Recently, in nanjing's Hongshan Forest Zoo, a very interesting thing happened, here, there are 2 serval cats, called "lightning" and "youyi", of which when you just settled in Nanjing a year ago, because your physique is too fat, so the breeders are worried about its health problems, and have formulated a "weight loss plan" for it.
But I didn't expect that now a year has passed, and you obviously don't eat much every day, but your weight has only lost 8 taels, which is basically "ineffective weight loss".
What's going on here? In this regard, the keepers began to observe the action in the secret, and it turned out that although they had been living in the zoo for a year, they were still "wild", and they usually fed enough food to eat, so they foraged for food on their own, so there would be a situation of "ineffective weight loss".
Speaking of which, the serval cat itself is not a native species of our country, they are mainly distributed in South Africa, the legal introduction of serval cats, are also wild serval cats, naturally, they still maintain the wild, there is no problem.
The serval cat, which looks like a "little cheetah", is very slender and has beautiful markings on its body. From the distribution point of view, the serval cat mainly lives in the African savannah, is a carnivorous animal, not only preys on small mammals, but also eats birds, fish, reptiles and insects.
In China, although the serval cat is not distributed in the wild, it can be seen in many zoos, because the serval cat is a species that can be introduced, of course, the premise is that it needs to be legally introduced, and various procedures are complete.
At the same time, private cats are not allowed to raise serval cats, generally zoos or scientific research institutions, and serval cats in China, or secondary protected animals, because they are also a species that threatens the living environment in the wild because of human activities and needs to be protected.
And the serval cat has a high scientific research value, for the study of the origin and evolution of felines, but also has a certain help, naturally, although the serval cat is not a native species in China, but also still enjoy the right to protection.
Although from Africa to China, and settled in China's zoo, but the serval cat habitat, is still very ideal, take the Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo, the ecological environment here has been very good, there are also a lot of serval cats like to eat wild animals, so the serval cat in the case of insufficient food fed by humans, hungry will find food to eat.
Of course, it can also be seen from here that even if the serval cat is artificially raised, in fact, their wildness is still relatively large, and the study has also found that even if it is long-term breeding and artificial breeding, in fact, the serval cat will not be like the domestic cat, after a period of domestication, it will become a human "pet", which is why it is not allowed to raise serval cats privately, because they are more dangerous.
Although the serval cat is not a large carnivore, but their requirements for the habitat are still very high, and because they are very lively and active, which also makes the serval cat need a large range of activity, and they are extremely destructive, can be called the "husky" of felines, you can imagine how dangerous it will be if they are kept at home.
Some time ago, in the wild of Fangshan, Beijing, a serval cat abandoned by humans was found, and at that time, there was a view that it may have been illegally raised, originally wanted to be a pet, but did not expect to be so difficult to domesticate, so it will be abandoned and become a "stray serval cat".
And the amount of food of serval cats is also very amazing, they need to eat continuously every day, pay attention to "eat less and eat more meals", and when eating, they will "swallow dates", which is why the serval cats in Nanjing Zoo have added meals after the food is reduced, because they can't eat enough.
Finally, as we mentioned above, the wild genes in the serval cat, and the study found that this wild gene of the serval cat is easily stimulated, and even if other animals and serval cats are locked together, the serval cat will also become a "killer", which also means that if the serval cat is raised, it needs to be kept separately, and it also needs a very good environment, and a lot of food is prepared every day.
Naturally, this is almost impossible for people who want to raise serval cats as pets, if they want to raise themselves, or listen to the words of the seller, believe that their wild nature has degenerated, then, after buying, they will regret it.
Of course, ordinary people can't afford to buy serval cats, because their price, even ordinary serval cats, is about 60,000 US dollars. So, if you're curious about serval cats, you can go to the zoo and catch a glimpse of them.