If we are passionate about a particular breed of cat, breeding this species makes it easier for us to find our desired animal. There are three types of ways and people to find our pet but we must pay attention to the way in which they sell the animal to us.
Although the wide diversity of cat breeds is not as popular as that of dogs, there are a sufficient number of options for feline types.
Each breed has its own anatomical characteristics, a unique coat and a more or less defined behavior. This way of being of the race should only serve as a guide. We should not expect them to proceed like robots with established systems, each being will show individual characteristics. In many cases we will come across a behavior that has little to do with what the characteristics of their race tell us. Let us always remember this.
Today we talk about breeders, shops and individuals who must be avoided at all costs.
A breeder must be a qualified and certified professional who attends to the selection of a breed typology, paying attention and care to both the animals that they procreate and those that are born from such selection.
As in any profession, there are good and bad in breeders and our obligation as future owners is to search, compare, inform ourselves through experts (veterinarians) about everything necessary to reach a successful conclusion.
There are good breeders in our country, who ensure the welfare of their cats and take into account the breaks that the animals need, their food and other care. A good breeder looks for new individuals to be born with the best characteristics and in the best health.
In addition, and very important, a breeder must facilitate the socialization of puppies with different environments, with humans … and this is possible because most good breeders carry out their work in a family environment, home … An environment similar to what felines will encounter in their final lives.
Unfortunately, there are licensed people who degrade this profession. There are several cases in which greed wins and animals have been objects of production.
So that everything goes well if we want a certain feline, let’s look for the breeder of the breed that interests us, let us find out at the breed clubs, get to know the breeder, his specimens, demand the necessary sanitary guarantees and, if we have doubts, support our decision in an animal health professional outside the breeder.
At Muy Pets we don’t like to think that there are kittens that spend their first weeks in small compartments waiting for a family to notice them. Although it is true that for some time it has been forbidden to keep animals in store windows, we must still take steps in the direction of animal welfare in stores.
The first weeks of an animal are key to strengthening its health and behavior. That is why keeping him in a small compartment alone or with other small felines can lead to problems in the future.
We will look for the store where the animals are not crowded
Again, the malpractice of many over the years has caused these places to lack positive recognition.
The worst thing is that apart from the fact that in certain stores animal welfare has been ignored, many (and still some) have been buying the animals from massive farms in eastern countries … Animals without sanitary guarantees, without the appropriate age, with potential pathologies … These unfortunate animals are raised en masse, without regard, so they arrive in disastrous conditions and enter the sales polls without knowing age or health. Until we toughen animal protection laws and there is no national regulation that harshly punishes these practices, it is possible that they will continue to be committed. Let’s not help this happen and let’s observe every step a store takes to get their kittens, as well as find out how they treat them. In this way, we will help to end bad practices.
A person without certificates and without all the necessary knowledge for the breeding and sale of animals but who has no regard to putting the little ones that his two copies have had for sale. This, obviously, is illegal in our country but it has not been done for that reason.
They usually sell them through word of mouth so as not to be caught or with somewhat disguised ads on web pages or social networks. The worst thing is that many people buy because the animals are cheaper than those from certified breeders. Let’s not fall for these scams.
