Frequently Asked Questions.......

Q.18) : Why do some cats continue to soil carpets, effusing to use a littler box or tray?

Ans. : Cats usually learn to relieve themselves in certain areas and substances, like sand, dirt, wood chips, or clay, as long as it is clean. If you have a cat with good toilet habits, the new one will automatically learn good habits. The reverse is true, as well.


Given below are a few suggestions which may help:


 Get one more litter box, than the number of cats you have. This allows a fussy cat to defecate in one box and urinate in another.


 Clean the litter box at least thrice daily. Wash the litter box at least twice a week. Replace the box frequently.


 Make sure the size and placing of the litter box is convenient for the cat. The box needs to be deep enough to allow your cat to dig, with sides that are low enough for even tiny, or arthritic cats to step over. Select a box which is 1 ½ times the size of your cat. The box should be in a place where the cat can use it undisturbed and unobserved.


 Cats dig where they like. If your act digs into your bathmat, but not in the litter box, find litter that feels similar to the bathmat. That may induce her to use the box.


 Take care to keep food away from the litter you use for the litter box.


 Cats are born with blue-eyes. If their eyes change color, it is generally when the kitten is four to five weeks old.


 Kittens can’t hear till they are about two weeks old.


 Within two or three days of birth, each kitten chooses one of his mother’s nipples and from then on will only take milk from there.


 The cat is the only animal that purrs. Domestic cats can purr while exhaling or inhaling, but big cats (lions and tigers) can purr only when exhaling.


 Cats purr at the frequency of 25 vibrations per second, and their hearts beat about 155 times per minute. Their body temperature is about 102 degrees Fahrenheit.


 A cat can turn its outer ear towards a sound about ten times faster than a dog. Cats have more than 40,000 nerve fibers in their ears, and can hear sounds (like a can opener) up to two octaves higher than humans can.


 A cat generally has 24 whiskers (called vibrissae), 12 on each side of the face. The whiskers are divided into upper and lower rows, which move independently of each other, and are used to detect objects in low light, or to slip through narrow openings such as the opening of a cat carrier.