Make Sure Your Furball Gets the Best Housecat Care

Housecat care includes problems with the litter-box and problems with your cat clawing your furniture and curtains. These things can be curbed with the knowledge and actions of the cat owner. There is a time commitment with training a cat. Consider the expense also, caring for pets costs money.

Socializing Your Kitten

Kittens need early repetitive human contact to socialize into wonderful house cats. If concentrated human contact isn't present during the pre-weaning stage of the cat, the kittens will develop into shy, reserved cats apprehensive of strangers. No amount of special loving will be able to undo this. While kittens are young, gradually expose them to all the aspects of normal housecat living such as children, other pets, visitors, and noises such as televisions, vacuum cleaners, dishwashers and the like. Take them for little outings into the different areas of your home, keeping them secure and protected in a large cat carrier. Consider taking them for short drives in the car. Anything they're exposed to at this early stage will help them transform into calm, friendly companions in their permanent homes. Housecat care includes socializing your cat.

Litterbox Use

At about eighteen days old, a kitten start to learn to use the litter-box. At twenty-one days, the litterbox training is complete. If your cat isn't using its litter-box, put it in the room with the box and keep it in there for a few hours every day. Housecat care is training the cat to use the litter-box.

Clawing the Furniture

Clawing isn't a behavioral problem. it's a necessity and a natural thing for a cat to do. Cats need their claws for more then one reasons. Grooming is necessary to maintain health and cleanliness. Scratching and licking prevents the fur from tangling, removes dead skin and hair and helps to waterproof the coat. The most important function of a cat’s claws is for protection. Declawing is painful major surgery. it's illegal in fourteen countries and has serious side effects and it isn't even necessary. Most cat owners declaw their cats for convenience only. The fact is, cats claw. Claw marks in your house, along with occasional carpet stains and hairy clothes are a consequence of bringing an animal into your home. You can however, create a scratch-friendly home. It begins with the proper tools. There are many wonderful scratching devices on the market today.

There are scratching posts, trees, condos, toys, and even boxes covered in carpet to hide the litte! r box. You can teach your cat to use the scratching tools. Buy more then one, and put them all over the house close to the furniture the cat likes to scratch. Next, scratch the item yourself and attract the cat’s attention. Praise the cat when he scratches in the right place. There are sprays you can use to deter cats away from an area or you can place inflated balloons on the areas where you don’t want kitty to scratch. Consistent housecat care is loving and patient.