The best way to acclimate a new kitten to your home is to choose a bathroom or a small area  and put food, water and litter in there. Leave kitty in this small place for a few days. Take her out as often as you wish but keep her on your lap and pet her. When you cannot hold her put her back in her safe place. Once you are sure she is eating & drinking & using the litter box correctly and allowing you to give her affection then you can slowly open her up to the rest of the house. It can take up to a week for kittens to get over the stress of re-homing and start settling in .

Gradually let kitty explore the rest of their new home. We actually have a variety of litter boxes scattered throughout our home so they are never far from relief, particularly for kittens that, like little children, can get distracted playing.

Introduce other pets in the household gradually. Ragdolls are fearless and love everyone so this is as much for current pets as it is for your new kitty. Note that older resident kitties can take 2-4 weeks to accept a new kitten. This is normal behavior and they will eventually fully accept the kitten but it takes time so please be patient with your resident cat(s).

Toys – ragdolls love toys. They love anything with feathers and ordinary cat toy balls with a bell in them. They love fake mice. Don’t ask me why but many of our kittens LOVE toy mice but they periodically drown them in their water dish. Oh, and you can never have too many toys because they will all end up under your couch.

Lasers – laser play: it’s not news that lasers are hazardous. Shining laser beams into eyes — human as well as feline can cause permanent eye damage. Equally important is that lasers really are only amusing to humans (not cats). Here’s why…

• People typically play with cats using laser pointers in a way that frustrates and teases cats. 
• Certain of a successful catch, they pounce only to find there is nothing under their paws. The bright red dot disappears, or it lingers on the wall or settles for an instant on a paw. Cats are left frustrated, without the opportunity to feel the tactile sensation of their hard-earned prey. 
• Felines need to have the satisfaction of the hunt — to catch and feel their prey beneath their paws.

There are many other ways to play with your cat, like toys that dangle from small poles. Just be sure to not leave those such that your cat can get tangled in them while you are away.

Birdfeeders as cat entertainment. We’ve had ours up for over a year and it is on a window that has a cat perch sized ledge. One with suction cups will hold up to bad weather, wind and a multitude of birds. They are easy to fill, and provides great entertainment for both your cats and you. No creatures are harmed (well, except maybe the egos of the cats that just can’t get those fluttery creatures just inches away).

Scratching posts – buy a nice one. There are many different types so consider trying a few different kinds or, you can make your own by wrapping sisal rope around a board.

Cat trees – Your kitten is very active. She needs opportunity to scramble, scamper and generally be a happy, busy kitten. We highly recommend some kind of cat tree. Amazon has tons to choose from.

Litter boxes – It is easiest for you and kitten if you start with a typical flat litter box. When you are sure kitten is using the litter pan properly you can start to introduce litter boxes with flaps or cubby hole entries. The most frightening for a kitten is the flap style litter box so I do not recommend this type until kitten is older, otherwise the kitten may be too scared to go through the flap and start using the floor for a litter box or some other obscure location, like your bed.

Cat food – We mix all different types together so that our cats are accustomed to different protein sources. We feed our kittens Royal Canin Mother & BabyCat Dry food. We leave dry food out all the time and mix water in for a moistened food option as well. As for wet food our kittens are eating 4Health Grain Free Wet Food and Blue Buffalo Wet Food twice a day. We feed several other different types of wet food twice a day to include: Royal Canin kitten, Pure Balance, Blue Wilderness, Nutrish, Wellness, Earthborn, Weruva, TikiCat, Halo, Applaws, WholeHearted, Soulistic, ect. 

Some kittens eat only wet food, some eat only dry, some eat both. Our kittens will transition to dry food as they grow older but exactly when depends on the kitten. You can leave dry food out but continue to feed wet twice a day. Some kittens do not realize dry food is actually food and will starve themselves to death. So we give a variety of dry, moistened dry, and wet food to tickle every kitten fancy.

You can find good quality wet food at Petco, Petsmart, Tractor Supply and, some of these brands are even at Walmart. Go to their website to find a local distributor or you can order it off of Chewy.com. Any well balanced food that is formulated for kittens will work. Ideally, if you will not be using our food then a gradual transition of a week or two would be the easiest on your little kitty. We recognize there are many different belief systems when it comes to what and how to feed your Ragdoll, including the argument of only feeding “raw”. We suggest working with your veterinarians and follow their advice.

It is recommended to feed pets Premium foods. This means they are “meat based”, more nutritious, and balanced with higher quality proteins than “meat meal” and, include a package of “vitamins and minerals” designed to be more thoroughly absorbed by your pet’s body.

What to absolutely avoid in the main 5 ingredients:

• Proteins from corn (“corn gluten meal” “corn meal”)
• Proteins from soy (“soybean meal”, “soy flour”, “soy meal”)
• Grains such as wheat, white rice. They are high in gluten.
• Rye. It is very harsh to digest and pets don’t like it.
• Potatoes (except sweet potatoes). They are high-glycemic, causing peaks in blood sugars
• Tapioca, is high-glycemic
• Artificial preservatives and colorants

Does the “perfect cat food” exist? There is no “perfect cat food” because there are so many factors involved when it comes to nutritional needs for cats. The best cat food depends on whether the cat is indoor or outdoor, age, medical condition, even on the breed and genes. The important point is to choose a meat based dry cat food with no by-products or fillers.

Nail trimming – While this isn’t necessary, it keeps kitty from getting nails caught in fabric which can be painful to both the fabric and the kitten. When kitten is quiet, gently massage her feet (usually just the front) to get her use to being handled. Then gently push the claw forward and use ordinary people nail clippers to nip the end, being careful not to get too close to the quick. DO NOT declaw your cat, it is very painful, unethical and they suffer for the rest of their lives!

Vaccinations – We only recommend the core vaccines which are FVRCP & Rabies. We DO NOT recommend…

• FIP
• FELV
• FIV
• Bordetella
• ​Chlamydia

Vaccinations are a medical procedure and, as with all medical procedures, there is risk. Vaccine are LIVE which means the cat is receiving live viruses or live bacteria, in a slightly weakened form. Therefore symptoms associated with the diseases of the virus or bacteria can occur with the addition of an allergic reaction and even tumors at the injection sites. The viruses/bacteria are then shed in the cats stool and saliva for up to 12 weeks so any unvaccinated cats that are around a vaccinated cat can be infected with the virus/bacteria and get the full fledged disease. 

Pregnant cats (and kittens too young to be vaccinated) can also contract disease from recently vaccinated cats. For this reason, vaccinated cats should always be quarantined away from other cats. Extreme caution should be used in the administration of vaccinations as there are risks involved and it should not be taken lightly.

Contact us to get Your Dream Ragdoll Kitten in Las Vegas.