Here is a checklist: A quality brand dry food. Food and water bowls. A cat bed. This can be a box or basket with a blanket in it. A carrying container. This can be a cardboard box with a handle and air holes, from a pet supplier. A beach chair (sold at pet stores) or [...]

Something about its looks or personality may suggest a name, but keep it to one, two or three syllables — and easily pronounced, so the cat can recognize it from a distance. A name should have hard or stressed consonants that resonate. “Hugh” or “Lola” won’t do, but “Huey” or “Lolita” will. Consider that “Sunny” [...]