What skills should kittens learn when growing up? Cat skills training! During the growth process, kittens will learn some lifelong skills with their mothers and brothers and sisters, which usually exist in the little wild cats. The little wild cat&#...
What skills should kittens learn when growing up? Cat skills training! During the growth process, kittens will learn some lifelong skills with their mothers and brothers and sisters, which usually exist in the little wild cats. The little wild cat's hunting skills will also be learned from this time and will benefit for a lifetime.
1. Kitten’s growth rules
Kittens weigh about 100 grams at birth, and their weight will double in about two weeks. Kittens within two weeks of age have a normal heartbeat of more than 200 times per minute, and the breathing rate is about 15 to 35 times per minute. The body temperature of newborn kittens is low, about 35~36℃, which will slowly rise within 1~2 weeks after birth until it reaches about 37.7℃ at four weeks of age.
The kitten has pain at first birth, but the neuromuscular reflexes related to pain will only develop within 7 days of age. The eyes will be opened 5 to 14 days after birth, and the iris will appear gray-blue, which is the so-called gray-blue eyeballs. In the next few weeks, the eyes will gradually become the color that cats have in the future. Only when the kittens are about 3 to 4 weeks old can they have enough normal vision. When you are 7 to 14 days old, you will slowly crawl. On the 16th day, you will start to sway and learn to walk. By the 21st day, your steps will become more mature and steady.
Cats usually need to walk steadily until the third week. Before that, they can only rely on the movement of the female cat. The cat will grow the first set of teeth at 2 weeks of age and can basically go to the toilet by itself in three weeks. At this time, the cats will also start playing. The cats around will bite each other and learn how to avoid hurting each other. Kittens start weaning in the fifth week and start eating hard food and become independent. At this time, the cat's sense of balance has been fully developed and he also knows how to comb his hair. This period is the stage of cats' learning, and they must learn to know themselves and other animals.
After the cat is born two months old, the muscles are fully developed, but it still requires more exercise to accurately judge distance, height and speed. Hunting skills were also learned during this period. Generally speaking, it is best for kittens to leave their mothers only after they are three months old, because when they are three months old, they have a sense of territory and a good sense of direction.
2. What skills should a kitten learn during its growth?
1. Learn to hunt
When the kitten grows for 3 weeks, the mother cat who was allowed to go outside the door by the owner began to bring the captured prey back to the nest. At first, the mother cat brought the dead prey back and ate it in front of the kitten. Later, it will leave its dead prey for its children to eat. Finally, it will bring back the living prey and let the kitten kill it. It does not directly teach the kitten how to kill the prey, but stays with the kitten to prevent the unlucky victim from escaping. If kittens want to make their own living in the future, they must learn to hunt and how to deal with their prey. Interestingly, whether it is a tough or friendly kitten, they learn faster from their mother's demonstration than observing other unrelated adult cats.
2.Learn to play
Like other young carnivores, kittens like to play. Games have a substantial effect on kittens learning how to live independently after they grow up. Kittens practice attack and defense, training techniques such as offense, hunting, ambushing and killing, but they never transport things too far and do not harm their companions. When the kitten is playing, there is an atmosphere of exaggeration, excitement and courage. This clearly shows that they think the game itself is fun too. The game also has the effect of enabling kittens to develop group consciousness. During the growth and development stage, kittens who cannot play with other partners will become withdrawn cats when they are adults and sometimes become cats that are not interested in the opposite sex.
3. Learn to play with joking
If the kitten you raise seems to be fighting, don't panic. Usually this is just a joke. In fact, this simulated battle is very meaningful because kittens can learn how to attack and defend themselves.
3. The owner should prepare toys for the kitten
1. Kitten's toys
Although the pet store does sell toys designed for cats, the kitten is very curious and will soon find that the items at home, like a ball of velvet thread, are also very fun.
2. Provide a safe environment. Kittens like to climb into baskets, boxes and other things with holes to find out. Therefore, be sure to place the things that the kitten may crawl into properly.
If a cat is taken home for breeding at a young age, then usually he will not have some hunting skills, because this is a learning process and does not come from instinct, so not all cats will learn hunting skills.
