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Cat Behavior
Cat Behavior includes ways in which cats act and behave, from purring when they are content to playing to other types of behavior.
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A cat biting you what is the interpretation.?
Dreams of cats have multiple meanings. Cats are known as familiars, and are our escorts into the unconscious. To a woman, a cat can represent her archetype of intuition (the witch archetype). To a man, the cat could symbolize his inner female, known as the Anima. Your dream shows that there is a disconnect between you and some aspect of yourself.
I have many cats rescued over the past 30 years that actually do. I just lost one (he was 17) that just loved to beg. He not only begged, the day before he died, he was still grabbing food off my fork with his paw. (and it was asparagus, at that!) If I came into the living room with a plate, he get on the back of the couch and try to grab off my fork as I ate (and at times I would, of course, let him). I have another older one that will literally balance up on her hind legs and wait for me to show her what she's getting when the can gets opened. She also loves to beg for pieces of roast beef, turkey or chicken.
What do you do to stop peeing a lot?
You can do this exercise... What you do is when you pee in the toilet, you go a little, then hold it.. then go a little more.. then hold it... and you repeat this almsot every time you go to the bathroom. This can help build the muscles in your bladder so that you don't pee yourself and it helps you hold your pee longer then usual.
What is wrong with a two year old cat who only eats kitten food?
Cats grow to full adulthood in a year. A 2 year-old cat is not a kitten, it is a fully-grown adult cat. So you can feed it regular adult-cat cat food. As to which brands of cat food are the best, here are some tips:
First of all, the worst food you can feed your cat is supermarket brand cat food. TV commercials for supermarket brand cat food always talk about the "wholesome ingredients" and "choice cuts of meat" in their food, but this is an outright lie. Most supermarket brands -- such as Purina, Friskies, Whiskas, Fancy Feast, Tender Vittles, etc., etc. -- are made with extremelylow-quality "meat." It is actually really disgusting. These brands are made with all the leftover animal parts, including ground-up chicken beaks and feet, cow eyeballs, intestines, and something called "Animal Digest." Animal digest is essentially a mishmash of leftover parts; it can include rats, roadkill animals, and animals that were euthanized at animal shelters -- including dogs and cats. That's right, cats. These brands also include something called "ash," which is burnt animal remains. It is absolutely revolting.
Luckily, there are better foods available, made with high-quality meat that is fit for human consumption. They are more expensive than supermarket brands -- up to $2 a can -- but they will keep your cat healthy, and will add years to his life. It is well worth the money to keep your beloved pet healthy and happy. And in fact, you will most likely save money in the long run: since better cat food means a healthier cat, you will save hundreds, even thousands of dollars on veterinary bills.
High-quality cat food brands are sold at most pet stores, including Petco, Pet Stop, and petnetdirect.com. Some high-quality brand names include: Innova/Evo, Weruva, Max Cat, PetGuard, California Natural, Instinct, Prairie, Natural Balance, Solid Gold, Merrick, Wellness, Eagle Pack, Newman's Own, WYSONG, Precise, etc., etc.
If you really cannot afford to buy this food for your cats, then Iams brand is an acceptable second-choice. Iams is a supermarket brand, but it is of a higher quality than most supermarket brands. It's not as good as Innova/Evo, Weruva, Max Cat, etc., etc., but it is better than the other supermarket brands.
Although it is not strictly necessary, it is a good idea to feed your cat both wet and dry food. Wet food is more fatty than dry food, so a diet consisting of nothing but wet food can potentially cause weight problems. But more importantly, dry food helps scrape plaque off of the cat's teeth, giving him healthier teeth and gums, and better-smelling breath. My personal favorite dry food brand is Innova/Evo: most cats love it, and it makes their coat super-shiny and soft.
Also, although it is not strictly necessary, it's a good idea to give your cat some variety with his diet. Having variety in your diet is good for humans, and for cats too. Also, sometimes cats get bored eating the same thing every day. Whenever I go to Pet Stop to buy cat food, I always buy a few different flavors of each different brand, so as to give them as much variety as possible. My cats get a different wet food every night, and during the day they get Innova/Evo dry food.
AnswerA good quality wet food (such as EVO) will not make a cat fat. A cat with healthy teeth and gums that is fed a full, high-quality wet diet should not have bad breath.In general, the best prepared cat foods are the ones with a very high, named-meat content. Also, they should be labeled by source, such as: Chicken, Turkey, Rabbit, Lamb, Tuna, etc., as the first, or second ingredient.
It is advisable to stay away from brands that include Corn, Wheat, Cereals, Soy and various Sugars in their foods - cats have difficulty in digesting these and do not provide any nutritional value to the cat whatsoever. Wet food with these specifications are much easier to find than in dry food.
The amount of moisture in cat foods is also very important. Dry foods contains no moisture, so they can lead to dehydration and bladder problems. Cats are notorious for not drinking enough water, even when they are thirsty. The ancestors of today's cats lived in arid (very dry) environments, where water was hard to come by. This harsh environment drove their evolution to produce animals that seek live prey, filling their need for moisture from them. Over thousands of years, cats have developed weak instincts for seeking and drinking water from a source separate from their food. Some modern cats will not drink plain water at all.
Canned or pouched food contains 60% to 80% water. A wild cat's prey is around 70% water. So, wet foods with water content this high, provide a cat with enough water in its diet.
Many dry foods and low-quality wet foods are often packed with carbohydrates - "filler" in the way of grains and cereals, none of which cats can digest or gain any nutrients from. Grain is used instead of meat because it is cheaper to produce and helps kibble pieces hold together. However, some high quality dry food brands such as Orijen, Innova and Applaws are free of grains and cereals.
Cats need meat-based protein, not plant-based protein. Cats will often overeat on lower quality foods because they are not getting all the nutrients they need, which can result in obesity (meaning shorter life span).
Sadly, many vets are not very knowledgeable about cat nutrition. What little they learn is usually funded by big pet food manufacturers just as Hill's and Royal Canin.
Lastly, it has not been proven that dry food cleans a cat's teeth. Kibble is hard and brittle, so it shatters at the tips of the teeth - providing little or no cleaning friction. Dental issues usually start at or under the gum line, so kibble is usually ineffective. Some cats don't even chew; they will just swallow the kibble whole. However, some cats will have perfect teeth while the dental health in others will deteriorate, no matter what food they eat. If a cat's teeth are to last through its life time, it requires regular dental care.
For high-quality Cat food there is: Blue Buffalo, Felidae, Weruva, California Natural, Instinct, Prairie, Natural Balance, Eagle Pack, Wellness, EVO, Bozita (the canned stuff is 90+% meat and can be bought from zooplus.co.uk), Applaws (70+% meat and comes in both tinned and dry), HiLife (60% meat), Feline Fayre, to name a few.
AnswerI didn't say that wet food would definitely make a cat fat. I said it CAN LEAD TO weight problems."Dry food doesn't, in fact, clean the teeth. This is like saying eating cookies or other hard, crunchy food keeps OUR teeth clean!"
Crunchy foods DO help keep human teeth clean. Haven't you ever noticed that, when you eat carrots or dry cereal, there is less plaque on your teeth afterwards? Again, I didn't say that dry food would clean a cat's teeth. I said it HELPS clean their teeth.
Not all cats will allow you to brush their teeth. I have tried to brush my cats' teeth many, many times, and they just will not let me do it. So the only thing I can do is give them dry food. It doesn't clean their teeth like a toothbrush and toothpaste would, but it HELPS.
Also, cats who eat nothing but wet food always have terrible, terrible cat food breath, while cats who eat dry food don't.
Like I said in my original answer, it's not strictly necessary to feed your cat both wet and dry food. But it's a good idea. Not just for their teeth and their weight, but for when you are not around. When wet food is left out in their dish, it becomes dry and crusty, and then they won't eat it. But dry food doesn't get all gross like that. So when you know you're going out and you won't be home for 14 hours, a plate of dry food to snack on is the perfect solution.
And Innova-Evo dry food really does make their coats super-soft and shiny. It's amazing. And the cats love it; mine are really picky eaters, but they never get tired of their Innova-Evo dry food.
I guess we will just have to agree to disagree. You sound like a very responsible pet owner, so I'm sure your cats are perfectly happy and healthy.
Amended to add: I was just going to let this go, because I really didn't want to get into a serious debate about freakin' cat food, you know. But the more I think about your argument, the more I have to say.
I have also posted the following argument in the question "Is soft food good for a cat or not?"
First of all, even cookies or dry cereal will scrape plaque off your teeth. Any crunchy food will help scrape the gunk off your teeth and your tongue. It's just that scraping plaque off your teeth and tongue doesn't get your whole mouth clean. I'll admit that dry food doesn't do a good job cleaning their teeth. My point was just that it's better than nothing. Since my cats fight me so violently whenever I try to stick a toothbrush in their mouths...I don't see any alternative besides dry food.
Yes, cats have a low thirst drive. What that means is that they don't drink liquids merely for the pleasure of it, the way humans do. They drink water only when their body signals to them that it needs water. If the cat eats dry food, and gets dehydrated, then its body will tell it to drink more water. It won't walk around dehydrated for the rest of its life, because it doesn't know it's thirsty. That doesn't make sense.
It's just irrational to say that an animal could remain dehydrated for the rest of its life, just because it's eating different food. Life on this planet would never have survived if animals were so incapable of adapting. Animals can go weeks without food, but not very long without water. If an animal didn't drink water unless it was provided for it in its food, then it would die. Our bodies -- humans and animals -- will do anything to survive, and are very good at survival. Which means that the urges to find food, water, and sex are extremely powerful.
Bottom line is, if an animal's body -- any animal's body -- needs more water, then it will alert the animal's brain that there is an extra need for water. This is absolutely crucial to any animal's survival.
In fact, I have actually heard this "dry food makes cats dehydrated" argument before. And I don't mean to be insulting -- I really, truly don't -- but the only people who ever make this argument are really elderly cat ladies who have all sorts of other "unique" ideas as well. No qualified veterinarian has ever had anything negative to say to me about dry food, and I have had many, many discussions about food with my vet over the years.
And -- just so you won't think my vet is some guy who works out of a 2nd-floor office somewhere in Queens -- my family and I have been going to one of the top veterinary clinics in New York City (Animal General) for over 30 years.
Your second argument -- about dry food being made with poorer-quality ingredients and cooked at a higher temperature which destroys nutrients -- does not apply to Innova-Evo dry food, or Back to the Wild dry food, or other similar high-protein, no-grain dry foods. Innova-Evo, Back to the Wild, etc. all make their food with the same high-quality ingredients -- NO grain -- that their wet food is made of. And they cook it at a very low temperature, to ensure that nutrients aren't destroyed.
I agree that a cat's diet should not be made up of just dry food. The thing is, I also think that a cat's diet should not be made up entirely of wet food, either. A healthy balance of the two is ideal, in my opinion.
What antibiotics do you give a cat with a urinary infection?
In cats, the majority of upper respiratory infections are viral infections, so antibiotics are not effective to clear up the infection. However, sometimes cats get secondary bacterial infections. For these infections, if antibiotics are going to be used, the typical medication is amoxicillin or another penicillin-class drug.
How can you stop your older cat from eating your new kitten's food?
Ration his/her food. Only give her a certain amount of food per day/time. Instead of giving your cat one big meal everyday, start giving him/her a few small snack-sized meals a day. Create a schedule of when you feed your cat everyday.
What to do for simple cat scratch?
For a cat scratch on you, clean the wound, put a little hydrogen peroxide or ointment cream on it, and watch it as it heals. It should be mostly healed within a few days.
For a scratch on a cat, clean it with warm water (no soap, hydrogen peroxide or ointment cream), trim the fur around the cut and watch it as it heals. It should be mostly healed within a few days.
Why is your older cat licking your kittens butt?
Absolutely. The way that most intestinal parasites are transmitted is through the feces. I suggest deworming both the cats. But first, you should take the cats to your veterinarian. Your vet will perform a test on the feces to see what kinds of worms the cats have. The reason you need to know what kinds of worms they are is because there is not one dewormer that can kill all types of worms. Sidenote: An animal may have worms but it is possible that you will never see the worms in the stool. The reason is that the worms live in the gut and never leave it, the only thing that comes out in the poop is the microscopic eggs. There is only one type of worm egg that is visible to the naked eye (tapeworms). Ditto! Both the older cat and the kitten need a trip to the Vet. They need to be tested for all the different worms and then be dewormed. If one has worms it can have other things as well, so best to get a general check up on both, just to clear them up for all the little nasty bugs and viruses creeping about. Vet Trip ASAP!
How do you keep your cat out of your flower beds?
You need to make sure that the litter box is easy to get to, but has some privacy. Also, that it is cleaned daily and fresh litter as often as needed. Change the litter weekly if you use clay litter, and every other week if you use the scoopable. But clean every day. Wash the litter box when you change the litter, with mild soap and hot water, rinse well, then make sure it is dry before you fill. Make sure the area that you put the box is clean, and open enough for the cat to enter, and exit comfortably.
The same time you do this you need to change the top soil of the plants, to change the scent and cover the dirt with smooth rocks (river rocks), tightly packed together to cover as much dirt as possible. Then when your cat starts digging in the plant you have a warning system! Don't hit, or yell at the cat (this might be some physcial problem), pick the cat up and promtly head to the litter box. Put you cat in the box, and step back a little, indicating you want your cat to use the box. You will know if your cat is going to use the box or not, quickly, if not, watch the cat closely until you see them make another attempt on the plants, or go to the litter box on their own.
Do this several times, to break a bad habit that might have developed. If after three to four days of this, you are not seeing any litter box use, you need to take the cat to the vet. Your cat could have an infection of the bladder or urinary tract, sometimes this will cause cats to stop using the litter box because they associate the box with the burning pain during urination. It is hard to tell because your cat is using dirt in plants, which is also instinctive for a cat to use, this might have started because the box got dirtier than your cat liked and now the cat has a bad habit.
If you can afford to, and have the time, you could take the cat to the vet. first, for a check up. Ask them to check for an infection (bladder or urinary tract) and explain what your cat has been doing. It could be someting else, but usually it is one of these two things. When you change the dirt in the plants and add the rocks, try to do it with all the plants on the same day as you start the new litter box rules. And you will need to do something with your plants either way, so the cat will not be tempted in the future.
I can't tell which your cat has, but going the slower route will prove if it is just a problem with the litter box, and you are a better judge of that. You are the one who maintanes the box. But if you have heard your cat cry or meow while he was in the litter box or in the plants urinating, or covering, and scratching in the dirt, then the cat needs to go to the vet. without waiting to see what the response will be to this test. So, if you hear any crying, go to the vet NOW!
She will not allow any other male cat to approach her to mate while she is nursing, but if a male cat sneaks and kills all the kittens, she may mate with him. Don't let that happen though because it is cruel.
*high pitched noises
*loud bangs
*any sudden noise
*hissing noises
Do not willingly scare a cat or stress it with disturbing noises, it will only produce behavioral problems and it is also an unnecessary cruelty. If you wish to remove a cat from a place it is enough to spray the place with one of the commercially available sprays for keeping areas pet free. Another option is to place one of many plants that cats do not like because of their scent.
What does it mean when cat comes in your house?
It means nothing, I'm sure people say it means bad luck but its not true its only bad luck when you give it the power for it to be bad. Just think people own cats everywhere and nothing bad happens. So it means nothing.
AnswerIt could mean they smelled food in your house and were attracted to it, or they are looking for a warm place. Cats like very warm places. Or they could be looking for a mate, if you have or have had a cat in your home before that they can still smell the scent of. Or it could just be the curiosity of cats; they like to explore new places. AnswerIn my opinion, I think it means that it is either hungry or it a sign that it needs a home. If it did actually happen to you, then give it a home. But if you hate cats, find someone that will love it. AnswerIt probably is a female cat. The cat may be pregnant and needs a warm cosy place as shelter for itself and for its offsprings.Can cats suffocate you while you sleep by standing over you and sucking your oxygen?
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Is it good to feed your cat milk?
You can, but it is not ideal. Cow's milk is not good for them due to the lactose that is present in cow's milk. Many cats are lactose intolerant (they cannot digest it properly) so can get sick from ingesting it. Goats milk, or specially formulated cat milk do not have lactose in so are perfectly safe. Sometimes you can feed them buttermilk but no skim milk.
What are the characteristics of the domestic cat?
There are many behavioral adaptions to the domestic cat. But two are...
. They stalk their prey (toy) to be as swift and quiet as possible.
. They groom themselves to stay clean and regulate temperature.
Cats are CARNIVORES. They don't really respond well to vegetables, try your best to give them lots of meat and fish. But make sure their diet is balanced and that they don't get too much of any one thing. And give them lots of cat food, which actually has some vegetables in it. But if you stick a vegetable or fruit in a cat's face, there is a likely chance they won't eat it.
typically a 1 lb kitten is about one month old. Kittens should gain a pound per month until adult weight is reached.
What to do if your cat has blood in its urine?
You need to take your cat to the vet immediately. Blood in urine usually means Cystitis (inflammation of the bladder), or some other bladder problem. This condition, much like human bladder infections, is very painful for the cat and in some cases (such as a blockage) can be life-threatening if not treated.
Cats usually develop urinary problems from stress or not drinking enough water and the urine becomes too concentrated. This can occur if the cat is fed only dry food (a cat has evolved to get moisture from its food and so have a low "thirst drive") or overly stressed.
The most important treatment, aside from vet-prescribed pain killers (and antibiotics if an infection is present), is to increase your cat's water intake. Another treatment is herbal medicine like Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill to eliminate inflammation, kill bacteria, clear heat and promote blood circulation etc. Feeding wet food instead of dry, adding a little extra water to the wet food and/or providing a water fountain to entice the cat to drink more water are very good options. Even adding "flavoured water" such as juice from canned fish to food or water will help entice a cat to drink.
How do you tell if your male cat has been neutered?
A neutered male will no longer have testicles. Bear in mind if your cat has just been neutered the testicles still may be visible. It takes around 6 weeks for the hormones to calm down, so the testicles will shrink over this period. A male cat has a larger gap between the anus and penis, whereas a female cat's vulva is situated closer to the anus.
Many cats reach sexual maturity around six months old - when they are still kittens themselves. It is not recommended for kittens to mate and become pregnant as this is potentially very dangerous (if not fatal) to the mother and developing kittens.
Can you clean litter box while breastfeeding?
No, cat feces contains stuff that will hurt unborn child. * They say that you sould not do any thing of that nature like the person above said it can harm the baby. They also say you should not clean tubs stuff like that no harsh chemicals of any sort.
What can I do to get my cat to come out of hiding?
Good places to look are under things like sheds, or really anywhere they could find shelter. Also, try asking the neighbors if you can check their yards. Once a cat living in our backyard had kittens, and we ended up finding them in the back of the shed in the neighbors yard.
What is the theme of the story the garden of stubborn cats?
The short story "The Garden of Stubborn Cats," follows a man named Marcovaldo as he learns more about the cats in his city. The moral of the story is that urbanization is taking away land from animals.
Can you feed your cat cold cat food from the refrigerator?
In nature, cats usually eat their food at at least room temperature, and often (in the case of freshly killed prey) slightly above room temperature. For them to eat food that's actually cold is unnatural.
