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Making Sure Your New Home Is Safe for Your Cat

Helping your cat adjust to a new home involves some time and patience. While your cat will settle in within just a few days on their own, there are some things that you can do to help. Your cat is at their highest risk for getting injured or lost during their first few weeks in a new house, and these strategies help you remove potential dangers so that your pet feels safe in your new home.

Remove Dangling Cords and Other Strings

Your cat’s playful nature could cause it to bat at strings from curtains and blinds with its paws. This could cause it to get caught up in them, and a cat that accidentally walks into a looped blind could receive a fatal strangulation injury. Use hooks to hang cords out of your cat’s reach. Then, make sure electrical cords are not in your cat’s potential walking path on the floor.

Check Out Your Home’s Structural Features

Your new home may have a few quirks or damages that most people would miss on their own. For instance, a professional home inspection can reveal things such as a faulty door or window that could come open if your cat applies enough pressure to it. You can also use the inspection to identify other potential hazards such as bad electrical wiring that could start a fire while you are out of the house.

Store Hazardous Objects Out of Reach

Caring for your cat requires the same level of baby proofing that you would do for a child. Start by storing your medicine in its container in a cabinet that is out of reach for your cat. You will also want to make sure to keep things such as tinsel cleaned up. Staples, coins and magnets are just a few common household objects that could make your cat sick if it accidentally ingests  one during their play.

Correct Potential Hidden Traps

Your cat’s antics may be entertaining, or you may chastise them for behaviors such as walking on the counter. However, you should be aware that your cat might go leaping around whenever you are not at home. Cats frequently get stuck in items such as trash cans, and they can fall into toilets. These mishaps are easily preventable by putting the toilet lid down and choosing trash cans with lids.

Remember that home safety for cats requires you to think about parts of your new house in different ways. While a sticky door hinge may not seem like a big deal, it could lead to your cat escaping through an exit point to your home that is accidentally left open. Take your time to carefully inspect every area of your new house to make sure that it is safe before you leave your cat alone.

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