What an exciting time, you’ve chosen your kitten, you’ve prepared your home with toys, a bed, litterbox and food. It’s time to collect the little darling and bring her (or him) home. Now what?
It’s a good idea to arrange for the new resident to arrive at a time when you will be around for at least a few days to help her settle in, and if you live in a multi-room home, maybe confine her to just one or two rooms to start with. She’s just a baby and still has lots to learn about her new accommodations and life in general.
Make sure she can easily find her litterbox, and keep an eye on her so that after she’s had a meal you can encourage her to go in the right direction. It’s better to let her walk to the litterbox as she will learn the route through repetition and scent. Never mind how clean you think the litterbox is, her nose is way more sensitive than yours, so she will be able to smell her way there.
Play is an important part of settling baby into her new surroundings. She’ll want to do a bit of exploring on her own, but a little interactive play with her new human is important and general supervision. And she will, of course, do lots of eating and sleeping as she’s still young.
Did you remember to kitten-proof your home? Electrical wires are very attractive as toys, plants, anything than dangles, tiny holes and crevices are all things that your new kitten will want to investigate, but that may be very dangerous for her.
Once she is a bit older and has her litterbox habits organised, you may want to gradually let her in to other parts of the house…if you live in a smaller home, she can probably have free reign from day 1. A two-storey home should have a litterbox on each floor, especially in the early days when she may not make it in time to one all the way down in the basement.
Think like a kitten so that you can be a step ahead of her as she settles in to her new home, especially when she will be left alone and will no doubt get up to mischief (in your mind), but just play in her mind. Cats are cats and will do what cats do. Together you will get to know and appreciate each other.
Think like a kitten so that you can be a step ahead of her as she settles in to her new home, especially when she will be left alone and will no doubt get up to mischief (in your mind), but just play in her mind. Cats are cats and will do what cats do. Together you will get to know and appreciate each other.
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