Best window perch for a 10-week kitten

A 10-week-old kitten is a lovely age to introduce a window perch — but you're right to think about sizing. A full-sized adult perch can actually feel precarious for a tiny kitten, and longhairs can get fluff caught on rough edges or exposed hardware. Window perches are genuinely one of the best enrichment additions for indoor cats — the birds, movement, and sunlight provide real mental stimulation — but the suction strength and platform size both need to match the cat. A few quick questions: roughly how much does your kitten weigh right now, what kind of windows do you have (smooth double-glazed, older single-pane, textured), and is this just for the one kitten or do you have other cats who might also use it?

Perfect — smooth double-glazed is ideal for suction cups, they grip really well on that surface. Under 1kg is quite tiny, so suction strength isn't the challenge here; the priority is a compact platform she can't roll off, with a raised lip to give her something to brace against. A large perch would just feel like a wobbly open shelf to her at this age. Can I ask — do you want something she'll grow into over the next year, or are you happy to get a kitten-appropriate size now and upgrade later?

That's the right call — and there's a product that handles this well. I'd go with the K&H Pet Products EZ Mount Window Bed. It's rated to 11kg so it'll comfortably hold her at any adult weight, the platform is medium-sized rather than oversized (roughly 43cm wide), and crucially it has a bolstered padded edge all the way around — so even at 1kg she has something to push against and won't feel like she's perched on a ledge. The suction cups are large-diameter and perform reliably on smooth double-glazing. The fleece cover is removable and washable, which matters a lot with a longhair because fur accumulates fast. It's not so sprawling that it overwhelms her now, but she'll still be using it comfortably as a full-grown cat. That's the one I'd buy.

It mounts wherever you place the suction cups on the window, so you have full control over the height. For a 10-week kitten I'd suggest starting lower — around 40–50cm from the floor — so she can jump up and down without risk. As she gets more confident and her jump improves over the next few months, you can simply reposition it higher for a better view. The suction cups release cleanly from double-glazing without leaving marks, so repositioning is easy.

Good choice. One last tip for a young longhair: give the fleece cover a quick brush every week or so — kitten fur is fine and tangles into fleece quickly. It'll keep the perch feeling comfortable and stop her from ingesting loose fur while grooming up there. She's going to love it.