{"id":6851,"date":"2020-05-01T13:45:46","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T13:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theparentsocial.com\/?p=6851"},"modified":"2020-05-01T14:12:20","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T14:12:20","slug":"buying-kitten-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparentsocial.com\/buying-kitten-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting a Kitten as a Family Pet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We’ve just bought a kitten and the children are besotted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It wasn’t a rash decision; we started mulling it over last year but the timing wasn’t right. Lockdown might have been a bit of a catalyst (no pun intended), but the real clincher was seeing the joy our twins derived from playing with a friendly Ragdoll<\/a> cat that visited our garden last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kitten research <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
We let our eldest in on our plans and got her to do some research about what kittens need in terms of food, sleeping, toys and toilet\/hygiene. Then we ordered everything off Amazon in one go so it was ready and waiting for when we got our kitten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Getting used to his bed. He didn’t take to it straight away<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Here is what we bought:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Pet carrier<\/a><\/li>
A lovely soft bed<\/a> <\/li>
Dry food – suitable for junior cats (under 1 year) <\/a><\/li>
Wet kitten food<\/a><\/li>
Scratching post<\/a> <\/li>
Selection of cat toys<\/a><\/li>
Cat litter box with scoop<\/a><\/li>
Cat litter<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Buying a kitten <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Animal shelters are all shut right now so we headed to Pets4Homes,<\/a> which is the UK’s most popular pet classifieds. We wanted a Ragdoll (or part Ragdoll cat) as that’s what the girls had fallen in love with. Happily, as a breed, they’re known to have a laid back sociable nature and are touted as one of the best cat breeds for children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We discovered that kittens go quick, so when we found a match locally on the site we acted fast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We had a good telephone chat with the breeder. She had a litter of four, eight-week olds (kittens shouldn’t leave their mothers before eight weeks). Their dad is a Ragdoll and mum is a British short-haired Tortie Tabby (Torbie)<\/a>. We weren’t too concerned about the sex of the kitten as once neutered there’s little to no difference as to which makes the better pet. A plus point for me was that they were already ‘toilet trained’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We looked at the pictures and chose our favourite. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My husband Matt went to pick up on his own. The breeder was very good and took every precaution with sanitising and social distancing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Life with a new kitten <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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