Cat Families Need To Know This Information

Cats can be enga­ging and delight­ful, causing you to beco­me engros­sed in their play­ful games. To dis­tract them from you for awhile, give them a new game or toy. If you do not have a cat, you should con­si­der adop­ting one. They real­ly don’t cost a lot of money. Use the­se ide­as and you will have good times ahead.

Though things may appe­ar to be fine, you should always sche­du­le regu­lar medi­cal check­ups for your feli­ne pet. Cats requi­re spe­cial shots to pre­vent ill­ness and the vet can check their over­all health. Try using the same vet during your cat’s life. This will ensu­re they know the histo­ry of your cat well.

Make sure your cat has a col­lar and tag if out­side. Cats love to roam, so you need to give someo­ne who finds your cat a way to con­ta­ct you. You have to be sure you have your pet’s name and num­ber writ­ten on the tag.

It’s important that you don’t for­get your cat and allow them to beco­me bored too easi­ly. Cats requi­re phy­si­cal acti­vi­ty. Unfor­tu­n­a­te­ly the­re are too many cat owners who don’t pro­per­ly exer­cise their cats. Bored cats are more pro­ne to depres­si­on, obses­si­ve com­pul­si­ve dis­or­ders, as well as many other beha­vio­ral issu­es. Give them lots of space for exer­cise and ple­nty of toys they can play with. If you have an indoor cat, offer him a varie­ty of toys, scratching post or objects he can climb on.

Cats some­ti­mes will spend hours groo­m­ing them­sel­ves to per­fec­tion. Hair­balls are very com­mon for long-hai­red cats. To fix this pro­blem, you can try buy­ing a new food. Some food are pro­du­ced spe­ci­fi­cal­ly for hair­ball reduc­tion, which will help.

If you’­re taking kit­ty on a road trip, don’t play loud music. Alt­hough you may love sin­ging loud­ly to your favo­ri­te songs while dri­ving, your cat would pro­bab­ly pre­fer sof­ter sounds. To keep you cat from fee­ling ner­vous, keep the volu­me at a lower level. A trip is alrea­dy stress­ful for a pet.

If your cat con­stant­ly meows, you need to try to figu­re out why. When your cat is a mem­ber of the fami­ly, their sounds start to beco­me fami­li­ar to you. This makes it easy to deter­mi­ne what various meows might mean. She will let you know when her deman­ds are for food or when you need to let her out. Be awa­re of the cues your cat gives you, and the two of you will have a bet­ter relationship.

Cat Outside

Recon­si­der out­side time for your cat. The­re are many dan­gers to your cat out­side. Your cat may pick up some fleas, or worse. Cats can be har­med by cars, peop­le and other ani­mals. If you must let your cat out­side, do so in a very small area of your backy­ard or lawn.

Is your home also the home of both a dog and cat? A dog may enjoy eating your cat’s food when he has the chan­ce to do so. Becau­se of this, you should make the place that your cat food is in hig­her up so that the dog can­not reach it. This will pre­vent the two from figh­t­ing over the water when the food dis­hes are empty.

Cats enjoy clim­bing on things. Pro­vi­ding a safe envi­ron­ment for your cat is key to its hap­pi­ness. You do not need a big cat tree in the living room; sim­ply pro­vi­de a solid shelf next to a win­dow. To com­ple­te the packa­ge, add a cat bed or blanket.

Brush your cat regu­lar­ly. This hel­ps spread out the cat’s natu­ral oils in their fur and sti­mu­la­tes blood flow in the skin. You will also decre­a­se the amount of fur throughout your home. This will help to eli­mi­na­te hair­balls, which build in your cat’s sto­mach and pre­vents it from groo­m­ing itself.

Train your cat to tole­ra­te a pet car­ri­er. You have to take a dif­fe­rent approach to trai­ning a cat rather than a dog. Most of the time, it is bet­ter to use posi­ti­ve rein­for­ce­ment. Take their favo­ri­te blan­ket and place it wit­hin the car­ri­er. Then lea­ve the car­ri­er with the door ajar in a fre­quen­ted spot. The cat will be drawn to the car­ri­er, whe­re it will feel safe and comfy. This will make get­ting the cat insi­de easier later.

If you’­re adding an addi­tio­nal cat to your home, give the cats a few weeks to get to know each other. In the begin­ning, they may not seem to get along at all. With enough time to accli­ma­te them­sel­ves to the new arran­ge­ment, though, vir­tual­ly any two cats will beco­me wil­ling, friend­ly, and perhaps even inse­pa­ra­ble companions.

When your cat starts uri­na­ting often or in odd pla­ces, it may be time to see the vet. This beha­vi­or may be indi­ca­ti­ve of an infec­tion of the uri­na­ry tract or some other issue. Afford­a­ble anti­bio­tics can quick­ly resol­ve the problem.

Litter Box

Think about whe­re you want to put the lit­ter box. You are surely temp­ted to put it whe­re the smell will affect your sur­roun­dings the least. Howe­ver, it is important to keep their lit­ter box in an area they can easi­ly get to. To satisfy a cat’s deman­ding requi­re­ments, the lit­ter box needs to be sited some­whe­re con­ve­ni­ent and com­for­ta­ble. For examp­le, a rug or mat is a good way to make a lit­ter box pla­ced on a con­cre­te floor more attrac­ti­ve to your cat.

You could enjoy your cat more using the­se tips. The tech­ni­ques pro­vi­ded here will bring much joy to life with your cat. The more you con­cern yourself with the health and hap­pi­ness of your cat, the lon­ger you can enjoy each other’s company.