First off- for anyone who remembers my declawing post a couple weeks ago- I thought I'd mention that we've decided not to do it. I'm still a little bit worried about accidents against the dog, but we'll give those soft-paws a try, and if that doesn't work we'll think of something else. Thanks again to everyone who replied with helpful suggestions.
And as for this post...I'm just wondering if anyone has any general kitten tips for a first timer. Neither my girlfriend or I have ever owned a cat before, so everything from hairballs to litterboxes will be new to us. The kitten is (I think) a female, and (I think) coming to us at about 6 weeks old. We have quite a few "accessories" we got from a friend- kennel, litterbox, litter, food (should we be buying some sort of kitten formula instead?), toys, etc. And this is about as prepared as we are, thus far.
And as for this post...I'm just wondering if anyone has any general kitten tips for a first timer. Neither my girlfriend or I have ever owned a cat before, so everything from hairballs to litterboxes will be new to us. The kitten is (I think) a female, and (I think) coming to us at about 6 weeks old. We have quite a few "accessories" we got from a friend- kennel, litterbox, litter, food (should we be buying some sort of kitten formula instead?), toys, etc. And this is about as prepared as we are, thus far.