Nowadays, young people like us are more and more keen on keeping pets, especially cats, because cats are more worry-free than sticky dogs, and purebred cats with noble blood, gentle temper and sweet appearance are welcomed by us. So how to choose a healthy purebred cat? The following small series will answer for you.
First of all, before the text begins, we must first clarify a concept, that is, what is a purebred cat? In fact, the so-called purebred cat, the correct name should be purebred cat, which is a cat variety with * * * selectively cultivated by people in order to distinguish different types of cats according to their genetic characteristics and people's preferences. Therefore, many of our common "purebred cats" are actually not "purebred" but "hybrids", such as Scottish folded-eared cats, exotic short-haired cats and Canadian hairless cats. So purebred cats should be called "breed cats". When you are ready to raise a purebred cat and have the ability and confidence to be responsible for its life, how to choose a purebred cat?
1. Choose a good cat breed.
Before buying a cat, you should first choose a cat breed according to your personal situation. On this point, I made a detailed introduction in the article "Pure Cat Suitable for Young White-collar Workers" for your reference.
2. Choose the source of the cat.
When buying a cat, you must buy it from a regular cat house or a reputable family breeder. If you buy a cat from an unscrupulous cat dealer, you will probably bring home a sick cat or an impure cat. I have a cat friend in Tangshan who is going to buy a purebred cat. He inquired about a cat house in Tangshan. The owner of the cat house tricked the cat friend into selling her a "British short-haired cat key color (details)" (suspected Siamese hybrid). Cat friends also went to the cat house to see cats, and found that nearly 20 different kinds of cats lived in a small house less than 10 square meter. The British woman with short hair is very thin. This unscrupulous cat dealer uses people's ignorance of pure cats to cheat and sells them to people at high prices to raise cats or even sick cats. If you want to buy a cat in a regular cat house, the price of the cat is relatively high. This is because cats in regular cat houses are often imported from abroad. In addition, in order to prove the cat's pedigree, the owner of the cat house will let the cat participate in various competitions and cat exhibitions. Moreover, in order to make cats have a good posture and healthy body, cats often have the highest food intake and accommodation fees. In this way, the cost of raising cats will naturally be high, and the price of kittens sold in cat houses will also be high. However, cat houses usually provide pedigree certificates, and kittens will be healthy because of their good nutrition. If you can't accept the high price, you can choose a reputable family breeder. Reputable family breeders keep cats not only to make money, but also because they are pure cat lovers and love a certain variety, so they are committed to the promotion of this variety. Therefore, the price of cats of excellent family breeders is not expensive. As long as they earn money for cat milk powder, cat owners are even more responsible than cat houses, because every kitten sold is a cat that they have worked hard to raise, and people who buy cats will have stricter screening conditions. Cat owners will consider buying the cat's personality and family instead of paying you more. If it is a trustworthy buyer, the cat owner is even willing to sell the cat at a low price in order to make the cat's future life happy and worry-free. If you can meet such a cat owner, congratulations, you get not only a healthy cat, but also the friendship and help of an experienced cat owner.
Step 3 choose a good cat size
Pure cats are not as leathery as domestic cats. Pure cats are delicate and prone to genetic defects, especially some cat breeds caused by genetic mutations, such as Scottish folded-ear cats, which are prone to genetic diseases and death during their growth. Therefore, when buying a purebred cat, you must not buy a kitten just full month because it is cute. You should buy a cat more than three months old (whether to sell a cat that is too young is also the standard to distinguish between a cat house and a family breeder). Apart from genetic diseases, purebred cats are uncertain in appearance and can only be seen when they are old. Some cats are beautiful when they are young, crooked when they grow up, or ugly when they are young, and beautiful when they grow up. For example, a folded-ear cat can't see the quality of its ears until a certain month.
4. Cats make healthy choices.
A healthy cat must have bright eyes, no secretions, cold and wet nose, clean anus, no traces of feces, smooth hair and no large area shedding. In addition, cats have developed bones, good sense of balance, well-proportioned limbs, enthusiasm and liveliness, and can react quickly when teasing cats with toys. Cats that meet the above conditions are healthy cats and can be purchased with confidence.
5. Visit the cat house and gain more.
If conditions permit, it is best to go to the cat house or the place where family breeders keep cats in person to learn more about cats. When you get to the cat house, you should first look at the parents of the cat you want to buy. Cats' looks are inherited from their fathers, and their temper is inherited from their mothers. Knowing their parents' situation can give us a more detailed understanding of cats. In addition, we should also observe the appearance of the cat's brothers and sisters, so that we can have a more intuitive understanding of the cat's appearance. Attention should also be paid to the health status of cats in the same nest. If a litter of cats are healthy, it means that the female cats are well taken care of during pregnancy and lactation, so the cats born have good immunity and low chance of genetic disease change. After going to the cat house, we should also observe the sanitary condition and cat density of the cat house, so that we can roughly judge whether the cat will get infectious diseases. If the sanitary conditions are poor and many cats live together, it is easy to change cats into infectious diseases such as cat plague and cat viral rhinotracheitis. It is best to secretly observe the cat's diet. The owner of the cat house provides good cat food for the cat. Cats can be well nourished and strong. If the owner of the cat house gives the cat low-end cat food, it is best not to buy such a cat, which shows that the owner of the cat house puts the interests first and doesn't care about the health of the cat.
6. Make up your mind before buying
Before buying a purebred cat, you must first decide what kind of cat to buy. You need to know in advance the character of the cat species, the international standards of appearance, the history and breeding history of the cat species, the approximate price of cats with different appearances, whether the cat species have been introduced in China, and whether there are mature breeding institutions in your city. It is necessary to have a systematic understanding and study of the basic knowledge of scientific maintenance of cats.
It should be noted that many cat breeds are not imported from China, such as Egyptian cats, Turkish Vatican cats (especially Turkish Vatican cats), which look very similar to domestic cats in China, and some unscrupulous cat vendors pretend to be domestic cats and sell them to consumers at high prices. Cat species like Turkish Brahma are extremely rare and are not allowed to be taken out of the country, so if there are domestic Brahma cats, they must be liars, and consumers must keep their eyes open. If you are considering buying a cat, try to buy it in a single breed cat house. Single-breed cat houses are more professional and secure. If there is no single cat house in your city, don't listen to the seller's bluff and change your mind by going to a variety of cat houses. The seller does this to avoid the cat species you know and make your money on the cat species you don't know. Also, in the process of buying a cat, don't show obvious affection for a cat or a certain color of this kind of cat, in case the shrewd seller guesses your mind and starts with the local price to make you spend more money. Or you can deliberately show a good impression on other cats, mislead merchants, and finally win your favorite cat at a more realistic price.
That's all the knowledge and precautions about buying purebred cats. I hope everyone can buy their own purebred cats. Still have to be wordy. Owning a cat may be just a part of your life, but for cats, you are everything to them. Therefore, once you have it, you must be responsible for its life. Be kind to your cat, and it will repay you with a lifetime of love.