At the age of 4-5 weeks the kittens already outgrew a clumsy infancy and did not gain teenage angularity yet. During this period they are especially nice what owners often "stake" on: this one of the most popular periods for "pristroystvo" of cat's posterity. However to take away a monthly kitten from a cat still prematurely: he still needs breastfeeding and maternal care. Though looks at the same time quite independent.
Appearance of a monthly kitten
In the first three weeks of life the body of kittens is obviously disproportionate: too big head, short pads, the small and pressed to the head ears. By a month this picture changes cardinally. The body of a kitten at this age looks proportional and harmonious, the hair raspushatsya. Ears rise and stand upright though still look small ("lop-eared" kittens will begin to make an impression later, in one and a half-two months). The healthy cub at this age looks rather well-fed "Kolobok" on thick pads.
In a mouth of a kitten quite created dairy cutters – small teeth in a front part of a mouth already flaunt. Also dairy canines – long and sharp grow. They begin to be cut through in 3-4 weeks and are located from cutters on each side.
Eyes at monthly kittens clear and clean, blue or bluish-gray: to half-month age they will change the color to "adult", constant. The kitten during this period begins to grow and gain weight quickly. In a month it weighs usually from 250 to 450 grams.
Behavior of kittens in one month
On the fourth or fifth week of life the kittens begin to learn actively the world around, they are mobile, playful and very curious. They move quite surely though sometimes are a little clumsy (completely they will begin to coordinate the body at the age of one and a half-two months). But in a month they already begin to use the well-known koshachy reflexes and are quite capable to land after a jump on all four paws or to make a sharp turn in a jump. Approximately at three-week age the kittens begin to play actively with brothers and sisters – to wave paws, "to fight", bite each other. By a month they begin to show interest and in "foreign" moving objects: to various balls, "rods" with feathers, to the well-known paper bows. And the human hand can become suitable "sparring partner" also. At this time mom cat begins to control less the posterity and allows them to depart from a nest rather far. In the same time the kittens cease to eat exclusively maternal milk and pass to the mixed food "milk + a feeding up", learn to eat from a bowl. From the beginning of this process the cat gradually ceases "to lick" cubs, but itself can teach them to use a tray. The main thing during this period is to put a tray near the habitat of cat's family and to provide its availability to kids.