When you take your furry friend home 帶您的幼貓回家時(一)

[JoAnneWuYoung]

One thing you should do before you bring your kitten home is to ensure your household ready for the big event!

First few days;
Cats are, by nature, highly temitorial, which means they need a place to call their own; it is important to their emotional well-being. CAts love their homes, and you too, of couse! Your new cat/kitten is already in a state of stress from having been brought to a new home with new people in strange surroundings. Please be aware of some plants are also deadly poisonous, please click me for more infomations.

當您帶著認養的幼貓回家前，您必須確定家中的佈置及擺設不會傷及幼貓。例如：幼貓好奇活動力高，他們愛跳上跳下，在他們穩定前，請把易碎品收整好。在家中擺有植物者，並要注意那一些植物是對貓狗有毒的，如百合，長春滕或萬年青等植株。

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Your goal is to help make your furry fmaily member feel comfortable and safe as quickly as possible. We have found that confining the kitten to a small room (the bathroom is good) for the first few days is a great way to start. Make sure that food and litter and a warm soft bed are in the room. Be sure that you continue with the same fod and litter your new cat or kitten is used to as they are undergoing enough changes as it is. A hot water bottle under the blanket is soothing, and the old tale of rubbing a big of butter on the pads of the feet actually does help it settle in! Grooming gives a cat a sense of contentment. So licking the butter off helps the cat to feel more settled. Just as you wouldn't leave a toddler home alone to run around unsupervised, it doesn't make sense to leave kittens unsupervised either. You would be suprised at the places they ca find to hide that you ddin't know existed. Some shy cats and kittens may hide under a peice of furniture for as long as a week while others will be ready to come out and explore right away. Spend as much time as possible in the room with the kitten, speaking gently and soothingly, but don't try to force it out of hiding. The cat will let you know when it is ready to begin exploring more of the house.

幼貓進入家中的前幾天，貓咪們，天生就俱有地盤行為，意思是他們要一個屬於他們自己的空間，貓咪們會利用前額頭上的前列腺體散發出特殊氣味並加以磨擦到物貓或傢俱上來留下自己獨特的味道，並且向外宣告這是他的地方。貓咪喜愛有自己的空間，當然您也是囉。您的新寵物伴侶已經是在一種緊迫的情形下被帶入一個新環境，認識新的味道，所以您所提供的空間更是要讓您的寵物伴侶感到安心。

您的目標是必須幫助您的寵物伴侶在短時間內感到舒適及有安全感。在JoAnne 中途的幾年經驗中，我們發現讓回到的前幾天，先侷限在小房間內(或浴廁間)是比較好的開始。但您必須在小房間裡備有食物，貓沙及柔暖舒適的床。開始時，您可以在家讓幼貓從小房間出來探索，好奇的小幼貓可能會因離開原本的房間而喵喵的叫，您可以利用逗貓棒或撫摸的方式來安撫小貓對陌生環境的不安感。當幼貓也對大環境不感到威脅時，您便可以將其用品移出來到大環境，有要注意的是，不要更換不用的貓沙或食物，即使一定要更換，也請以混搭的方式來慢慢更換。在換到大環境的同時，第一件事就是把幼貓抱進貓沙盆裡，讓幼貓可以自己定位出貓沙盆在位置。有一些很害羞的幼貓會躲在您意想不到的地方，此時，當您有機會摸到幼貓時，可以在您的手上塗一些奶油，可以吸引幼貓近距離的與您接觸，也可以讓較害羞的幼貓早一點習慣有您的味道。如果可以的話，多花一點互動玩要的時間，您可以利用丟鈴鐺球，逗貓棒及貓草玩具來拉近您與幼貓的距離感哦！但是千萬千萬不要用您的手去逗弄您的幼貓，以免被幼貓當成是他的同伴，也以他的方式來和您玩要，即便是被攻擊，也請您要制止幼貓的行為也要包容幼貓哦！

另外，不必要的噪音及大動作也要避免，輕聲細語及輕柔的動作會更快讓您的毛毛朋友有安全感哦！也不要使幼貓從他們躲藏的地方出來，可能用玩具有食物來誘引。幼貓的過渡期可能有幾天甚至幾個月，您的耐心及細心和包容是讓幼貓在短時間內適應新的環境和味道。


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