It happens that the cat does not behave as we want.
It rips apart furniture, bites guests in the toes and pees a little here and there.
The cat expert has good advice for all concerned cat owners.
1. What do I do when the cat wakes me up?
Do you get up and give it food? Do you cuddle with it? Then you reinforce the cat’s behavior and it will be rewarded for its behavior.
Many cats sleep all day and wake up to life when the owner goes to bed. When it does not think it’s fun to be up by itself, it tries with all its tricks to get its master or mistress out of bed.
Think about what your cat has done during the day. If it has slept away for half the day, a long run after long strings can do the trick. Become your cat’s PT, ie personal trainer. Exercise it before you go to bed, then it sleeps well.
If you have a habit of giving it some soft food when you eat your dinner, change it! Give the soft food just before you go to bed, then eat it and then go and rest.
2. Why does the cat pee in bed?
Cats urinating where they should not is a common problem that is easy to fix. It’s just a matter of finding what the basic problem is. The most common reasons are that the cat has urinary tract problems, is dissatisfied with its cat toilet or feels threatened in its home.
The most common is that the cat is dissatisfied with its cat toilet. Maybe you just switched to another cat litter? Some cats may be fussy about which sand they want to pee in. And cats love a clean and freshly cleaned litter box. If the litter box is not cleaned for the day, the cat can choose to urinate in another soft place. Your bed, for example.
Cats also want soft cat litter for their sensitive pads. And there should be plenty of sand to dig in. If you are too stingy with the amount of sand in the box, your cat may not be able to dig down or hide its scent traces.
Feel free to place a shower curtain over the bed for a while and place a new litter box near your bedroom. And keep in mind that your cat would be very happy if it had access to two litter boxes.
3. How do I get rid of the neighbor’s cat?
Even if you are a cat lover, you may not appreciate other cats coming and visiting. Some cats learn to keep track, and when you go in and out of sight, the cat comes back.
Never indulge in food or cuddles. Maybe you can close the hole in the fence, where the cat has a habit of getting through.
I have heard that marigolds are good to grow to grind on other people’s cats. You can also pour lemon peel or grated garlic into the flower beds.
I just tested a new product, Kakaoflis, to get rid of killer snails. I can tell you that neither the snails nor the cats liked that scent and now completely avoid my discounts.
Cat scarecrows are also available for purchase where you do not want them to be. Some emit a loud ultrasound when something is moving nearby, others spray air or water.
4. How do I know if the cat is well?
Our animals live in the present. If you want to know how your cat is feeling, it is important that you yourself become aware of what is happening right now. If you learn mindfulness and shake off all your thoughts and focus on your cat, you can probably see several signs of how it feels.
I call it stepping into catfulness, as you as a cat owner can look at different things: Where is your cat lying and resting? How has it placed its paws? If it has its paws against the ground, it may be prepared to get out of there quickly. But if it has lain on its side with its paws outstretched, it is more relaxed and calm.
Maybe you discover that the cat follows you like a little shadow and is waiting for you to come up with a fun toy and play with it? A cat that is playful every day is a cat that is happy.
5. How do I show the cat love?
Surely it is wonderful to know that you can show your cat love with just a glance? Many cats send small signals to their owners without being aware of them.
If your cat looks at you with a friendly look and suddenly blinks in slow motion, then you have received a throw kiss. Try to do it back with a friendly wink. The blink itself informs the other party that “I’m kind”.
6. Why is my cat peeing at the front door?
Cats are by nature very careful about where they live and that they can feel safe and secure. They are territorial animals and do not like other cats appearing in the environment.
How can it then tell other cats that the territory is occupied? Well, by leaving their scents on the spot. These scents are called pheromones.
As far as we know today, cats can secrete five different types of pheromone scents: via the olfactory glands on the cheeks, the pads, at the cat’s udder (only when she has kittens) in urine and through faeces.
Cats often choose to urinate in places that they perceive as dangerous and threatening. Some cats can be sensitive by nature. Then it is enough that you have stepped on your shoes in an unknown scent and then place the shoes at the front door.
There are today scent pheromones that are produced chemically, which the cat can feel safe from. The product is called Feliway Classic. Either you buy the spray and spray several times a day at the place where the cat has peed, or you get the pheromone adapter that you plug into the electrical outlet near the area.
7. What do I do when the cat attacks my hands?
The most common reason cats attack hands and feet is because we humans have learned it. Yes that’s true. When people meet a mischievous kitten, the hand immediately moves forward.
What happens then is that we teach the kitten that our hands are a really fun toy. Same thing with your feet, you may have waved your cat’s toes?
If the kitten is not specially trained by humans while growing up, it does not touch hands or feet. Of course, this presupposes that the cat has access to other fun toys.
8. Why is my cat so shy?
A cat’s behavior depends on four things: heredity, socialization, nutrition, and the environment. A cat mother who is very shy usually leaves the same behavior to her cubs. A litter of kittens needs to be handled by humans from the age of two weeks. But of course in calm and safe forms. Here are the most popular names for cats right now!
A cat that runs and hides is afraid of what will happen. Then it wants a roof over its head, usually under the bed or in the closet.
It is possible to train the cat to arrive, but you must not be in a hurry. Start playing with your cat before the guests arrive, then it has run out of energy and does not need to be as tense. Feel free to give it your favorite food or favorite candy when the guests have arrived. Then it will associate the guests with goodies.
In the long run, your cat can come forward and take a piece of candy from your guest’s hand.
9. What do I do when the cat is scratching on the sofa?
Sure you have a claw tree for your cat? A cat has an instinct to claw to keep its claws sharp and clean.
But it also needs claws to communicate. It then scratches to leave tear marks, a way to communicate visually for other cats but also to put their own scent mark.
A good claw tree for a cat should be tall and sturdy. It needs to be made of a claw-friendly material, either with a twisted rope, sisal mat or carpet that does not thread.
If your cat is still scratching on the couch even though you have acquired a claw tree, there is a new solution to the problem – the product Feliscratch.
It is a pheromone preparation you apply to the place you want the cat to scratch. The preparation is completely new on the market and many cat owners will get their cats’ claw behavior solved.