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Spraying is a behavior in cats, mainly males, which many owners confuse with urinating outside the litter box. The difference between the two is that a cat will urinate on a flat horizontal surface. Spraying is most often done on a vertical surface. Female cats will spray on horizontal surfaces, but it is rare.

The primary reason a cat sprays is because felines are very territorial animals and like to mark their turf by spraying urine to let other cats know who owns that little piece of the world. If you notice things being marked near windows or screen doors where your cat can see outside it’s a pretty good chance there is a cat hanging around your house or passing by frequently.

Many times a cat will spray because of psychological problems such as anxiety, stress or a feeling of being threatened by something or someone. If personal items are being sprayed it is usually a sign that your cat has some issues with the person. The addition of a new cat or even having too many cats for the size of your house can cause spraying problems. If the cat is put into a stressful situation like someone new moving in (a new baby) or being introduced into a new living environment they might feel the need to spray.

By taking time to examine the events going on in your cat’s life, you may be able to eliminate this behavior. There are products sold at pet stores that contain odors only your cat can smell. These are designed to comfort your cat. Another thing that often eliminates spraying behavior is to have your cat neutered. In most cases, this is the most effective method as it alleviates the territorial instinct in your cat. This is yet one more argument for neutering.

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Many people have a strong opinion as to whether or not they should neuter their kitty. There are those who have kittens who think it’s a dreadful idea to take the possibility of having kittens away from their kitten – or can’t begin to imagine why they have to consider something like that about a tiny little kitty. Then there are those who don’t have cats and think all cats should be neutered and so get a reputation for not liking cats.

The truth of the situation is that unless you want your kitty to have, or father, kitties of its own, you really need to consider neutering your kitten as soon as possible. Many people think that they have to wait until their queen kitty goes through her first “heat” cycle. This isn’t the case. She”ll be just fine if you get her done as soon as her system is mature enough to cope. Usually this is around 5 months old. If you wait and she has that cycle, be prepared for the loudly serenading “beaus” who come “calling” at 2am!

Neutering your kitten early means that they are less likely to have much reaction to the operation at all – as with humans, the young are more adaptable to their situations. Within a couple of hours of surgery, a neutered kitten is likely to be back on his feet and wobbling in the direction of his supper! He will wash and wash at the stitches until you are terrified that he will wash them out, and you”ll take some preventative measure to ensure that nothing happens to them overnight! By the next day kitty should be swinging once again from your curtains.

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Although most cat owners can see the advantage of neutering their queen, not many realize that by neutering a tom, they not only stop him from populating the local area with off-spring, but they will take that ‘tom cat” smell away. The urine of a neutered tom cat usually smells less intrusive that that of a non-neutered one.

Regardless what some people may think, neutering your kitten isn’t a negative thing. If anything you are liberating your cat to go out into the world, confident that it’s not going to be helping to populate

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Before deciding what to train your cat to do, you need to consider what activities come naturally to cats.

You may have heard someone liken a nearly impossible task to the challenge of “herding cats”. Imagine how difficult it would be to gather a number of cats into a herd and drive them down the road like cattle!

For thousands of years cattle have instinctively gathered into herds for their own protection. Predators try to separate off weak beasts from the herd, or watch for stragglers, but will rarely attack a herd for fear of being charged down by a stampede. Cattle readily form into a herd and are amenable to being driven along by their cowboy herders because it is a natural behavior.

Cats have no such natural history, and are instead fiercely independent and solitary hunters. Forming into a herd to move around is just simply not part of their natural behavior.

A successful cat training project begins with the selection of a desired behavior that is consistent with a cat’s natural and instinctive behavior patterns. It will be a dispiriting uphill battle for both you and the cat if you set out to train it to do things that don’t come naturally.

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A big mistake that many people make is to try and impose the behavior patterns of a dog on their cat. For example, games like fetching thrown sticks or balls are enjoyed by most dogs, but appear to be a total mystery and a pointless activity to most cats. In particular, cats rarely respond instantly to a command as is often the case with a dog. Cats prefer to first take a few minutes to assess the situation each time, and decide whether it suits them to do what you ask or not. They are very aware of their environment and easily distracted, but they are also creatures of habit.

Good training projects to begin with are those that build desirable habits. How, when and where your cat does its toiletries is often the first training project. Feeding patterns, including how to use self or automatic feeders if you use them, are popular habits to teach. Other desirable habits to be developed include using a cat door, coming in at night, coming when called, sleeping where you want, using a scratching pole and respecting the furniture. Though mundane, these are the important habits of domestication.

There is a lot more fun to be had teaching your cat some tricks. Cats love to play games to do with stealth, pouncing and catching, which reflect how they hunt. A daily habit of a short play session each evening, when they are more alert, is often popular with cats, and is an opportunity to develop some unique skills or party tricks.

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