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Yesterday and today has been a rollercoaster. Yesterday was pretty chill until the evening. He woke up at 8pm and would not go to sleep until I went to sleep at 2am. I feel like for a kitten to be awake six hours is quite long, no? Is that just too much energy? Then he woke me up again at 6am by mia...

It sounds as if he is already learning to be a little more independent, which is good - it doesn't mean he is not bonded to you, more that he now has the confidence to choose to spend some time alone. It's your choice whether or not to allow him into the bedroom at night - you may find it more rest...

I would try to set a routine and stick to it, so that meals, play sessions, snoozing etc come at much the same time every day. If you can take breaks while you are working a few minutes walk around/coffee for you, game for kitten every hour or so would be good for both of you. Redirecting him to ma...

Thank you guys so much for your answer, it's really helped me to calm myself down and accept that maybe I'm not doing so horribly and I'm just very insecure and emotionally terrified ot screwing up with him haha :) Usually he sleeps a lot during the afternoon, but I'm going to make sure to play more...

Thanks for all the lovely feedback :) I went to bed a little early yesterday (around midnight) and he's been up since 5am, miauing and crawling/sitting all over me, trying to get me to get up. I stood firm and got up when I usually do, at 7:30am to feed him, but by that point he had been playing in ...

I'm currently working but I had to drop in and say thank you for the idea with the bigger toy - I have one that I got as a present a while back that is almost as big as my kitten and I've been giving him that to chew on! He instantly took a liking to it, probably because it's bigger than his other c...

Thank you so much for your honesty. I think I was prepared for the playing, the constant need for attention, all that - but I didn't expect the anxiety that comes along with it? The constant "omg what does he need, is he okay?" and just the huge time committement? I was prepared in theory,...

Thank you so much for your help, it is deeply appreciated :) He is currently 4 months old, still a baby. A second cat is not possible in my current apartment, I'm only allowed one because of space issues. I'm thinking of maybe moving next year, but it's gonna be hard to find an apartment that is big...

Hi everyone, six weeks ago I adopted an adorable little Siam kitten, my first ever pet. I did extensive research before I got him and it took me about a year to finally pull the trigger. I don't know any cat owners in my immediately friends group or in my family and as one might have expected, havin...