How to Avoid Cat Behavior Problems
A behavior problem is something that the owner (or another person who is in touch with the cat) consider unacceptable. Some current problems of behavior -like to urinate and fighting-are, from the point of sight of the cat, completely natural activities. For the owner they are a problem, because they are troublesome or put him in anguish.
Most of the persons who have cats want to dissuade them from doing something that puts in danger the animal or another member of the house, or that provokes damages in his things. Although the behavior of the cat does not happen of being a simple inconvenience, it can manage to irritate us; if it is possible to solve the problem, so much the cat as ours will feel better. To be resolute with the cat does not mean to be strong. If we punish him shouting him, throwing him out of house or striking him, only we will confuse him and acuting the problem.
Any well polite cat must be able to use a hygienic tray or go out of house to do his needs and, besides that he must not refuse of brushing him. There are minor current problems, as biting the indoor plants or to steal food of the kitchen, which can be considered to be a question of teach good modals to the cat. But, besides, there are a series of bad customs and troublesome forms of behavior that the owner must prevent for developing, as urinate and dirty inside house, to bite the fabrics, to scratch the furniture and to attack the persons or other domestic animals. In this chapter is studied more later on the way of solving these problems, one by one.
There are times in which a problem of persistent behavior- as the excessive polishing- provoke wounds or make his needs to badly can be a symptom of a physical disease. If our cat acquires this type of customs, the first thing that it is necessary to do is to take him to the veterinarian for a review. Once discarded the medical problems, the veterinarian can suppose that what the cat does behavior like that are the nerves or a phobia and to send us to an specialist in behavior in order that he puts in treatment.
The importance of making them sociable
Not all the problems of behavior can be avoided. However, the intelligent thing is that the breeders select only animals of good character for the reproduction. But the care of the kitties to newborn is furthermore important. In the process of socialization, the weeks that go from the second to the seventh are absolutely crucial, because in this period it is when the kitties acquire his social fundamental instinct. What happens to this age will determine if the kitty is going to grow being friendly and calm in any circumstance.
In order that the possibility that there are problems later is minor, it is necessary to take to the kitties of the litter several times a day, during 5 or 10 minutes and for different persons of several ages. This must include get them up from the floor and hold them softly. After taking a kitty to us to house, the process of socialization continues while the kitty familiarizes himself with his new environment. It is good to verify that the kitty or the adult cat chosen are enough sociable and that they adapt to our living conditions: it is probable that it turns out to a shy cat difficult to adapt if he takes into a house with three small children and a dog.
