In this video today, we're going to talk about the pros and cons of taking a cat out for a walk in the street.
First of all you should remember, that the decision to take the cat out for a walk is always yours.
Cats don't have a physiological need like the dogs, so we don't have to take them out for pee,
because they have litter box inside the house.
But if you want them to have fun, to go to a different environment than the four walls of the house,
even let them run, this is very good option.
And now, we are going to explain the pros and cons of take your cat for a walk and how to do it.
Everything about your pet
CATS Taking cat for a walk
Advantages of taking cat for a walk.
The first advantage you should know about is that
taking a cat outside is a very stimulating experience for the cat.
It's an experience that first, both of you have to enjoy.
Second cats are super curious, so if you take them outside
they will receive many more stimuli than they can receive at home,
which will make them very anxious, very happy, and that will stimulate their mind and imagination.
So it's very favorable and very good to take the cat outside.
The next advantage is that they are going to exercise.
Some people say that they can't do as much exercise at home,
we don't agree but these are different experiences.
If your cat is at home and you have decided not to take them out, we recommend
at least set up circuits for them so that they can run and do exercises that they need. And that is mandatory.
But if you want to give them another type of experience, the street is good idea.
Why? Because you can do it the same way you do with dogs,
you can go to the countryside, to the mountains, spend the holidays with them,
You can do it all.
Also if you have a cat that is prone being overweight
going out into the street will make it easier for them to move more.
At home they have a familiar environment and that's why they go from the sofa to the chair and don't move much.
If they're out on the street the whole environment will seem curious to them
and that will encourage them to start walking, even running, and thus they will begin to exercise a little more.
Do you know the saying that curiosity killed the cat?
Well, it's because cats, as we have said, are very curious and they want to experiment.
And it's possible that if you have a domestic cat, they will want to go outside all the time, even they can escape.
If you go out with your cat and you show them the environment, you show them what is outside
and they get used to it, you will see that they don't have the need to run away from home
because they will already know everything and therefore will be much safer both inside and outside.
Disadvantages of taking cat for a walk
And now we are going to talk about cons, the disadvantages of taking a cat out on the street.
Well, cats are animals that can get very stressed and think that they are not as sociable as dogs.
If you are walking with your cat and they see a stimulus as another animal,
it's very likely that they will be frightened, that they will try to flee and,
therefore, everything must be done very carefully and, above all, monitor and control the environment.
We have to do it in a scheduled and controlled manner,
starting in the garden at home so that you can understand each other,
continue outside little by little because they are very stressful and we have to be careful with this.
In relation to the previous point that we had told you, remember to take into account where you take your cat.
Why do we tell you this? Because if you go to an environment where there are many obstacles for them
it will be complicated and they could get into places where you can't later pick them up.
Like trees or under the car. So avoid these places. Because if we can hurt them trying to help them.
So we are going to look for open spaces that we have controlled,
a field that we know, a park that doesn't have many people, to be able to control those external stimuli.
If you have a house with a garden, starting walking your cat in a garden with grass would be a good idea.
But always remember to control what is around and little by little you can open up to their world.
Tips before taking your cat for a walk
So now we know the pros and cons, a decision has already been made
and if you've made the decision to take your cat out on the street,
we are going to list the essentials that you need to be able to do it.
The first of all, the most important, that we repeat and we will keep repeating it in all the videos
that you have to remember and is that cats, dogs or any animal that goes out on the street
has to be dewormed both internally and externally.
If it is a domestic animal that is not used to going out to the street
we recommend that you first talk to your vet that you want to take them out to the street
so that they can look at the vaccination chart and see is everything correct and does your animal is missing something.
And then there is external deworming that is your responsibility and you have to remember about it.
There are different utensils, we've brought you here these pipettes.
These pipettes are very common, they have different durability, one month, two months, three months...
this one is only for one week.
Now I'm going to explain how to put them on.
First we are going to remove the top, it's very simple.
And what we have to do is to put it in different spots on the body
so it can spread and then protect our animal.
Above all these pipettes are very good for cats or dogs that have long hair
because for them collars don't work well, but pipettes are ideal.
So what we do is we part the hair and we put it on the cats scruff.
Cat can't reach this area here and it's important that we put it in areas
that are not very accessible for them so they can't lick it off.
I've put a drop here, always part the hair, another drop here...
part the hair and another drop here.
Another drop here so that the entire body is protected.
And in this area we are not going to put it because as I was saying they can reach area of their tail,
so here we are not going to put it.
We use the whole pipette.
If we have a little more left, we continue to put it around all of their spine
until you use it all and this pipette in particular lasts us for a week.
Now when your cat is dewormed and ready to go outside, we are going to explain what elements you need.
First thing you are going to need is a collar or an harness.
We recommend that if you have never put a collar on your cat...
for example here Mimi already has a collar, and she is used to it
but if your cat never used it we recommend a harness of this type.
A T-shirt type harness.
Why? Because cats are very prone to taking things off, they are very agile,
so they can easily take things off with their paw if they don't like them.
This type of harness wrap the entire body and also, as it has almost no seams and is elastic,
it doesn't bother them, so it could be a very practical element for beginners.
And from here as your cat gets used to it, you can change to the collar.
Why? Because the collar is much easier to remove and it can be used in cats that are already used to it
then we only will use it to hook the leash on it.
We recommend that you do it little by little. That you start at home by putting it on for a few minutes
because what we don't want is to stress and overwhelm the cat.
and day by day, the time in harness increases and you can start using leash and taking it out to get used to it
first we start at home then we continue in the street.
The following point is also very important. Even if our cat wears a harness and a leash,
you have to take into account where you are going to walk,
not only because of the environment as we explained before but also because of the plants that may be around them.
Why? Because it is possible that you will come across some plants that are toxic to the.
Or if you go, for example, to a public park and they used some type of pesticide or something
and if your cat ingests this grass or plants, can get sick.
First do a little research, look at the environments where you want to go
is there something that could harm them and then you can go out .
The next point and something that you have to take into account
when walking with your cat is confidence, it's very important.
If we are nervous we transmit this nervousness to the cat.
It's something that we "can't afford".
So first: calm down, relax, take the time you need to be able to do it out and when you are ready take your cat.
It's very important that you also know that the first time you take your cat for a walk,
your cat won't run nor walk by your side.
Cat will be nervous, as I said and you have to be patient.
We recommend that the person who takes cat out for the first time is the person whom cat trusts the most.
If you are a family and there is one member of this family, maybe a girl or a boy who spends most time with the cat,
we recommend that this should be the person who accompanies cat on its first walk.
If the cat see him or her as a trustworthy person, more easily will trust the environment and will start to walk around.
The first few times it's very normal that the cat doesn't want to walk, sometimes just lies down.
It's very important to never pull the leash or force the cat to walk, cat has to take the first steps.
And little by little, you will see how cats starts, for example, crawling on the ground, they do it often,
then little by little will start to stand up and walk normally until finally they reach the point
where they're totally relaxed and begin to run and camp freely in the place where you have chosen.
It's a delicate process that takes time, you have to be patient and remember that each needs different amount of time.
If a friend or someone has told you that their cat has done it in a week you can't take this reference as a guide.
Each animal needs different amount of time and you have to accept it and respect it.
Cuniadvice
Today's Cuniadvice is multiple.
We are going to show you different elements that are going to help you in this process and that are going to be very useful.
The first is this carrier, that we see here.
As you know, it's very important to take cat out in the carrier, they can't walk directly as I told you,
because they are easily frightened.
So we take a cat in a carrier to the place where we want to start this walk,
so that cat doesn't get tired not see other stimuli that might scare it.
The carrier is also going to be very useful if the cat at some point either gets tired, gets scared
or something happens that will stress the cat.
Then we can put cat in the carrier, and since they won't see anything, they will relax much easier.
The second thing that is going to help you a lot is a short leash.
When we have a short leash like the one I have here,
it will help us by the time we take cat out for the first time, so they are close to us
and don't go to other different places and we can control them a little more.
The third thing is a long leash, because when they get used to it what we want is for them to run.
This leash it can be three meters long of five and there are even ten-meter long ones
so the cat can run wherever it wants but it will always be controlled.
And lastly and most importantly remember to always carry water.
Whenever we take an animal out, we have to give it water.
It has to hydrate eiter a cat or a dog or any other animal that you have.
Also remember that you can't take it out in peak hours of sun or extreme cold,
because they can catch a cold, they can get heat stroke and many other things can happen.
We recommend a this type of drinker, as you can see it's just a bottle and when it gets up it fills this space with water,
that also serves as a container so it is a very useful portable drinker. Always carry water!