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Kitten Development & Life Stages Flashcards

1
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Examples of emotional systems developing during socialization phase

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Desire-seeking (seeking play with familiar individuals)
Fear- anxiety (avoidance of strangers/strange objects)
Panic-grief (distress from separation)
Social play (play fighting with siblings)

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Sexual maturity is between __ & ___

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4 & 6 months

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Phases of kitten cognitive development

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Pre-natal (conception-birth)
Neonatal (birth to 2 weeks)
Transition (between neonatal & socialization)
Socialization (3-7 weeks)
Juvenile (end of socialization, sexual maturation)
Social maturity (2-3 years)

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Feline Life stages (per AAFP)

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Kitten: birth-1 year
Young adult: 1-6 years
Mature adult: 7-10 years
Senior: > 10 years

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5
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Kittens learn voluntary elimination at around

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4 weeks of age

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Kittens start to eliminate in the litter box at ____ and may or may not __

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5-7 weeks; cover stool/urine

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Deciduous incisors and canines erupt

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3-4 weeks

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Deciduous premolars erupt

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5-6 weeks

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Eyes open

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10-14 days

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10
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Purring begins

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2 days

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Walking at

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14-21 days

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12
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Crawling from

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7-14 days

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13
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Functional hearing

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4-6 weeks

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14
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Menace/PLRs at

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28 days or later

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15
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Adult iris color at

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4-6 weeks

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16
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(Adult) molars at

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4-5 months

17
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Adult incisors

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3-4 months

18
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Adult canines at

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4-5 months

19
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Adult premolars at

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4-6 months

20
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Age through which kittens cannot retract their claws

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4 weeks

21
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Age at which kittens will start using scratching material (if provided)

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5 weeks

22
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Able to recognize mother by sight/smell

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End of 3rd week

23
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Independent in ability to eliminate and find appropriate substrate–suitable materials should be provided

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5-6 weeks

24
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Kittens are born altricial, meaning

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They are born helpless (totally reliant on mother for survival)

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