Pleasing 4 Pets

As the owner of a cat, it’s easy to forget that the ordinary behaviour that they exhibit were traditionally the reasons that they were kept as pets. In days gone by cats were kept as a way to avoid infestations of pests such as rats and mice.

All felines encompass a natural instinct and desire to hunt. The majority of household cats typically prefer to hunt at dawn or duck, opting to pursue weaker and smaller creatures as prey. They each have the required physical capabilities and skills to be successful and proficient hunters.

However, the domestic cats that we know and love often do not choose to seek prey on a daily basis, and when they do hunt, will do so for their own entertainment or amusement and not as a means of acquiring food for themselves. Even the most satisfied and submissive cat will hunt, since they appear to delight in the stalking, pursuit and ambush of smaller, fast moving prey.

After a hunt your cat may often bring you his prey as a gift, an action which he expects to receive praise for, since he believes that he has displayed considerable skill and prowess in order to bring you his prize.

As a means of discouraging their pets from hunting some owners will attach a bell to their cats’ collar to alert birds or other possible prey to their presence. However the vast majority of felines are skilled enough to learn how to keep the bell quiet when hunting and an obvious downside of wearing a bell is that it may alert other predators to the presence of your cat, making them more vulnerable in the outside world.