Allow your kitten to explore

A confident kitten is more likely to explore and taste new substances than an adult cat.  Older pets have already learned what is safe, what should be avoided while young animals are more active and curious.  A kitten will meet more new aspects in a home than an adult cat.

The kitchen is probably the most dangerous area for any cat.  This room is also attractive to animals because it where the food is prepared.  However, the kitchen also includes hot surfaces and pans filled with boiling water.  Sharp knives, plastic bags and rubbish bins, detergents are also found there.
The kitten should not be allowed to roam into your kitchen!  It would be wise to install a child gate covered with a mesh barrier.  Any detergents, medicines and poisonous plants should be removed away from the kitten.

Before you allow your kitten to outside, it should be given all the necessary vaccinations first.

Introducing A Kitten To Your Existing Pet Cat

This would depend on the nature of the existing adult pet cat that is already a member of your family.  It your pet cat is confident, non-aggressive and contented, then it will not find the presence of a new kitten as threatening.  But as the kitten develops into maturity, this may change.

The meeting between the kitten and the cat should be supervised calmly.  If everything is okay, the kitten may even curl up to the cat (as replacement for its litter mother) or the adult female cat may become maternal towards the kitten (replacement offspring).

An insecure and nervous adult cat will view the kitten as an intruder and a potential rival for attention from the loving owner and a competitor for food and territory.  This unfriendly adult cat should be exposed to the kitten slowly and carefully over a period of time with close supervision.

How can you help your new kitten to settle into your home?

Once home, place the cat carrier and the kitten in the room that has been chosen for the first night.  A small room would be less daunting to a disoriented kitten.

It is important to close any windows, doors that may be open because they might offer the frightened kitten an opportunity to escape.

The most important thing you can do is avoid exposing your kitten to everything and to everyone all at once.  Ideally, the kitten should be allowed to rest in the initial 24 hours.  It should be allowed to explore in one room that is secure from other animals.  It should be visited only by few persons at a time.