Showing posts with label Cats Behavior. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cats Behavior. Show all posts

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Keeping a Cat off Your Furniture


It could be achieved, only if an adequate investment is made in purchasing the required pieces of essential cat furniture, especially modern cat furniture, and not just fancy cat furniture, if they wanted to succeed in keeping a cat off the furniture.

Most feline furniture items come in different designs and colors. The designs and features associated with any piece of furniture are linked to the type of materials used in their manufacture. Please check out the material used in the manufacture of multi-colored and multi-featured items, as in such items, the materials used may not be durable or log lasting.

While looking at litter boxes, the basic flat box (alternative with rim) is the best, if they are to be kept in less human frequented areas. The basic flat cat litter box is a traditional simple rectangular plastic pan. It is the least expensive, comes in a variety of sizes and depths. This style is simple to clean as you do not have to remove the lid or cover to scoop or clean. Many cats prefer this design. This basic design may have an additional feature of a 'rim' that can help hold kitty box liners in place. The liners are secured under the rim of this design.

The most beneficial type of cat accessory is what is now called 'cat box furniture' and because of its design is also being known as 'cat towers and furniture', but whatever they are known or classified as, they definitely go a very long way in helping the frustrated pet owner in keeping a cat off the furniture.

I cannot lay enough emphasis on the importance of cat scratching furniture and cat litter furniture, because without providing your feline friend with these, it would be pointless in trying to wonder how to keep a cat from scratching furniture.

Purchasing cat litter box furniture and cat tree furniture becomes absolutely necessary for the general wellbeing and happiness of your kittens. Many cat owners and professed cat lovers fail to do this, yet they go to extreme lengths and at time considerable expense, trying to find out how to make a cat stop scratching furniture.

You can purchase a durable, yet cheap priced cat furniture tree from any discount cat furniture store, whether it be a land store located in your local shopping mall, or a trusted online pet store.

In my experience I find that cat owners could be classified into three categories, when it comes to the purchasing of accessories for their kittens.

The first category is the ones who religiously stick to providing their feline wards with the basics and the essentials.

The second category are those who spend huge amounts in purchasing outdoor cat furniture and go out of their way to order custom cat furniture and stylish cat condo furniture.

The third category are those that spend a lot of time shopping around for clearance cat furniture, or just to purchase rustic cat furniture or find discount cat furniture free shipping, not because their cats need it, but because they can get it cheap.

While shopping online with the help of search engines, it is very easy to spot the good online pet store from the listing that appears in search engine result pages. Look out for something similar to this in the top line of the listing for the website 'cat furniture cat toys cat trees cat supplies cat'.

A listing like this is only made by websites who have a huge variety on offer, and you can be confident that they will also have a great deal of cat friendly furniture, stackable cat furniture, cat tower tree furniture and easy to climb older cat furniture, and by browsing the pages of those websites you will also find helpful tips and articles on how to stop cat from scratching furniture which should help you stop cat furniture scratching.

Sunday, May 9, 2010

5 Steps to Tame an Aggressive Cat


When the fur of your cat spikes up, his claws come out, and ears go flat, you are sure you have an angry cat on your lap. Whether your cat is prone to occasional anger fit or is chronically aggressive, taming an aggressive cat seems like a daunting task. However, there are sure ways to make your cat tamer and calmer. Follow the steps below:

Step 1: Determine the reason why your aggressive cat is acting that way. Is it because of another pet in your household or is his aggressiveness triggered by certain situations or people? Generally, aggression and strange behavior is very common in rescued cats since they'd been through certain conditions that occurred before the cat was adopted. For instance, cat often kicked by his previous owner may suddenly lash out and get angry at the sight of approaching feet. Another example is a cat neglected by its owner may show mistrust to other unfamiliar men. It may hard to know why your aggressive cat is acting this way; however, there is a pattern of behavior that you can look for to determine the cause.

Step 2: Talk to people your cat has contact with. Inform them of your cat's aggression problems and that you are finding ways to tame and calm your cat down. Explain to them what you think is triggering your cat's aggression and make a plan with your family, close friends, and roommates to keep your cat from getting aggressive.

Step 3: Don't take your aggressive cat into a situation that may exhibit his aggression. Put your cat in a bathroom or bedroom and leave him there for a few minutes. Sometimes, without any obvious reason, a change in environment may be enough to calm your aggressive cat down.

Step 4: If your aggressive cat is lashing out at the sight of other pets in the household, try calming him down and easing his aggression and anger by trying the Feliway Comfort Zone. Feliway Comfort Zone is an artificial cat pheromone, designed to mimic the friendly and light facial pheromones produced by cats in their facial glands. For unknown reasons, this method calms down most unbalanced aggressive cats.

Step 5: Keep yourself calm and make your cat feel that you are a loving and safe human. If you can prevent and avoid it, never introduce any noticeable changes to your cat's environment. For instance, if your cat is exhibiting chronic aggression, do not get a new roommate or a new puppy for a few months.

Additional Tips and Warnings
  1. If you are having a hard time finding out the cause of your cat's aggression, seek the help of a veterinarian. Explain the problem about your cat in detail and make sure to mention all noticeable changes in the normal routine of your cat. Your veterinarian may help you determine the cause of this or may even figure out underlying health problem that is not manifested by other obvious symptoms.
  2. When you decide to take your cat to the veterinarian, you have to inform the vet as well as other people in the clinic that your aggressive cat may bite. Don't worry because your cat's behavior will not classify you as a poor and bad owner and for sure, your veterinarian has enough experience taking safety precautions with any animal that suddenly becomes aggressive when they are in pain or frightened.

Follow the steps given above and for sure, your aggressive cat will be a newer, tamer, and nicer cat, one that you have really wanted when you decided to take him home.