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How can you help a cat become more sociable?

Updated: 10/8/2023
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MountainFlower

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If you mean sociable with people, it's best done when they're young by letting them have contact with a range of different gentle people, NOT screaming toddlers or rough kids who'll mistreat them. Older cats can also be gradually introduced to different people, too, by inviting a range of different people to your home and allowing them to build trust.

Cats aren't dogs: they don't want to have people in their face all the time, and they don't put up with treatment that dogs accept because it's from the 'pack leader' - cats don't have packs. Cats can become antisocial when their owners hassle them constantly (poke poke poke), and end up lashing out as their first response to having enough attention. They also need to spend the main part of their day napping and may not appreciate being woken for a sudden hug.

Learn something about cat body language to help you calm your cat. Cats are notorious for being friendly to people who don't like cats, probably because a cat shows that they aren't a threat by being still and looking away/not meeting the other's eyes. Staring or shouting are threats, as are sudden movements or grabbing.

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I trained my cat how to sit and meow only twice before he eats. What you need to do is completely ignore him only feed when he isn't around. Still give him some love:]. But let him sit on the chairs for comfort. Eventually this work and he/she well become very socialable. The other day he watched tv with us. Then later when my friend was over he jumped up on the piano and started walking around!

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get the two kittens in a playful mood and get them in the same room with cat toys and sune enough they will socialise and play

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