New Kitten Shopping List

This list will help you prepare for the arrival of your new kitten.

Cat Carrier

Your kitty will need a sturdy cat carrier to travel home in. Make sure it is a nice strong plastic one not cardboard or soft sided. Make sure it is nice and roomy as your kitty will get quite hefty and you want to get some good use from it.

Make sure it has a towel or a nice blanket for your kitty so they will be nice and comfy.

I do have carriers for kittens travelling interstate and these can be added to the purchase price of your kitten by arrangement.

Cat Food

Cuddleton Kittens are fed on Whiskas Kitten wet food (trays and sachets), ADVANCE Kitten wet food (trays) and ADVANCE kitten biscuits.

As they grow, Cuddleton Kitties will thrive on the ADVANCE adult range of biscuits for breakfast and raw meat or canned food for dinner. Make sure you follow the feeding guides on any food you buy to avoid obesity. We recommend the ADVANCE range of food as it is high quality and very easy to find in your local pet shop. There are different foods for different situations. We like to feed a mix of dental and adult cat in fish and chicken.

The higher quality the food the better the health of your cat. Premium food also means better teeth (no stinky breath) and better poops (no stinky litter box!). If you need to buy a supermarket brand for your Cuddleton please make sure it is one of the higher quality ones. They are usually a little bit more expensive and in shinier packets.

All Cuddleton Kittens come with an Advance kitten pack. Each kit contains 1.5kgs ADVANCE dry food plus a foil tray of wet food.

The kit also contains some important care and feeding information to you on track throughout this important stage of your kitten's life plus an invitation to register on the ADVANCE website to redeem a FREE kitten care and training DVD or alternatively, a kitten collar.

Cat Bowls

Your Kitty will need dishes for food and water. Flat pan style dishes are good for food as the cats can eat without having to fold back their whiskers. Deep bowls are good for water to keep it cool and prevent it being tipped over.

The Cuddleton's love water and will dab at their water dish, try to get in the bath and even jump into the laundry tub to lick the dripping tap! We keep them happy with a Drinkwell water fountain.

Litter Tray and Cat Litter

Cuddleton's love OzPets Litter. It is the most economical, clean and simple litter ever. It is made from wood and requires a special tray.

The Oz-Pet litter tray is designed specifically for use with Oz-Pet wood litter. The tray is made up of two parts, with the top section used as a sieve. When Oz-Pet is wet, it breaks down into smaller particles, which then fall through into the bottom tray when shaken once or twice a day.

It isnt available everywhere so we keep a few trays on hand for kitten buyers who may want to purchase them. We also have bags of litter too.

Litter is a very personal choice and something we will talk to you about before you take your kitten home. You may have another cat already using another litter or prefer a particular type which is fine. We just need to know so that your kitten can be transitioned to the litter you want to use.

Grooming Gear

Great news, your Cuddleton wont need much grooming at all. They will drop their coat when winter is over and you can give them a good comb to get out the shedding hairs.

I use a slicker and a rubber brush to keep the Cuddleton's tidy. A comb with metal teeth is also good.

You will also need clippers to trim your cats claws. I use gripsoft deluxe clippers but I have also used normal "people" nail clippers. Make sure you only clip the tip and never the pink area inside the claw.

Scratching Post

Cats love scratching posts. The Cuddleton's have several to choose from but seem to love their DealsDirect ones the best. They are very cheap and if you screw them up tight they are sturdy enough for the biggest British boys!

You can find scratchers everywhere from places like petshops, Kmart to Red Dot or online at ebay and places like DealsDirect.

Bedding

There are lots of cute cat beds for sale these days but we are yet to have a cat that will sleep on any bed that we have bought. They will sleep on our bed, in cardboard boxes, in washing baskets or on dining chairs but never on the pretty bed!!

You can make your kitty a bed from a box or plastic crate and see if they will use it before upgrading to something prettier.

Toys!

The Cuddleton's certainly love to play. An all time favorite is the furry mouse. They are made with rabbit fur and the cats and kittens go crazy for them You may have to hook them out from under the couch or the fridge on a regular basis!

Crinkle balls are super popular too. the cats love to scoot them around the house.

Other great toys include screwed up paper, the ring of plastic milk bottles, ribbons, bat-em toys on springs and anything with a human attached at the other end!

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