In the meantime some of the basic aspects of kitten care you will need to consider are:

Nutrition

Kittens should be fed a combination of both a high quality commercial kitten food and natural foods to ensure a "balanced" diet is provided. Natural foods include raw meat, raw meaty bones and vegetables. Raw food offered to cats should always be fresh. Please see the article titled "What should I feed my kitten?" for more detailed information about kitten nutrition.

Ensure that your kitten always has an adequate supply of fresh, clean water. 

Bedding

Although your kitten may want to share your bed it is important to provide her with a warm, dry bed of her own.  Use bedding that can be easily cleaned and dried and place her bed somewhere warm and private.

Grooming

Regular grooming is essential, particularly for long-haired cats. Start grooming your kitten early on so that it becomes an enjoyable bonding activity and part of her routine care.  Grooming removes dust, dead skin, loose hairs, grass seeds and tangles and reduces the amount of fur shed during the moulting season in autumn and spring.

Play and training

Play time is important for bonding between you and your kitten.  Kittens are very playful and curious and love to develop their instinctive hunting behaviour by chasing toys.  Play time is a good opportunity for you to teach your kitten good manners.  Occasionally hunting games turn into play aggression – make sure that the fun ends if her claws come out.  Never punish your kitten physically as she is unlikely to associate your punishment with her mistake.  If she does something naughty, such as sharpen her claws on the furniture, give her a gently spray with a water pistol.  It is important that your kitten doesn’t turn her hunting skills on the local wildlife.  Play bells on your cat’s collar and keep her in at night to make sure that the native birds, reptiles and marsupials are safe.

Health care

You cat will require annual visits to the vet for vaccinations, boosters and general health checks.  Ask your vet about flea, tick and worm prevention.  Some commonly found plants, such as lilies, are toxic to cats and it is important that you familiarise yourself with these and remove them from your garden and house.  Your cat should be desexed before he or she reaches sexually maturity.  This is usually performed at the age of five or six months although some vets, including RSPCA vets, will neuter kittens from 12 weeks of age.  Desexing your cat will prevent the birth of unexpected, unwanted litters and prevent health conditions, such as mammary cancers and prostatic enlargement, later in life.

For further information we recommend you purchase a comprehensive book on cat care.