Scottish kitten care

You can not just buy a Scottish Fold kitten and not care about its content. Like any other pet, he needs affection, proper care, education and balanced food. Otherwise, an arrogant cat with excellent health and smooth hair will not grow out of it.

Usually Scottish Fold kittens are separated from their mother cat at 2-3 months of age, but breeders are looking for a host immediately after their birth, because:

• pets are quite expensive;
• the future owner will need time to prepare the house for the relocation of the kitten.

For the Scottish kitten do not buy anything supernatural. He needs bowls for water and food, a scraper, a toilet tray, toys and a bedding bench.

Ideally, the kitten should have three bowls: the first for water, the second for wet, and the third for dry food. In order not to create a jumble of them in the kitchen, costing two shallow bowls of metal or ceramic with low sides, provided that one of them (the one for the feed) will be two-section. At the same time, a cup of water is kept away from it.

For the kitten equip a secluded corner, so that he played alone, rested from everyone and everything. The main thing in it - couch. What it will be depends on the taste of the owner. They buy either a separate house, and a scraper to it, or a house with a kogtetochka, made in the same design, or a rug (an old darned one will do).

There are several types of cat litter. Appropriate to choose, familiar with the advantages and disadvantages of the model you like from the table below.

Sometimes the Scottish Fold kitten appears in the house earlier than 2-3 months of age. If he is only a month old, they listen to the recommendations of the person from whom the pet is being bought. Often they are traditional, and the only difference in nutrition is in nutrition (in four weeks of life, stable eating habits are formed).

Almost from birth, kittens have their eyes cleaned in order to get them accustomed to hygiene. The procedure is carried out every 5-7 days. To do this, pick up a cotton pad, moisten it in water and gently treat it to the corners of the eyes, the upper and lower parts of the eyeball.

If the kitten has suppurations in the eye area, the procedure is carried out more often.During the day, eyes are treated two or three times with plain water or a weak solution of chamomile. In a solution (in water), a cotton wool or soft cloth is moistened, and then applied to the inflamed area. If inflammation does not go away within a week, contact the veterinarian.

From the first days they teach the kitten to trim the claws. In cats of this breed, claws are cut on the front paws. A haircut is carried out once a month, cutting off the tip of the nail (no more than two millimeters) with a manicure scissors or a feline claw cutter. Having cut off more, the risk to damage a blood vessel and strongly frighten the pet is great.

Scottish Fold themselves cope with the care of wool. Although they are neat cats, but you can not let everything run on its own. The pet store gets a special brush for wool with short and frequent teeth or a silicone glove. Hair is combed once every two weeks to prevent it from getting lumps in the stomach.

The main rule of care for a Scottish kitten: you can not bathe him without special need. Sometimes he gets very dirty or picks up fleas while walking on the street. You can not bathe the kitten, if he is not even 2 months old (it is better to protect him from contamination if possible). If you cannot do without bathing, then warm water is poured into the pelvis (the optimum temperature is + 36 ° C). Wash your pet with the addition of a special shampoo.

Sometimes one bathing is enough to greatly scare the Scottish fold and forever discourage her from swimming. She is afraid of the sound of water. To distract her from him, put in the water rubber toys. To prevent water from getting into the ears, they are covered with a cotton swab. To prevent irritation of the mucous membrane, oil drops are instilled into the eyes.

A young cat is not only cared for, but also raised. If you do not accustom her to the toilet and claw, then later she will make a mess and destroy all the furniture in the house.

Much depends on which filler is chosen for cat litter. To get used to it quickly, do not put sand in the tray. Use natural wood or compressed into granules filler. The first few weeks do not wash it often and carefully, so that the pet easily finds it by smell.

If from the first day in a new house we teach a kitten to a scraper, having matured, it will not scratch furniture, tear up clothes and wrap wallpaper on the wall. For this purpose, a new object is shown to an animal, a toy is tied to it, attracting attention, or they are sprinkled onto cat-mint flavored upholstery on a soft clapboard.

Scottish Fold instill in accordance with the schedule. You can not refuse vaccination, even if your cat does not visit the street. Otherwise, there is a high risk of contracting a dangerous disease. Before going to the vet must drink antihelminthic drugs. At the reception are a healthy kitten.

Carefully think out a diet for a kitten. It must be balanced. It is fed dry and wet food or natural food.

Experienced breeders feed Scottish Fold with dry and wet premium or super-premium feed. They are balanced, contain minerals and vitamins. Food for kittens choose special, with the appropriate inscription on the package. Otherwise, the normal development will be under threat, and the daily rate will be more than necessary.

Rarely fed purebred cats ordinary food. Food "off the table" does not fit. It is necessary to cook one for the household, and for the kitten another.He is boiled buckwheat, rice, oatmeal in milk, without adding butter. Give a little ground beef with oatmeal and yolk. Sour milk products are gradually introduced as a substitute for milk. Kittens are fed with boiled vegetables and boiled offal.

On whether the Scottish Fold Seal is properly kept or not, its longevity and character depend.

On how to care for the Scottish kitten, see the following video.