Methods of domesticating cats

Answer 1

Here are some ways to domesticate cats:

** 1. Basic Training Method **
1. ** Rewards and Punishment Law **
- ** Rewards **: Understand the cat's taste and reward it with its favorite snacks (such as cat food, fish intestines, fish jerky, etc.). Stratify the cat's favorite food and save the favorite food for training or rewards. For example, the relationship between master + command = delicious food, pleasing master = delicious food, stepping on milk for master = delicious food, and offending master = no delicious food. At the same time, he designed some rituals for the cat before getting food, such as calling names, ringing bells, etc. Even if the cat ignored it at first, it would form a subconscious reaction of bell = food after a long time.
- ** Punishment **:
- ** Water spray method **: Prepare a spray bottle or water gun to spit on the cat when it makes a mistake, or after it makes a mistake, bring it back to the crime scene and yell at it.
- ** Noisy Method **: Prepare aluminum cans, coins, or other items that make a lot of noise. When you see the cat making a mistake, use noise to stop it from making a mistake. Gradually let it form the awareness that doing something in a certain scene will cause noise.
- Reprimanding method: After letting the cat understand the crime scene, give the cat a serious reprimand. The voice must be loud and the appearance must be fierce to make it feel pressured. However, the cat must know why it was being punished. However, unintentional harm to the owner, normal cat communication methods (such as waking the owner up to beg for food), survival or instinctive reactions (such as struggling in the deep water when bathing), large feces (can be solved by placing the cat litter in the place where they often defecate), etc. should not be punished.
2. ** Training timing and duration **
- The best time to train a cat was 2 - 3 months after the kitten was born, because the information reception was the most sensitive at this time. The learning time depended on the cat's patience. A patient cat could learn for more than 5 minutes, while a cat that was not focused could only learn for about 2 minutes. If the cat was not cooperative at all, it had to be guided step by step. Hungry cats were easier to train. They could be trained before every meal when they were two or three months old. If cats like to run around, they can train in the small room.
3. [Training Mode Establishment: Slowly let the cat form the mindset of command + reaction = reward.]

** 2. Training for special circumstances **
1. ** Wildcat training **
- [Wild cat: domesticated by boiling the cat and tying the cat under the dining table. Humans eat meat every day and can't cut off water. They also wear leather boots for safety reasons.] Normal cats would give in within three days and beg for food. A fierce cat could probably go without food for a week. After taming the cat, he would continue to leash it for a period of time to let it form the habit of starving, begging for food, and then eating until it was full. Then, it would not be willing to return to the wild.
- ** Stray Cat **:
- It was best for stray cats to establish a friendly relationship outdoors for a long time and gradually close the distance. Don't take the initiative to approach the cat. If the cat came to rub against you or lay down in front of you, it meant that it was easier to tame. You could try to bring the cat home.
- Stray cats that were afraid of humans had a bad experience with humans. After catching or adopting such cats, don't rush to get close to them. You can simply feed them in the morning and evening. When exchanging, speak gently and let them take the initiative to get closer to their owners. If they were lucky, cats would eventually become very intimate with people, but some cats might not let their owners touch them more than a few times in their lives.
- Stray kittens were fiercer and more likely to bite and scratch people. They should prepare thick gloves, cut their nails, and take insect repellent. At the same time, if you were bitten or scratched by a wild or stray cat, you had to wash the wound with soap water, squeeze out the blood, and get a rabies vaccine within 24 hours.

** 3. Domestication of multi-cat families (Allow the aborigines to accept new cats)**
First, he prepared new tools for the new cats and then separated them, but he could not let them be completely out of contact. During this period, they could exchange their tools, familiarize themselves with the smell of both parties, and then slowly integrate into the family. This would help them accept each other better. After about a week of isolation, he could try to release them for further contact. If there was still a tendency to yawn and fight, then he would repeat the steps above to isolate and exchange smells. If the situation was good and there was no unfriendly behavior, they could proceed to the next step. It was best for the owner to be fair and guide them to play together appropriately. Slowly pull the two cats closer with the cat teaser. After that, they did not fight again. If they ate, drank, and urinated normally, it meant that they had accepted each other.