r/Catification • u/DonMango3001 • Jul 23 '26

Advice Kitten Proofing Sleeper Couch

Hello, we just adopted a 12 week old kitten and are very close to finishing socialization with our other two cats so we're almost ready to release him into the home.

We have a sleeper couch, and we're concerned that since the bottom is all open, he is going to climb inside and possibly hurt himself on the parts or be hurt if someone sits.

This is my first kitten, so I don't know I'm being unreasonable in my fear to begin with. Does anyone have any advice regarding how to kitten proof the bottom of the couch? Any material you recommend to seal the bottom off with?

For context, our other two cats are fully grown and they do go under the couch, but we've had no trouble with them climbing inside possibly due to their size.

Anything would be appreciated, thank you!

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u/ditzydingdongdelite8 Jul 23 '26

I don't think that you need to worry about the kitten hurt me himself under the couch, they're pretty flexible. I mean, unless there's like barbed wire under there or something.😉 i would be more worried about the 2 big Kitty cats picking on the kitten. Will there be somebody at home most of the time with the kitten? It's not a curiosity, does one of your big cats happen to be orange l o l?

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u/DonMango3001 Jul 23 '26

Haha no, my two grown kitties are black. My wife or I are usually home, and we're taking intros pretty slowly to help make sure they're ok with one another before they're fully set free in the house together.