Feline Behaviour

Feliway And What It Can Do For Your Cat

Feliway is the legendary pheromone which works on a cat's sense of smell, and tells your cat "I don't pee in this naughty place anymore.
Feliway Spray is a chemical copy of a pheromone which has a calming effect over the cat this helps to reduce stress and the subsequent scent marking as the cat's impulse to claim its territory is reduced. To help calm cats you could use a Feliway diffuser. This is a plug in device which emits a pheromone that calms cats like the spray, but, instead, the scent is spread around the full area.
Feliway is a safe solution of the feline F2 facial pheromone, which mimics the cat's natural pheromones, creating a state of well-being and calm.

Facial pheremone rubbing is a well known behavourWhen a cat feels safe, it rubs its head from the side of the chin to the base of the ear, against the furniture, the corners of walls or the bottom of curtains. By doing this, the animal is depositing facial pheromones. These marks convey a message of well-being and a feeling of security.
When there is a change in the cat's environment (such as going to the vets, return from an operation, moving house, new arrivals, rearrangement of furniture) or if the cat is scared, a state of disquiet or stress may develop. This state can be expressed by changes in behaviour, such as urine marking, vertical scratching, loss of appetite or refusal to play and to interact.
In these situations, The Feliway spray and diffuser together can be used to restore the natural balance.
Multi Cat Household coupled with using Feliway spray helps cats who may not love the idea of living with other cats get along and stop fighting.

Feline Stress & Urine Spraying

Cats are territorial animals. They mark out their territory using Many different of visual and scent signals.Changes in the environment (such as going to the vets, return from an operation, moving house, new arrivals, rearrangement of furniture) arisation marks; making them anxious and causing stress.
The most likely reaction to this anxiety is a change in the frequency or type of marking. Unfortunately for the owner, this often results in the onset of urine spraying and or scratch marking around the house. These signs are worse in multicat Family where tension can occur between animals and lead to intercat aggression.

Urine Spraying & Scratch Marking

It should be noted that urine marking and scratching are NORMAL behaviour for the cat, it worsens when the cat feels stressed of threatened. Transport too is a challenging situation for cats and it can show various emotional signs such as agitation, miaowing, vomiting...signs of stress in cats are easily identified
Urine Spraying

Feline urine spraying is one of the primary methods Cat mark out there territory this way if its male or female, neutered or non neutered, it is exhibited by almost every cat that goes outside. But while outdoor urine marking may be acceptable, most owners find the behaviour hard to standin the home due to the strong smell and potential hygiene risks.
Urine marking is a very specific behavioural sequence where the cat adopts a easy to recognise posture:

- it approaches a vertical surface (wall, item of furniture...
- it sniffs the surface, treads the floor, then he turns his back,
- and standing with his tail erected,
During urine spraying behaviour, the cat stands up and marks of urine are generally small and seen above the ground. Urine on the floor, large volumes of urine or urine in the sleeping area are typically not signs of urine marking.

There are many different kinds of scratching. Scratching horizontal surfaces when waking up, during play or sexual excitation. Scratching on vertical surfaces to keep claws in trim,scratching on vertical surfaces to send a signal. Only this can be qualified as a marking behaviour.

How to tell the difference between the two ? If the cat is targeting only one or two specific sites in the home, usually in hidden or otherwise discreet areas, it is likely it is keeping its claws in shape for Catching mice. If the scratching becomes worse particularly in visible areas around doorways and windows,stairs and landings or is centred on prominent objects such as a settee,or chairs, then this may be an sign that the cat is unsettled and his level of anxiety increased. As a result, he starts scratch marking to increase the number of visual and scent signals in the immediate environment.

To help calm your cat or put an end to scratch marking and urine marking try Feliway today

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Im henry, i have 4 cats fluffy, tea, tequila and boots and love them very much, my interests are cats!!! football and walking i tend to walk every weekend.

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Chewing Disorders in Cats

There are cats, which are universally characterized as finicky eaters, who orally obsess upon objects such as fabric, string and plastic.  They can proceed to suck, chew or ingest these materials as well.

 

Some animal behaviorists believe kittens that are orphaned or weaned too early were never taught by their mother to stop nursing.  Consequently, later in life the cat may pick up where it left off using a synthetic mother-substitute.  A little chewing or sucking is absolutely normal for inquisitive kittens, however, it can be a problem when the behavior is repeated over and over again or damaging to the cat and/or household that has been thought to be an obsessive-compulsive disorder.  The disorder can occur with any cat breed of any age, but wait; animal researchers now believe there appears to be some genetic components to these behaviors.

 

Some veterinary behaviorists believe that when it comes to chewing disorders, wool sucking and chewing in Oriental breeds (the Siamese and Burmese Cats) are the number one problem seen for diagnosis and treatment on the behaviorist's couch.

 

Kittens are much like human toddlers, therefore, many of their weird chewing or ingestive behaviors can be related to their natural desire to play and put things in their mouths for exploration purposes.

 

It is the adult cats that suck, chew, or eat strange things who are more likely afflicted with a compulsive disorder.  Some veterinary behaviorists theorize these cats may be simply following the saying of, "if it feels good....do it!"  Others theorize that the act of chewing releases endorphins in the brain that gives cats a "meow high."  When these cats suck or chew, the happy-hormones are released, and consequently these cats become happy-hormone addicts.

 

If you are experiencing a cat with a chewing disorder, the experience is certainly a challenge.   You may find yourself trying to cat-proof your entire house very much like you would do for young human toddlers.  And it may seem, regardless of how good you cat-proof things, the cat still finds something "unusual or abnormal" to chew on or eat.

 

The most favorite kind of materials for cats seems to be "wool fabric," especially in the winter season.  Fabric chewing cats like the crunch of the fabric.  This is especially true of cats fed only soft foods.  Behaviorists theorize that cats start this bad habit because they are bored, anxious, stressed or inadvertently rewarded for the behavior.

 

Tips for owners of cat chewing disorders:

 

• The best preventive for chewing disorders and strange appetites is to provide kittens with proper chew toys and interactive forms of exercise
• You can teach kittens good habits by praising him or her for good chewing and healthy, desirable behaviors.
• Nutritional deficiencies are seldom the reason behind chewing and strange appetites

 

Cat chewing disorders can be a serious health and medical problem.  For example, imagine if your cat chewed and swallowed something such as your daughter's hair crunchy.  The cat would probably require a major surgery to remove the foreign object.  Eating substances that can cause intestinal blockage are the most dangerous, and can carry a high fatality rate.

 

Experts recommend:

 

• Stopping the nasty chewing habits before the cat gains a substantial appetite for them and stops being a cat with regular routines of playing, resting and grooming itself

 

Treatment might include:

 

• Keeping household changes to a minimum
• Switching "good chew" objects for bad ones
• Using repellents or other deterrents around taboo areas
• As a last resort, drug therapy
• Remove wool or plastic or any other foreign objects for the cat and give them dry food, lettuce or whole baby carrots
• Provide alternative oral stimulation in the form of rawhide soaked in chicken broth or other dog chew treats
• Create a cat-tractive window box filled with catnip, grass and other items designed to lure your cat away from the offending items
• Bored cats can become destructive cats.  Provide plenty of places to climb, crept, leap and race, use cat activity centers and the newer interactive toys to engage kittens mind and body
• Consult with a veterinarian at the earliest signs of a problem as treatment is always easiest in the early stages of any kind of problem

 

Disclaimer:  The information in this article is not meant to diagnose or treat any kind of health problem in your cat.  You should always consult with a trusted veterinarian for all health problems.

Source:  The Winn Feline Foundation Online

 

 

 

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