Ishadi elandisiwe le-Cat Age kuya ku-Age Age

01 ngo-07

Okungeziwe okusha kwiKhadi leBantu labaKhathi kuya kuBantu

Inhlangano ye-International Cat Care yenze izwe lamakati nabanakekeli bayo insizakalo enkulu ngokuhlela kabusha ishadi elibonisa iminyaka yobudala yamakati kuze kube seminyaka yabantu.

Kwase kuyiminyaka eminingi ukufaniswa kweminyaka yobuhlobo engangiyisebenzisayo kwakunezinhlobo ezintathu kuphela zeminyaka:

1. I-Kitten , kusukela ekuzalweni kuya konyaka owodwa
2. Iminyaka eyi- Adult , ye-Maintenance, kusukela ngonyaka owodwa kuya kweshumi
3. Senior , kusukela kuyishumi nanye kuya ku-14
4. I-Geriatric , kusukela ezinhlanu kuya phezulu.

Inothi *: Ngihlangene nabaPhathi nabaGeriatric. Lezi zinsuku zazibonisa ukuguga kanye nokukhula kwezidingo ezingokwenyama, okunomsoco nezokwelashwa.

I-Cat Cat Care International iye yanezela ezinye izigaba ezimbili zokuphila, "eziboleka" ngenye isikhathi kusuka kwesiteji esisodwa bese uyifaka komunye:

1. I-Kitten, kusukela ekuzalweni kuya ezinyangeni eziyisithupha
2. Junior, kusukela ezinyangeni eziyisithupha kuya eminyakeni emibili
3. Prime, kusukela eminyakeni emithathu kuya eminyakeni eyisithupha
4. Ukukhula, kusukela eminyakeni eyisikhombisa kuya kweyishumi
5. Senior, kusukela eminyakeni eyishumi nanye kuya kweyishumi nane
6. I-Geriatric, kusukela eminyakeni eyishumi nanhlanu kuya phezulu

02 ngo-07

Ama-kittens kusukela ekuzaleni kuya ezinyangeni eziyisithupha

UJaspurr nomfowabo, uJoey, beza kithi bevela ekhaya elinesidumbu saso sokukhetha ukukhipha ngemuva kwekamelo elilodwa lokugaya, kanye nensimu ye-outdoor strays.

Ngenxa yokuthi sasingafuni ukuthatha noma yimaphi amathuba okuletha izifo ezithathelwanayo ku-cat yethu enkulu yaseBubba, sithatha uJ-Boys kudokotela wethu wezilwane, uDkt. Dietrich, usuku olulandelayo emva kokutholwa kwabo.

Bese behlukaniswa egumbini lendodana yethu kuze kube yilapho zonke izivivinyo zibuyele kabi, futhi zinezinyathelo zabo eziyinhloko cishe emasontweni ayisishiyagalolunye ubudala.

Lesi sigaba sokuqala sokuphila siyona esheshayo ekuthuthukiseni ngokomzimba nakwezenhlalo kunanoma yisiphi esinye isigaba sokuphila kwekathi.

Nakuba uJeyey wayeyilungu lokuqala lokudola ukuze azalwe, kanti uJaspurr wayengowokugcina, uJaspurr wayelokhu eqinisekisa kusukela ekuqaleni. Akuzange kumthathe isikhathi eside ukuba abe i-alpha cat ebuhlotsheni babo, umahluko ophethe kulolu suku.

03 ka-07

I-New Cat Life Stage ye-Junior yenza i-Perfect Sense

Sekuyiminyaka eminingi, ngokusho kweshadi lokuqala, siye sabiza ama-kittens ethu "abadala" ngosuku lwabo lokuzalwa lokuqala. Amakati ami amancane kunawo wonke, uSage noGaither baneminyaka engaphezu konyaka ubudala, futhi abenzi njengamakati amakhuli.

Into ewukuthi, nakuba lezi zinja ezineminyaka engama-70 zibonakala zingabantu abadala ngokomzimba, zisathuthuka ngokwengqondo nangokomzwelo. Namanje bayakujabulela ukudlala, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi baxosha omunye, noma badonsa ngemuva kwamakati amaningi amadala, behamba bezungeza nomuntu ophethe umkhonto wezinsizi, noma yedwa, enogwaja enenjabulo-ekhahlela i-catnip-laced sock. Khona-ke, bekhathele, bayobhubha, bebodwa emanzini ombhede noma ekhanda ngendwangu esikhwameni sabo esikhulu se-beanbag, ngenani lezingane ezineminyaka eyishumi nambili ntambama.

Ezinye izinhlobo zezinkathi azifinyeleli ukukhula kwazo ngokomzimba nokuthuthukiswa okungenzeka kuze kube sekupheleni kweminyaka emibili kuya kwezine. I- Maine Coon ingenye yalezi zizwe, kanti "abafowethu" ababili be- tuxedo babonakala sengathi banesimo esiqinile samaMaine Coon esakhiweni zabo.

I-Junior yokubeka isigaba sokuphila isukela ezinyangeni eziyisithupha kuya eminyakeni emibili, futhi ihambisana namakati amancane.

04 ka 07

I-Prime Cats - Kusuka Emithathu kuya Kweyisithupha Edala

I-Franny's Note: Njengoba kungenzeka kulindeleke igama, amakati eminyaka yabo eyinhloko yeminyaka emithathu kuya kweyisithupha, ayingxenye yokuphila. UNewman, ochazwe lapha, uneminyaka engaba ngu-40 ubudala eminyakeni yabantu.

I-Newman eneminyaka eyisithupha ubudala iqinisekisiwe, i-pre-owned, eyenziwe eMichigan, i-gray-and-white, i-medium-hair hair moggie ithande ingane. Waqala ukuphila endlini yangasese kodwa wanikezwa eqenjini elincane lokuphumula lase-East-Detroit. Sacela umama wakhe okhulile ukuba athole ikati elizolile elizojabula ngokuphila nezidleke ezimbili ezingenalutho. Samukela eneminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye.

Uye waba yedwa ikati ekhaya lethu kusukela ekutholeni kwakhe. U-Newman uthule, ehlanza kakhulu lapho ehlambalaza umkami. Uchitha isikhathi esiningi sosuku lwakhe elele futhi ebuka ngaphandle kwefasitela langaphambili. Lapho ngisukuma, uthola izingxenye eziyishumi nambili ze-kibble njengomvuzo wokuvuka nami Kodwa kufanele alinde umkami ukuba avuke ngaphambi kokudla kokudla okumanzi.

Ebusuku, ulala nathi noma ahla phansi, noma, ngokuvamile, kokubili. Lapho ngifika ekhaya, uthola izingcezu eziyishumi nambili ze-kibble zokungibingelela.

UBarry J.

05 ka-07

Amakati Akhulile - Kusukela Kuyisikhombisa kuya Kweminyaka Eyishumi

Kunzima ukukholelwa ukuthi uJennifur wethu uneminyaka engaba ngu-50 ubudala eminyakeni yabantu. Lapho simkhulula emgwaqweni njengoba esencane, kwakudingeka 'sicabange' iminyaka yakhe lapho simyisa kumhlengikazi wethu ukuze ahlole. Ngokususelwa ekucaleni kwakhe, ufana nalokhu kubhala iminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye ubudala, futhi kuyoba eyishumi "kokuzalwa" kwakhe ngoJulayi 4, 2015.

Ukuvuthwa kufana nokuvuthiwe, futhi "uJenny" uyashintsha phakathi kokulala embhedeni wami ehhovisi njengoba ngisebenza, futhi ngigxuma ngemuva kwesitulo sami. Okubi nakakhulu, uthathe ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ukuze aqhube ikhibhodi yami uma ngishiya ekamelweni, noma ngishaya igundane edeskini.

Okwamanje, uJenny akayona "ikhala elincane" lezintambo, futhi usenalo "mojo".

06 ka-07

Amakati Aphezulu - Kusuka Kuyishumi Nanye kuya Kweminyaka Eyishumi nane

Umfana wethu omuhle, uBilly uzoba yishumi nanye ngoMashi 5, 2015, futhi uzojoyina uJaspurr noJoey njengamakati aphezulu. Awusoze wazi ukuthi ugulayo, u-kitten we-scrawny owamukelayo uma eneminyaka emihlanu kuphela ubudala. U-Billy uyalingana nomuntu oneminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha ubudala-isikhathi sokuphila kubantu kanye neminyaka ehambisana namakati lapho kuphakama izinkinga ezithile zezokwelapha, kanye nokwehla komsebenzi womzimba.

Endabeni kaBilly, waba nesifo sikashukela lapho eseneminyaka engaba nesishiyagalolunye ubudala. Kuze kube manje, isifo sikashukela sakhe sesilawulwa ngokudla, futhi asikho isidingo sokujola ama-insulin.

U-Billy naye watholakala ngesikhathi esifanayo ne- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy , isimo esingakabi khona ukwelashwa okwaziwayo. Kunezinhlobo ezithile zamakati ezinama-genetic leanings kulesi simo, kufaka phakathi i-Norwegian Forest, (okuyinto uBilly efana nayo,) no- Sphynx , Siberia , Ragdoll kanye neMaine Coon. Olunye uhlobo olukhungathekile yi-Devon Rex, ikati likaSteve Dale, uRicky, i-Devon Rex, udlulile kusuka ku-HCM eneminyaka emibili. USteve, kanye neWinn Feline Foundation, wamisa isikhwama seRicky sokucwaninga nge-HCM.

Amanye amakati ami amabili, uJaspurr noJoey, abazoba nezinsuku ezingu-13, banesifo se-hyperthyroid, nesifo se-hypothyroid. Izimo zabo zilawulwa umuthi wamakhemikhali kabili nsuku zonke.

07 ka-07

Amakati we-Geriatric - Kusukela ku-15 kuya ku-20 kuya ku-Older

Njengoba sifunda kabanzi mayelana nokunakekelwa nokudla kwamakati, baphila isikhathi eside. Ngokuqinisekile, ucwaningo lwezilwane luthinta amakati ethu wandisa isikhathi eside. Amakati amathathu ahlala isikhathi eside emndenini wami kwakunguShannon no-Arthur, bobabili baphila kuze kube ngu-19 noBubba (okufanekiselwe lapha), abasinda kuze kube ngu-18. Bonke beza kithi njengamakati amancane kakhulu, futhi bonke babe neyodwa noma ngaphezulu izimo zezokwelapha ezingapheli ekupheleni kokuphila kwazo.

Uma ngabe omunye wabafundi bami bacabanga, "Ngakho-ke? Kungani kufanele ushintshe igama lezinga lokuphila kwekati lisho lutho kimi?"

Cabanga ngalokhu: Uma uqonda ukuthi inkatho ayifuni ngokuzenzekelayo ibe umuntu omdala ekupheleni kwezinyanga zayo zokuqala ezingu-12, ngeke ulindele ukuthi "ikati" liziphathe ngokungazelelwe njengekati. Uzoqhubeka uqonde ukuthi kungani ikati elincane lingenzi ngokungazelelwe liziphathe njengomuntu omdala, futhi lidinga ukudlala okusebenzayo njengoba kwenza njengenjadi.

Ukuqonda kwakho okwandisiwe kuzothinta ubuhlobo bakho nekati lakho, njengoba uzosabela ngokuhlukile ekuziphatheni kwabo, futhi isibopho sakho sizokhula nakakhulu.