Today many people get polecats. It meets much more more often than the same snakes or big spiders. However very few people know about features of character of polecats and about how it is correct to support these pets.
Instruction
1. Polecats cannot be compared to one pet. They are rather devoted, but at the same time are independent. They to themselves choose the owner too, and many also in general become attached only to one person and are very jealous of him even of family members. They can quite become friends with other pets if are taken in the house at early age. While the adult polecat not really willingly will apprehend the stranger in the territory.
2. This pet can be supported as in a cage, and to release freely to walk on the house. The cage has to be rather spacious. It is much better if it is the small open-air cage.
3. The majority of polecats those still researchers also like to thrust a nose into all hard-to-reach spots what often suffer from. Therefore it is necessary to hide better cords and to close access for the fridge, a plate and a sofa, generally, in all of the place from where then it will be difficult to take an animal.
4. Immunity to diseases at these pets very weak. They can easily catch cold or a virus from other animal. Therefore if the animal became sluggish, ceased to eat and drink, and wool lost gloss, it is necessary to run urgently to the doctor. Development of a disease takes place at a polecat very quickly therefore it is possible just not to manage to save it.
5. Polecats have very specific unpleasant smell. Therefore they should be bathed from time to time. Still it is necessary to accustom since childhood them to a tray as the smell of urine is removed from furniture very badly. It is necessary to cut claws too because they, as well as cats can peel furniture.
6. Considering that even the cultivated polecat remains a predator, it needs to give meat, fish and live insects. Also, it is possible to include crude eggs and vegetables in a diet. It is necessary to give to an animal vitamins that wool did not drop out and there were strong bones and teeth.
7. As it is possible to see, this is quite quite good, not especially problem pet for house conditions. Yes, he has the minuses, but there is no such concept as an ideal animal. At due leaving the polecat will please the owner long enough - about ten years.