LiL Nudists Sphynx Cattery

Basic Care Information

1.) Please give me a bath when I am dirty. I may not particularly care for it, or I may actually LIKE it, but I will get "greasy" if you don't bath me. Just please don't bath me too often as this will strip my skin of its natural oils which help to protect me. I’m used to J&J Baby Shampoo!

2.) Please clean my ears at least once a week. You can use any over-the-counter cat ear cleaner, but my breeder recommends Zymox, she uses it in my ears twice a week to prevent waxy build-up. (not to be used on pregnant or lactating queens.) You can use Q-tips (though I will eat them if you let me) or cotton balls.  Only clean the area you can see – not too deep into my ear canal Please!  Remember that if you do not clean my ears I might get an ear infection and have ugly, dirty ears. This applies to my toes as well! I can get the same kind of waxy substance in the folds between my nails and toes and you need to clean it out – an unscented baby wipe or cotton balls work great for this and works even better right after bath time!

3.) Please clean my eyes regularly. Since I don’t have eyelashes I can get little particles in them that may hurt me. Using a plain damp Kleenex (unscented or without lotion) will work for this.

4.) Please DON’T LET ME GO OUTSIDE!!! I may want to, but there are many "bad" things outside that can hurt me or make me very sick.  If you are going to bring me outside I must be kept on a harness and leash or in a carrier, out of the sunlight – as I can easily get sunburned.

 5.) Please clip my nails at least once a week. Do this in bright light so you can see where my nail ends and my nail beds begin (don’t clip the part with the blood vessel). This will help keep me from scratching up things you don’t want me to scratch. Would you please get me something that it IS ok for me to scratch on? My breeder recommends you buy me a nice cat climber like the ones she has from www.armarcat.com.  You may want to pin upholstery plastic on the corners of your nice furniture until I am trained on my scratching post. We learned to use a scratching post at the place where I was born.

6.) Please DON'T HIT ME if I’m bad… I do not understand what "hitting" means, it only hurts and it will make me afraid of you - use a spray bottle filled with water to "squirt" me and clap your hands loudly saying "NO" when I do something wrong! This will teach me that

what I did was a "no, no".

7.) Please give me someplace warm I can sleep. When I’m not "snuggling" with you or you are gone I will need a little place of my own that is warm to sleep – the pet stores have nice little "covered cat beds" that I will really like (of course I will prefer being with you

when you are home). You can also locate a pet heating pad at your local pet store or online veterinary supply stores.

8.) Please leave fresh food and fresh filtered water out for me all day.

My breeder gave me Science Diet kitten Original dry food, and Science Diet chicken and liver canned food.

(NOTE: if you change me over to another cat food that I am not eating currently please do so very slowly as this can cause stomach upset.) I eat a lot since I don’t have any hair and I need more energy to keep warm. . The