i adopted a 3 month old male kitten on monday. he was never afraid of any thing, never hid at all, just explores all the time and craves atention. i gave him 2 days to get use to his new home and he can see all my other pets through their cages, he especialy enjoys watching the rats.
today when cleaning one of the rat cages i held a rat up to him for him to smell, he rubbed his face on the rat, so that seemd like a very good thing to me. i like to let my rats run around on my bed for excersize, do you guys think he will get along with them and not try to hurt them?
questions number 2...i already know he does not like my ferrets. on the 3rd day i let the ferrets out and he sat on my bed, for a while he had his tail all fluffed up staring at them. eventually he calmed down and sort of ignored them. im glad in a way that he stays on my bed because the ferrets play so rough they hurt each other, i dont want them to hurt my kitty. but he has to sit on my bed all freaked out for an hour or so until the ferrets go back in their cage. does any one have any advise to give about mixing felines and ferrets?
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He's a cutie!
I don't think you should let him have contact with the rats. Right now he thinks of them as playmates, but he could decide that they are dinner and you might not be able to move fast enough to save them. Cats are very instinctive when it comes to prey and a rat just might prove to be irrisistable.
As for the ferrets, if he is staying out of their way this is best. He might warm up to them, but he might also just continue to avoid them. You must supervise very carefully when you have the ferrets and the kitten together just in case somebody gets bent out of shape.
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