Training a cat to hunt

How to train your cat to hunt with out eating the prey

Does you cat seem to be hunting all the time, pouncing on the toys as they
were going in for the kill, raking their claws over your feet as if they
are a piece of meat ?

Hunting is a natural behavior for your cat. Will they eat the prey?

Kittens when they are born have the natural instincts to hunt. However,
cats do not to eat their prey. Eating the prey is a taught behavior not one
that is natural to a cat. Allowing a cat to eat its prey is not a good idea
as a cat can contract diseases from other animals. This in turn can cause
death to the cat or large vet bills to have the cat become healthily again.

Kittens are born they learn by playing to adjust the speed, coordination
and learn the distant for the prey. Mothers of kittens if allowed to will
kill the prey and bring it home for the kittens to eat, with eventually
bring home partial killed pray for the kitten to learn how to finish the
prey and eat it. This is a important factor when looking for a kitten to
raise. If you were not going to have the kitten eat its prey then you would
not want to get a kitten that has learned this behavior. If the kitten will
come to a home will the intentions are to help hunt and kill prey then you
will want to look over the mother as well as the kitten to find out just
what type of behavior the mother has taught the kitten .

Families that have farms are usually the ones that are looking for cats and
kittens that are good hunters. This help keeps the population of mice down
in the barn, feed rooms, and areas that attract many mice. Cats and kittens
that are good hunters that are allowed to eat their prey also need
attention for balance meals. You will want to feed them good healthy food
with the vitamins that they will be missing from the prey. Also depending
on the time of year, you will want to offer some good healthy food, as the
prey population depletes some.

If you have adopted a pet cat and you see that it is eating the prey, you
will be able to train the cat to not to eat the prey.

First, if you see the cat eating the prey, take it from them and offer them
food right away some type of meat for cats that will give your cat the
healthy balance diet that they need.

Second, tell the cat that you do not approve of the meal they have chosen
to eat. You will not want to punish the cat for this, but to let them know
you do not approve of this. Make sure that you are leaving enough food for
the cat to eat so that they know they have something eat most the time

Do not allow your cat to eat off the table, or scraps that are left over
from meals. This not a healthy food diet for cats or kittens to eat. A cat
or kitten to needs good vitamins and protein, to build healthy bones,
mussels and brains cells. This can also lead a cat to hunt and eat the
prey. If allowed then the training for the cat not to eat, the prey will be
hard to do.