Cat Talk and Body Language Tutorial
for Better Animal Communication

Cats enjoy and can benefit greatly from having a constant supply of fresh growing wheatgrass. You can also grow barley grass seeds, rye grass seeds and oat grass seeds, usually sold at your health food stores. A side benefit for you is that this may prevent your kitty from eating your house plants. Many are toxic to cats.

You can easily grow your own wheatgrass for pennies. Shown at the right is what you need:

1. 1 pint glass, wide-mouth canning jar.
2. Plastic lid with holes. (Cheese cloth and rubber band is OK)
3. Garden potting soil. (A quart will last a couple months.)
4. Wheat (Hard red winter variety.)
5. Spray bottle.
6. Growing container. (Margarine plastic container works well.)
7. (Mature wheatgrass shown near end of usefulness.)

Here are the procedures for growing delicious fresh wheatgrass for your kitty.

1. Place 1 tablespoon winter red wheat and one-half pint of water in the glass jar with plastic lid. Rinse a couple times then let soak overnight covered with fresh water.

2. After approximately 12 hours pour out the water and refill the jar. Repeat filling and emptying several times to rinse the wheat.
   

3. Drain all the water out and rotate the jar to distribute the wheat along the jar side.
   

4. Turn the jar upside down and allow excess water to drain. Set the jar aside somewhere at room temperature and let stand for approximately 12 hours. Rinse once or twice during the 12 hours, as in step 2, to keep the wheat moist.
   

5. In about 12 hours the wheat will grow tiny sprouts. This indicates it is ready for planting and growing in the soil container.
   

6. First punch some holes in the growing container plastic bottom to drain excess water. Place approximately 1/2 inch soil in the container and wet it.
   

7. Place all the sprouted wheat berries on top of the wet soil layer in the growing container.
   

8. Place a layer of soil approximatly 1/4 inch thick on top of the sprouted wheat berries in the growing container.
   

9. Gently spray water on the top soil layer in the growing container until saturated.

10. Place the growing container in a bright window and let it grow naturally. Spray when needed to keep soil moist but not saturated. In a couple of days the sprouts should be well on the way to becoming a tasty snack for your cat. In about 3 days, depending on light and temperature, the grass should be ready for kitty.
    

"I really enjoy a fresh salad after my dry and crunchy cat food."

HINTS: Start a new batch of sprouts about 4 days before the older batch gets dry and bitter tasting. This means you have a new activity in your life - constant wheatgrass growing! Since your kitty will be healthier and happier, it is time well spent.

If your cat sometimes throws-up the grass shortly after eating it, the grass is probably too long. Use scissors to trim the long grass blades down to about 1.5 inches (38 mm) so kitty can swallow it all the way.

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