| It is important to provide a safe and comfortable | | | | burner still radiating hear, but her tail trailing across a |
| home for your cat. You should take precautions to | | | | lit burner can singe her hair. Or her face peering nosily |
| reduce the number of accidents that could occur in | | | | into a pan can singe her whiskers. |
| your home, and you must be sure she has her own | | | | Your cat will also be attracted to your washer and |
| haven in which to rest. | | | | dryer as they offer excellent sources of warmth to |
| It is impossible to ensure that your house is totally | | | | her. She can be very quick and you may think she is |
| safe for your cat. Think of her as a toddler and take | | | | safely sleeping elsewhere, but when you close the |
| the same precautions you would with a child. Keep all | | | | door to the dryer, she may have already jumped into |
| medicines in a locked cabinet, and keep all your | | | | it. Always check these appliances to make sure they |
| household cleaning agents safely behind a locked or | | | | are cat free before turning them on. |
| latched door. | | | | If you have a fireplace, make sure that it is tightly |
| When running water into the bathtub, keep the door | | | | screened or that the screen can be fastened |
| closed so that she won't fall in. If fully grown, all that | | | | securely with hooks. Cats do not seem to fear fire |
| will be hurt will be her dignity. If she is a kitten, she | | | | as they should and she may try to lie down nest to |
| may slip and drown. Always keep the toilet lid closed | | | | a burning log if not kept out. |
| for the same reasons. | | | | Before opening any windows, make sure that the |
| Be especially careful when opening the oven door as | | | | screens are securely fastened. A fall to the |
| the aromas of food baking may attract her to jump | | | | pavement can be fatal as cats do not always land on |
| in. While cooking on the stove, either keep her out of | | | | their feet, especially if the tumble is unexpected. |
| the kitchen or watch her closely. Again the enticing | | | | When opening outside doors, or even internal ones if |
| aromas of food may beckon her to jump onto the | | | | there is a cross breeze, use a doorstop. Many a cat |
| stove. | | | | has lost part of her tail by having a door slam shut |
| Not only can she suffer burns on her feet from a | | | | on it. |