2010年8月26日 星期四

Tips For Bringing a New Cat Or Kitten in Your Home

A cat or kitten is nice pet to have, but before you can bring home a new kitten or cat you have to know some vital information regarding the transfer of the new addition into your household. It is really exciting to have a new pet. The introduction of the new cat in your house can do a great difference on how well the cat makes the adjustment.

You have to consider that cats are like creatures in their habits. They want predictable things around and very much similar everyday. When you will bring the pet in your home, you will take the cat out of its familiar surrounding, place in a moving vehicle that is noisy, and then you will expect the cat to adjust into the new environment, different people around and perhaps other animals.

It is really a hard thing to adjust to new environment, this also true to us; we always adjust to our new surroundings if we are new to the place or home. The most relaxed cat will also feel the same, the cat will probably be nervous or stressed upon observing the new surroundings. In order that the transition is smooth and orderly, you have to do things gradually and help your pet by giving plenty of time for the adjustment in the new home and surroundings.

Initially, you have to see your veterinarian and schedule the examination of new pet, try to have your pet examined immediately after you have brought the cat in your home. Be sure that the travel crate where your new pet will ride on is very strong and comfortable since trip home involves car ride. It is important that the travel crate is enclosed because when cats feel nervous, they will feel secure in an enclosed space. Uncontrolled cat is a real hazard in driving, specifically if the cat will climb down in the pedals, or jump into your shoulder. It is also advisable to place the cat in a carrier in case he vomits, defecates or urinates, which some cats really do when they are stressed or nervous.

Sense of scent is very essential to cats or kittens, and it makes them more relaxed to have anything that smells similar to their previous home. For kittens, it is very helpful to bring with you in your home the towel or blanket the kitten has been using for sleeping on. Before picking up your new cat, you have to make some preparations with the shelter or breeder ahead of time, probably to provide them the towel for the kitten or cat in sleeping on for some days. By the time you pick up your new cat, put the towel you gave in the carrier while riding for home, and leave the towel inside the carrier in order that the new pet will sleep on it in the initial few days.
You have to ask the breeder or shelter what kinds of food and wastes the kitten has had already, and try to buy the same brand of food before picking up the new cat. If you like to change the brand of food later, slowly combine the new variety with the former brand.

Before bringing home the new cat, place the water, food, scratching post, toys, and waste pan in the room that is quiet and you can close, maybe an unused bedroom. There are food products for cats that are designed to aid lessen their nervousness; this food product contains pheromones from the face of the cat.

Pheromones are substances which are utilized to correspond with further members of similar species. You can observe that cats often rub their faces and chins on upright surfaces. They are leaving a smell there that contains the pheromones. These pheromones have the relaxing effect to other cats. You can also buy the plug-in form of product with pheromones to be used at home.

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