Kitten Must-Haves
Adopting a kitten into your family can be way easier than adopting a puppy, but there are some must-haves that'll keep that little ball of fluff busy, enriched and away from the dreadful and instinctual habits like knocking a cup of water off your side table, staring at it, then zooming away, LOL.
I have listed below my favorite products during the first year of having Ivy with a link to Amazon!
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Of course we'll start with the basics; food, water, litter box.
Food & Water Bowls:
These were my favorite while traveling; hard to spill, survived hours of riding in the car and they're super cute! Grant and I were in a long distance relationship the first 2 years together, and he ablsolutely loved his little princess. She became a traveling pro and loved soaking up the sun wherever is was shining!
However, I did want something fancier for home so I went with this set of bowls and the stand. Dainty, cute and not over priced! Ivy loves playing with her water and the stand has yet to form any rust, and if you have a pickier cat, it comes with 2 ceramic bowls and 2 stainless steel bowls!
Litter Box & Accessories
If you're like me and absolutely hate cleaning the litter box daily, I recommend this litter box, liners & my favorite crystal litter. I clean out her feces about 3x a week and replace her litter and liners about every 7 days. The crystals are dust free, which is great for asthmatics, and it surprisingly controls any smells way better than any other litter type/brand I have used! (Which I have tried too many to count!) It's practical, won’t break the bank and decreases your daily to-do's.
Liners that fit this litter box:
My favorite crystal litter:
Accessories & Toys
Now that we've covered the basics, here comes the fun stuff. I love getting Ivy toys as she's super playful and it's hilarious to watch her go absolutely bonkers!
These collars are adorable, they come in multiple colors and patterns, plus they fit all sizes and ages of cats!
It’s important to get snap on/off collars for you cat(s) to prevent choking or hanging. There’s certain snap-off-weights you can get if you have a miniature cat or a very large cat.
Between Grant & I, we got Ivy 3 beds. This is her absolute favorite and it's super adorable!
I’ve washed this bed many times and it continues to be super soft and fluffy.
Toys: this bundle was AMAZING! You get such a wide variety of high quality toys, Ivy still has most of these items after having her for 1 year, not to mention she lived with Ollie & her puppy cousin, Zola. The dogs also enjoyed a few too many of these trinkets, luckily they all survived that chaos.
If your cat loves playing with wands, this is my favorite. You have multiple options of feathers which are replaceable if your kitten goes a little too wild playing with them.
Grant’s favorite thing to do with Ivy is watch tv and toss the wand around. It’s definitely a work out for Ivy and not so much for us, haha!
We got gifted this tower table and to my surprise, Ivy plays with it day in and day out!
It’s so fun to watch her and it’s great for brain enrichment.
