I'm not sure what I was expecting with a cat as I've always been a dog lover, I guess I was just hoping he would wander around minding his own business but he is starting to be a real handful

He's 12/13 weeks old now and with each day that passes he seems to get a bit more hyper as I call it. I keep him locked in the utility at night and he meows the entire time, I keep him locked in at night as he is stuck everywhere he shouldn't be, he also has a habit of sneaking along and then just pouncing out on the kids with his claws out, my youngest is 2 she is scared stiff of him. Also if the kids are eating something he will jump and make an attempt at getting the food from them, the cats mad and only seems to be getting worse.

Help how do I calm this kittie? Are all kittens like this? When I say he's stuck everywhere he shouldn't be what I mean is behind the TV having a good old chew on wires, stuck in our indoor trees, I even caught him half way up the curtains this evening.

No shit.

Get it rehomed asap.

He's a baby and he's bored and trying to get your attention.

He will calm down as he gets older but you really need to be interacting with him to wear him out. Ironically you'd have probably been better getting two kittens so they could play together and amuse one another. Instead he has to rely on the humans around him for that.

Shutting him in one room is bound to make him howl, especially if its not a room set up with things for him to do.

Cats also don't like having their toilet in the same room they sleep in, would you like to spend 8+ hours shut in your loo?

You either need to adapt your house/lives and behaviour to include this little mite, who at the end of the day is only playing up because he's dying for your love and attention, stop seeing him as a problem, or let someone who does deserve him have him.

Blunt but true. If you thought it would be anything like having a dog, you were wrong.

Kittie has his litter tray scratching post and toys in the utility with his. What I will say for him is he's fantastic at going to the loo, I had a hell of a time trying to house train a dog, but from the day and hour I got kittie I showed him the litter tray and he's been great

But you've ignored my point about him having to sleep in his toilet, clean or not. He thinks of that as his toilet room and not his sleeping room, which is why he's howling because he's not happy. If someone made you sleep in your toilet, no matter how clean it is, it's still a toilet and you wouldn't be happy about it.

Cats are very particular. You don't own the cat, the cat owns you. It's nothing like having a dog and you need to realise that and adapt things.

Straight to the point. . As you will have seen on tonights threads OP we have another FM who kindly opened a cat sanctuary for abandoned ot cats in need of a safe kind home. She is now up to her eyes and lots of the fm's are pitching in offering help. You really really should have put more time and effort into finding out about taking on a kitten before you took this baby on. My own cat is not a loving couthy cat although he does have his moments, at other times he scratches and bites like hell. At the end of the day he is mine and I love him to bits. My home is his home. He has the run of the entire house and is never locked in anywhere. He would freak if he was. I too had been offered 2 wee kittens but know that under the circumstances I could never do that to my Ellie. You really should find this wee soul a kind loving and knowledgeable home. He deserves so much better!

I am reading this in fits of laughter. Oh - OP - I am so sorry. I have shared my home and life with cats and dogs for many years - and there is no comparison. A dog shares your home and adapts to you and does all it can to please.

A kitten stalks in - surveys its future hotel and servants and then rearranges everything to suit him or her.

Keeping him locked in over night? When there is a comfortable bed upstairs with humans who can be woken up in the earlier hours for breakfast?

Trying to feed your humans when there may be something on the table that they want?

I hope you do decide to keep your kitten - because in the end - he will give you back so much love and affection. But - having trained many dogs over the years - all I can say is - my cats have trained me - and the earlier I gave up to their demands, the sooner we have adapted to sharing a home together.

Yes he does sound like a typical kitten. He won't be able too be neutered till around the end of November too. Some cats kittens scratch some dont. He hasn't learned how too retract his claws yet. He also could be teething they do tend too play up when that happens.

My kitten used to sleep in our backroom when he was tiny. It was because my older cat hated him and I didnt want my big boy to hurt the little one.
The jumping out is just playing it will stop. Jasper stopped doing it earlier this year.
Kittens are very naughty! They need enteraining or they get into things they shouldn't.
The crying is to get your attention.

You can get some bitter apple spray that you can spray on your wires this will stop the kitten chewing on the wires.
Get him some toys , get him a small soft toy to which he'll attack. Tie some string onto a stick to and play with him , get a laster pointer pen and drive him nuts with it , it'll wear him out eventually be careful not to shine it in his eyes though.
Cats are roamers they like to roam around the house if you don't want him jumping up on units then you can buy something called sticky paws which works. Simple things like scrunch up some tin foil into a ball he will love it and it will entertain him for hours. Hang some string of a door handle too (make sure you remove the string if you leave the kitten un supervised). Buy some feliway plug in this will calm him down too. Just bear with him and trust me you will not regret it.

I'm not convinced that being shut in with the litter tray is causing him to yowl - its becouse he wants to be with you, maybe sleep on your bed or near you. You may find that if you leave him out he will fall asleep somewhere of his choosing, like the sofa, and stay there all night.

The jumping out may stop I don't know how old yours is but mine still does it and she was 2 in july she normally does it at the bottom of the stairs for giggles but its the way she flies at you with her front legs opened into a V that cracks me up and once she gets you she is like thumper the blooming rabbit with her back feet.

I have to say she has also done some good damage to my almost two year old (but he heals), she loves to play and anyone is fair game if they are in the room.

She is very talkative and speaks all day heaven forbid if I locked her up, she tells me when she needs more food as the middle of her bowl is empty, when she has used the litter tray so I can go clean it, when she wants to be let out at 4am etc. She is also territorial and will mark.

Cats are not the easy alternative to dogs if you have one and look after them properly

i have a kitten whos 6 months old now, and he was just the same as yours, i just kept playing with him so he was entertained and he calmed down, when he climbed the curtains said no firmly and pointed my finger and he got used to it, he rarely does anything naughty now unless hes on a mad half hour.

He is a year old, and after saying he didn't jump out anymore guess what he did! His thing is fingers and hands. He dives on any dangling fingers and does the thumper thing to your hand. Hes stoped diving on our other cat thankfully.

He sounds like a typical kitten. There's nothing wrong with admitting you've made a mistake and taken on more than you expected. My advice would be to find him another home - preferably one where they've had previous experience with kittens. Best of luck!

Ahhh poor babbi being shut in the utility room all night ??!!!? Not surprised he is making a noise.

Kittens are like toddlers with no boundaries, lol - very entertaining - but they appreciate many play opportunities to burn off energy!!

Oh dear.

It doesn't sound like you are knowledgable or prepared enough to give the poor wee chap the time and attention he craves.

Get him rehomed asap to someone who actually knows what they're doing. A fully grown cat would have been a easier proposition.

completely ordinary kitten, hes a baby he wants to play, wants attention...lots of attention and wants comfort he doesnt want to be shut in, especially next to his litter tray.
cats and kittens have claws and they use them....you cant blame the kitten for you not knowing how to look after one properly.

Why is the kitten shut in one room over night ? we used to keep ours in but they would wander round and decide who to sleep with and where.

Just sounds like you have a typical kitten but you had no idea what they were like before buying. Two choices either learn very quickly and adapt to being a cat owner or rehome now before it all gets very much worse.

Agree! Cat's hate toddlers. One of mine adopted us as he deserted his original owner, who we later found out had toddlers. By the sound of it you don't much like the kitten either!

My cats used to climb the curtains when they were kittens, we have pictures of them up trees, in bushes, on a toy tank in the garden. They loved wool and used to sit at my Mum's feet when she was knitting playing with the wool.

You need to give him things to play with - balls, mice, Christmas decorations(that's a favourite of my cat and she's 15). Also introduce him to the 2 year old slowly and make sure that the child knows to be gentle with him. Maybe let her have him sat next to her on the sofa for a bit.





When any of our cats were kittens we used to shut them in the study at night with their litter tray and food and water. We would then let them out when people were about during the day but for the first few weeks it was easier to keep them shut in the study at night time until they got used to the house.

Have to agree with that when we had our cats our curtains were quite regularly shredded, we accepted that as part of cat owning. Not everyone is suited to every pet I guess and I wonder why you were sold a kitten when you obviously know nothing about them.

Not all cats hate toddlers just takes work and discipline like having children and any other animal, mine are best friends and enjoy playing with each other, he will occasionally grab a handful of cat and get yelled at like her trying to have a go at him they get sent to their corners for a respective time out lol

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my boy waiting for his bestie to wake up and play cars with him

If the original poster wasn't informed about how kittens behave then someone was a bit irresponsible! New cat owners should be told about how kittens behave.

Kittens become adult cats after four months and they calm down by about 80 percent. Adult cats do get 'night mania' when they go absolutely crazy, running around like mad and jumping on things, their predatory mode really kicks in, but for the rest of the time they'll be much much calmer.

I got my current cat when she was three months old. For a month she drove me (almost) stark raving crazy with her manic behaviour. You just got to grin and bear it! It is stressful but they do calm down. Promise. Four months of stress is a tiny thing to endure compared to all the happy years you'll have with a much calmer pet.

As you have found out, cats can be extremely complicated creatures, and kittens especially, need picked up regularly and stimulated with toys and play. It sounds like your kitten is lonely, poor thing. Try playing with your kitten before you both retire to your separate beds. This should, hopefully, tire your kitty enough for it to settle down. Perhaps it would have been better (in hindsight) to have acquired two kittens, then at least they could have kept each other, especially at night.

Not everyone's willing to share their bedroom with their cats, we don’t, as we already share it with our two dogs. Fortunately, our three cats are quite happy at night, and they tend to snuggle up to each other for company, having being with us all day.

I am sure, given time; your kitten will become acclimatised to your set up, and you will both get along famously.

Yes, cats can be masters at shredding curtains and sofas, which, of course, is the price to pay for living with such beautifully mysterious creatures.

I don't think the litter tray being in the same room as your kitten is an issue. Have you tried a hooded litter tray?

Anyway, good luck, I hope you both settle down soon.