How cats become comfortable spending more time interacting with humans
The cat-human relationship has come a long way from the early tentative, mutually beneficial arrangement that developed around the granaries and villages of the Fertile Crescent around 10,000 years ago. Somewhere along the way, while humans firstly worshipped and then relentlessly persecuted them, cats learned to communicate with us. Just as they had to learn to put aside their solitary tendencies and tolerate other cats, they began to adapt to live in ever-closer proximity to people.
Although it is important for socialization to begin within the sensitive period, it does not have a definitive start and finish—provided socialization commences within this window of time, it will continue as the kitten grows into adulthood, building on the positive association with people it has acquired as a youngster.
2. The number of people who actually handle the kitten is also important—the more individuals who handle a kitten, the more accepting it will be of new people in the future. In addition to early socialization, it is important to introduce and accustom young kittens to everyday stimuli—those objects, sounds, and smells that they are likely to encounter more as they grow and move to new homes. Known as “habituation,” this can include smells that have been gathered on a cloth, the sounds of vacuum cleaners and washing machines, different types of floor surfaces, and general household objects for them to investigate, such as paper bags and boxes.
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