Abnormal cat feeding should be resolved as soon as possible
How to solve the abnormal feeding of cats? Let cats develop good habits! Abnormal predation often has many potential threats. Indiscriminate eating can easily lead to foreign objects stuck in the throat of cats, or food poisoning caused by accidental food intake . Therefore, if the cat has such behavior, it should be corrected in time to prevent its health from being endangered. Of course, if you want to solve the problem, you still need to find the root cause of the problem. Only by finding out what causes the cat to prey abnormally can the problem be solved fundamentally.
The abnormal feeding behavior of cats mainly includes anorexia, pica and anorexia. Anorexia: Cats show refusal to eat any food, depression, and sometimes cats go on a hunger strike for many days, and quickly lose weight, become debilitated, or even die. Most of the occurrence of this situation is caused by unclean feeding places or utensils, such as raising cats in the cat’s feces and urine piles, near the bedpan or beside the trash can, and there are unclean items in the food bowl that have not been disposed of in time. Clean food. Therefore, the effective measure to change this abnormal behavior is to feed the cat with clean utensils in a relatively clean place away from the place where cat feces and urine are piled up. Second, anorexia can also be caused by a cat’s poor sense of smell due to respiratory disease. In this regard, the cat should be forced to eat while treating the upper respiratory tract disease. Delicious food, such as fish, pork, etc., can be forcibly inserted into the cat’s mouth to stimulate the taste receptors in the mouth to induce appetite.
Anorexia is one of the manifestations of abnormal feeding, and abnormal predation is also a manifestation of abnormal feeding. A cat’s predation is the act of chasing and catching other prey. In general, cats prey mainly on mice and rats. There are also flies, butterflies and other related animals. The abnormal predation behavior of cats is mainly manifested in catching free-range chickens from the owner’s or neighbor’s house, bringing dead chickens or mice home, or chasing home rabbits, or catching caged chickens or birds (of course, these situations Fewer are found for domestic cats living in cities). This behavior of cats can be stopped by the following methods:
1. Tie a bell to the cat’s neck. Use the sound of a bell to alert chickens or rabbits to reduce losses. In addition, the bell can also remind the owner to stop the cat’s abnormal predatory behavior in time.
2. Place the mousetrap upside down around the chicken cage or rabbit cage, and use the sound of the mousetrap when the cat approaches the cage to scare the cat away. After 3 to 6 times in this way, the cat’s abnormal feeding behavior can be terminated.
3. When the cat approaches the flock of chickens or rabbits, spray the cat with a water gun. After 8-10 times, the cat’s abnormal predatory behavior is cured.
4. Apply deodorant to the nose of the sick cat, once a day for 3 consecutive days. Then spray the same deodorant on the chicken coop or rabbit cage. Since cats develop an aversion to deodorant, they will no longer approach deodorant-coated chicken or rabbit cages. After a period of time, the cat will not approach the cage even if the deodorant is not applied to the cage.
Irregular feeding behavior will not only have a great impact on the cat’s health, but also cause certain financial losses to others, so if you find yourself If the cat has a similar situation, it is necessary to find out the reasons for its abnormal feeding in time, and then carry out relevant treatment to solve these problems as soon as possible, so as to avoid unnecessary influence and harm.
