How To Prepare Your Home For Your New Cat

How To Prepare Your Home For Your New Cat

How do I prepare my home for my new cat?

A day or two before you bring home your cat and you're all excited, you need to take the time to cat proof your home. First, check your window screens. Make sure that they are sturdy. You don't want your cat accidentally sitting on the window ledge and, pop, falling out the window. Next check out your plants. You've got to make sure that they're not dangerous to your cats. Top of the list are Easter Lilies. Third, you need to make sure that there's nothing breakable on shelves that your cat may leap up and knock down and then walk on it and break so if you have your grandma's favorite heirloom sitting on that top shelf, put it in a cabinet, a glass cabinet, that your cat can't get into. Make sure that if you use any kind of a pest control, check with your veterinarian and talk to them to make sure you don't have anything that could be dangerous to your cat. Keep the cabinet doors closed. You may need to put those little child-proof latches on, you know, where you have your garbage stored or other kinds of foods that your cat could get into. So, just do a room by room survey and you'll feel a little bit more at ease when you bring your cat home.