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Getting ready for your new kitten or cat
The first thing to do is to read the Urban Kittens New Kitten Handbook carefully. It has everything you need to know about getting ready for your kitten, your kitten’s health and how to introduce your children and pets to your new kitten.
Find out a bit more about your kitten.
It’s time to get ready to welcome your new family member! The foster carer will have mentioned what food and litter your kitten is currently eating and using. If not, now is the perfect time to ask!
You can choose whatever food and litter you like but it definitely helps to start off with some of the same food and litter your kitten is using now. They will be familiar with it already which should help them feel a bit more comfortable in a new setting! You can slowly transition your kitten to new food or litter as they settle in.
You should also find out from the carer what date your kitten was desexed, had their first vaccination and the last date they had worming and flea preventative.
Getting your kitten supplies ready.
Time to check off that you’ve got all the supplies you need.
Food?
Litter?
Bedding?
Toys?
Carrier?
Worming and flea preventative?
Setting up the space.
Everything else.
We recommend setting up a small space in your home for your kitten to settle into instead of giving them free access to your entire home right away.
Place their food, litter, toys and bedding in this room.
Having your kitten in a small space will help them get familiar with the room and bond with you faster. When they are confident in this room, you can begin introducing them to the rest of the house!
Don’t forget that schedule in a vet checkup and next vaccination.
If you have adopted a female kitten and they were desexed recently, make sure to check with their carer if they need to get stitches removed. This is normally 10 days after the desexing surgery.
Kittens are vaccinated every month for 3 months and then need a booster vaccination once a year from them.