5 claves para saber si tu gato sufre ansiedad por separación y cómo prevenirla.

Before leaving the house, you always perform the same ritual, which you may not realize, but your cat does. It is normal for them to feel that moment as the moment before being left completely alone and unattended. Hello and welcome to the Happy Pets and Families Channel. In today's video, I'm going to talk to you about a topic that you suggested on the Facebook page. Amanda is worried because her cat suffers from separation anxiety and wants to know how to solve it when Separation anxiety is a well known issue for all families who have a dog. But when you have a cat, it is true that sometimes you don't pay much attention to how your cat behaves when you leave the house. Separation anxiety is the anguish that an animal feels when its family, its owner to whom it feels attached, leaves the house and leaves it alone inside without any other complementary activity that could help it not feel abandoned. In today's video, I'm going to show you five key points that you need to know to know if your cat suffers from separation anxiety or not. And I'm also going to show you how you can help your little one not suffer so much when you're away. When you leave, your cat vocalizes, cries excessively and makes noises. This is something that owners don't usually notice because they're simply not home. To do this, I recommend that if you suspect that your cat suffers when you're gone, you set up a webcam or some type of recorder or microphone so that you can see if your cat cries a lot when you're not there. Lack of appetite this is something that you can see because when you leave, you leave the food bowl completely full and when you return you'll find it in the same place where you left it. When their family is away from home, cats stop eating. They forget because they feel that absence and therefore are not stimulated to eat. This is known as anorexia. Some cats, in addition to having this anorexia, vomit when their owners are not present. Excessive grooming and care for their hair. As of all known, cats normally wash and lick their paws or even groom their hair well to always be well groomed over grooming when they feel separation anxiety is one of those signs that you see even when you are present and also in the moments before when the cat already detects that it is going to be left alone. Destructive Behavior Although it is not common in cats and is much more common in separation anxiety in dogs, cats can also display destructive behavior. The cat becomes somewhat more aggressive and may attack certain types of objects in the house, such as upholstery or even scratch a door. As I mentioned, this is not the most common in cats and as always when we talk about cats we are talking about urine and litter boxes. The cat may experience a moment when its owner or family is not with it to urinate outside the area where it normally does so. It is a way of marking territory through urine and the pheromones that cats have. In this case, what they do is mark or urinate near the doors where their owner may have left, or even on the family's personal belongings, clothing, etc. As I said, separation anxiety is caused by the cat's distress when it feels that its family is abandoning it. So the way we have to act against separation anxiety is to prevent the cat from feeling that we have abandoned it. How can we do this? Well, there are some simple practices that you can do at home. As you know, cats are very sensitive to stress and we always have to take this into account when making certain changes at home. We have talked about how you can help with the first steps when you want to introduce a cat into your home. In a previous video and we have left the link in the description box, you can Encourage their curiosity Cats are very curious animals and they like to look out the windows, so you can help them by putting some objects or some support that helps them see the outside world through the window. You can also place bird feeders on your window, not so that your cat hunts them, but so that when the birds come to feed at your window, your cat is entertained by watching them through the glass. A variation on the previous tip is that you can consider buying an aquarium so that your cat can see the fish inside and thus be entertained. Enrich their environment when you have a cat at home, you always have to think about the concept of catifying the environment. In this way. By using synthetic feline pheromones or catnip, you can provide an oasis of tranquility for your cat. Have you heard of food dispensing toys for cats? As for dogs, there are some toys that you can load with their favorite food inside. While the cat plays, the toy dispenses food and this way the cat is entertained by hunting the toy and getting the treats that come out of it. Avoid silence When a cat is left alone at home, it perceives that the house is very quiet. Cats are very silent animals and for them humans are animals that make a lot of noise. If you avoid making the house completely silent, it may help your cat cope better with the moment when you leave it. Break the ritual that you do when you leave the house. Before leaving home, you always perform the same ritual which you may not realize but your cat does. This type of ritual is, for example, picking up the car keys or putting on your coat. If you do this to go to work and leave your cat alone for six or eight hours, it is normal for them to feel that moment as the moment before being completely alone and unattended. What I recommend that you do is instead of leaving for such a long time, perform this same ritual, but return after five minutes, gradually spacing out that time so that your cat does not perceive that you are leaving the house and not returning. And that's it for today's video. I hope it has been helpful and that from now on you are more aware of whether your cats suffer when you leave the house. Your cat suffers from any other symptoms that we have not mentioned. Do you know of any other remedies that can help other people's cats not suffer when their owners leave? Leave it in the comments so we can help everyone. Thank you very much for following Happy Pets and Families. If you like the content, give it a like and subscribe to the channel if you haven't already. This way you will help us continue uploading content and see you in the next video. I'm going. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know what to say. And not this one. Many times I don't. 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