(Part advice, part blabbering on lol)
Hello,
The time has come for me to finally get a kitten. I’ve been wanting to for a few years now but I’ve never bit the bullet. Until now.
I struggle with what I think is autism, I tend to have a routine of little things I do each day. It’s not a rigid routine by any stretch but it’s still a routine. I am a little bit worried about how the kitten will fit into that routine. I know I can feed her at the same time I eat and change the litter tray once or twice a day (& fully clean weekly), that is okay. I know what litter she uses and what food she eats.
How much playtime should kitty have? Knowing me I will not let her go. Should I be playing with her all day? Or is it okay for us to both… chill out with one another as well? Especially as she settles in. I feel like this will help me get used to having her around and her getting used to having me around - but I’m not sure if that’s selfish and she needs playtime alllll the time. I do not work yet and nor does my mum so she will have plenty of company each day, she will not be alone.
And sleeping, sleep is the big one for me. When I go to bed I need quiet and dark and I’m worried about the kitten crying and being unsettled. I don’t know if I need to stay with her as she settles in or just… leave her to it and she will calm herself down? She will have a big room to herself with her bed and extra toys, this is ‘her space’ not just for bedtime but for if she gets fed up and needs peace. And we will have a blanket that belongs to her and smells of her and her litter mates, and that feliway spray stuff.
i visited her yesterday, she is lovely and very placid. I am nervous but I am excited too, I know it will help me be a bit more um, flexible? with life stuff in general! But it is just getting used to that change, you know?
xxx
- a nervous mama Apple Pie
Hello,
The time has come for me to finally get a kitten. I’ve been wanting to for a few years now but I’ve never bit the bullet. Until now.
I struggle with what I think is autism, I tend to have a routine of little things I do each day. It’s not a rigid routine by any stretch but it’s still a routine. I am a little bit worried about how the kitten will fit into that routine. I know I can feed her at the same time I eat and change the litter tray once or twice a day (& fully clean weekly), that is okay. I know what litter she uses and what food she eats.
How much playtime should kitty have? Knowing me I will not let her go. Should I be playing with her all day? Or is it okay for us to both… chill out with one another as well? Especially as she settles in. I feel like this will help me get used to having her around and her getting used to having me around - but I’m not sure if that’s selfish and she needs playtime alllll the time. I do not work yet and nor does my mum so she will have plenty of company each day, she will not be alone.
And sleeping, sleep is the big one for me. When I go to bed I need quiet and dark and I’m worried about the kitten crying and being unsettled. I don’t know if I need to stay with her as she settles in or just… leave her to it and she will calm herself down? She will have a big room to herself with her bed and extra toys, this is ‘her space’ not just for bedtime but for if she gets fed up and needs peace. And we will have a blanket that belongs to her and smells of her and her litter mates, and that feliway spray stuff.
i visited her yesterday, she is lovely and very placid. I am nervous but I am excited too, I know it will help me be a bit more um, flexible? with life stuff in general! But it is just getting used to that change, you know?
xxx
- a nervous mama Apple Pie