The best protection you can give your couch cushions, chair legs and other prized household valuables is to provide your cat with his own personal scratching surfaces. Like you, your cat wants privacy, quiet and a clean place to use the bathroom and clean up afterwards. You may even want to provide two litter box locations, especially if you have multiple cats. Modern cats hail from a long very long line of domestic felines dating back up to 12, years!
Researchers have discovered that all domestic pet cats today share a common ancestor: an ancient African wildcat called Felis sylvestris lybica. As a predator, the African wildcat evolved to hide up high in the trees or hills to watch for approaching prey.
We realize the topic of indoors versus outdoors is one cat lovers will likely never fully see eye-to-eye on. Whatever you decide for your cat, something you can do is provide a safe way for your kitty to get some fresh air and sunshine! Unfortunately, as our own waistlines continue to grow and expand, our pets now share our weight management problems. The three main cited issues include higher calorie diets, more sedentary lifestyles and too-plentiful treats.
Offering your cat lots of exercise and playtime along with a veterinarian-approved daily caloric intake can make the difference between a healthy, long-lived cat and a cat with a reduced lifespan and lots of painful and expensive medication issues.
The simplest cat toys can turn a fat cat lean and lithe again. Here are some kitty-loved classics to try. Boy is this a tough subject as the field of animal rights continues to evolve! But the truth is, unless you plan to breed your cat, many indoor pet cat issues can be reduced or eliminated with spaying or neutering.
Spaying or neutering can also help you more easily keep your indoor cat inside by lessening the instinct to look for a mate. Many parents of human kiddos set up jungle gyms and tree forts so their children can climb and explore. One really fun indoor enrichment activity your cat can enjoy every day is watching outdoor wildlife. This is just what do cats do anyway — they are genetically programmed to watch small, fast-moving objects, so any chance to do this is likely to be appreciated!
When you install a window perch, your cat can safely view birds, squirrels and other outside wildlife for hours at a time. Not only will playing with your cat reduce your stress level, but it will keep your cat happy and healthy too!
Your cat communicates in the same basic ways that you do — using verbal and nonverbal body language cues. You can learn more about what your cat likes and dislikes and adjust your daily enrichment offerings to include more of the former. Not only is this an effective aspect of training your cat not to wake you up at 4am, but it also provides reassuring structure to your cat.
Cats, like all animals, have a tendency to hide signs and symptoms that they are not feeling well. This is an ancient evolutionary habit to keep from appearing weak or vulnerable in the eyes of a predator. Your vet can check your cat over and make sure she is healthy and happy and up to date on all vaccinations.
If your kitty has a short coat, your brushing and grooming duties may be less than if you have a bonafide furball on your hands! But in either case, you should get your cat used to being brushed and groomed very early on in your life together. This will also provide you with a regular opportunity to check your cat all over, examine his skin, eyes, ears, teeth, claws, paw pads, tail, and body for signs of any trouble.
Cats, like people, can have very specific preferences for how they want to be held, handled, petted and played with. Cats don't forgive, and once they realize a person is causing them anxiety or hurt, they keep away. Acknowledge that cats are sociable animals to a point, but not sociable to the extent that dogs are.
A lot of people who have one cat decide they would like to have another cat, thinking two cats are twice as much fun. But the cats may not see it that way. The simple message I would like to get across is if you do want to have more than one cat, go about it in a careful way—and be prepared to give up on it if it doesn't work. All rights reserved. Bradshaw recently shared some of his insights with National Geographic. How did you get into cat behavior?
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Let's celebrate our favourite kitty-cats and all the things that make them so special. When you eat something sweet, like ice cream, you probably notice kitty staring at you with big eyes. You might be tempted to give kitty a taste of your snack or dessert — but it won't really be a special treat for them. Unlike dogs, cats can't taste anything sweet. Just like us, cats can prefer one paw over another.
But unlike humans, female cats tend to be right-pawed, while male cats tend to be left-pawed. When your kitty is meowing, it's probably talking to you.
Adult cats almost never meow at other cats. They use other ways to communicate with each other like purring, hissing and spitting. Whatever you feed your cat and it really should be food made especially for them , make sure the pieces are small. Cats can't move their jaws from side-to-side like you can. This makes it very hard for them to chew big chunks of food. If you think your kitty is always sleeping, you're probably right.
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