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Originally Posted by Max Cow Disease
The timeline's has shrunk a wee bit as it turns out. We were thinking late July for getting the cat but it turns out it was late June, and have received an email from the breeder requesting that we take him on June 15th if possible as the litter mama is sick and the situation has become quite busy.
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How old will the kitten be? You definitely do not want to take them away from the mother before 8 weeks. 12 weeks is ideal. I got mine at 9, and it was still probably a bit early... he's mostly okay, but a bit clingy and still insists on grooming everyone because he thinks that's just what one does.
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1) A decent litter box (to be cleaned with regularity to avoid urinary aromas throughout the household)
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Make sure you get a closed one and a good scoop. Don't bother with the gimmicky ones like self-cleaning, they're just a hassle. Cleaning a box takes like five minutes.
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3) Some decent food, with a mixture of wet and dry. Treats as well
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Ask the breeder whether they've got the kittens on dry food. If so, go with dry food. I don't feed mine any wet food at all, partly because he had no interest when I tried, but if I were to do so it would be as a treat.
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6) A few toys to start off with to see what he's in to
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Don't make the mistake of getting toys that are too big when he's a kitten. Get tiny little 1-2" things like balls that he can bat around. A lot of kittens also like foil-based things that make crunching sounds.
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What are folks' thoughts on pet insurance? Is that a thing that people do?
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IMHO, get it for the first year at least, at which point you should hopefully have at least some idea whether the guy will be prone to illness and can re-evaluate.