All living beings play when we are children, the pity is that most of them stop playing when they grow up, but that is another story. Kittens play in a certain way in their first weeks of life. Let’s find out how.
The game is a behavior that follows specific behaviors developed by an individual or group of them in which the established patterns do not have to follow an order or seek a practical end.
This entertainment will be basic for the cognitive development of our little furry. But not only will it provide you with this but it will also help you exercise, maintain your good health and avoid certain pathologies such as obesity, something quite common in cats that only live indoors.
Kittens begin to play at two weeks of age, when they try to touch and hit some moving objects. This primary game develops according to the coordination of the muscles. When the animal reaches its third week, it will go from hitting objects with its paw to throwing claws and bites at other animals and humans that live with it.
Two or more felines will be involved in this social game.
Kittens carry out a series of specific movements in the first weeks that will be related to play and muscle coordination:
· Between the second and seventh week they jump and jump.
· In the fifth week they stalk, chase a “prey” and arch their back.
· In the seventh week they fight, climb and swing on ledges and ledges.
Among the most popular games are chase and jump
We will define the first games as those that take place between the second and the sixteenth week. There are the following:
· Belly up: in this type of game, which they do after three weeks, the feline is leaning on its back, with its legs up and moving. The dwarf will be showing his teeth. It is a game behavior that they also carry out during reproduction.
· Standing: from the third week the kitten will be standing on its hind limbs, while with the forelimbs stretched it prepares to slap.
· Sideways: at five weeks the feline shows its body on its side, with a simple arch and the tail curved towards the animal with which it plays … The other cat usually turns on the first one.
· Diving: the cat crouches with the hind legs under the body and the tail extended at ground level. The weight of the animal is initially shifted back and forth, with a hypnotic sway. When the animal sees fit, it will jump towards its “opponent”, its victim in the game. We can enjoy it when the little one reaches its fifth week of life.
· Hunting: it is the social entertainment of pursuit and flight. It arrives around the fifth and sixth week of the animal and is one of the games in which the furry ones will spend the most time. Your favorite game.
· Horizontal jump: occurs more or less a week after reaching the hunting behavior in entertainment. The little one jumps horizontally, with postures related to “sideways.”
· Face to face: a face to face similar to the “serious” that we used to miss as children. In the seventh week the two kittens will face each other, with the body leaning forward. Almost synchronously, they bring the movement of their front legs to the opponent’s face.
