New kitty (please help me!)

Lady is a tramp

I'm bringing this pretty little lady home in two days!

I've never had a pet before, but I've had a baby, so I'm somewhat responsible ... right?

Can anyone tell me exactly what I need to do/buy in advance, and what I need to know starting off? I am CLUELESS!

Thank you.

Nody

• Toilets x2 is recommended
• Litter non scented and due to age avoid clay (and always avoid crystal) so wood chips or similar
• Litter scope to remove said poop
• 3 food bowls to rotate between as needed for dry, wet and water
• Kitten food wet is better than dry but both combined also works (recommendation would be to let them eat as much as they can as she'll be growing and will need it all) served four times a day for wet
• Balls with bells and ping pong balls
• Feather on a thread on a stick like this and this

The reason for the above is that while it's cute to play with kittens with your hands and toes when they play bite you it's not as much when they are adults doing the same. All play should be done with like the toys above to ensure that play is not associated with your hands (if they bite simply remove your hands and don't pet/play and wait).

• Scratch posts (yes plural) to spread around the house and big once is preferable also think of some mat versions
  Space at windows for them to look out with soft spots to sleep and consider putting a cat tower next to a window for them to look out (kitty TV)
• Pee stain remover (for when the accidents happen)

Keep in mind kittens having a toilet in the next room might as well be in Australia for their small bladders so accidents will happen in the beginning; it's not intentional.

And plenty of hard drive space for all the cute pictures and videos you'll be recording and sharing with us :P

mymo

Great advice above, just want to add I keep kittens confined to a bathroom at night or when out, with litter tray, food and water (not near each other) and a snuggly bed.
Less likely to have accidents and easy clean if they do.

But make sure toilet lid is down.!

I recommend taking the door off a cat carrier, putting a cosy blanket in it and leaving it in a room the kitten will be in a lot. I did this with both my cats and they naturally started using it on and off as a bed or hidey space. Now while my family and friends chase their cats around and have to force them into their carriers for vet trips, I just point and in mine go. No blood spilled.

Ms Doubtfire1

how old is the little one?