Groom The Cat

Cats are mischievous animals, they enjoy lurking around corners preying on anything that moves. As they say, ‘curiosity killed the cat’, even a piece of thread blowing in the wind could set your cat off in a wild playful frenzy; it just depends on your cats nature. Kittens in particular are prone to this playful sort of nature. We always seem to associate them with yarns of wool, unfortunately it’s not quite like that. If offered a sofa to pluck or a yarn of wool to play with, I’m sure most kittens would opt for the sofa. So, if your cat does the dirty in the wrong place, prowls around on your kitchen table or attempts to rip your furniture to shreds; how do we go about scolding them?

Some think it’s best to ’slap’ the kitten or cat on its side, however this is highly unadvised. If your cat has done something wrong, instead of attempting to cause your cat any pain (which you shouldn’t do!), lightly tap your cat or kitten on the nose and warn the cat in a low angry voice. Pointing the finger often works too, but remember you should gently tap your cat on the nose, not hit or beat as the cats mother once patted the kitten gently on the nose as this was a sign of wrongdoing.

Others suggest spraying the cat with water, whilst others advise diluting the water with a cheap fragrance. From my experience, a combination of tapping the nose and a low loud angry voice seems to work. Spraying your cat with water usually means having to lift out a spray bottle, and as time passes the cat will see the bottle and run a mile; meaning no punishment can be given. However, each cat is different and each will respond to punishments differently. I guess it’s best to prevent as opposed to curing the problem, if you bring your kitten up to learn what’s wrong and right i.e. use the litter tray and not the carpet, then most problems should be avoided early and very little scolding should need to be done.

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