Hello all,

Long time lurker, 2nd time poster, always a cat person.

My parents have had Burmese, but my other half and I bought a new house and I finally twisted his arm into agreeing to the cats (though it wasn't that hard work actually...but I have to deal with the litter tray!)

Anyway, I have 2 adorable kittens due home in 2-3 weeks, but wondered if there was any tips or advice on things to have, or perhaps more importantly not to have in the house?

Obviously poisonous stuff needs to be locked up, but how 'cat proof' do you have to make things? I've seen some vidoes of some Bengals doing crazy stuff!

We are still in the process of a fairly bit renovation job on the new place, so I'd rather get the tips now whilst things are still easy to change rather than learning from experience later!

I'm already guessing that having anything on top of the mantlepeice isn't going to happen unless it's screwed down!