🐱Cat Behavior / Cat Trainer Guide🐱:
✨Basics Of Cat Care!✨
When owning a feline it’s a daily routine. Once you & your feline(s) have established a routine, your feline will thank you for it! 🐱 Having more than one feline can be helpful as well.
🍥Meal Times🍥
Have meals at set times (Morning, Afternoon & Nighttime)
✨Good Behavior & Bad Behavior✨
When felines display good behavior it is important to reward them for this behavior
When it comes to bad behavior, it’s important to safely correct the behavior before it can turn into a bad outcome of multiple bad behaviors over time.
🌸Food & Fresh Water🌸
Felines will let you know if they’re thirsty or hungry, so it is super crucial to ALWAYS have fresh food and water for them at ALL TIMES!!
If you plan on taking a vacation with family/friends be sure to get a babysitter/a trusted individual to watch over your cats while you’re away from home!
🐈Brushing/Grooming🐈
Medium Hair - Long Haired Cats: need their coats brushed on a daily basis, this helps prevents matting of the fur which can cause discomfort and over-grooming!
Short Haired Cats: Occasionally can be brushed but it is not necessary
Trimming claws = CRUCIAL! if claws are grown too long can cause damage/discomfort/pain to toe-pads & mess with their balance!
🐾LitterBox(s)🐾
Cats will use the bathroom elsewhere in your home if their litter boxes aren’t cleaned, and in order to not have your home smell like a litterbox daily cleaning is in order.
If you have 1 to 2 cats = clean litter box every few days!
If you have more than 3 cats = CLEAN LITTERBOXES EVERY SINGLE DAY!
🌱Cat Care Essentials🌱
As you begin your journey with your kitten/Cat you’ll need some essentials..💕
🐱What Kittens Need..🐱
If nursing on mother cat as newborns they’ll need a secluded area, & fresh food and water for mother cat
Once fully weaned off mother cat begin feeding kitten based food/treats
Crystal Litter - this is litter you’ll use to train your kitten(s) how and where to use the bathroom so as adults they know where their bathroom is. Mother cat will also demonstrate to teach her young. be sure to use a SEPARATE litterbox for your kitten(s)
Toys - Kittens need lots of toys to begin socializing, hunting/play behaviors!
💓Adopting A Stray Kitten💓
If you have adopted or have taken in a stray kitten whose still or was nursing off a mother cat be sure to get Kitten based formula & feeding bottle so they can continue to get the DHA & nutrients they need to grow healthy and strong! Lastly, make sure to make an appointment with a vet to make sure they get their vaccinations & that they’re in a good health!
🐈⬛What Cats Need..🐈⬛
Once kittens have grown past this stage and prepare to grow into big, adult cats, at 1 year age they are fully ready to consume adult cat based foods, this includes wet food (canned food) or dry food. Be sure to gradually introduce this food with kitten food to help them wean off & to help their stomachs adjust to the new adult food, otherwise it’ll cause an upset stomach/diarrhea.
💉Vaccinations💉
Yearly comprehensive exams! Very crucial for a cats health.
Which include getting booster shots, rabies shot, etc!
💫New Litterboxes & Cat Litter💫
With your cats finally being adult they can now use regular cat litter and some newly placed litterboxes around your home to establish territory, and remember more cats = more litterboxes!
🌳 Cat Trees! 🌳
Cat trees are a essential for your cat(s) to have a place where your cat(s) can play, groom & sleep, or to flee from a threat. Having a cat tree in open spaces where humans interact with each other can help your cat(s) feel secure of their environment as well as gain confidence & Human socialization.
🌱examples include🌱:
Wall Shelves- for cats who enjoy being up in high places
Scratching Posts- for cats to scratch their claws so they do not do it to the furniture in your home!
🧸Toys!🧸
Toys are VERY ESSENTIAL for cat(s) as well as kittens. It gives them the ability to display their hunting skills & to prevent boredom/destructive behaviors that can develop as they age.
Find toys that resembles prey-like, that move/get stuck in corners & interactive toys!
🌸examples of toys will include🌸:
Mice 🐁
Feathers 🪶/ birds 🐦
Crinkled stuffed balls ⚽️
Plastic see-through balls with a bell 🔔
Feather wands/ animal-toy wand
Laser pointers!
🐾Eat, Play & Groom/Sleep🐾
Proper nutrition & exercise are keys to having a happy, healthy cat(s)
Eat- have scheduled meal time(s)
Play- get a toy & have some playtime! 🧸 (once cats have finished eating)
Groom/Sleep- after you’ve done playtime your cat(s) should wind down & begin grooming then they’ll find a spot to rest.
