When can you cats babies separated from the mother?

Unfortunately are still far too early kittens separated from their families.

While reputable breeder cats babies usually not before the twelfth or even 14th Weeks of life, one often sees ads in which "small cute cats babies, 8 weeks old" are offered. Even though the age Katzenkinderin already manage without breast milk, solid food to take office and are pure, this separation time much too soon.

Unlike dogs, whose socialization after the relatively early separation from the mother by the people over, it is necessary Katzenkinder certain things by their peers' learning. It restricts the socialization of a cat is not that they learn where their Katzenklo stands.

The cats wohlbehütete child that has so far been mum on just about everything possible was, in fact must first get an understanding that certain things are simply not allowed and it's behavior also can cause adverse reactions. This may be the contact with siblings and mother, better still, to more cats by immense advantage. Because no hesitation, the little rascal in unequivocal cat to make clear where the hare längläuft the babies.

Especially in the period between the eighth and zwöften week from a toddler flegelhaften without a polite manners small cat - when "man" in the education of the mother cats can help. Because obviously is also an earlier contact with the people and experiences with everything a cat in the human environment begnen can be as important as kätzische society.

The behavioral scientist Paul Leyhausen writes about the socialization of kittens (quoted in cats forum network cats):

Unfortunately it does not eradicate the opinion that a kitten with 6 weeks old enough to mother and siblings to be swept away. The lucky kitten needs at least 3-4 months for the mother and among siblings. But there are just always such orphans cats, which later became the peculiar, housing neuroses' tilt. That is not surprising, because even the best cat lovers may not Nestwärme, maternal love and rigor also superseded. Something had to cats orphans here said: A six-week kitten life remains vulnerable against infectious diseases. Whoever seriously wants to assert itself, that he loves cats, can see from a young animal too soon from his family to be separated.

Finally remedy but said: In an emergency, it is always better, a premature baby cats from mother to be separated when his life for the cause!

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