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 "title": "What to buy for a new cat owner",
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 "answer": "Twelve gifts for someone who has just brought a cat or kitten home: a place to hide, a warm bed, a sturdy scratching post, a brush, toys and a top-opening carrier. Banded from under £10 to a treat, rebuilt each morning from that day's prices.",
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  "It helps the cat settle in. Cats Protection says the most important thing a new cat needs is a quiet, comfortable and secluded space of its own, and that its room should have a place to hide and access to a high spot. A hideaway, a warm bed and a cat tree cover those.",
  "It is on the new-cat list, or doubles something on it. Cats Protection's list includes a sturdy scratching post, a brush, toys and a well-ventilated, sturdy carrier, and it suggests one extra bed, scratching post and set of bowls, so a second post still earns its place.",
  "It suits the first months. Cats Protection usually advises keeping a new cat indoors for three to four weeks, and microchipped, vaccinated and neutered before it goes out, so outdoor kit such as a cat flap is a present for later. In England every cat, indoor cats included, must be microchipped and registered by 20 weeks old, GOV.UK says."
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