What should I pay attention to when raising a cat for the first time?

Many novices will encounter many incomprehensible problems when raising cats for the first time, such as when to get vaccinated, whether to breastfeed, how to feed cats and so on. These are all things that we must know. The following small series summarizes five points for everyone, hoping to help some owners who have cats for the first time.

1. Do cats have to be vaccinated?

Be sure to vaccinate in time to prevent the occurrence of malignant infectious diseases such as cat plague. Because the cat plague virus is very harmful to kittens under four months old, and the virus is contagious and can spread without direct contact, please vaccinate your baby in time for the healthy growth of kittens.

The vaccination time of kittens is about 12 weeks, twice before one year old, with an interval of 20 days, and once a year thereafter. For more information about vaccination, please refer to the related articles on this website.

2. Can a kitten take a bath?

You can't take a shower before vaccination! Kittens without vaccination have low resistance, and it is easy to catch a cold and have diarrhea in the bath, which will cause more serious problems. It is recommended to take a bath after vaccination! If the kitten is dirty because of naughty, consider wiping it with a hot towel or brushing it with a brush.

After the vaccination, Mimi can take a bath. If it is a short-haired cat, it is enough to wash it once every few months, and once a month is enough for a long-haired cat. Usually, combing the chest can also ensure its cleanliness. Because cats secrete sebum to protect their hair, if they wash it too frequently, their skin protection ability will decline, leading to skin cancer. It is best to use pet shampoo to avoid the side effects of people using shampoo.

Keeping the house clean is the most effective way.

Third, can I breastfeed?

Answer: Don't feed the kitten milk. 8-week-old kittens can live independently. He can eat cat food by himself. The ingredients of cat milk and milk are different. Some cats don't have digestive enzymes that can digest milk, and eating milk will cause diarrhea. Suggest that he only eat the cat food of young cats.

4. Can I feed meat or canned food?

In addition to cat food, it is recommended to give kittens a little meat food every week, but not too much, just a few small pieces with big nails. It would be better if it could be chewed and fed to kittens, because kittens' digestive system lacks an enzyme, which can be provided by human saliva. Doing so is beneficial to the digestion and absorption of kittens.

As for canned cats, it is not recommended for Mimi under four months. If you must feed them, it is suggested that you can mix some canned rice for them to eat. Because canned cats are high-energy and high-protein foods, just like the big meals people eat during the Spring Festival, if they are fed directly every time, it may cause indigestion. And carbohydrates like rice are good for the growth of cats.

It should be noted that eating canned food or simple meat when kittens are less than three months old is easy to cause indigestion. Because his digestive organs are very fragile and lack a lot of digestive enzymes, indigestion will lead to diarrhea. You can feed some lactase to regulate his gastrointestinal function (it is best to keep lactase).

Soaking cat food in warm water makes it easier for kittens to digest. Eat less and more meals, and don't eat too greasy food.

Five, dietary considerations

You should get into the good habit of eating snack cat food. You can try to mix their favorite food with cat food and gradually reduce the weight of that food until it is completely used up. When changing or adding new food to the cat, please gradually add it to his original food until his digestive system can accept the new food smoothly and avoid indigestion. Kittens have been able to control their food intake. If you leave cat food in the food bowl, they will eat it by themselves when they are hungry. In addition, attention should be paid to feeding: timing, quantification and fixed point.

Sixth, companionship is very important

Although the cat is maverick, it needs its owner to accompany it, play with it more, massage it more, touch its chin and pat its ass. These are all things that cats like. Unlike some netizens, cats like to be quiet alone. In fact, a healthy cat needs its owner to spend more time with it, touch it and care about it.

Cats are small animals, sensitive, timid, independent and willful. During the feeding process, the cat may do something that makes you unhappy. Don't scold the cat easily. Many things are causal. Proper training for cats can make them grow better and healthier.