Your cat may be a member of your family for as long as 20 years, so it makes sense to choose carefully! Look for a healthy, active animal with a friendly attitude to ensure a good start. Male or female are equally good pets when neutered. Either a kitten or an …
Cats are very lovable creatures. They are tame, cuddly and are indeed beautiful. Most cat owners want them to be indoors, to keep them safe and clean always. However, keeping cats indoors poses the problem of dealing with their wastes. Thus it is necessary to toilet train the cat. Toilet Training …
Cats are neat animals. They are also intelligent enough to be trained. Given those characteristics, it will be very easy for owners to teach their pets. Here are some tips to guide owners in training their cats to use litter boxes. 1. Cleanliness is a must for cats. Sometimes, even if the cat is already …
Clicker training incorporates the use of a clicker as a reward or encouragement when training a cat. Cats are able to relate with the clicker, displaying good actions and behavior. Clicker training is often linked with conventional condition, where cats associate sound with food and operational condition and where cats execute movements for …
For the cat, as for other domestic animals, the process of domestication occurred over a long period of time. Wild cats would have associated with humans once the latter stopped being hunter-gathers and formed permanent settlements, grew grain crops and set up grain stores. Grain stores would have attracted mice and rats, …
Your cat’s health depends on regualr, well-balanced meals. Adult cats should be fed twixe a day and will almost certainly remind you when it’s mealtime! Growing kittens need several smaller meals a day, to suit their smaller stomachs. If your cat is a longhair, remember to groom it daily. Shorthairs need brushing only …
Cat Lovers who admired the beauty of wild, spotted cats tried to breed a type of dosmetic cat with a wild-cat coat. In North America in the 1960’s, the first planned breeding took place between a short-haired domestic cat and an Asian Leopard Cat. The mating was successful and fertile offspring were produced, …
The vast majority of new kitten owners do want their kitten spayed or neutered to prevent the kitten from becoming sexually active. The average age at which we spay or neuter a kitten is six months, when they go through puberty and their sexhormones become active. The spay procedure is a surgical …
Being a cat lover, we want to keep our cats happy and healthy. House cats, in particular, do not get enough exercise as the outdoor cats do. Many people that have housecats will admit that their cat is a tad over weight. If you are worried about your cat’s health, make it fun for him and …
Feline Acne may be affecting your cat if you’ve noticed black specks around Kitty’s face and mouth, and if his or her fur is oily, too. Teens aren’t the only ones who can have problems with skin acne- cats can too. Acne, which is a glandular disorder in humans, as well as in cats, …
