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Do flea collars really work? My experience has been that they, but they don t hurt either so we can look at form and fit. Fit is the most important consideration when buying a cat collar. If the collar is too tight it can cut off the cat s air and blood supply. Choking your cat is not a good thing!! If it s too loose the collar can get caught up on branches and fences while your cat is out playing. 

At all times, there should be fresh clean water available to your cat. Cats usually take care of their own grooming so the owner need not worry about this aspect. Cats like to clean themselves using their rough tongue. Although, the owner can help comb his cat when the breed has long hair. When the cat stops grooming itself, then that is the time that the owner should worry. 

When the cat obeys, praise and stroke it. Treat your cat with food when it does well, it will learn to associate a good behaviour with food. But don t over do it, it will soon so it without help. Do not ignore your cat when you are mad at it, cats do not understand this behaviour and will feel insecure. 

If a fight does break out, distract the combatants and get them into separate rooms as soon as possible, never punish either cat. The process of introducing a new kitten to an older cat, can often be relatively stress free and need not be full of problems. The key is in making the introduction slowly, and perhaps the best tip of all is to give your older cat just as much attention and affection as you give the newcomer. 

Cats were hunters. They needed those sharp teeth to help them to climb trees and to leap down on their prey. Although your cat is not likely to be pouncing on their dinner anymore, they still instinctively need to sharpen their claws and that is exactly what they are doing on your furniture. The scratching that they do is a way of trimming their nails and it removes the old outer part of the claws. 

There are many breeds of cats if you want a particular kind but some of the most beautiful cats are those that are mixed breeds. Cats are very smart animals too so they will quickly catch up to what you like from them and what you don t based on the praise you give them. Contrary to popular belief, cats are obedient and they want their owner s to be happy with them.