At four months of age, you’ll notice signs of puberty beginning to make themselves known in your kitten. Your mellow kitten is all of a sudden climbing the walls and trying to escape every time a door opens. Your once quiet kitten starts singing in high-pitched tones at all hours of the night. An unspayed female cat usually reaches the peak of sexual maturity at six months of age but now is a good time to think about getting her spayed.
Here’s what you should be thinking about with a 4-month-old kitten:
┬╗ How to Teach Your Kitten to Scratch His Post, Not Your Furniture
Scratching is an inborn and hard-wired behavior in your kitten. It serves a variety of vital functions including grooming, territory marking, emotional release and stretching. Your kitten needs to scratch, and if you don’t want him to scratch your carpets or furniture, you need to provide him with a better alternative. Here are some suggestions┬á┬╗
┬╗ Four Ingestible Hazards for Your Kitten
As you’ve discovered by now, your kitten is an amazingly curious and resourceful hunter of fun things to do and eat. Unfortunately, some of those things can be harmful or even fatal. Worse, they tend to be very common items in almost every home. Here are four items to keep out of your kitten’s reach┬á┬╗
┬╗ Three Signs That Your Kitten Has Reached Puberty
It’s almost inevitable: One day you’ll wake up to find that your kitten is acting just plain weird! Your mellow kitten suddenly starts climbing the walls and trying to escape every time a door opens. Your quiet kitten now engages in moaning arias all night and day. Here are more signs that indicate your little kitten is growing up┬á┬╗
┬╗ The Mechanics of Spaying and Neutering
We discussed the signs of sexual maturity in your kitten. Now, we’ll talk to you about what exactly is involved in spaying or neutering. The descriptions won’t be illustrated, so if the sight of blood makes you queasy, don’t be afraid to read on. Our primer on spaying and neutering is this way┬á┬╗
