Some pets attune their rhythms to those of their owners. Over time, they tend to share the same schedule of activities, or at least closely overlap them - watching television together, preparing a meal at about the same time, and sleeping at about the same scheduled hours. Their adherence to a feeding time can be impeccable. These pets are perfectly potty trained. When bored they do not scratch the furniture indoors. They could be holed up in your home all day and they won't mess your house up, in rebellion. Okay, now it's time to wake up to the real world of cabin-fevered pets. You really can't, no matter how hard your try, keep you cat imprisoned indoors. Seriously, you're going to think about installing cat doors. If you won't do this, your cat is going to be doing some unpleasant things while in your house - unpleasant things that could be avoided.
Potty accidents - yes, cats can do that, deliberately
Even though there are some cats that love staying indoors due to the timed pet feeder and indoor heat or cooling, some get easily bored. So even though the potty station is just there, expect them to pee at the base of the couch, in your laundry basket, on your study table, and into the exhaust fan of your computer.
Cats can scratch their itch, and your walls, shelves, and curtain, too
Scratched up furniture, clawed up curtains, the list goes on. Don't expect paintings to escape your cat's claws, along with other items of value on your shelves - they'll be shoved down and topped over and break. if you leave soiled dishes and uncapped catsup bottles, you may find them rummaged and broken, or tumbled over and spilling on your carpet. Could it be that your cat is just mischievous, eternally bored, and have nothing else to do?.
The art of randomly pushing down items from shelves - cat style
If only books fall down from your shelves, consider yourself a lucky pet owner. You may have some expensive or valuable mementos that could get knocked over. That's why cats that are bored tend to love climbing high shelves and shoving down what's there. Cats want to explore, and although some cats explore to find a nice snug-fit space between books, some will just keep climbing and dropping things.
When you're home - you're the butler
But when you're home, even after you keep cleaning up after them, you still have to keep letting them in and out of the house. That's because your cat expects you to do things for him - like open the door. You may have to deal with a meowing that annoys you, if you don't do what the cat says. Later, when they want to come in, they meow non-stop, because you're the butler.
You can be spared of the trouble, the clean ups, the annoyance, the noise, the broken items, the scattered personal belongings, the pee-smelling indoors if you start thinking about buying cat doors.
Cats can also suffer from cabin fever and need to get out of the house. To prevent them from making potty accidents indoors, why not install cat doors in your home? Not only will you stop having to get up everything they want to get out or in, but your cats will also have enough exercise - because of those cat doors.
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The cat food myth that many of us believe is that what we give our little fluffy is plenty.
We buy the tins or we buy the dry cat food and then give it to our little fluffy friends. When they don't eat it, we assume that they are fussy. We change the cat food flavor, mix it up even more, or even change the brand.
What we tend to find is that cats are not really fussy. They are just going off their genetics which demands that fluffy is given a certain amount of food groups that is specifically designed for fluffy. So a cat will know if it hasn't got those nutrients and will hunt them out disliking food until it has found "the right combination".
Wrong.
Cat food is balanced for normal, healthy fluffy. It is also wise to know what fluffy is actually eating and what you should do to help your cat have a balanced diet.
Unfortunately in our frenzy to make our cat love us and to make sure that it is getting the best food, we sometimes make mistakes.
Here are 8 ultimate tips to give your cat the best food which will apply to cat health as well...
1. never give fluffy dog food. It is not made for a cat and long term use can cause all sorts of illnesses, fatal and chronic. Some are: night blindness and vitamin deficiencies.
2. never give excess vitamin A. This can cause sterility and loss of hair.
3. never give raw fish. They contain enzymes that break down vitamin B1 and can even carry disease for little fluffy.
4. Canned food provides some water for cats but always give a cat a fresh water source to use.
5. A cat will not eat anything that is by its litter tray.
6. By enlarge, they are solitary animals so they get concerned when anything disturbs their food eating. The location of the food dish, other animals close by, interactions of distraction etc will all determine how much the cat is willing to eat. It is not uncommon for a cat not to eat for a week in a boarding house.
7. Vitamin and minerals are not really needed as supplements (unless the vet says) as long as the cat is eating a well balanced meal.
8. Any treat should not consist of more than 20% of fluffy s intake.
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Cat dental care can be done the easy way or the hard way. When you listen to many veterinarians or specialised pet therapists, they will try to persuade you to clean your pets teeth either with a product they sell or with a toothbrush.
I don't know about you, but trying to clean a cat's teeth with a toothbrush seems to me to be inviting trouble. Your cat will probably, and righteously, react by scratching you. If that doesn't work, you'll likely get bitten for your troubles.
Clearly, they are telling us to back off. But do we listen? In our arrogance, we think we know best. I have learned the hard way that we most definitely don't.
Chewing something manmade that claims to clean your cat's teeth sounds dubious to me. The product is more likely to benefit the bank balance of the manufacture and supplier than your cat.
For a species that claims to be the most intelligent, humans can be remarkably stupid. Please don't take offense at this, as that remark is not necessarily aimed at you. It is more aimed at the animal therapists (veterinarians mainly), who make their livlihood from giving you advice about caring for your cat.
However, being stupid can be very lucrative, as long as you can convince your followers that you are, in fact, very helpful.
Lets look at wild cats. Wild cats, in all their forms, don't need toothbrushes or products that claim to clean their teeth. Wild cats already have a wonderful tooth cleaner built into every meal their consume - the bones of their prey.
Take a peak at your cats teeth and tell me if they are not perfectly suited to crunching up on small bones? This act keep their teeth clean, free from tartar, their gums nicely massaged and gives them a grand supply of macro minerals.
I have to say that I am utterly gobsmacked by vets who tell you not to feed your cat bones. Certainly it does make very good business sense as the lack of bones in their diet creates lots of business for them. Your cat will inevitably develop many mouth, and other health, problems.
Sadly, even many holistic practitioners and vets will tell you to grind up the bones before feeding them to your cat. They really haven't fully embraced the way cats work naturally.
If you are feeling resistance to what I am saying about cat dental care, then you have been subjected to the very clever marketing psychology that abounds. I simply ask you to think laterally.
Consider this - cats in general cope very well when they turn feral. Throughout the world, whether in cold or hot countries, feral cats prosper. And the only way they can do that is because they are excellent hunters. And when they catch their prey, they eat everything, including the bones. Luckily for them, there is a large population of mice almost everywhere.
Humans seem to be very good at refusing to look at the cause of problems and instead keep creating ever more weird (and sometimes clever) devises that will never cure the problem. Your thinking needs to go back to the cause, not trying to manage the effect. Managing the effect simply creates more problems.
The easy way to cat dental care is to provide your cat with the where-with-all to do the cleaning themselves. However, there is one problem with this - most people have made their cats into junkies who refuse to eat real food. You'll probably need help turning this around.
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