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aah yes maybe i'll try that and hopefully he's stay on the floor, stupid question but how do you tell a cat off? I shout at him but he just ignores me, i think i saw him stick two fingers up at me last night! |
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 , I find just saying no to my lot works....Wish you were nearer to me, I know someone who would take him... |
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Claudia, No real advice but just thought I'd let you know my experience: When we got our first ever cats (8 week old kittens) I was shocked by how much they managed to interrupt our night's sleep (given that I used to sleep through anything and everything). I have an open plan downstairs too and so couldn't shut them in a room down there. Closing the bedroom door just resulted in them scratching all night to be let in. In the end we just put up with a few weeks of interrupted sleep, ignored them whenever they woke us up (or picked them up and dumped them out in the hall) and eventually they stopped and just started sleeping on the bed. As for letting them outside overnight - we didn't let our kittens out until they were 6months old and spayed. After that we did try to lock them in the house overnight but eventually they figured that out and started not coming home when it got dark so we gave up and let them go out when they wanted. Not sure if this is the 'official' advice but it worked for us. Hope you manage to get everything sorted. |
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Hello Claudia, can I ask how long you have had this kitten and where it came from? |
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I have it since 4th November and it just wandered in and has never left. i have left adverts all over my estate, and at all the vets places but no one has come forward. I am a little worried as i can't afford vets fees so wouldn't be able to pay for neutering or vaccinations etc which obviously all cats need i presume, i just wish his rude and ignorant real family would show up, but hey that looks like its too much to ask! |
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Have you tried to find him a new home?? there may be someone looking for a kitten local to you.. |
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yep i've asked about put up adverts but heard nothing, fingers crossed someone will take him and soon, the vet surgery said i should keep him til i find him a new home - i only let him in cos he was scared of the fireworks going off - that'll teach me in future!! |
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Here's a link to their website, give them a ring and see if they can help. http://www.swindoncp.co.uk/ Please let us know how you get on...  |
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Why the hell did you take the kitten in when you had no intentions of keeping him or knowledge of how to care for him?  You ask about punishing him, you've been spraying him with water, you want to shut him out all night or in the garage, no wonder he wakes you up at night, he's probably getting his own back. Sorry if that sounds harsh, but I hear tales like this every day of the week! Contact as many rescue places as you can & ask if they can help you out. |
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I am frustrated by this thread and agree with Mags about rehoming asap. Kittens take a lot of care as does owing a puppy....(do you remember what that was like being a dog lover??) The training process is exasperating but eventually things settle down so although you say you have tried the advice that has been offered you have to put it in for a couple of months to see the difference and be consistent ( a bit like what you do with children). If this really isn't what you are prepared to do then you need to rehome this kitten. I cannot believe however that you have come onto a cat lovers site to inform us about your mothers unruly dogs killing kittens unless it is to get a reaction from the members here. Can you explain why you keep offering this information (in detail) if not for this reason. Your mother should not be owning dogs that she can not control (if indeed this thread is true) and although you say they wouldn't harm people how can you verify this with the behaviour they are curently allowed to display? |
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