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Things To Prepare Before Bringing Your Pet Cat Home :-
Purchasing a new pet cat can be a wonderful experience, yet, it can
also be a little overwhelming and worrying, too, especially if you have
other animals! So just how do you go about introducing your new pet to
the rest of the household and do you really know the true needs of your
cat in order to look after them properly?
Introducing Your New Pet into Your Home
There are a number of factors that you will need to take into account
before you introduce your pet into your home. These include:
* When to introduce The Cat
While it may be extremely tempting to just bring the cat home and put
it down onto the floor to roam around freely, if you have other pets it
is an extremely bad idea! You simply cannot realistically expect your
other animals to get on with this new arrival instantly. It takes time
and if you do not introduce the cat into the home with plenty of time,
you could face daily conflicts for a long period of time!
So just how is it possible to bring a new cat home and not introduce it
to the rest of your pets? Well, the simplest way to do it is to put the
cat into a separate room and give it a litter tray, food, water, a bed
and plenty of toys to play with. Ensure that no other animal can get
into the room but allow them to be able to sniff under the door. It is
extremely likely that you will hear a lot of hissing and scratching as
the animals sniff each other under the door, but that will fade in time.
* How to Introduce the Cat
As well as keeping the new cat in a separate room, it is a good idea to
let the animals sniff each other indirectly. This basically means
wiping the new cat with a towel and letting the other animals sniff it
and vice versa. All the animals should, over time, get used to the new
scent and they will accept it as normal.
Another way is to switch the cat’s rooms every now and again. Let the
new cat into the main house and put the other animals into the cat’s
safety room in order to let them sniff around. Once you have done this
a few times, you can then step it up by allowing the animals to sniff
and see each other through a safety gate. Monitor their behavior and
obviously remove the animals from each other if they get too nasty with
each other. Over a period of time of doing this, you will notice an
improvement and eventually you will be able to introduce them into the
main house altogether without many problems.
Bringing a new cat home is exciting and it can be very rewarding also.
However, you really do need to take certain precautions if you already
have other pets. If you follow the instructions above, you should be
able to introduce your new pet into your home without much hassle. It
just takes time and patience but you will get there if you persevere!