Education of a kitten — a difficult task. But it is even more difficult to be engaged in re-education of an adult cat or cat therefore the animal needs to be brought up at young age. If your kitten began to gnaw footwear, he needs to be disaccustomed to this habit as soon as possible. Otherwise he will get used that footwear is its toy with which it is possible to do anything.
Little kittens quite often gnaw wires, furniture and footwear. And as not all owners have an opportunity to constantly control the pet, it is necessary to struggle with similar behavior in due time. And differently the grown-up canine friend will be difficult to be re-educated.
Most often little kittens gnaw various things because they cut teeth. During this period at an animal gums itch. That the pet did not spoil your footwear, he needs to be provided with various toys which can be gnawed. It can be small rubber balls, mice, etc. Also in pet-shops and veterinary pharmacies special delicacies which are intended for tooth and gums care are on sale.
Sprays and aerosols
In pet-shops there is a wide choice of medicines which are intended to disaccustom an animal to gnaw things. Generally it is aerosols with a smell, unpleasant for pets. Not to spoil footwear, aerosols it is possible to process shoe rugs in the hall. Then the kitten, most likely, even close will not approach your boots and shoes.
Folk remedies
Many cats do not love a smell of a citrus. Therefore it is possible to try to put grapefruit, lemon or orange crusts in those places where you store footwear. For example, they can be put under a rug, in a case and also in footwear.
Rub a floor in the hall with lemon juice, it can frighten off a kitten too. Some owners of animals recommend to use citrus essential oils for processing of those things which are gnawed by animals. But as oil leaves a greasy luster, it is better to process them a rag or a cotton tampon and to put closer to footwear. Besides essential oils, similar effect liquid balm an asterisk has.
Quite good results in education of kittens are yielded by a spray with water. It is known that almost all cats do not love water. When you find a kitten behind any occupation connected with damage of things it is necessary to sprinkle a little it from a spray. At such methods of education the four-footed pets usually quickly begin to understand that they will be punished for bad behavior.
It is impossible to punish an animal deprivation of a forage or locking in the bathroom at all. As the animal will not understand that you punished it, and the advantage of it will definitely not be. Also the kitten cannot be beaten, but in the educational purposes on him it is possible to raise the voice, letting know that his behavior is not pleasant to you.