Purrfectly Kitten Ready List

• dry food​

• wet food

• litter box

• litter

• toys

• kitty bed or cat tree

• travel carrier

• water and food bowl

• scratching post (if may come with cat tree)

• nail clippers (or a groomer to assist)

• treats

• brush for short or medium length hair

• litter scooper for cleaning

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• Prepare a safe room. A safe starter room or sanctuary for the new Purrfect Lynx will provide the Purrfect Lynx with the quiet and safety s/he needs while becoming familiar with the scents and sounds of your home for the first week of transition. The safe room should ideally be where the litter box will be kept in the future.

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Ensure you have space in the safe place for you to visit with them and comfort them without places where your kitty can interact without being hidden. We recommend letting them visit around your home outside the safe room with supervision for the first week especially for larger houses and/ or those with other feline or canine friends. Once your Purrfect Lynx is comfortable with the new environment and other furry friends you can welcome them to enjoy their entire new home.

 

‘When you first bring your me home place me in my litter box so I can walk out of it and know the path to get to it when I need to use it. I can get lost easily at first.’

 

• Comfort Blanket Purrfect Lynx love to transition with a comfort blanket or recycled clothing that has the scent of their mom or siblings to give them additional comfort through the transition. We recommend to not wash the comfort blanket until your Purrfect Lynx is adjusted to maintain the scent.

 

• Help your new Purrfect Lynx get to know you. Place a t-shirt or a piece of your clothing that contains your scent in the safe room.

 

• Equip the safe room with Purrfect Lynx food, water and litter. Place food and water on one side of the room and a litter box on the other side. Place your Purrfect Lynx in the litter box and allow them to walk out of it on their own so they can identify where it is.

 

Purrfect Lynx may not eat much during the first 24 to 48 hours and may experience temporary diarrhea from stress. If your Purrfect Lynx is not eating try some extra tasty treats such as canned tuna or cooked chicken breast without bone.

 

• Scratching post Put a new scratching post (recommend > 1 metre tall) inside the room. Scratching is a natural and comforting behaviour for Purrfect Lynx's. It’s also important that the scratching post is new and has not been used by other Purrfect Lynxs. Your new Purrfect Lynx may not want to be stressed by the smells of other Purrfect Lynx's while s/he is first adapting to his or her new surroundings.

 

• Entertainment Provide toys such as ribbons tied to posts, champagne corks (roll in different directions) and balls with bells inside for play in the safe room for when you are not around. When you are playing with them lazer pointers and wands with ribbon or feathers they love. Some of our purrfect lynx have become excellent fetch players with a small ball and a bit of training.

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• Spend time with your new Purrfect Lynx. Visiting can include interacting directly with the new Purrfect Lynx in the form of play or petting, or hanging out nearby and in the same space as your new companion. Keep in mind that a nervous Purrfect Lynx may growl, hiss, twitch its tails or pull its ears back. The best response is to speak softly followed by giving the Purrfect Lynx some time alone. They have learned that hissing means no from their mother’s communication to them and their siblings.

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• Transition beyond the safe room. When you and your new Purrfect Lynx have established a trusting relationship, the Purrfect Lynx is ready to begin exploring the house with supervision initially. Be sure to begin this process when you are home to supervise. Close most of the doors so the Purrfect Lynx begins its orientation in stages. Too many new spaces at once can be stressful and frightening. We recommend keeping the basement off limits until your kitten is fully comfortable if it has many hiding places that are inaccessible to humans.

 

Often when Purrfect Lynx transition to a new home, space or a change in environment they can be vocal. This is to be expected initially and may continue for the first couple weeks with them vocalizing a little less each day. Please be prepared for this part of the transition and some extra patience. Some Purrfect Lynx kitties are not vocal during transition while other siblings can be very vocal to the change, this depends a lot on personality we have found in our experience.

 

• Ready to explore the roost. Remember, integration into the rest of the house is dependent on the personality of your new Purrfect Lynx (as well as your existing pets). Sometimes the integration process can begin in just two to four days; however, sometimes it is best to wait a couple weeks.