ive just been given a kitten by someone who lives by me as they seen my story about my cat solo in the local paper and they felt so sorry for us and she said she felt compelled to only make us smile again to offer a kitten to us wow am chuffed to bits there are really genuine good people out there nothing can replace my beloved solo not in a million years but the pain will dissapear from our loss and my love for our new kitten (buttons)my daughter named him will only get stronger so right kitten q&a lol im only kidding lol just one thing though hes very scared but comes around very quickly and he hisses at us but it soon stops any ideas

How old is he? Hissing is a sign of fear.

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Oh how lovely, I don't have any advice but good luck with Buttons

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Thats a lovely thing to do. Glad your new arrival has made you smile.

Did you get anymore info from them ?, kittens age,feeding habits a little abit of history for you go about settling little one in to your family.

Buttons sounds a little scared and overwhelmed, hopefully that will pass

Wishing you luck

Kelly xx

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Very proud Mummy of Ella my Gorgeous 5yr old daugher
and my beloved fur babies :
Honey born 23/08/10 &
Indy born 08/01/11

Whenever we introduce a new animal into the household, we give them their own little quiet area of the house.

MeMe is our most recent addition and is a 22 month old Maine Coon. When she arrived we settled her in our spare room, we put her litter tray up there, and her food bowls so she wouldn't have to venture too far. We visited her every hour or so mainly just to let her get used to our voices.

She's now been here for a little over two weeks. In this time, and since gaining her trust we've gradually introduced her to the dogs and our other cat (oddly enough she seems most at ease with our big dog!). We have a gate at the bottom of our stairs so that the dogs can't get up to her. The important thing is that everything has been done in her own time. We haven't pushed anything onto her. We let her come and go as she pleases and explore her new surroundings without the fear of dealing with all of us too.

Do you have a quiet area that she can feel secure?

Do you mind me asking what happened to Solo?

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So pleased for you

Buttons may just be a bit frightened and in need of a room to settle in to before having free run of the house. This way get used to surroundings.

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hes thirteen weeks and eats like a trooper hes taken to my wife and daughter brilliant and hes getting used to me know has strted to play now the hising seems to be going not been doing it much now any advice will begreat never had a kitten before

yeah sorry solo was shot and killed by a guy using an airgun across the road from me i cant prove it but i know it was him and his mate that done it he was shot twice once in the led the other through his pelvis and bowel so the vet recommened we put him to sleep as the pain he must of been in must of been unbearable we only had him 1 yr he was about 2 years of age god bless him miss him so much its in the ormskirk advertiser local paper u can read the story online

Oh Solosdad, I'm so sorry. I really don't know what to say. I just don't understand people sometimes, I really don't.

If it was a child that was hurt, the police would do everything they could to find out who it was that owned that airgun and because its an animal that has been murdered its as if its not a big deal.

This makes me so angry People like that have no place in our society.

You will do fine with Buttons. Just keep doing what you are doing

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aww thx LouiseH and everyone ill get some pics up asap