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Prep Your Environment Before welcoming your kitten home—or better yet, two kittens, so they’ll always have company and a built-in playmate—you’ll need to buy the essentials (see our checklist!) and work on baby-proofing your space. “Think of kittens like human toddlers; they will get into everything,” says Erin Mayes, assistant director of feline behavior at PAWS Chicago. Cover wires and cords, remove small or breakable objects from tables and shelves, block off potential hiding places, and get rid of any plants toxic to cats (lilies, for example, can be deadly...