Easy To Understand Tips And Advice About Cats

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Easy To Understand Tips And Advice About Cats
Intriguing and inquisitive, cats are the preferred pet for millions of people. As the owner of a cat, it is important that you learn how to properly care for them, so they can be healthy and live longer. The following article will help you with this.

Keep your cat from your drapery cords. You should not allow your cat to play with drape cords since they could end up with the cord wrapped around their neck. This could kill them. Pin the cords of your drapes up where your cat can't get to them.

Older cats will appreciate a heated bed you can use a heated tile to create one! Simply heat a terra-cotta tile in a 200 degree oven for 20 minutes. Put the tile inside a towel and put it under the cat's bedding. If you want, change it now and then so the warmth continues.

You can also consider outfitting your cat with a chip so you can monitor its whereabouts. Even indoor cats can decide to run away at a moment's notice, escaping through an open window. Tags and collars may be able to help you get your cat back, but cats can sometimes take these things off or they could get hung up on a tree or anything. Microchips are very small, approximately as large as a single grain of rice. Although they are small, they can hold your entire contact information. Scanners to read pet microchips are available in every town and they will not come out from under the skin.

Cats appreciate all the affection you can give. They usually offer us warm companionship, and they require the same. Cats have a need to communicate with others to show they are part of the family. Your cat wants to be as much a member of the family as anyone else.

While cats are good pets for children generally, smaller children may treat them too roughly. Teach your kids how to treat a cat. Spend some time showing them how to lift a cat and how they can interact with the cat. Cats should be handled more gently since their bones are more fragile than those of dogs.

As you can now see, cats make outstanding pets. But they should be treated as the special species they are. They behave differently and have different nutritional needs. Read this article several times to make sure that you glean all of the information you can from it. Your furry friend will say thank you in his own special way when you reward him with all your new knowledge!