Kitten playing

QualityKittens are cute, fuzzy, and extremely needy creatures. For the first few weeks of life, they require constant care and attention from their mothers. Without it, they would surely die within a very short period of time. They are helpless, as they are born blind and deaf, and can only interact with the world with their senses of touch, smell, and taste. Kittens appear to adopt their owners as parental substitutes. The owner’s presence stimulates patterns of behaviour a kitten would display to its mother - such as crying for food, or seeking warmth from the owner’s body. A positive response to these interactions encourages the kitten to repeat them. As a consequence, the behaviour becomes reinforced and continues to be exhibited throughout the cat’s life.