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The Cat Behaviour and Welfare 2. Birth and the kittenmother relationship Bjarne O. Braastad Professor of Ethology Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, NMBU, Ås, Norway Norwegian

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The Cat – Behaviour and Welfare 2. Birth and the kitten–mother relationship Bjarne O. Braastad
Professor of Ethology
Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences,
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, NMBU, Ås, Norway Norwegian University of Life Sciences The Cat - Behaviour and Welfare - Bjarne O. Braastad 0<br>
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Behavioural development Skin sense (tactile sense) and smell (olfactory sense) are ready at birth.
Ears are open by 5 days, eyes by 9 days (with variation).
Relationship to mother is most important for the first weeks.
The kitten becomes more active by 3 weeks.
3–21 weeks: socialization and social play:
socialization: 3–12 weeks; most active 3–7 weeks
social play: learns effect of signals and social responses
learns with whom it can have social contact
humans must be included in socialization or the cat will remain fearful towards them
– varied human contact important
start: weeks 3–9; most active: weeks 9–14 Norwegian University of Life Sciences The Cat - Behaviour and Welfare - Bjarne O. Braastad 1<br>
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Relationship to mother – mother’s body posture (Lawrence, 1981) Norwegian University of Life Sciences The Cat - Behaviour and Welfare - Bjarne O. Braastad 2<br>