Three pitfalls encountered when buying cats in pet stores. You need to control the details when choosing healthy kittens.

I met a cat shoveler who specializes in adoption. He has his own unique view on the current cat situation, especially some businesses that breed backyard cats.

Actually, I was still very confused at this time. After all, cat breeders are just normal cats. Why should they be so opposed to them?

But the shoveler told some of the improper things the breeders did, and even if a large number of breeders did a good job, they were breeding according to the standards. However, after seeing these regular breeders make money, many bad breeders will continue to do improper things to reduce the cost of breeding!

So many times now, whether in pet stores, pet hospitals, or even on some online platforms, we may have contact with low-quality cats bred by bad breeders at low cost.

Cats like this will have this situation: cats have poor physical fitness and are more likely to develop various other diseases, including genetic diseases, bone deformities, etc.

So when buying a cat in a pet store, what aspects do we need to ensure the health and future development of the cat we choose?

First, we need to confirm the source of the cat in the pet store!

The source of cats in pet stores is actually relatively simple, such as the kittens born after the cats in the pet store owner's own home (not in the pet store) are pregnant, but most of the big cats displayed in the store are actually adult cats that have been sterilized.

Some kittens are excess kittens that cannot be handled by customers before the pet store and put them in the pet store for the owner to help sell them.

But the biggest problem is some bad pet shop owners. They will buy a whole litter of kittens from breeders at extremely low prices to the store, and then sell them slowly after raising them for a period of time. Some people even buy kittens with very weak constitutions or even sick cats!

If the shoveler wants to have a healthy kitten, it is best to be able to see the cat mother, because the overall quality of the kitten can be seen from the various situations of the female cat!

If you see a female cat who looks particularly numb and mentally useless, then the kitten's health needs to be questioned!

The best choice is that the kitten is still with the female cat, and the shoveler directly selects the most suitable one from the kitten and goes home.

If it is a sick cat or an unhealthy cat bought at a low price, even if the shoveler is very moved by the price, don’t act, because the money saved here will eventually be spent on the hospital!

Secondly: After seeing the kitten, observe the cat's health from all aspects of its body.

The standard for healthy cats is: the hair on the cat's whole body is smooth, soft, thick and shiny. If the hair is sparse and there are alopecia areata and dander in some areas, then there may be skin diseases. If some small black spots can be seen in the dorsal hair, there may be parasites.

The eyes are flexible, bright and energetic, the two eyes are the same size, the third eyelid is not exposed, and there are no foreign objects at the corners of the eyes.

When you open the cat's jaw and you can see that the mouth is very clean and odorless. The healthy teeth are white in color, there is no tartar, and the gums, tongue and palate are all pink.

The ears are erect and move freely, the ear canal is very clean, and it is sensitive to external sound reactions. You can try to clap your palms behind the cat's ear to observe the reaction to the sound. If there is dark-brown earwax in the ear, then ear mites are present.

The nose of a healthy cat should be moist and slightly cool, without secretions.

Check the cat's anus. If it is clean, tight and dry, then it is healthy. If the cat licks it frequently, it needs to consider whether there is any skin disease or anal gland problems.

Font the cat's belly to see if there are lumps. If you show impatience when touched, it may be that your stomach is uncomfortable.

Check the cat's body posture when moving, and found that the limbs were completely deformed, their bodies were unstable when walking, their jumping skills were not agile, and their expressions were not natural enough when lying, so there might be problems with their limbs.

The most important point: The cat shoveler should try not to choose to buy pet cats from a pet store!

The most important essential function of a pet store is to provide beauty services to cats or dogs. At the same time, a large number of pets are constantly in and out. Kittens in pet stores are very prone to stress reactions, because whether it is the dog's loud barking or the endless teasing of others, these behaviors are irrational and undesirable. At the same time, these behaviors will also bring great pressure to the cat, which can easily lead to health problems.

In addition, other animals in pet stores carry some bacteria. For young cats, their resistance is actually very weak. If you have a cat owner who knows about cat plague virus, you will know that dogs canine parvovirus will actually cause cat plague. In addition, dogs canine parvovirus has strong activity and is also very contagious. It can be transmitted through direct contact, water source, air and other media..

If a dog or cat who comes in the pet store has this type of virus, perhaps the pet has no effect due to its immune system or physical condition, but the kitten is different. After coming to the new home, the different environments and the viruses that were exposed to before, the stress response of the kitten's physical condition declines, which in turn induces the outbreak of infectious diseases such as cat plague. In the end, the cat received by the cat owner becomes a week-long cat!

The last reason is that I personally think that locking a kitten in a pet store, leaving it separate from its parents, and constantly teasing others is particularly inhumane, and this also encourages the arrogance of those bad breeders, making them go more and more deviant on the road of bad breeding, which will lead to more problematic cats being bred, and there will be no harm without buying or selling. This sentence is the truth!

当然，如果是一些家里生了小猫却无法合理为它们找到一个真的对它们好的人，那么我觉得宠物店帮忙牵线搭桥其实是不错的选择。

But if you buy a cat in a pet store, then I'm sorry, this is really worth it!

Will you choose to buy cats you have with you for more than 20 years in a pet store? In fact, whether a cat looks good or not is not the most important thing. On the one hand, it is whether the cat is suitable for you, and on the other hand, whether the cat is healthy. I think these two points are more important than the breed of cats. Finally, I would like to encourage adopted cat shovelers, because compared to those same pet cats, each of our pastoral cats is a unique existence!

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