I got a kitten!

Awwwww (it needs a name)

Ahh, it looks like a Graham to me or maybe Steve.

We're waiting to see its personality before naming him/her (as yet unsure of the sex but most gingers are male?). So far its pee'd on the carpet, taken a chunk out my hand, slept and eaten so it might be better that we wait a bit first

edit: hmmmm but i suppose all cats do that, right?

Ours never pee'd on the carpet, her mum taught her to use the tray. But you've got curtain climbing, sofa scratching, carpet pulling, ornament smashing and thingamy losing to look forward to. I thought I'd lost my RSA SecurID recently until I found the cat had batted it under one of the sofas.

But seriously, Graham is a great name for a cat.

For the gender, have a look at the hind end. Slit-shaped == female; both ports round == male.

Cheers

Looks identical to the one we got rid of - because she fought too much with our established 17 year old cat. Absolutely identical.




Don't worry - got rid of means gave to a family we know whos old cat finally passed away...living happily 1/2 a mile away

My two kittens favorite past time at the moment is screen climbing Also kitten proof the house, any small crack left open they will find their way into it and probably get stuck. I had to block under the stove with a towel. My two are sisters named Maggie and Misty.

Umm, how about Ginger

My first cat was called Ginger, we got him when I was only a couple of months old, he died the day I finished school, he was a great friend.

Cheers

Cris.

Name the baby after you know the sex, it can save embarrassment for the kitten later on. (I had a female cat named Herm once) Or find a uni-sex name. You may just start calling it a nickname that will stick.

got rid of - because she fought too much with our established 17 year old cat

Advice needed here...

At the end of July I will be integrating two new cats into my already-two-cat household, along with the two new cats' owner.

I anticipate considerably less difficulty integrating the owner than I do the additional cats.

Can anybody offer advice on how best to do this, with minimal bloodshed and caterwauling?

The two existing cats are a male and a female, as are the two new cats. Both male cats are at least 10 years old, the female cats somewhat younger. I am afraid that both male cats are territorial by nature.

Current plans are to keep them separated -- two cats upstairs, two cats downstairs, and I have cut an 18" square hole in the door to the basement, said hole covered with a screen whose mesh is about 3/4" square.

We'll alternate the upstairs and downstairs cats every couple of days until the cats come to some sort of accommodation with each other.

What else can we/should we do?

tanstaafl.

Hmmm, if it's male, "Ladmo" , if it is a female, "Ladmorella"!

Are the cats all fixed? Expect more trouble with the females, it's the queen cat who runs the house usually. Don't be surprised if one of them takes to not using the litterbox, that happens often. Try leaving the new cats in carriers in a room with the others to get them used to each other. I have more luck bringing in kittens than mixing older cats and once had to keep an adopted older female in a laundry room for 3 months till I found her another home because her and my established queen went after each other for the kill everytime they saw each other. Just give them time and have patience and hopefully they'll learn to get along. Make sure you pay them equal attention. I'll try and think of some other tips.

So Laura.... how do we stop him/her peeing on the carpet? Rub its nose in it and place it in the litter tray? The last kitten my girlfriend had was house trained from day one by its mother so I've no idea. Any other advice would be great too.

If it keeps using the carpet, the best thing would be to confine the kitten in a small room or a cage with the litter box. My kittens were born feral (meaning out in the wild) and had accidents for the first few days but then starting using the litter box. It's natural for them to want to cover their waste to hide from predators so that's why they take to litter. It could also be the litter you are using, some don't like litter that smells too much, try using clumping kind, and also make sure the litter box isn't too big that the kitten has trouble getting into it. Rubbing noses in it doesn't work for cats but you could place her in the box after she wakes up or after she eats or plays hard. Hopefully the kitten will get the idea.

Cefer

I had an orange tabby that had dark markings on his head that looked like horns and he was a real devil he would sneak under my blanket and pounce on my feet wrapping his paws/claws and biting at the same time. and he would also run around the house real fast until he was at full speed then run straight up the door jam and hang from the top of it with his rear legs dangling down. So I named him Lucipher gawd I miss that cat. always kept me on my toes

By the way, congratulations, you two.

If you're a pvp fan there's always "Scratch Fury, Destroyer of Worlds" . . .

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If you're a pvp fan there's always "Scratch Fury, Destroyer of Worlds" . . .

Or a Ringworld/Larry Niven fan, name them after a Kzin, like Chmee or Acolyte.