One of the good rules of thumb to apply here is to think about having a toddler around, only a toddler in miniature size mobile, curious but tiny! This means that you need to consider your home in terms of potential kitty hazards before the kitten gets too old and “into everything.
Although there are some thing that you’d have to do to create a safe home for your toddler that aren’t necessary for a kitten (such as power sockets and drawer locks), there are a few things you should take a look at with a critical eye as to whether or not they present a danger to your kitty.
Understanding more about your cat’s basic nature will often help you solve cat behavior problems. Domestic cats are descendants of wild relatives and therefore many instinctive traits carry over as part of their nature. This can become quite frustrating when you are trying to raise a well-behaved domestic cat!
Consider that cats are hunters by nature. In the wild, most of the smaller cat species subside on hunting small rodents. They are typically solitary, nocturnal animals that catch their own food to feed only themselves. Therefore, stalking and pouncing on small prey is a common behavior of cats in the wild.
Cats do make wonderful pets as they are not as noisy
as dogs, are more independent, and do not require as
much care. Cats also adapt well to indoor living. They
are easy to train to use a litter box and they will groom
themselves. The greatest benefit to owning a cat is the
love and attention that they give you.
You do however will want to first decide if a cat is
really for you. Be sure that you are not allergic to
them or that your friends and family are not also
allergic to cats. It will make it difficult to give up your
precious new kitty once you have grown attached to
it and then find out that you cannot be around cats
due to an allergy and have to give them away.