The process of taming a wild animal to adapt it to a domestic lifestyle.
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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 reign as a genocidal maniac against the local…
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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 still alive. We are going to try and raise it…
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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 building spider native to North America (or at…
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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 will be, eventually, food;
release him into the…
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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 come from a species in the Mediterranean raised for…
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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 cold places. She is getting weaker. Its 18 hours…
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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 pet cat, but the only thing he has extra was the…
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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 replenish food.
One day I kept the window open to see…
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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 behind our house, with the mother in close…
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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 Europe (including Spain, Portugal and Western…
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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 months that I had the lizard I would commonly take it…
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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 humans?
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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 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 where voice is suppressed. I tried to feed some food…
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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 advised to give oflokind oz antibiotics but it…
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