Cat Raising GuideThe following is a cat breeding guide:
** 1. Shop **
Choose a cat that is more than three months old, well-developed, active, and energetic. At this stage, the cat has been weaned, and the body is relatively healthy and has better adaptability. It should not only look at the appearance, but it is more important to be healthy and to love each other with the owner.
** 2. Living facilities and environmental safety **
1. ** Claw grinding supplies **
- Cats have the habit of grinding their claws. You can buy a scratching board. If the cat likes to scratch a certain piece of furniture, you can spray lemon water spray on the furniture to prevent the cat from scratching.
2. ** Drinking Water Equipment **
- The owners with better conditions can provide the cat with a fountain water dispenser to facilitate the cat to drink water and help to develop the habit of drinking more water. Don't let the cat drink tap water.
3. ** Home Safety Inspection **
- Before a new cat arrives home, place dangerous items out of the cat's reach, such as the stove rack, washing machine, refrigerator, freezer, oven, and microwave. Keep the door closed at all times. Put valuable and fragile furnishings out of the cat's reach. Do not plant poisonous plants indoors and in cat activity areas. Protect cats from touching garbage and biting power cords.
** 3. Food **
1. ** Choice of Staple Food **
- Dry feed is hard, cheaper than canned food, has a long shelf life and high nutritional value, but has little water content. If you eat too much, you will become obese. It is best to choose a slightly more expensive one. Canned food has more water content, good taste, but expensive, and a short shelf life. Cats should not be fed after eating for 20 - 30 minutes. It was recommended to use dry feed as the staple food and mix it with canned food to adjust the taste.
- Some owners would mix food and staple food in a 3:1 ratio. When choosing food, they could choose a cat food with freeze-dried crumbs and added goat's milk. This kind of cat food was palatable and good for the kitten's stomach and could increase its resistance.
2. ** Extra Food **
- Although cats loved to eat meat, in addition to providing nutritious cat food as the staple food, they should also provide cooked beef, chicken, quail meat, boneless fish, and other additional food in appropriate amounts to prevent cat nutritional imbalance.
3. ** Special circumstances **
- Most kittens were lactose-intolerant and could not drink milk. It was recommended to drink goat milk powder.
** 4. Health Management **
1. ** Insect Control **
- Kittens were usually dewormed for the first time in about 7 or 8 weeks. After that, they would be dewormed once every 3 months in the body and once a month in the outside world. However, if the living environment was clean and they did not eat raw meat, they could be dewormed once every 6 months.
2. ** Hair Care **
- Cats have two periods of molting a year (about spring and summer). When they molt, they shed more hair. Regardless of the length of their hair, cats should always comb their hair. This not only prevents hair ball disease, but also improves blood circulation to make their hair more shiny.
3. ** Shower **
- You can bathe your cat once every 1 - 3 months. Choose a time when the weather is sunny, noon, and the room temperature is warm. Cut your nails before bathing, play with the cat, and give it some snacks to stabilize its mood. Use a cat-specific bathing agent. After washing, wipe it with a towel with good water absorption. You can prepare a cat cage and a hairdryer or a drying box to dry the cat. The drying box is better for timid cats. For example, the drying box of the Hohmann brand is more practical. The temperature can be set to about 36 degrees. It takes about half an hour to dry the body.
4. ** Daily hygiene **
- Clean the cat litter box regularly, shovel the feces frequently, pay attention to household hygiene, clean the cat's floating hair, and let the cat bask in the sun to help its health recover.
** 5. Training and socializing **
1. ** Training *
- Training should start from childhood. First, find out the cat's temper, then use coercion, induction, reward, punishment, shouting and other methods to train.
2. ** Social **
- After the new cat arrived home, let it familiarize itself with the new environment, avoid interference from other pets, and try not to let children play with the new cat.
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