If you pick up a stray kitten, you should first take it to a pet hospital for a comprehensive physical examination to see if there are any infectious diseases. After the examination confirms that there are no problems, you can take it home for observation. Secondly, if there are no abnormalities during the observation period and the kitten is more than two months old, it can be dewormed and vaccinated. Finally, if you decide to raise the kitten by yourself, you need to buy the daily necessities that the cat needs, such as cat food, cat litter, and a litter box. If you don’t plan to raise the kitten, you can find a suitable adopter for the kitten.
1. Physical examination
Because it is impossible to know the physical condition of a stray kitten by naked eye observation alone, the owner needs to take the kitten to the pet hospital for a basic examination first. For example: screening for infectious diseases, whether there are parasites in the feces, whether there are skin diseases, and the status of antibodies to infectious diseases, etc. Especially if there are other pets at home, it is best to isolate and observe stray kittens for about a week before taking them home to prevent stray cats from potentially infectious diseases and infecting other cats.
2. Deworming and vaccination
After a week of isolation and observation, if the kitten shows no abnormality and is over two months old, it can be vaccinated for immunization And dewormed. It should be noted that the dosage of the drug must be controlled to avoid harming the cat. It is usually recommended to conduct internal and external deworming once a month during childhood, once a month for external deworming as an adult, and once every 1-3 months for internal deworming.
3. Take care of the cat yourself or find someone to adopt it
After completing the above steps, if you want to take care of the cat by yourself, you can prepare some daily necessities for it, mainly including cat cages and cat cages. Litter box, cat litter scoop, cat food, water bowl, food bowl, etc. If there are other cats at home, it is recommended to isolate them for about half a month to allow the kittens to get familiar with the aborigines. If you don’t plan to keep the cat, you can put the cat’s information on the pet adoption platform to find it for adoption, or you can go to a pet hospital and ask them to help find it for adoption.
