For those who have no experience in owning a cat, this issue is a comprehensive talk about what the meow owner needs to pay special attention to in his new home and what to do.
I. Feeding
1, choose good quality cat food, long-term consumption of poor-quality cat food cats are prone to malnutrition and even disease. Cat food is the nutritional foundation of the meow master, the bottom of the good meow master to raise up to save heart, otherwise to the cat to see the doctor's fee can be more than cat food this money. Cat owners know: a cat feeding better cat food every month is actually not a big expense. The cat food should be stored in a cool, ventilated place with the seal on it!
2. Within one month of the cat's arrival at the new home, except for special circumstances that require a change of food, Rainmom strongly recommends that the cat be fed the previous cat food (the transition food provided by the cattery) to help it get through the adaptation period as soon as possible. After one month, you can consider changing the food, and pay attention to the proportion of the new food, and it normally takes about a week to fully transition to the new food.
3, every morning and evening to feed the cat food twice a day, in the morning to give the amount of control in the work back to finish eating as good, the amount of evening to give, in order to get up early to finish eating as good, do not know the amount of reference to the seller's suggested amount of feeding. If the cat food is left for too long, it will taste bad and spoil, so before feeding it the next morning, pour out all the leftover cat food from yesterday. Keep the cat food and water in a cool, dry place, out of the sun.
4, canned food can be fed once a day, it is recommended to feed it once in the morning, accompanied by cat food, to be stirred evenly and thoroughly, in order to prevent meow owners only pick canned food to eat. After opening the canned food is not eaten in the summer, it is recommended to seal the plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator to keep it fresh, and then take it out the next day to warm it with warm water and then feed it with the cat food. It is recommended to buy small packages of canned food (similar to 55g or 85g specifications), which can be eaten within a day or two after opening the can.
5, to the new home for a month is the adaptation period, in addition to cat food, canned food (carnivores are indispensable is canned meat) and goat's milk powder (to help weaned cats start eating cat food, goat's milk powder soaked in cat food to eat, to protect the stomach and digestive), the rain mother does not recommend that shoveler feed any other food. Of course some cats need targeted nutrients under special circumstances.
6, normal circumstances do not mess with the cat to eat human food, such as onions, chocolate, etc., may be fatal to the cat. Fish and shrimp can be fed occasionally, pay attention to shaving the fish spines to prevent being stuck in the throat, seafood can be eaten sparingly in the absence of allergies. Never have lilies in your home, they can cause cat poisoning or even death, and many flowers are toxic to cats.
7, the cat's daily water can not be broken, some do not love to drink water cat, shoveling officer to take some measures to help it intake of water, such as feeding soup cans, more points placed in the water basin, or with a circulating water dispenser and other methods, lack of water meow owners are prone to urinary tract infections, urinary stones ah and other problems. Do not give the cat to drink raw water, easy to diarrhea and breeding intestinal parasites, provide cool white water or mineral water can be. Do not give cats to drink pure milk, many cats do not digest milk, easy to dilute.
8, if the owner has to go out for 1-3 days, prepare one or two more cat litter boxes, and prepare cat food and water for a few days, the meow owner is completely able to live at home by himself. But if the pooper scooper goes out for a long time, he will need to ask a friend to come to his home to help clean the litter box and add food and water.
Two: Vaccine checkups
1, generally cats taken away from Rainy Mother are around 2 months old after the first vaccination, so the second vaccination is given 15-20 days after the owner arrives home, and the third booster vaccination is given in another 15-20 days. Subsequent vaccinations at the same time each year are sufficient. Currently, most hospitals in the market are injecting the U.S. Pfizer's Myo-Santo (also known as Cat Triple), which mainly prevents three viral diseases: feline distemper, feline snuffles, and feline cups. For kittens, feline distemper and nasal branch are both diseases with very low cure rates, and if you have it, you have to be responsible for its life, and the vaccine is a must every year.
2, in terms of rabies vaccine, most domesticated breeds of cats do not need to be injected, the chance of cats getting rabies is less than 1%, of course, if the shoveling officer is still not assured, you can take the cat to the prescribed pet hospital for injection, once a year.
3, the pooper scooper and cat play, if accidentally by the cat scratches or bites, first look at the size of the wound and the severity of the wound, a small amount of general bleeding and scratches, pooper scooper in time to disinfect and apply anti-inflammatory drugs (rain mom commonly used erythromycin ophthalmic ointment) can be. Serious bleeding need to go to the hospital within 24 hours to play rabies vaccine, attention! It's the pooper scooper who goes for the shot haha! Picture
4, health sources of cats in general in the cat five or six months to do a physical examination, followed by half a year to one year to do a comprehensive physical examination can be, of course, more experienced shoveling officer can not need to be so frequent physical examination, usually do a good job of cleaning and nutritional work, the cat will not be born a major disease, the emergence of minor illnesses, consult a professional targeted treatment can be.
Three, deworming
1, generally two or three months just arrived at home the cat is done once in the body and external deworming, so in the cat arrived at home a month after the cat can be done again in the body and external deworming (if there is an occurrence of the body or outside the body of the insects should be done in a timely manner deworming)
2, 6 months before the cat, the body deworming is done once a month; after 6 months, the cat is dewormed every 3 months, and the cat will be dewormed every 3 months. After 6 months, cats can be dewormed every 3 months; for external deworming, it is recommended that cats over 3 months old should be dewormed every month. Cats in vitro is mainly to prevent fleas, every year in April and May is the flea season, do a good job of deworming the body every month, more sunshine, nothing to open the cat hair check to see if there are fleas in time to deworming can be.
3, the body deworming medicine rain mom recommended by the German Bayer's oral medication, deworming medication recommended the use of Foley En or big favorite drops. Reminder ___ effective high-quality deworming medicine price is not cheap, the market is also more fake, for meow the main essential things must not be greedy cheap, eat to the mouth and drop in the skin must buy reliable genuine, otherwise the consequences do not need me to say, their own brain. Specific usage and other issues can sweep the code to consult me!
Four, bathing
1, 3 months or less of kittens because of resistance is relatively low, it is best not to bathe. For safety reasons, rain mom will ask the shoveling officer to wait for the cat to arrive home a month later, after all the vaccines are finished and then a week of vaccine period, the health of the body before going to take a bath. If bathing at home, close the windows and blow dry in time to prevent colds and skin diseases. Bring to the pet store to take a bath, the first few times to care for the clerk to do a good job of cleaning the cat's ears and nails trimming, the back of their own clean up will be much easier.
2, about the frequency of bathing, normal cats are 3 months - half a year wash, and then longer, as long as the shoveling officer can tolerate also ok, hahaha cats are very clean creatures, so as long as there is not a serious cleanliness shoveling officer can rest assured that the master is absolutely cleaner than you.
3, accurately, the vaccine, deworming, bathing this three is not linked, the main grasp of a principle is that the fear of cat bathing cold, resistance to decline will affect the vaccine and deworming work.
Fifth, maintenance
1, cats need to often pull out the ears to prevent ear mites, 1-2 times a week, some cats are born rarely pull out the ears, there will be ear mites, shoveling officer found in a timely manner to contact the seller or the pet store with the medicine can be. Cat nails are usually trimmed once every two weeks, usually with a cat scratching board to help flatten the nails, cut off the tip of the front end can be, ___ do not cut to the red blood line. Long-haired cats should be combed often, or long hair knots really make people crazy, but also affect the image of the cat.
2, cats have a lot of eye boogers, you can often wipe the corners of your eyes with dry toilet paper. Regardless of eyes, ears or buttocks and other parts, can use dry paper towel is best not to use wet paper towel to wipe, processing is not thorough cats are prone to skin disease. If you do use wet paper towels, use a hairdryer to dry the area immediately after wiping.
3, the cat must close the windows and doors, balcony sealed, ventilation with screens; not at home during the day can buy two or three cat cages, safe and secure. When someone is at home, it is recommended to loose, do not force to hold it, let the cat in your line of sight within the free movement, so that it as soon as possible to familiarize themselves with the home environment.
4, cats like to sleep in a warm place, put their nest in a warm place in order to prevent wind and cold, in fact, cats grow up do not like to fixed in a place to sleep, they will be free to sleep in their own comfortable place, do not have to deliberately forced them to sleep in the cat's nest.
5, the cat's litter box should be cleaned up in the morning and evening, cats are very clean animals, a dirty litter box can not enter the foot, will force them to find other more hidden places to solve the problem. Cat litter box do not easily change the place, also do not often change the cat litter, some meow owners will choose not to go to the toilet or random urine because they do not like.
6, cats have a stress period of about a month after arriving at a new home, some cats are more sensitive, the stress reaction manifests itself in soft stools, some will sneeze with a slight cold, some will not like to play, a small amount of cat moss and other issues, the pooper scooper just need to grasp a principle: meow master's spirit and appetite is normal, these reactions are normal phenomena. If you are worried about it, you can contact the seller or a professional at the first time and follow the instructions for timely treatment.
7, the family try to find time to play with it more, just a small paper ball, or a small ping pong ball, it will be happy to play for half a day. Cats are born with a need to sharpen their claws, so if you're afraid of it scratching the furniture or the sofa, prepare a special cat scratching board or cat climbing frame for it.
8, don't force your cat to do anything, don't let the sound of the TV and other electrical appliances in your home be too loud, and interact with your cat more, call its name, and touch its head and chin more often to let it relax, so that it can familiarize itself with its family members and the environment of the home as soon as possible.
9, the cat's cat moss is also the shoveler more headache, in fact, do not worry too much, some are due to the cat from the birth of the milk moss caused by the majority of cats cat moss is because of the lack of nutrition caused by the cat moss, if you find that there is a cat moss on the body of the master, shoveling officer should be timely with the medication to spray the affected area, otherwise it will be serious and proliferation, to the usual more sun, the amount of added nutrients such as nutrient creams, vitamin tablets, Lecithin, etc., both to protect the skin and enhance the resistance, nutrition in place the probability of cat moss will be much lower.
10, if there are other indigenous people (cats) in the house, it is recommended to isolate the new member to the home for about a month, so that the new cat can adapt to the new home before contact. The new cat can be caged, and everything will be based on the living habits of the aborigines, and the new member will be raised according to the habits of the aborigines.
11, make sure the cat obeys orders from a young age, if you wait until the cat is an adult to train it, it may not pay attention to you. __ Never engage in physical punishment when training. If all else fails, tap the cat's nose very gently, and a smart cat will feel your aura and commands. Meow masters are high-spirited creatures, it's best not to force your master to submit sincerely, unless it volunteers, otherwise the pooper scooper will end up... Rainmom can only wish you good luck, haha!
12, after the male cat reaches 6 months and the female cat reaches 8 months, please take it to be neutered in time, which is good for the cat's health and also can avoid the cat howling due to heat, or poop overflowing all around. Of course, if you want to keep your cat's offspring alive, please ignore this article.
Sixth, potential dangers
1, ①The best way to cover the toilet is to put the lid on the toilet, because kittens can fall in ②Pay attention to the door on windy days, don't pinch the cat ③Make sure to close the door when you come in and out, and don't close it when you come in to get something, as cats have already been lost this way. ④The string in the house must be put away, the cat will swallow it by mistake due to the barbs on the tongue, which will cause serious consequences. ⑤Gunslinger insecticide, 84 disinfectant, ants medicine, mosquito liquid, etc. are huge poison for cats, will cause severe damage to the liver and kidneys, please put away and use with caution.
2, wires: cats are generally not too interested in home appliances, they are interested in the 'tail' of the appliances; - wires. For cats, the outer skin of the wires made of rubber is much chewier than cat food, but in case the cat has good teeth and bites open the rubber skin of the main power cord, touching hundreds of volts, the trouble will be big. so suggests wearing a good protective cover for the wires at home, and wrapping up all of the mouse cables, keyboard cables, camera cables, etc., which they like to get high on.
3, plastic bags, thread, rope: many cats like to bite plastic bags, if just bite is just, but many cats like to eat plastic bags, which is dangerous, and plastic wrap, etc., if the meow owner really eat, it may be spit out the next day, or pull out. There are also some threads and ropes, not that the cat wants to eat them, but when it is biting and playing, because of the barbs on the tongue, it passively swallows these foreign objects, which may cause intestinal blockage and circulatory disorders, resulting in weakened and disappearing intestinal peristalsis and causing illness. So remind all the shoveling officer, buy food, buy fruit home, the first time to put away the plastic bag, some thread and rope and so on should be put away.
4, curiosity killed the cat, don't leave small objects in the cat's reach to prevent it from swallowing. These objects can choke or even poison the cat. There are also some dangerous items: exposed food, heated pots and pans, washing machines with open lids, poisonous plants, fragile objects, garbage garbage cans, etc. Shoveling the pooper scooper according to the environment of the home to make up their own case, and timely prevention and stop .