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I have a theory on how to get the most Loyal Cat!?
Here's a theory I had!
If you had a mother cat who was giving birth, and you took one of her kittens before she could clean it and YOU cleaned it with your saliva (by spitting Saliva in a cup and dabbing it) so the kitten recognized you as it's mother. You'd of course have to care for it, but then would have the most loyal cat ever?
This method WOULD involve removing it from it's mother and siblings. They could play later with it's siblings but not the mother.
I think it would become quite clingy, but that's better than a cat that avoids people. :D
Ashton, the point of this is for YOU To be the family.
You would remove it from his family of course or it wouldn't work, it's not wrong since it hasn't MET any of them yet, right?
You be it's family, and you have the best kitten/cat ever! :D
Also, the Saliva is the only thing that makes it work since the kitten only KNOWS your scent, not the mother who will teach it how not to be the cat you want.
JC, you don't seem very open minded on this. You gave the worst answer. And it's personality isn't from birth, that's pretty stupid to say. You develop your personality. And the adults if they didn't meet people when they were younger WOULDN'T bond very well, might, but most likely no.
And this isn't about you bloody shelters, this is about straight from birth you dingus.
But you seem to like it in your perfect close minded world.
Of course you'd be it's mother around the clock or you wouldn't do it.
You didn't really read this to well.
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- 8 years agoFavorite Answer
Hehe, I also thought about this.. Except cleaning it in my own saliva (Gross) I took my Cat from its mother the momment it was born, I cleaned it up and raised it from that day. It sure is clingy with me, and acts different than a Cat. But, They will be perfect pets if raised since it was a baby
Source(s): Raised my Cat since it was a baby. - J CLv 78 years ago
You've totally missed the boat, sorry. Kittens are born with their ultimate personality, and while their "upbringing" affects that a bit, it's mostly Nature. If what you said is true, then an adult cat could never bond with their human - and the cats that form the STRONGEST bonds with their human are generally the adults. Happens daily in shelters and rescues. All you are doing in your hypothetical case is depriving the cat of the milk it so desperately needs from it's mother. And it would mean that you as the surrogate mother would need to feed that kitten round the clock, every two hours for a couple of weeks - it doesn't matter if you have school or want to sleep. After each feeding you have to wipe it's bum to make it go potty. Most bottle fed kittens don't make it unless they are in the hands of a very experienced feeder. Your idea sounds good on the surface, but it would never do what you want.
Source(s): many years of cat rescue - 8 years ago
How can such a genius be unknown and walking around suburbia without paparazzi?! haha, it would be sad to see it be taken straight away though. and what if the mother rejected it as one of its own? the poor kitten would feel left out of its own family/ clan. I think the best way to raise a loyal kitten is to be kind and loving to it. we have a cat ( which we did not saliva ourselves) and he is loyal, loving and very gentle and he loves us very much.
Sorry, i don't want to burst your bubble, just don't want to see a sad little kitty xx :D
