Settling your kitten in a new home

Your kitten may be unsettled for a few days & miss her mum & littermates. So it is up to you to help ease the transition and settle the kitten into it’s new home.

Once your new kitten arrives home, confine your kitten to one room with a litter tray, food, water & a comfortable bed & give him/her some time to become familiar with their surroundings. Cats are fastidiously clean animals & it is necessary to make sure the food & water bowls need to be kept as far away from the litter tray as possible. After a few days & when the kitten is well settled, you can gradually increase the area your kitten can explore.

• Some ways to make the kitten settle in quicker include:
• Put a ticking clock in the kitten’s bed.
• Give the kitten a hot water bottle. Make sure it isn’t too hot, and wrap it in a blanket.
• Your kitten may be reluctant to eat, you can encourage it to take food by slightly warming it in the microwave. Make sure before you give the warmed food to the kitten that you give it a stir to ensure there are no hot spots in the food.