pro Plan LiveClear Cat Shampoo Spray​

  • ​https://www.chewy.com/purina-pro-plan-liveclear-rinse-free/dp/248941

Carrier

Kittens will need to be transported in carriers

• Bring a carrier when picking up kitten and to go to vet

• Carriers will be provided for couriers air travel

Suppliments

Kittens and cats can benefit from many supplements

• Pumpkin

  • When their stool get soft they love pumkin with coconut​

    • "Weruva Pumpkin Patch Up! Pumpkin Pouches for Dogs & Cats"

      • Available pet stores, amazon, chewy, etc.

• Lysine is excellent for immunity (treats, gel or powder)

  • https://www.chewy.com/vetoquinol-enisyl-f-lysine-bites/dp/102058?utm_source=google-product&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=Vetoquinol&utm_campaign=20642288853&utm_term=&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAtOmsBhCnARIsAGPa5yaUiJS__PATjrCClKEIfh18uxWOn9HL1C2XuXTylj2GE6b9_w65eMMaAkYaEALw_wcB​

• Omega-3 / Fish Oil - great for softer fur and development

• Probiotic - excellent for changing foods and dealing with stress to avoid sickness

  • https://www.chewy.com/purina-pro-plan-veterinary-diets/dp/49853​

Litter

Kittens start with Cat Attract Kitten (Clay) but are then provided Litter Robots with clay clumping litter

Recommendation

• In the beginning use a Litter attract additive or Cat Attract litter to start so the kitten can find the litter box in their new home.

• When adjusting to a new home they can make mistakes since everything is so new so be patient

• Natures Miracle for cats is an excellent product to clean up mistakes and remove odors from accidents    https://www.chewy.com/natures-miracle-cat-urine-destroyer/dp/340149?utm_source=google-product&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=Nature%27s%20Miracle&utm_campaign=20199734535&utm_term=&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAtOmsBhCnARIsAGPa5yaACDP5015Z8S7po8RPi0UjEXSGSkT4cblYoaRr5OWM4P67UOG4rkgaAn2FEALw_wcB