clingy kitten.??? normal??? Experiences???

I’m no expert, but at 5 weeks they would normally still be with their mum and siblings, so if she’s separated from them, she’ll be looking to you to fulfill that role. My kitten’s mum disappeared when she was 6 weeks, we got her at 7.5 weeks and she was glued to my side for the first few weeks. She still likes to hang out wherever I am, but she’s not so “full-on”. I suspect your kitty will get more settled as she gets older.

If that’s her in the pic, she’s very sweet indeed 🙂

Aw, the wee sossage!!!! Thank goodness you found her, poor wee girl. I didn’t hand-rear Pooky and she did have two siblings until she came to us. As I say, I’m no expert, but i think any kitten so young is likely to want/need someone around (especially if she was alone by 2 weeks – the thought of it breaks my heart!) and if she’s progressing well and is healthy, that’s the most important thing right now 🙂

If you have a friend or know someone with a single kitten you could organize playdates (: My Cloud is totally attached to me but as they get older, they become more independent. They realize that exploring can be if not more fun than following around their human all the time. Just give her lots of toys. And you may want to invest in a tall cat tree and a laser pointer. Cats like to climb and she will probably be more tempted to climb up a cat tree than up your back. And the laser pointer is awesome cause they rarely get bored of it.

Good morning Jax, looks as though you have gotten an aweful lot of good advice already but I thought I would share my story with you as well. My husband and I found June Bug on July 3rd, I estimated she was about 5 or 6 weeks, her eyes were still blue and her ears were a little turned down yet like they had just opened. I was lucky enough not to work for the first week and stayed home with her for feedings and play time. We have 3 cats that are indoor/ outdoor and two that are outdoor. I kept her isolated from the older ones for the first couple of weeks to prevent a harsh meeting- I knew Scotch and Mike would not take kindly to ANOTHER kitten, and as I suspected Rocky, my youngest, took right to her. Kittens are clingy till they are about half grown, as it was mentioned in other posts by the fine people on this site, since she has no siblings and mother, you fill that roll. She needs one hundred percent attention until she is at least 6 months (or at least that is what she thinks!) As she matures she will be more independent. She may develop a focused personality however and when you are home she may just hang around you 24 seven. Rocky is like that, I cant be in any room without him being there too. However Scotch and Mikey only care if I am there to feed them lol! I find myself very lucky to have Rocky who is now a year old. He is still in ‘kitten’ mode and does alot of ‘babysitting’ for me as does the kitten who showed up in our tree row late last month. June Bug goes outside for about an hour at a time and plays with this kitten who we named Lucky. He is about twice as old as her so they really get along.

I have never heard that a cat reared without other cats being anything other than healthy, but then I have never experienced it first hand either as there are always cats around where I live! I agree with Raychela, enjoy your baby while you are the center of her universe, She will grow out of it and you will miss those days, and by the way, what a cutie!

Her behaviour sounds normal. I find that bottle babies tend to be crazier than normal, especially single ones who do not have playmates to beat up and get beat up by. All you can really do to save your arm is find toys that she really likes. I have heard that a crumpled up paper ball works well. There isn’t a good way to discipline kittens and cats. Somehow I have 2 cats that know when I say their name a certain way they should stop what they are doing. I did this by scruffing them and putting them away from me so they know they did something that made me stop playing. She will be crazy for a while, and it will go away with age. I find that single cats get over it very quickly because there isn’t anything to rough around with. As for the love nibbles, she is probably doing that for comfort, my Cloud will nibble and lick my face when he cuddles.

I have also found that attached kittens stay attached. XD Cloud still licks me, jumps on me, sleeps on me, and stays on me all of the time so I dont think she will ever grow out of being attached to you!