Before you bring your Siberian kitten home, there are several essential things to collect or buy.
“Must Have” Shopping List:
- Cat food
- Food and water
- Litter, litter box, and litter scoop
- Toys
- Furniture, beds, enclosures & scratching posts
- Cat carriers & Traveling
- Traveling
- Grooming
- Surveillance
- Pet Insurance
- Pet Creamation
Here are a few products that we’ve field tested and love – or customers have suggested:
As a side note –the links here are through Amazon, but there are a lot more items, including these listed here at 1800PetSupplies and Pet SuperMarket as well — use what works best for you 😉
Food:
The only “store bought” food we use is Life’s Abundance Pet Food for our cats and kittens — both dry and wet. As well as treats (they go bonkers for them)
Find it here: http://www.lifesabundance.com/nocosiberians
If you’re in a pinch and need to grab food fast, we suggest Royal Canin. Just remember when changing to a new food it will likely upset their tummy for a few days at least (& you’ll have to clean their litter box & potentially backsides a bit more)
AKA “Kitty Crack” treats
Litter Box Duty:
We love these boxes b/c then you never have to touch the dirty litter, go slow and they work awesome!
*Tip — buy your box then spray the bottom with NeverWet and it doesn’t stick (as much) to the bottom when trying to clean!
OR if you don’t want to touch or deal with the litter hardly at all (after years of use I would **highly** recommend the Litter Robot. LITTER ROBOT (is “life-changing” and WELL worth the money!)
USE THIS LINK and get $50 off!
Also good for when you’re traveling and need to set up additional boxes:
Litter is a big one, but our cats are amicable to any low dust clumping type. However we LOVE Pretty Litter (even in our Litter Robots) — PrettyLitter changes color to tell you when your cat has a potential health issue, so you can get them help before it becomes an urgent medical situation and it’s great for trapping odor and eliminating moisture. If you use THIS LINK you can get a free bag to try! 
Otherwise we have liked these in the past:
If you are having issues with litter box usage (our kittens are all “trained” by about 4 weeks old. If your cat is not using the box, it’s likely trying to tell you something. If you have one of our kittens, I will help you try to decode. Usually takes less than a week):
Toys:
These are all the toys our cats & kittens go *bonkers* over 🙂
First and foremost is the kitnipbox — delivery day has been dubbed “Party Day” at our house here as all the cats and kittens LOVE everything they send (so far) and fight over who gets what (including the box!). I choose to not have any food items in our boxes and just all only toys — but you can customize it as you wish! 😉
https://kitnipbox.com/referral/EBMQ1Z
Furniture, Beds, Enclosures and Scratching Posts:
Cat Carriers & Travel
Grooming
We don’t generally groom our cats, as it’s not necessary b/c they take care of it by themselves. But occasionally they’ll get a knot or some people like to shave their backside a bit.
Behaviour
Redirect behavior:
For after their spay or neuter:
For the Home & Allergens
I have these, and use them when we stay at hotels that allow pets. Customers say that if they have visitors coming that are *super* allergic to cats (and therefore potentially part of the 20% that will show signs even with Siberians), they will spray these in the room they’ll be sleeping in and they don’t have problems or have lesser problems – and it works for up to a couple weeks (as long as the cat is kept out of that room after spraying as well)
Amazing for pet odors, but also for cleaning all the fire smoke we’ve had the past few years from the air (got to keep these felines (& my boys) healthy! ;-)):
The BEST hair remover for clothes, furniture and carpet (& no sticky sheets to get rid of):
If you’re a crazy cat people like us 🙂
Surveillance
I have lots of people asking me about leaving their kittens and cats for vacation and so forth. I, obviously, have more cats than the average bear and especially need to keep an eye on kittens of all ages – so I have these all over the house that I strategically place (including outside in Stanley’s cattio). BUT they do work wonders and give me a huge piece of mind. They might work for you too 😉
Pet Insurance
This is one I get asked about a lot. I have my own agreement with our vet at Picaroon Animal Hospital in Windsor, but these guys are worth checking out if you think it’d be a good fit for you and your family:
Pet Cremation
Unfortunately many come to us after the loss of a furry family member. This service specializes in cremation urns for both people and pets, and offer a wide-assortment of high-quality, thoughtful memorials for a deceased loved one. Each keepsake is customizable or engravable for a one-of-a-kind memorial. However, as a caveat, we have not used this company personally (yet).
Free Shipping On All Orders Over $150 at Perfect Memorials!