But many times, the cat is just like a child who just knows how to eat, and it is regularly quantified? Does not exist? I always feel that eating outside of expectation is the most delicious!
The cat stealing food has become the biggest headache for the shovel officer. Even before it reacts, the snacks at home are out of sight.
What should you do in the face of a cat owner who sneaks out to steal food all day and is getting more and more round?
The reason why cats steal food.
1. Instinctive reaction
Cats are curious about any food and always like to try it by themselves.
Wild cats can eat 12-20 meals a day for free.
Therefore, even if domestic cats leave the wild, their eating habits remain the same. Don't be too harsh on a cat that steals food.
2. I am really hungry
Sometimes the feeding time of the shovel officer is unreasonable, which leads to uneven feeding of cats. When cats are hungry, they urgently need to find food to replenish energy.
Therefore, shovel officials also reflect on whether they are properly fed while teaching cats.
3. Childhood "mouth desire period"?
Even if the cat is given spicy food every day, there is no shortage of canned food and meat every day, but it still can't change the habit that cats want to secretly taste delicious food.
We often use "little greedy cat" to describe a person's greed, and this word also shows the cat's curiosity.
Sometimes kittens steal food not because they are hungry, but because their teeth are growing and grinding their teeth. They will take the initiative to try unfamiliar food.
What if the cat steals food?
1. Hide food
First of all, it is necessary to ensure that cats can't touch food. Installing a pet fence at the door of the kitchen where cats are not allowed to enter at home can effectively prevent cats from entering.
In addition, if cats are found to be stealing food, they can persuade alcohol education to let cats know that stealing food is a bad behavior.
In addition, you can also buy toys such as cat climbing frame and cat teasing stick for cats to distract them.
2. Develop good eating habits
Although most of the time, the shovel officer won't starve the cat, but some species, such as Maine, eat a lot, and the food that the shovel officer feeds every day may not satisfy his cat.
Therefore, after discovering that cats often steal food, the shovel officer can check whether the cat's rice bowl is empty, appropriately increase the cat's feeding amount, and add another meal if conditions permit.
Don't eat too much or too little. As cats get older,
In a certain period of time (usually three or four months), the kitten's food intake gradually increased, and after more than ten months, the adult's food intake gradually remained stable.
Generally, cats about 2 months old have a meal every 4-6 hours every day. Stable at 3-4 meals for 3-6 months, and free to eat after adulthood.
Spend more time with each other.
Sometimes the cat steals food on purpose, mainly to attract the attention of the shovel officer and let the shovel officer play with him.
When the cat is caught stealing food, you should stop it in time, and pay more attention to the cat on weekdays so that it doesn't make mistakes because it is too lonely.
Other preventive measures
1. After finding the cat stealing food, Bangmei suggested that you must educate it.
For example, the knocking sound of a hollow newspaper and your indifference make it form a reflective connection. You can't eat anything outside the bowl. You should know that stealing food is a bad behavior.
If you don't pay attention at ordinary times, the cat will acquiesce that stealing food is correct. Once it eats some expired food or harmful food by mistake, it is really not worth the loss.
2. Some cats steal food because they have a slight pica, such as eating plastic bags or eating weird food like cat litter. At this time, they can be given some trace elements and vitamins to improve.
Try not to feed cats with human snacks, which are made for human taste.
Often heavy salt, heavy oil, or high sugar, acid, spicy and so on. Cats' kidneys and urinary system are very fragile, and improper diet can easily lead to diseases such as urinary calculi.