the cat and the curiosity

Any thing is sufficient to interest it and to motivate it to play. This chronic curiosity is exerted sometimes, in spite of the prudence, can run important risks. There is age no to have curiosity for everything. The kittens are born deaf and blind. They move crawling by the floor, and leave a track with his scent that allows them to eet again its way to the interior of its nest. Before being on the awares, as soon as if it is possible to be attributed his strolls to the curiosity: the brain of the puppy has been finished developing.
Towards the 8 or 10 days, the puppy is on the awares, which allows to discover the universe him. It begins then to observe everything what it surrounds it. To this age its curiosity still cannot perfectly be satiated, because too much outside its nest risks little, between the dream and the sucked ones.

Towards the three weeks the kittens are already able to coordinate their movements. They try and look for to touch objects and make his first and true explorations. These attempts, are timid and the minimum acontecimeinto causes a fast return towards its mother. The puppy is interested in everything what it discovers: mordisquea, licks the surface and the objects that find, and it becomes familiar with his more and more ample means.

THE ISOLATION INHIBITS THE CURIOSITY

Towards the six weeks the puppy is open to all the new features and is this one an important period for its socialization. Soon its curiosity can be extinguished or on the contrary to stay. Everything depends on the stimuli that receive from their frequency and its nature.

It is then important that the man manipulates the kittens frequently to make forget all his fears them, a miedoso cat cannot exercise his curiosity. A cat that has been bred in confinement, without contacts with the outside, or other animals or humans, conserves in the adult age a certain reservation with respect to everything what it does not know, or mpor the minus will wake up its distrust. More information: the timid cat

The weaning is the occasion for the kittens to satisfy another nutritional and gustativa curiosity this time.

The curiosity, the game and the mimicry are behaviors characteristic of the cat. For example, seeing open to the man a door, the cat will have the idea to imitate it and to drive he himself the handle, attitude that can consider a game, but justified by the interest of which it can find behind the door. The cat is equipped with a great capacity of learning, that could not be explained not outside if because permanent it is devoured by an insatiable curiosity.

A cat that cannot satisfy its curiosity bores, and undergoes then diverse problems of behavior (bulimia, excessive bearing of the territory, toilette obsesionante, etc.)

WHEN THE CURIOSITY IS A DEFECT

A too peculiar cat runs risks. A cat that goes to the patio that is not closed can be seen attemped explore more and more vast territories, can cross the vecindario, houses of neighbors, cross streets, etc.

Within the house also it can be in dangerous situations, as well as for the children the kitchen is one of the most dangerous places. We have taken care of burned cats to lie down to sleep over still hot ashes of the firewood stove; we have had to remove hooks nailed in the mouth in cats that by curiosity revuelven in drawers where they are the fishing elements, etc.

THE PRANKS AND THE BOREDOM

When its curiosity cannot more be satisfied, the cat becomes bored. In addition this acrecenta when its master this almost all the absent day. This boredom can be declared of many ways, in individual with behavior problems. We found cases of bulimia; the boring cat eats to be occupied, and when being reduced his physical exercise, he becomes obese and its physical health can be seen seriously altered, being made more inclined contract diseases. More information: like knowing if he is obese and avoiding the obesity

Another problem of behavior is the excessive bearing of territory with tinkles it.

Also cases of excessive toilette are observed that it obsesses it. The continuous licked one can cause risks of injuries in skin which will be very difficult to treat medically, S.A. same time one does not surround by well-taken care of to the cat. Good amount of anomalies, from the aggressiveness to inertia, has had per origin the aburrimento. More information: anxiety and stress and undesirable behaviors.

With this it is clear that we must stimulate its curiosity, and propose varied toys to him so that with them is entertained.

As well as the isolation in the first weeks of life, are other factors that can inhibit the curiosity of the cat. A birth, a change of the form of life of the family, is source of disturbances that can cause stress to him and destabilize the curiosity of the cat.

Also a change can take to him to lose certain quota of curiosity, although it is momentarily, is why it is advised to increase to him the games to him with the proprietor.

Important note: The photos are ilustrativas of a small cat socializing with cobay rabbits and, never is necessary to leave an adult cat with this type of mascots, if they have not coexisted and socialized of small.

Author: Dr Alexander Garci'a
Tacuarí veterinary medicine

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