It 'easy to fall in love with an adorable puppy or cat without a home, and you might be tempted to place them with good intentions to provide a home to save. But before doing this, be aware that when it comes to a wild cat or kitten to understand what you need to do.
What is a feral cat?
There are several types of wild cats. Some wild cats have gone wild. These cats may be lost or abandoned, and can tolerate some human contact. MoreThe cats were born and raised in the wild and are completely unsocialized, they fear the people and the human touch.
Savages often form colonies wherever protection and food supply, such as agriculture, landfills and other areas where they can find food. Wild urban gather near bins, markets or where animal lovers provide food. You can perform a useful function, denying hunting rodents attracted to edible.
The dangers of bringing home wild cats
WildThe colonies may act as a reservoir for diseases such as FeLV / FIV for cats that the act will come into contact with wild transfer. It 'also the fear of toxoplasmosis, and (in some countries) the anger that people can influence. It can be unhealthy and ugly through continued breeding, fighting and poor nutrition.
For these reasons, many support groups, such as Ally Cat Allies back the program, or TNR Trap Neuter, as an alternative to human cats euthanized. This program isinternationally as a best practice initiative seeking to reduce the population of feral cats. Experts agree that animal to take home with feral cats is not the answer.
Bringing home a kitten wild is almost always a large company
Most people who take wild, choose to save the kittens, because they resist adorable and heavy. But this often leads to problems because the kittens afraid of people who are difficult to forge, and some will never tame, no matter how much love,Commitment and attention they lavish on them.
Research shows that socialization of the stadium in the 3-9 week old kitten, and are increasingly difficult to dominate every day for 8 weeks. Although cats can be tamed up to 12 weeks and older cats often retain a degree of anxiety and a small percentage of cats (10%) can never be socialized.
Adopting a puppy from a local animal shelter!
And the right environment, takes the process of domestication of the timeCommitment and patience, and there is already a huge surplus of unwanted cats in shelters waiting socialized for adoption. In a hospital situation, it is recommended that wild age of 5 months, neutered and returned to the colony or will take place from kittens that need to be socialized more easily.
Overall, the results more reliable with the wild man approaches on their own initiative in the outer zone. If the process of domestication began to openIn this way he can in a much longer period, with results far more reliable as the same cat makes a decision to give your home.
0 comments:
Post a Comment