Questions tagged [domestication]
The process of taming a wild animal to adapt it to a domestic lifestyle.
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How to help a cat with sore throat
I have found 2 feral cats near my house and when I approached them found that they were trying to meow but it was like they were trying to call but not able to. Similar to sore throats in humans ...
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Kitten diarrhea not stopping. Please advise
How long can poison stay in the cats body?
A kitten, who is one of the 3 kittens (other 2 succumbed by starving after mama cat's death) of the cat in the above question is having loose stools.
Vet had ...
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Kitten refuses to eat after mama cat's death. Getting weaker
Cat throws up for a while. Leaves forever
The kitten in question is of the mama cat about whom i have written in the above question.
She refuses to eat. Drinks water but goes on to sit in water or ...
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How long can poison stay in the cats body?
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05.12.2021
Minni, my favourite pet, who had given birth to adorable kitties few weeks back seemed to be lethargic when I checked her in the morning. Further more look at the backyard ...
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Finicky cats and what to do
My three cats are the most finicky cats I’ve ever had and, since one is allergic to chicken, it makes things even worse. They eat gravy and sauce and then they walk. I throw away food every day and it’...
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What should I do to make my cat spend more time with us?
So we have a black cat, who is the son of a white female stray cat we used to feed.
We call the female cat Kuchi, and her son Gulu (9 months old).
Gulu was born inside our house, he is almost like our ...
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Dove not getting domesticated
I got this rescue dove that probably had fallen from its nest. I took him home and fed it for 3 months. In these 3 months the dove didn't get domesticated, always fearing me when i go near it to ...
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Male cat suddenly aggressive towards female cat with whom he has been together for more than a year
I have 2 outdoor cats, A male and another female. Both were very friendly and have had a litter too around 4 months ago. They are together since more than a year. They were very playful and shared ...
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Should we try to adopt wild kittens?
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About 3-4 months ago, a wild cat gave birth to four kittens, likely somewhere near to our house. We first noticed them meowing and then managed to spy them playing in the overgrown bamboo ...
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Cat is losing fur around neck and ears. Is it some kind of disease? How to cure it?
There's an outdoor cat who comes to our home very often. I don't know what has happened but her fur around neck has almost gone. Even on her head and ears, the fur has started to fall out. Also she ...
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What to do when moving next to a bird sanctuary with a loosely-domesticated cat?
I'm about to move and a really promising location in a new city and it's surrounded by a large forest and bird sanctuary. That's great to me, but to my cat I suspect it will mean the beginning of his ...
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How do you tell a wild rabbit from a release domestic rabbit in southwestern Europe?
We know from What species of wild rabbit is the domestic house rabbit descended from? that domesic rabbits are decendents of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) they are native to southwestern ...
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Arthropods That Bond
I like arthropods a lot and enjoy keeping them, but most seem to be indifferent to humans or hate them, so are their any species of pet arthropods that enjoy interacting with humans and will bond with ...
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Cats third eyelid showing and could it mean a contagious infection
My two cats both have their third eyelid showing. How would I know if it's an eye infection or something else
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How to "re-tame" my captive shingleback
I have had my pet shingleback for a few years now, kept in an inside enclosure. I purchased the lizard of a breeder who had frequently handled the lizard and had it well tamed.
For the first 12 ...
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How to release a rescued European Rabbit back into the wild?
We saved a bunny from certain death and raised him from baby for 3 months.
We have to leave Morocco, and there are no shelters, no safe places for him. Basically, the choices are:
a home where he ...
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Can a grizzly bear be kept as a pet?
I saw that video a few time ago. It shows the story of Brutus the Grizzly which is living as a pet with his owner.
I take grizzlies as dangerous animals and so I think the grizzly must have been ...
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Where do domesticated cats come from?
Domesticated dogs are considered the ancestors of a now-extinct species of wolf that had been domesticated years ago for the purpose of hunting. I found out from this site that domesticated rabbits ...
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Are there native web building spiders in North America that can be domesticated?
This question flows from a couple of previous questions 1, 2 about pet(s) to control insect pests in the home. One comment in particular caught my attention, and lead to me asking this.
Is there web ...
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Can I make a baby wild rabbit a pet?
We had a cottontail rabbit that made a nest near our garden. She had a litter of babies about 2 weeks ago but the other day she was hit by a car. I checked on her babies this morning and only one is ...
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