diff --git a/Server/src/main/content/global/skill/summoning/familiar/FamiliarManager.java b/Server/src/main/content/global/skill/summoning/familiar/FamiliarManager.java
index 4cd7dc5e8..f6a4b8f90 100644
--- a/Server/src/main/content/global/skill/summoning/familiar/FamiliarManager.java
+++ b/Server/src/main/content/global/skill/summoning/familiar/FamiliarManager.java
@@ -283,9 +283,11 @@ public final class FamiliarManager {
 			details = new PetDetails(pets.getGrowthRate() == 0.0 ? 100.0 : 0.0);
 			for (individual = 0; taken.contains(individual) && individual < 0xFFFF; individual++) {}
 			details.setIndividual(individual);
-			item.setCharge(individual);
-			itemIdHash = item.getIdHash(); //updates the hashed item to include the new "charge" value
-			petDetails.put(itemIdHash, details);
+			// Make a copy of the item to extract what the item's idHash will be when including the individual ID as a "charge" value.
+			// The copy is necessary since the player's inventory still contains the default-charged item, which we will be removing only later.
+			Item newItem = item.copy();
+			newItem.setCharge(individual);
+			petDetails.put(newItem.getIdHash(), details);
 		}
 		int npcId = pets.getNpcId(itemId);
 		if (npcId > 0) {
diff --git a/Server/src/main/content/global/skill/summoning/pet/KittenInteractDialogue.java b/Server/src/main/content/global/skill/summoning/pet/KittenInteractDialogue.java
index 0f24a2844..ebeb5b477 100644
--- a/Server/src/main/content/global/skill/summoning/pet/KittenInteractDialogue.java
+++ b/Server/src/main/content/global/skill/summoning/pet/KittenInteractDialogue.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public final class KittenInteractDialogue extends DialoguePlugin {
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean open(Object... args) {
-		interpreter.sendOptions("Interact with Kitten", "Stroke", "Chase-Vermin", "Shoo-away.");
+		interpreter.sendOptions("Interact with Kitten", "Stroke", "Chase vermin", "Shoo away");
 		stage = 0;
 		return true;
 	}
@@ -113,11 +113,14 @@ public final class KittenInteractDialogue extends DialoguePlugin {
 		case 560:
 			switch (buttonId) {
 			case 1:// yes
-				player.sendChat("Shoo cat!");
-				player.getFamiliarManager().getFamiliar().sendChat("Miaow!");
-				// player.getFamiliarManager().getFamiliar().dismiss();//TODO:
-				// Pet
-				player.getPacketDispatch().sendMessage("The cat has run away.");
+				if (player.getFamiliarManager().hasFamiliar()) { //in case the cat had already run away from hunger by the time the player clicked 'yes'
+					player.sendChat("Shoo cat!");
+					Pet currentPet = (Pet) player.getFamiliarManager().getFamiliar();
+					player.getFamiliarManager().getFamiliar().sendChat("Miaow!");
+					player.getFamiliarManager().removeDetails(currentPet.getItemIdHash());
+					player.getFamiliarManager().getFamiliar().dismiss();
+					player.getPacketDispatch().sendMessage("The cat has run away.");
+				}
 				end();
 				break;
 			case 2:// no