[HappyHippy]

I thought you might like to see my new 'pest control' 
Here are Misty & Mittens, our new kittens !
How cute ? The kids love them and they're settling in really well.
Not having had cats before (other than when I was wee) I'm unsure about jags etc
Am I right in thinking they get jags at 9 and 11 weeks ? Worming & flea treatment every 6 months ? Anything else I need or advice greatly welcomed  They'll be living in the house, but will be 'farm cats' in the sense that they'll be outside during the day, once they get a bit bigger & have had all their jabs.
Thanks folks 
Karen x

[manian]

ahhhh lovely
we used tablets for fleas from the vet....... (didn't like spot on) when one of ours got fleas and seemed to get everywhere!!!!! they were just once a month and not too dear.
otherwise they were no problem...... we stopped giving them yearly jabs and didn't do them too much harm....(lived till 15 and 14)
Miss them though......

[jaykay]

Very nice 
Yes, jags at around 8-10 weeks and again in a fortnight, worm and flea usually 6 monthly - your vets will advise.
We use Frontline - apparently no probs to the cats and certainly fewer fleas on the dogs and us 

[SallyintNorth]

Ahhhh bless!  Thanks for posting the pic.  x

[HappyHippy]

Thanks for the info and comments folks.
I'm sure there will be more photo's to follow in due course 
Karen x

[Sandy]

Love little kittens, would like a cat again but not until our B&B is no longer, god knows when that will be...poss when I am in the home for nutty old women (not that long now then)

[little blue]

are you getting them spayed/castrated & microchipped too?
kittens seem to cost a fortune at the start, then it's just the flea/wormer/boosters that the vets take you for!

they are absolutely gorgeous! 

[Roxy]

awww. I love kittens!!  We have 7 here at the moment, and they are little livewires.  As we have 17 cats round the farm iwould be so expensive for jabs, so they don't get any.  Do de flea the ones I can catch. and put wormer in their feed.  The wormer and the feed itself is expensive for that lot!!

[Rosemary]

We worm every quarter and flea every  6-8 weeks, cats and dogs. If your cats are hunting, they will need wormed this regularly. I often see the wee "rice grains" appearing just before worming is due 

And, yes, they are lovely.

[NormandyMary]

Congratulations on your new arrivals. They look beautiful..trouble is, seeing kittens makes me broody. Ive already got 3 moggies so I just cant have anymore. Gutted!!

[berni]

And you can get them spayed from 16 weeks old, if you give the local CPL a call they will normally post out some vouchers to you

[ellied]

I had all mine vaccinated at 8-10 weeks but have not done boosters as it's not practical or affordable for me.  I use spot on wormers as tablets are not pleasant to administer to a reluctant cat and as they regularly hunt baby rabbits, birds and rodents this is every month or so, and a flea/tick dose every 3 on average tho I'm not entirely organised about routines and also have a tick picker after the one time I had a tick on one of them my catsitting vet nurse left me one

[berni]

If you contact the cpl when theyre old enough they are doing a voucher scheme at the moment for spaying/neutring as there are over 30,000 cats in rescue int his country at the moment, i use advocate on my cats and the strays which we catch as it covers a lot more than just flea's- mange, worms and mites as well x

[goosepimple]

Gorgeous, I love cats because I think I am one.  Do the dastardly deed at 6 months though, sadly you just have to check out the RSPCA website to see how many unwanteds there are. Its a bit like babysitting at first though, kittens climbing curtains, jumping on the cooker.  Clap your hands if (when) they start play fighting a bit too roughly.  Ours liked cornflakes, sweetcorn, - my sister's ate all the chocolate decorations off her Christmas tree.

[Cinderhills]

They are absolutely adorable.  Interesting about the distance between flea treatment that people have mentioned.  I was told to do it once a month (I use Advantage).  As for worming, I treat Tinker every month with Drontal in the summer as he eats so many voles.  Then every 3 months in the winter as he hardly goes out.  I think I may rethink the flea treatment then as it is expensive.