You may want to adopt two kittens for your household. Kittens will be playmates long into adulthood if they stay together from birth. The duo will stay content and healthy. The reverse is true if you try to bring a kitten into the home of an adult cat. He or she will feel like its turf has been invaded and may never accept the kitten and play with it.
Another way of exercising your cat is to have your cat or kitten climb a flight of stairs. My cat, Chester, loves to run up the stairs with me. Do this two or three times a week. To motivate your cat, if it does not chase after you climbing the stairs, place his or her meal at the top or bottom of the stairs.
Food can be used to stimulate exercise, but in order to do this you need to put your cat on a habitual food schedule. This is done so you can forecast when your feline friend is hungry. He or she will forecast when it is meal time in the place of simply eating food out of its bowl that is offered continually. If you feed your can on a time schedule, your cat will react to food rewards.
Oh where, oh where can my food be? Try hiding food from your cat. He or she will enjoy finding it and using its natural hunting skill. Your cat's enthusiasm for food will be the tool you will need to get your cat moving towards a small bit of cheese or some baby food at the end of a spoon.
If you put your cat on a food schedule, he or she will be anxious to eat morsels of food placed around your home. Food that won't make a mess are the best to use, such as dry food or pieces of hard cheese. This should be done before you head out for work or school. These pieces of food will be readily found because of your cat's keen sense of smell. You could try to put a morsel of food by the T.V or one beneath your sofa. Unlike humans, your cat's world is three dimensional. Because of that fact, leave food on top of the refrigerator or at a spot that it likes to sit. Your cat will enjoy the exercise of finding treats and this will give him or her needed exercise.
