Saturday, May 7, 2011

Notwithstanding the nature of the Cats

There are several factors about cat behavior which deviates slightly from its normal habits, especially those that occur in this case is that deviant behavior in eating behavior. This property is referred to as cannibalism. There are several dining on cat behavior both seen as normal or abnormal.

Copropagia
Copropagia is the behavior of eating feces sendiri.Tapi this is normal when the mother cat caring for her children when she was less than 30 days, I mean this is the female urogenital region at the same time stimulating the perineal area clean. This is when the parent takes her child waste products such as feces and urine. In addition, copropagia can keep clean and reduces odor in the box / basket / cage. This behavior becomes unusual when the parent continues to copropagia after weaning child.

Cannibalism / infantisid
Cannibalism or infantisid often become normal behavior in male and female cats. Parent become cannibals when the child abortion, a child born dead, or the child is very weak. This occurs to reduce the spread of diseases to the kittens, who are still healthy, keep the cage / box stays clean, and maintain optimal kittens who are still healthy. On the other hand, the parent gets the nutritional benefits of consuming a dead child. Sometimes the mother will kill her children who seem healthy. Environmental factors that cause children show early signs of illness (such as weak, unwilling to move, hyperthermia or hypothermia) or infantisid trigger cannibalism. Parent of stress, feeding the wrong, and hormonal deficiencies have contributed in terms of cannibalism, while the experience of the parent is not guarantee for the absence of cannibalism.

Male cats, in the case of cannibalism was not going to indiscriminately kill kittens and have no link with any case. This occurs when a male cat strong and have the power to enter new areas and meet with the parent-child nursing kittens. Thus, this incident becomes unusual because of the presence of male cats.

Health status, feed management, maintenance and management should be reviewed against the parent-parent, especially at the cattery or breeder who experience frequent incidence of cannibalism. Male cats should not have access to enter the area the kittens, to reduce the occurrence of infatisid.

Eat plants and grass
Eat plants and grass is normal behavior in cats. Many explanations are put forward for the behavior of cats that eat grass. Grass can not be digested in the digestive tract of cats, has resulted in local irritation and sometimes to stimulate vomiting. So eat the grass can be a purgative (laxative) to eliminate the hair or materials other undigested.

The response to catnip
The smell of catnip (Nepeto cataria) can make a little wild cat behavior 5-15 minutes after exposure smell it. Cats be stubborn for 1 hour or more after response initiation begins. This is because the active ingredient cis-transnepetalactone, which may provide actions such as hallucinations, although substance-related central nervous stimulus estrus / estrus. The response given by a cat to catnip rubbed his head and bergeleng his head, watery-drool, stare, skin vibrating, rolling, jumping around. Only 50-70% of cats that show this behavior. If exposure of this catnip diperlama will enter the advanced stage which is partially lost consciousness.

Chewing hair
Including abnormal behavior in kucing.Tingkah this behavior began to appear during puberty, when the cat started licking, sucking, chewing or eating hair or fabric materials. Cats are like this, will find the smell of lanolin or sweat, or is a manifestation of advanced nursing. This strong genetic in Siamese cats, crosses between Siamese, Burmese. Chewing fur can be overcome by eliminating access to objects that may attract attention and to manipulate behavior, or with high-fiber foods or food supply is always dry.

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