R7 I'll leave something for my niece, she can go all Lagerfield on the kitten with that, along with her own savings as I'm not so sure she'll reproduce.
R10, I'm already scheduled for a week in October.
R11, I have an older male cat that cat is neutered. He's not interested in males or females but he's very territorial thus the separation of felines.
R13, my niece has been doing that, as did his foster family. I continue the tradition, did so with my own older cat who is independent but loves to be handled.
R14 the kitten is getting a lot of attention. I'm retired (have a low stress part time job) and am home all week to care for him. My older cat is outside most of the day but when he comes in kitten goes into his room with a cat condo, his food, water, and toys. Mostly he’s out roaming around and sticking close to me. I play with him a lot. I haven't been on the computer much but I do read while he runs about. He also cuddled with me through All In with Chris Hayes and most of Rachel Maddow.
R14 he sleeps in his cat condo (it had a hammock) at night for safety, not with me. He’s still too little for that but as soon as he’s big enough my niece plans to let him sleep with her. He already naps with her.
R16 he always has food and water available. He has special dry food for now, not on wet food yet.
R18, great idea!
R19, my cat is 12. He knows something is up. So far he hasn’t seen the kitten. The kitten is too small to play with him, I’m afraid my big cat would injure him. He can smell the kitten and is aware that he’s here but they are never together. When big cat goes outside little kitten comes out of his room. It’s working out well except now big cat is hanging around longer inside after eating to dominate his territory. He’s out until about 11 pm so I get the kitten settled in with a clean cage and room. He doesn’t come out again until big kitty goes out for his morning exploratory missions in the yard.
R20, no need for that. he runs wild then poops out. He zips about for around 1-2 hours then needs a nap. Rinse and repeat.
Thanks everyone for the positive and helpful comments. I love cats and am thrilled to have the little guy with me for the week.