How to Care for and Train Your Kitten

Kittens are cute, cuddly and playful but you need to remember that they are also a huge responsibility. Thus, adequate kitten care and training should never be neglected when you bring home your little kitten. Kitten care and training is an easier affair for those who have adopted kittens before, but for first timers it can prove to be a wholly new experience because kittens need special care and attention in order to become healthy cats that are also social.

Kitten care and training is very different from the care and training of a fully mature tabby or tom cat. A huge part of kitten care and training is litter training. This is not too hard to do - just put it in the litter box, take its paw and make it move in a digging motion on the litter, and they will then know what to do. Kitten care and training is an important task, and litter training will not take you too long, but you do need to ensure that eventually their litter box remains in a fixed place, which ensures privacy for your kitten.

Clay based litter is preferred as it is easy to scoop, and if you're new to kitten care and training you might want to give that a shot. Another aspect of kitten care and training is food. Kittens have small tummies and need to eat several times a day instead of once or twice in order to digest their food properly. Get a simple formula for your kitten to eat, one that is meant exclusively for kittens, and this will take you a step further in your kitten care and training process.

Eventually as the kitten grows, its meal pattern will become less frequent as it starts to eat larger meals at one go. Kitten care and training also involves adequate medical attention. Your kitten needs to be vaccinated and get all the required shots, and you also have to get rid of fleas and worms in its body. You should take them to the vet to detect any problems and get them fixed as soon as possible.

Also, your vet can give you valuable advice on kitten care and training. Choose a vet who is approachable and who you feel comfortable with - someone you trust will be able to get through to you better about important aspects of kitten care and training. Kitten care and training also includes playtime! Your kitten needs to play while growing up to feel secure and loved by you, so that even when it grows up it'll be loyal to you. Kittens are natural at pouncing, scratching, biting, chasing anything that moves, and various other games.

Proper kitten care and training ensures that biting and scratching people stops - a scratching post will help to that end. You really don't need to buy expensive toys for your kitten - it will be happy in your company with even some string or a woolen ball! Indoor kittens can be kept distracted by various innovations such as paper bags and empty cardboard boxes. Make sure you pet your kitten a lot, in order for them to feel safe and happy.