Thread: First night with new kitten . . . What did you do?

Hi - I know some people advise that you shut the kitten in a room on her own for the first few nights. Obviously if you did that she'd need food & a litter tray. Personally, I've never gone for that approach with a kitten (and neither did our breeder recommend it either). When we brought Dixie home, we only had to show her once where the food and litter tray was . We got her home around lunch time, and by tea time she was following us round the house and could find her own way around fine. We put her bed where we intended her to sleep long term (bedroom next to ours) and showed her where it was - however we never shut her in & left her with the run of the house. When I woke up in the morning, she was curled up next to our bed and she'd been downstairs in the night to finish her food & use her tray! Please don't worry - she'll be fine whatever you decide!