Cats Company

Although adult felines usually live a lonely life on the wild world, the first months since born, the kitten establish strong affective bonds while being fed by the mother, they learn from her and play with its brothers and sisters. The needs to establish this kind of relationship still persists in a domestic cat and, in fact, many veterinarians suggest that the domestication is a kind of permanent childhood in which the cat will never be able to grow in whole.

What is true is that cats need and value having company, which sometimes means, that they simply want to be in the same room with the rest of the family, or that they want to tumble on the desk, sit on its owners laps or to sleep on his same bed (not recommended, overall for children).

Although it may also mean that they need some activity, as is playing or play fighting with the fingers of its owner.

Company also implies to "talk"; the more you talk with your cat, he will respond more and better.

If a cat has to go through being alone in an empty house everyday, he will feel happier if he has company.

After a period of separation sterilized cats of the same sex can adapt to being together, even if they don't arrive home at the same time.

But what is really ideal is to acquire two kittens of the same litter due that they have already established an affective bond. Never leave your cat alone at nights nor throw him out to the street to its own luck.

During your absence from home, make an agreement, if you can, with a friend or parent for them to make sometimes to see and take care of the cat for a while everyday; it's better than taking them a cat's lodge, no matter how good it is.

Base of operations
Although wild felines are more depredators than victims, its kittens are very vulnerable, for which they have to learn quickly from their mothers the importance of being cautious.

The litter represents security. In the same day, a domestic cat needs of a base for doing its homely life, be it a cardboard to be inside the visual and auditory environment of the family, but far from the chaos and annoying sounds or rough movements, In the practice, most cats tend to look for a base on their own if the one your offer him doesn't satisfy him.

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