It is possible to make life of a cat comfortable without considerable financial investments. For this purpose it is enough to make all necessary elements of make-shifts. The pet will be glad to a claw sharpener, the vacation spot, self-made toys.
In the house - not only joy and an opportunity to cheerfully spend time, but also need the space in the house is correct to organize Kot. Purchase of all cat, necessary for the organization of life, can be not done in special pet-shops. There are products which are easy for making independently. Life hacks will help to organize the correct conditions for the pet's life
Make the vacation spot to a cat
For this purpose it will be required to take 4 small tables bought in IKEA, a rope, screws and brackets. At first record tables one on another by means of brackets. Try to fasten elements among themselves very strong. Lower the table has to lie on a table-top, but not on legs. Wrap up the last in a cord. It will allow to make a lazalka with a claw sharpener.
Forever forget about an unpleasant smell from a tray
Most of all owners of animals irritate existence of an unpleasant smell in the apartment. It is possible to cope with it if to add a leaf of green tea to a tray to filler. If did not help, replace the last or pour a little usual baking soda. It is capable to neutralize the substances which are in urine at a cat.
Protect the upholstered furniture from the pet's claws
Make spray which will beat off desire to climb on your favourite chair. Are for this purpose necessary:
- small bottle with a spray;
- little liquid soap;
- eucalyptus oil;
The bottle should be filled with water on ¾ parts. To add transparent liquid was also on 10 drops of oils. Properly to shake up everything before receiving homogeneous mass. Splash those places in the apartment where you do not want the cat to appear.
Protect flowers from a cat
Animals often rummage in the earth with plants. Sometimes use them instead of a toilet. It is possible to avoid it if to organize absolute obstacles before a cat. It can be usual cones, large crushed stone or stones. Some owners use decorative elements that not only to prevent scattering of the earth on all apartment, but also to give to plants beautiful appearance.
Protect wires
If you do not want the pet to play with wires, then spill on them means, frightening off cats. Check that at this moment they were deenergized. It is possible and just to use corrugated tubules for protection.
Make a balcony safe
Buy a walking verandah with a possibility of installation and fastening at windows or balconies. If you want to make the safe place for walks, it is possible:
- to design a walking complex the hands;
- to use a spacious dog cage;
- to close internal perimeter of a balcony a protection.
Make a repellent from fleas
For its production it will be required:
- bottle with a spray;
- 2 glasses of water;
- 2 tablespoons of tincture of a witch-hazel;
- 1 lemon;
- tablespoon of a dried lavender.
To mix all components except a witch-hazel, to take on weak fire of 30 minutes. When water cools down, to pass through a colander. To add remained ingredient.
Organize a claw sharpener
The cheapest option is to find a small stump of a deciduous tree, to purify bark with a rough brush, a log to dry up and fix on a support. It is possible to make a claw sharpener of burlap or corrugated fibreboard. It is necessary to hang up them near upholstered furniture, then the animal quickly will understand that it is necessary to sharpen claws not about a sofa.
Make toys for a cat
Plastic eggs from under kinders, threads, sticks or small plumelets can be used. Any cat will be satisfied if to please him with the self-made rod made of a rope, a stick and the small toy tied to a rope.
Equip a game zone
It is the simplest to make lodges of cardboard with various tunnels. Boxes can be taken free of charge in any shop. Put in a corner and a ladder that the cat could climb her. Let the child will decorate the place for games.
As it is safe for itself and cats to provide water procedures
Do not neglect a podstriganiye of claws before washing. In advance it is necessary to play with a cat that he as much as possible relaxed and got tired, but you do not feed him. It is necessary to lower an animal in water gradually. Pour water in advance that the pet was not in fear all the time. For kittens it is necessary to fill a sink., but not a bathtub. It is possible to buy the special cover (strait jacket) allowing to wash a cat without problems. Do not forget to wash out also a muzzle.
Learn about language of a body of a pet, you will understand it then
Look at an animal:
- situation on one side or a stomach, breath equal – rest;
- easy twitching of ears or tail, the concentrated look – curiosity;
- The pressed tail to a body or swinging by it up-down – caution.
Remove wool from furniture
It is enough to walk a hand in a rubber glove on sofas, chairs and beds to collect all wool. If from upholstery pile it does not clean up, it is possible to use a usual office thick adhesive tape. It needs to be pasted and to remove quickly. For reduction of amount of wool twice a day comb out a cat.
If houses are a cat and a dog
Place a bowl for a cat above. She without effort will be able to jump to her, at the same time the dog will not prevent to eat with her. The bowl can be made on a chain or a decorative string. Same it is possible to do also with a drinking bowl.
For amateur cats to lie down on knees
If your pet very much likes to sleep at you on knees, take the old jeans, push in them an old sweater or a pillow. "Put" the received toy to a wall. This place very quickly will become favourite for a cat. Especially it is quite simple to erase it.
Please a cat with a cozy tent or a hammock
The first will require three branches and a piece of dense fabric. Connect branches in the top part together with material. Tie up a rope. On a floor throw a soft piece of fabric, from above put a tent.
Issue in a couple of minutes a hammock for a dream
Not less just the hammock becomes. Fabric of the necessary size stretches between four legs of a chair or a table.
Facilitate a condition of the pet during a molt
That it was convenient to a cat, connect two brushes in the middle, by means of a wire attach to the basis. If necessary the animal will be able to get into an arch, to scratch to itself a back.
If the animal celebrated need on a carpet
It is the best of all to use special sprays from smells. If they did not appear near at hand, then soda, vinegar and peroxide of hydrogen will approach. At first blot the place with a dry rag, fill in with the vinegar diluted with water in a proportion 1:1. When it dries, strew a spot with soda and spray hydrogen peroxide. Then it will be necessary to collect residues of soda by the vacuum cleaner.
Do not allow water to get into ears
During washing there is always a risk that water will get into ears. It is easy to avoid it if during the water procedures to use a usual polyethylene hat. Accustom an animal to it gradually, otherwise polyethylene will become an additional stress during bathing.
Purify wool with white clay
All know that to bathe often animal it is impossible. It is easy to return to wool gloss if to process it white clay. It in addition has anti-inflammatory properties, well collects fat from wool. It is necessary to do it on the street as in the return case all apartment will be in white dust.
Take a favourite forage on walk
With its help it is possible to show easily to a cat how to reach the house. Let it follow you in search of delicacy. It is necessary for obtaining faster effect that the animal was hungry.
If the cat eats flowers
It is possible to protect plants not only by means of obstacles. Use terrariums. They are quite heavy therefore the animal will not be able to overturn them. And to flowers in them it will be quite comfortable. Cover with such tanks flowers from above.
Build the vacation spot on a windowsill
It has to be quite high that the cat could watch what happens on the street. For this purpose it is possible to use sitting from the broken chair or the blanket put several times.
Grow up a special grass
Seeds can be bought in the Chinese online stores. Pets eat with great love also oats. Such approach will allow you to save a considerable part of money on vitamins, to improve the state of health of a favourite pet.