Preparing for a Kitten’s Arrival: How I Prepped for Ivy

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Welcome to the Wednesday Cats of Catster! Every week, we stock a communicative from 1 of our cat-loving Catsters. This week is astir Crystal and her psyche cat, Ivy.

Hi Catsters!

If you’ve work my introduction, you’ll cognize a spot astir however I adopted Ivy and however unsure I was that I was acceptable to instrumentality connected specified a large responsibility.

Today, I’m going to beryllium taking you done however I prepared for Ivy’s arrival.

Having ne'er owned a favored connected my own, saying that I was tense is an understatement.

First Things First: The Cat Carrier

After Ivy had to beryllium taken distant from her archetypal household (storytime connected that to come!), she was staying with a woman who had her ain rescue shelter.

Ivy had to beryllium vaccinated and spayed earlier I could prime her up – thing that I wholeheartedly hold with.

I was asked if I had a feline bearer and, strangely enough, this was the past happening I had thought of. I’ve thought astir feline food, bowls, beds, scratchers, litter boxes, but not the existent happening I would usage to get her to my house. (This tin archer you a batch astir however I americium arsenic a person, haha!)

The woman expressed that the feline bearer is of utmost value – it shouldn’t beryllium 1 of those basic, integrative feline carriers that are recovered astir each corner. It needed to beryllium sturdy, ideally person a metallic gate/door, and beryllium capable to fastener securely. It would besides beryllium perfect if it couldn’t beryllium opened from the top. All of this to marque definite she wouldn’t flight during the 2-hour travel to my house.

This led maine connected a travel and a fractional of trying to find a bearer that would tick each of these boxes, successful a mode that I could afford. I couldn’t judge the prices of these carriers successful our section favored shops. I yet ended up buying a second-hand, hardly utilized feline bearer from a precise saccharine aged lady. I thoroughly washed and sun-dried the bearer and got support from Ivy’s impermanent foster mom.

Cat carrier: check.

Next Up: The Bowls

Now this was mode earlier I knew astir feline whisker fatigue and their dislike for having their h2o close adjacent to their food, truthful nary judgment, please!

I settled for 2 basal metallic bowls. Easy to cleanable and not needing arsenic predominant replacing arsenic integrative bowls.

Food and h2o bowls: check.

The Cat Bed

Working her magic connected my fiance + her cute feline bed

So, I knew that cats had a estimation for not needfully sleeping successful their beds the aforesaid mode dogs do. Everywhere successful the location is just crippled – including the sink!

But erstwhile I saw the cutest plaid, round, pinkish feline bed, it was a no-brainer. I thought astir each of the feline snoozes she could take, curled up successful her cute small bed. (Yeah, right. That was not the lawsuit astatine all.)

But nonetheless: feline bed, check.

The Litter Box and Litter

I had been doing a batch of probe successful the days starring up to her arrival, and honestly, it wasn’t enough.

I knew the litter box’s size was truly important, but I didn’t truly cognize however big/small she was. I settled connected a precise basic, modular litter container and non-clumping, highly absorbent, biodegradable feline litter.

Litter container and litter: check.

Last Up: Toys & Accessories

On her DIY feline histrion with 1 of the beloved boxes

I, erstwhile again, foolishly believed that she would emotion all of the toys wide disposable astatine each favored store. Little squeaky mice, light-up balls, and adjacent a self-moving mouse.

I would aboriginal find retired that no, she really hates each of those.

Out of each of the toys I got for her, the lone existent victor was the wand toy! (Even though that involvement didn’t past long.)

I besides got her a collar and a nametag with her sanction and our fig on, conscionable successful case.

I besides got her a feline histrion made by yet different precise saccharine lady, who I recovered connected 1 of our Facebook groups. Granted, it wasn’t the prettiest oregon the sturdiest, but it would person to bash for the archetypal mates of weeks. Oh, and we besides kept each azygous container we had from purchasing our archetypal room appliances, arsenic 1 does.

And that checked disconnected the past connected my list: toys & accessories.

This was the agelong and abbreviated of however I prepped for Ivy’s arrival! I was a small misinformed astatine the time, and my judgement whitethorn person been clouded by my excitement. But the basics got america done the archetypal fewer weeks!

Since then, we’ve upgraded large time.

Ivy present has:

A Hepper NomNom Bowl
A h2o fountain
Not one, but 2 cat trees
Close to 1 cardinal ping-pong balls
Two feline scratchers
A de-shedding brush
We besides ended up mounting floated shelves successful our flat for her to galavant on

And this database keeps growing, each azygous week. Because honestly, she deserves it!

How did you hole for your cat’s arrival? Are determination immoderate things you privation you knew beforehand? What are immoderate things you’ve changed oregon acquired other since then?

This nonfiction features Crystal and Ivy successful our Wednesday Cats of Catster series.