Scottish Folds differ in effective appearance, good health and balanced temper. That the animal felt well and developed correctly, it is necessary to look after a kitten attentively. Feeding, education and games with the pet will give you a lot of pleasure - Scots are very sociable and quickly become attached to the owner.
The main thing - foodTaking away a kitten from the manufacturer, take an interest in the pet's diet. It is desirable to continue to feed him with habitual products in the set mode at least the first days. It will save a small animal from indigestion, and you - with experiences concerning his appetite.
The Scottish lop-eared cats differ in pantophagy - they are not whimsical in food and quickly get used to new products. Solve whether you will feed the pet with home-made or industrial food. The last option is more preferable - professional forages contain the balanced complex of the nutrients, minerals and vitamins necessary for the correct development of a kitten. Before half a year of the pet feed with canned food and dry granules for kittens, after them it is possible to transfer to a forage for adult animals. You watch that the animal always had clear water - it is especially important if the kitten eats a dry feed.
If you decided to cook food independently, do to a small animal mix of meat products and grain. To kittens contraindicated fat meat, cream, semi-finished products and smoked products. Skotish-foldam you should not give a lot of calcium - for example, cottage cheese. There is an opinion that such food can affect ears of a small animal - instead of lying on the head, they will rise.
Do not feed up the pet delicacies - Scottish lop-eared are inclined to overeating, and it is fraught with completeness and indigestion.
You feed a kitten three-four times a day. After half a year he can be transferred to two times food.
Good mannersSkotish-folda quickly get used to the established rules. Allocate to a small animal the convenient location where he will feel safe. It can be a basket with a soft mattress, a stove bench or a special cat's lodge. Take care that the kitten had a claw sharpener and toys. The little Scot will play for hours and hours with the mouse suspended on an elastic band or to drive a paper ball.
The kitten needs communication. Daily play with it, take on hands, talk. Skotish-fold is very sociable and needs close contact with the owner.
Kittens of this breed are very clean. Choose a convenient toilet tray with filler and you regularly clean it. It is possible to deliver to the pet two trays - it is especially convenient if you do not stay at home till several hours. Scottish lop-eared well get on with children, cats and other pets. They very seldom show aggression, keeping cheerful nature about advanced years. These kittens are not scratched and do not bother with miaow, they are very counterbalanced and slightly phlegmatic. But for safety of pets they should do manicure regularly. Cut claws with special nippers for animals, deleting only the tip of a plate. Take care of a hair of a kitten. With a dense underfur look after dense fur by means of a frequent comb with the rounded-off teeths. Comb out a kitten two times a week - usually small animals quietly postpone this procedure. You should not wash the pet. But he needs to clean ears regularly. Accurately wipe with the Q-tip moistened in special lotion an ear inside. If on cotton wool dark crusts are noticeable, show a kitten to the veterinarian - perhaps, the animal was infected with an ear tick. Check also the pet's eyes. If they water, dig anti-inflammatory drops, and remove pollution in corners of eyes with a damp cotton tampon.