How to raise cats in Song Dynasty?

You need to write the letter of appointment first, prepare the bride price, and wait until an auspicious day to welcome you home.

In the Song Dynasty, if you want to keep a cat, you need to prepare a generous dowry for the cat and sign a detailed contract before you can take the cat home. In order to get a favorite cat, the ancients needed to greet the owner of the female cat first, then bring salt and fish as a dowry when the kitten was born, and go to the door to "hire a cat" like a wife.

Because in ancient times, the value of salt and fish was relatively high, on the one hand, it can reflect the importance of adopters to small creatures, on the other hand, cat owners can also get some benefits and win a good lottery.

The ancients kept cats and liked pure color cats. In the eyes of the ancients, the most popular cat was the orange cat. The book of cats, a manual of ancient cat owners, records that "the color of cats is pure yellow, followed by pure white and then pure black", and the popularity of "orange cats" really runs through ancient and modern times.

Preparations for raising cats

Cats' daily necessities need to be prepared in advance, including cat food, cat bowl, water bowl, cat nest, outdoor box, comb, cat scratch board, cat litter and basin, pet shower gel, cat climbing frame and so on. In terms of diet, besides cat food, you need to prepare canned cats and hair cream, as well as various cat snacks. At different growth stages, cats need to eat young cat food, adult cat food and old cat food.

In terms of health, the owner also needs to prepare insect repellent drugs for cats inside and outside the body, and prepare basic drugs at home to ensure that cats can get timely treatment when they are sick. For the cat that has just been brought home, the owner can get close to it with toys and snacks such as teasing the cat stick, so that it can get familiar with the environment and itself as soon as possible, and usually take it to the pet hospital for vaccination after half a month.