Hi all,
I will be a first time pet-owner and will be welcoming a (almost by one day) 10-week old kitten (tortoiseshell) to my one-bedroom apartment. Over the last several days and after being reminded by fellow Cat Site members, I’ve ultimately decided that the best place to start the safe room/sanctuary is my bedroom. The living room is too big and it connects to the kitchen. I’ve started kittenproofing wires and cables at my wire hell behind my home theater / entertainment center, but I could buy some time in having her stick to the bedroom for a couple of days to start. That and I’m thinking I want to get a gate to keep her from entering the kitchen and countertops.
I’ve attached a screenshot of my bedroom layout. Does this seem okay? The blessing in disguise is that my “dresser” is just a bunch of those plastic/cheap Steralite brand drawers. So I can move them around as I please. I moved a set closer to the wall on the right and just next to my bedside table so that clothes or fabrics in drawers are not right by the kitten’s toilet. Eventually I want to move the litter box to the bathroom...
Kitty will be coming home on 12/28, so there is still time to re arrange if need be...
The “heater” is one of those that run along the floor and against the wall. The window starts a few feet above the carpet (3 ft give or take?). I moved some boxes so that she can climb up and look out the window if she wants to. Today I did get a 52” cat tree, however, so that could replace the boxes, too.
Note that this picture obviously isn’t to scale. My bed is not a behemoth - it’s a Full size mattress. I’m just bad at drawing, even diagrams haha!
I will be a first time pet-owner and will be welcoming a (almost by one day) 10-week old kitten (tortoiseshell) to my one-bedroom apartment. Over the last several days and after being reminded by fellow Cat Site members, I’ve ultimately decided that the best place to start the safe room/sanctuary is my bedroom. The living room is too big and it connects to the kitchen. I’ve started kittenproofing wires and cables at my wire hell behind my home theater / entertainment center, but I could buy some time in having her stick to the bedroom for a couple of days to start. That and I’m thinking I want to get a gate to keep her from entering the kitchen and countertops.
I’ve attached a screenshot of my bedroom layout. Does this seem okay? The blessing in disguise is that my “dresser” is just a bunch of those plastic/cheap Steralite brand drawers. So I can move them around as I please. I moved a set closer to the wall on the right and just next to my bedside table so that clothes or fabrics in drawers are not right by the kitten’s toilet. Eventually I want to move the litter box to the bathroom...
Kitty will be coming home on 12/28, so there is still time to re arrange if need be...
The “heater” is one of those that run along the floor and against the wall. The window starts a few feet above the carpet (3 ft give or take?). I moved some boxes so that she can climb up and look out the window if she wants to. Today I did get a 52” cat tree, however, so that could replace the boxes, too.
Note that this picture obviously isn’t to scale. My bed is not a behemoth - it’s a Full size mattress. I’m just bad at drawing, even diagrams haha!