The fashion for exotic pets led to the fact that in many houses wild animals began to appear. Serval - one of the brightest representatives of the cultivated wild cats.
Instruction
1. Servala have very original appearance. These animals remind a cat and a leopard at the same time. The character at them quite friendly, but the maintenance of serval in house conditions demands performance of a number of rules. It is important to note that this animal resembles a cat only superficially, habits and his behavior are more similar to a dog. It is possible to call such nuance both the advantage, and a shortcoming. On the one hand, servala easily give in to training, with another - to wait that the animal will be tender and absolutely manual, is not necessary.
2. Serval is very mobile. At any age games and active lifestyle are interesting to cats, than quite often they give some inconvenience to the owners. Besides, in the conditions of the wild nature the wild cats lead, as a rule, a nocturnalism therefore the instinct of night entertainments can appear also at contents in house conditions.
3. One of features of nature of a serval is the ability to feel fear of the person. This nuance suits dogs, than cats more. It is very important to sweetheart initially not only a cat, but also to show him usual norms of obedience. Serval has to perceive the person as the owner. Otherwise it will be very difficult to re-educate him.
4. Like dogs, the serval has an instinct of protection of and the owner. For this reason at emergence in the house of strangers it is necessary ""to acquaint"" guests with a pet and to show it that they do not pose a threat. By the way, the most terrible punishment for a serval is the loneliness. Cats are very sociable and love attention to the person therefore they not only show interest in people, but also easily get on with other pets.
5. Servala - very clean animals. They are easily accustomed to a tray if they live in the apartment. However for keeping of these cats private houses are considered as more favorable conditions. However, considering that native elements for them - the Sahara, is not recommended to leave an animal on the street in the period of frosts extremely. It is possible to feed wild cats with the meat, fish, rodents who are on sale in specialized shops.
6. There is a myth that servat is dangerous to the person during aggression. Actually, it not absolutely so. The fact is that the main food allowance of these cats is made by rodents. In the conditions of the wild nature they never attack large animals therefore even at emergence of danger from the person it is simpler to serval to hide or escape, than to attack the offender. Specially it is not recommended to check possibilities of a cat at aggression, of course. If to bring up a serval in love and caress, then he will surely reciprocate on kindness.