Kitten Behavior

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Kitten behaviour - From birth to two weeks, kittens lear to respond to different sounds. the kitten will show aggression if being separated from their mother or other litter mates at this stage. This may also cause the kitten to have poor learning skills unfortunately.
Between two to seven weeks, kittens will develop their sense of smell and hearing. Also at this stage they will be able to walk a little and their eye sight will slightly improve. This is also their teething period.
From seven to fourteen weeks kittens will increase their physical and social skills as they spend a lot of time playing. Swell as this they start to observe their mother more. kittens between three to six months old are influenced most by their litter mates in which they start showing their domineering side swell as their submissive side.
Six to eight months old they start to go through their adolescence period and increase their domineering behaviour. their sexual behaviour also shows up.

Senior behaviour - Usually cats live longer than dogs generally. However a cat will age physically and they will need special attention in their senior years as they become very fragile. Their sense of hearing will
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They can also tell the difference between high pitched sounds that mammals make. As the cat waits for the prey to show itself, it lays low, waiting in anticipation and excitement when ready it will pounce. mice are generally killed with a bite to the neck, baby birds and insects will be killed by their paws. Sometimes the cat will play with their food beforehand before eating the whole thing. Cats will eat their food slowly , they are not competitive. it is useful for multi cat households to have a number of different feeding areas located around the home as some cats can be quite domineering with their

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