getting prepared for the cats
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catsHi cats!
I am getting ready to adopt (probably) two cats from the local shelter. I am not sure when this will happen, since I can only have strictly indoor cats where I live and the shelter has about 25 cats that need some outdoor time, and currently only one that could be kept indoors, but I am getting prepared. Neither me nor the boyfriend have ever had cats, but we have had friends and family with cats, so we are not totally clueless.
So far, we have bought:
* two cat litter pans
* tiny shovels for the cat litter and the first package of cat litter
* two water bowels
* two food bowels with two openings each, for fresh and dry food
* two cat carriers for picking them up etc.
* a 1.5 meters scratching post, screwed to the wall for added support
* a scratching mat to screw to the walls somewhere
Not bought any food yet, we hope to get some from the shelter for the first few days, so the cats will get the food they are used to at first.
Is there anything else you think we would need? I am planning on building some basic cat toys myself over the next few days, I am not too smitten by the things that are being sold.
And are there any tips you would give a beginning cat servant?
cats!I am getting ready to adopt (probably) two cats from the local shelter. I am not sure when this will happen, since I can only have strictly indoor cats where I live and the shelter has about 25 cats that need some outdoor time, and currently only one that could be kept indoors, but I am getting prepared. Neither me nor the boyfriend have ever had cats, but we have had friends and family with cats, so we are not totally clueless.
So far, we have bought:
* two cat litter pans
* tiny shovels for the cat litter and the first package of cat litter
* two water bowels
* two food bowels with two openings each, for fresh and dry food
* two cat carriers for picking them up etc.
* a 1.5 meters scratching post, screwed to the wall for added support
* a scratching mat to screw to the walls somewhere
Not bought any food yet, we hope to get some from the shelter for the first few days, so the cats will get the food they are used to at first.
Is there anything else you think we would need? I am planning on building some basic cat toys myself over the next few days, I am not too smitten by the things that are being sold.
And are there any tips you would give a beginning cat servant?
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Date: 2010-03-19 10:16 pm (UTC)Other hits at various times: empty toilet paper tubes, crumpled up paper, string tied to a stick, bells tied to string, cardboard boxes, paper grocery bags, ice cubes on the kitchen floor (this was more my ex-roommate's cat than either of mine).
My mom's cat has a collapseable tunnel which she loves. Basically a rounder version of a cardboard box with the ends cut out. She also loves sponges, and my mom now has to hide the kitchen sponge (she does let her play with half a clean one now and then). She also likes macadamia nuts, which are now hidden under all my mom's furniture.
Your cats will let you know quickly which household objects are now TOYS.
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Date: 2010-03-20 03:09 pm (UTC)Your cats will let you know quickly which household objects are now TOYS.
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