How do kittens develop?

Kittens need the care of their mothers to survive. Many mothers may not take good care of their kittens for the first time. At this time, they need the help of their owners, but many owners don't understand how the kittens develop and grow, which requires us to study hard.

Cats are born blind and deaf, and they can't keep warm. They also need their mother's help to go to the toilet. A cat's nose will not fully develop until it is three weeks old, but it can tell the smell of its mother from birth. At this time, kittens sleep for a long time, so if they bark, they are usually too cold, uncomfortable or hungry. The mother cat will stimulate the kitten's anus with her tongue and let the kitten excrete.

Kittens weigh about100g at birth, and after about two weeks, their weight will double. The normal heartbeat of kittens less than two weeks old is more than 200 times per minute, and the breathing frequency is about 15-35 times per minute. The temperature of newborn kittens is low, about 35-36℃, and it will rise slowly within 1-2 weeks after birth, until it rises to about 37.7℃ at the age of four weeks.

Kittens feel pain at birth, but the neuromuscular reflex related to pain will not develop until 7 days later. You will open your eyes 5- 14 days after birth. At this time, the iris is grayish blue, which is the so-called grayish blue eyeball. In the next few weeks, the eyes will gradually become the color that adult cats will have, but kittens will have enough normal vision when they are 3-4 weeks old. 7- 14 days began to crawl slowly, 16 days began to learn to walk unsteadily, and 2 1 day became more mature and steady.

Cats usually don't stabilize until the third week when they can walk. Before that, they could only rely on the mother cat to move. Cats grow their first set of teeth when they are two weeks old, and they can basically go to the toilet by themselves in three weeks. At this time, the cat will also start to play. Four-week-old cats will bite each other and learn how not to hurt each other. The kitten began to wean in the fifth week, began to eat hard food and became independent. At this time, the cat's sense of balance has been fully developed and she knows how to comb her hair. This period is the learning period for cats, and they should learn to know themselves and other animals.

Two months after the cat was born, its muscles have been fully developed, but more exercise is needed to accurately judge the distance, height and speed. Hunting skills were also learned during this period. Generally speaking, it is best for a kitten to leave her mother after three months, because at three months, she has a sense of territory and a good sense of direction.

Even in the same litter, the growth and development of each kitten may be different. Some will live independently soon; Others are very dependent on their mothers. Similarly, the degree of physical development may be different. Usually, the kitten born last is always the smallest and weakest; The picture below refers to the situation of ordinary kittens.

1, visual

Open your eyes: 8-20 days.

Eyes become a fixed color: 12 weeks.

2. Exercise ability

Climbing: 16-20 days

Go: 2 1-25 days

Operation: 4-5 weeks

Step 3 wean

Start eating solid food: 3-4 weeks.

Full weaning: 8 weeks

Step 4 cultivate

Start defecation training: 3-4 weeks.

5, long teeth

Flush deciduous teeth: 8 weeks.

Permanent teeth: 12- 18 weeks.

Step 6 learn skills

Wash your face and trim your hair: 4-5 weeks.

Play time: 4-5 weeks

Start practicing hunting: 6-8 weeks

7. Vaccination and surgical removal of sexual organs

First vaccination: week 9

Second vaccination: week 12.

Female cats have their ovaries removed: after 32 weeks.

Male cat castration: week 36

8, leave the mother cat to live independently

The earliest time to leave the mother cat: 6-8 weeks.

Time to live completely independently from the mother cat: 6 months.

Cats in childhood need our careful care in all aspects to make kittens grow up healthily. While taking care of kittens, knowing their development history will make us more handy in the process of providing shares to kittens.