Moosecoons Maine Coon Cats & Kittens Things you'll need and things you'll need to do The worst thing you can do is take a kitten out of his accustomed environment, put him in a new place with all new smells and stuff and people and within a day or two expose him to a whole slew of strangers - a combination sure to bring on great stress and compromise his immune system, virtually guaranteeing he'd get sick. never had anyone report that my kittens had a very difficult time adjusting - new owners more often call with great surprise that the kitty ended up on their lap within 15 minutes of opening the carrier door! This of course only after they've sniffed every corner of the room, as cats are great explorers by nature. may hide for a day or two but quickly their curiosity and their need for companionship overcomes their shyness.  They seem to bond pretty quickly with their new family, even when adopted at 6, 8, 10 months or older.

more shy than others.  I've had kittens who were skittish and shy in the same litter with kittens who would walk right on a stranger's head the minute that person comes through the door - who knows where this aspect of temperament Your new baby just needs to learn that this is a safe place.  Don't put too much pressure on the kitten. They usually will come out from under the furniture within a day or two because being social cats by nature, a Maine Coon wants your companionship.  the kitten learn that it is safe and you'll be rewarded with maybe more attention than you expected ;-) When you bring the tree into the house, the cat will automatically know it belongs to them. You'll want to find one with sisal or tight carpet or a rough natural bark for scratching that extends 3-4' from the ground, so when your Maine Coon reaches adult size he can stretch full length and flex his claws. Of course bottle caps are always a favorite and readily available,

or a length of tin foil or sheet of paper smooshed into a ball..Shower Curtain Rod Curved Ceiling As for litter, I prefer using woodRainbow Tulle Wedding Dress Say Yes Dress pellets or the newer "crystals" or "pearls" . Labrador Puppies For Sale Richmond Va fantastic at containing odors, but it is costly when you have a lot of cats. pine pellets for the boxes throughout the house, and in summer I might add a dash of the crystals to keep the moisture down. The wood type does tend to track pretty badly, but the price is great and the natural antiseptic properties in pine help keep the odor down.  I can't tolerate the dust of clay and silicate litters, and as for the scoopable stuff, I have never found one that

kept the odor from permeating the house, no matter how often I scooped! Plus that stuff can turn to cement on the surface of the boxes and be very difficult to clean -- I'll stick with my pine pellets!  Avoid clay based litters, as the dust from these can cause respiratory problems for your cats and for you. When changing households, if you have a brand new box (that no cat has ever used before) you'll want to mix some pine pellets in with whatever litter you plan to use long-term so the kitten will be able to recognize the purpose of that box! All they've ever used in my house is pine pellets :-) A word of warning about Maine Coons and water - they like to play with it! You may find a "dead" toy floating in their bowl one day, or if you forget to keep your toilet lid DOWN, you will sit on the toilet seat to find it covered with water from kitties fishing in there! They may also like to roll around in the tub or sink after you used them and they'll be fascinated with any process

involving the faucets in your house. To keep them in tip-top condition you'll want to feed your cat a premium dry cat food.  My cats are all on Life's Abundance Premium Cat Food.  The difference between a premium food and your basic grocery store brand is the ingredients: If you read the package and the first ingredient listed is Corn, don't buy it!  Another ingredient to beware of is Chicken By-Product or Chicken By-Product Meal -- "by-products" are the stuff that would otherwise get thrown out after all the meat is removed from the carcass, so Chicken By-Products is basically beaks and feet!  to note when looking at an ingredients chart of pet-food -- on the LA site it explains that any kind of meat as first ingredient is misleading... plain old MEAT (whether Chicken, Venison, whatever..) contains a great deal of moisture which makes it much heavier so the percentage factor looks significantly higher than it really is - once the meat is dehydrated (which it has to be to make a

dry food), it may actually fall percentage-wise somewhere in the middle of theChicken Meal is the meat of the chicken already processed into a dry form of concentrated protein, so that being the first ingredient in LA indicates a realistic percentage. Cats are naturally carnivores and their diet should include primarily protein and a large amount of natural fat, and aThe extra money you'll pay for the food will make itself up in healthier cats (meaning less vet bills), and smaller litter box deposits, meaning less litter to buy!  Another bonus I've found with Life's Abundance is the cats actually eat less -- the highly digestible formula gives them the nutrition they require in smaller quantities, so even though it looks more expensive, pound for pound it will save you money. Also to keep your cats health at its peak, feed them canned food or pet-specific raw meat at least three times weekly. There are nutrients found in wet foods that help the cats digestive and elimination systems, that cannot be