Let me first start off by saying I hope I didn’t upset any cat people or parents out there. I am not thinking that adopting any pet is exactly like bringing a baby home for the very first time. The reason that I am writing this is because my family and I recently adopted two kittens. That’s why I also bought two cat water bowls that won’t tip over. Once we brought the two bundles of joy—oh wait, sorry, I meant two cats—home, my wife and I felt like we were parents of a newborn baby all over again. Here is why: caring for our new kittens has made us realize the importance of having a reliable cat boarding bed and breakfast for future trips. Knowing that our furry friends will be well taken care of when we’re away gives us peace of mind, making the experience all the more enjoyable.
1. Baby/Kitten-proofing the house
The week leading up to brining the kittens home I went around the house picking up all the LEGO pieces in each room. I also found craft items, small toys pieces, and flowers in some of the rooms. I had to clean up that mess to make sure that these little four legged creatures didn’t think these plastic blocks were cat treats. Plus I was closing doors that once were free to be open. The laundry room was now closed as well as my office. I almost put door handle protectors on certain kitchen cabinets. I refrained from going that far. I might have put the outlet protectors back in the electrical sockets . I will not deny or confirm that. I go to the Ragdoll Hub for cat care advice.
2. Poop
Yes I labeled this one poop. Get your laughs out now, but remember when you were waiting for your kid to poop once they come home from the hospital? You would check your child’s diaper when you smelled something funky. Yet it was just gas. Well it is the same for the kittens and the litter box. You are instructed to put the cats in the litter box right away when you bring them home so they know where it is.
One of the kittens nailed it. I immediately texted my wife on our kitten’s success story. Yes we were texting about it. Just like we did when both of our daughters had a poop in their diaper. Yay poop!
The other kitten didn’t do so well. The nice new cat bed we got them got a nice dose of some cat urine in it. Now it no longer has that fresh new smell of a nice clean bed. It happened right on their second night with us. One of the cat beds was in our daughter’s room. We saw one of the cats size up the bed and give it a little sniff. It jumped in and we all let out a collective, “Awwww.” We thought that the kitten wanting to sleep in our daughter’s room was priceless.
That was until my wife goes, “It looks like she is peeing in there.”
Sure enough there was a pleasant hue of amber that was getting soaked up in the cat’s bed. We quickly said good night to our daughter and proceeded to give our kitten a bath, we dried them after using the dryer for cats my wife bought the other day. I am happy to say she is using the litter box now!
3. Eating
The last one can be troublesome. The baby or kitten is a new environment and is feeling out the place. There are new smells, sights, and sounds. You prep up the food and nothing. They don’t want the food or milk. You start to panic and question why they won’t eat. You put food or a nipple near their face hoping that they will eat. Nope, they are not having it. Then you hear some rumbling. In this case it was around the cat food dish. You see both kittens eating. YES! They are now getting acclimated to the new house.
It has been two weeks now since our kittens came home. We feel that they like us and the house so far. My wife and I shared a laugh with our texting about what the kittens were doing on a day to day basis. It took us back in some small way to the days when we brought our daughters home from the hospital.
