A calm, week-by-week plan for your kitten's first two months home. Each week has one goal and seven small steps, each with a guide page that explains how, and permission to repeat it when your kitten needs more time.
Delivered by email. Your download link arrives within minutes of checkout.
Print at home. Sized for US Letter, with clickable contents on screen.
Reward-based only. No spray bottles, no scruffing, no punishment.
What's included
A start-here page to see which sections your kitten needs first
18 guide pages, from kitten-proofing to common problems
8 weeks, 56 small steps, one week per page
Litter and feeding log, weight log, vet and vaccine log
A firsts page and a details page for sitters and the vet
The free Kitten Litter & Feeding Log, included
Eight weeks, one goal a week
56 steps, not 56 deadlines. A kitten that needs two weeks on "one room" isn't behind; they're a kitten that needs two weeks.
Days 1 to 7
Week 1: One room
Safe, fed and using the box. One quiet room, the carrier on the floor, meals at set times, and the first slow blinks. Nothing else needs to happen this week.
Days 8 to 14
Week 2: Routine
Meals and play at the same times every day, the carrier left out as furniture, the first minute of gentle handling, and one more door open.
Days 15 to 21
Week 3: Play and manners
Toys are prey and hands are not. The biting rule for the whole household, the scratching post taught with the wand toy, and the first claw trimmed on a sleepy lap.
Days 22 to 28
Week 4: Hands and the vet
The first vet visit, made boring on purpose. Brushing, the safe way to pick up, ears and mouth checked by you first, and the carrier door closed for a meal.
Days 29 to 35
Week 5: The whole house
Every room, a cat tree or a cleared shelf, a second box on the other floor, a puzzle feeder, and the other pets a careful step closer.
Days 36 to 42
Week 6: People and noises
The vacuum, the doorbell, a calm visitor and the five rules for children, all at a distance your kitten can handle, with treats for recovering fast.
Days 43 to 49
Week 7: Little lessons
Come to their name, sit, and touch a finger. A carrier trip around the block, a dab of toothpaste, and a harness on for a minute if a catio is in the plan.
Days 50 to 56
Week 8: Looking ahead
The neuter conversation, the food change done slowly, the daily routine written down for life, and a look back at how far you have both come.
Every day is one small step
Each step points to the guide page that explains it, and each one can be repeated. Here's day 15.
One step. About ten minutes, built into feeding and play you're doing anyway.
The how, one page away. Every step links to its guide.
Your kitten sets the pace. Repeat it, make it easier, or move on.
A line for how it went. And a short review at the end of each week.
Week 3 · Play and manners · Day 15
The biting rule
From today, every hand in the house follows it: still, withdraw, toy. No exceptions for cute.
From the play guide
Hands, feet and fingers are never toys. Not wiggled under a blanket, not as a game.
If teeth touch skin: go still, say nothing, and withdraw the hand slowly. Fast movement is prey.
Then offer a toy. Teeth on toy means play continues.
Everyone follows the same rule, or the kitten learns that some hands are prey.
Ankle ambushes? Under-played, usually. Add a session just before the time it happens, and leave a toy by the spot.
Never. Spray bottles, shouting, tapping the nose, scruffing. They teach a kitten to fear hands, which is the opposite of what you want.
Also inside
Start here
A page to record what you know about your kitten, and a table that tells you what to read first.
18 guide pages
Kitten-proofing, litter, feeding, play and biting, scratching, sleep, handling, the vet, other pets, kids and indoor life.
Logs
Two weeks of litter and feeding, a weekly weigh-in, vet visits and vaccines, and a details page for sitters.
The free log, too
Our 12-page Kitten Litter & Feeding Log comes with the plan.
Before you buy
My kitten has been home a few weeks. Is it too late?
No. Fill in the start-here page, then begin at week 1 anyway. Steps your kitten finds easy go quickly, and the biting, scratching and vet pages matter at any age.
My kitten is younger than eight weeks.
Talk to your vet this week about feeding and warmth; kittens that young need more than this plan covers. The setup pages still apply, and the weekly plan starts once they're about eight weeks old.
I have a dog, or another cat.
There is a guide page for each, and the introduction is built into weeks 1 to 6 one careful step at a time.
Is this a replacement for a vet?
No. It's general, reward-based help for healthy kittens. It tells you exactly when to call your vet, and it has not yet been reviewed by a veterinary professional; the about page says so.
What if it isn't right for my kitten?
Every paid guide has a 30-day money-back guarantee. If it isn't right for you or your kitten, email us and we'll refund you in full. No need to give a reason.
