One day, dog and cat owners decide that one pet is not enough for them, and they start looking for a second candidate.
Experts have given some advice that will help you choose the right moment or, on the contrary, postpone the decision until better times. Everyone should know about this.
At a minimum, pet owners will have to answer 5 questions. Here they are.
1. Checking readiness
It is necessary to distinguish between a spiritual impulse and a genuine desire to shelter another puppy or kitten. It is worth assessing the character of the living pet, imagining its behavior in the future and its possible attitude towards a new friend.
2. Health status
Important point. When a pet is sick, it is better not to take a new one until it recovers. Also: if an old dog or cat lives in the house, you need to take into account their psychological state. The appearance of a new tenant will definitely cause them stress.
3. Gender prejudice
It is believed that the second pet should be of the opposite sex, but one of them should undergo the appropriate procedure - castration and sterilization. It has been noted that individuals of different sexes conflict less.
4. Feelings
The main thing in this sense is jealousy. An adult pet will in any case start to be jealous of a baby, who will be babysat by all the household members.
And the last question is where to get another animal. The right choice is a nursery, because the animals there are more sociable and interact better with people and other animals.
