Can I keep a cat in the dormitory?

It is very happy to have a cat in college, but Xiao Anan does not recommend that college students keep cats in the dormitory, and most schools explicitly prohibit keeping pets in the dormitory.

Safety issues in the dormitory breeding environment

As a breeding environment for cats, student dormitories have some safety and hygiene issues.

The balconies and windows of most student dormitories cannot be sealed, so how do you ensure that cats will not jump off the building? Caged? !

Furthermore, dormitories generally have rooms for 4-6 people, filled with tables and beds. The range of activities for cats is very small, and there are usually frequent visits by people outside the dormitory, which can easily cause stress reactions in cats. .

After raising a cat, the workload of cleaning the dormitory will also increase. After all, cats eat, drink and poop in the same small room as people. I can't imagine how terrible this dormitory will smell when the cat poops!

Roommate issues

When raising a cat in the dormitory, you first need to seek the opinions of your roommates. If even one person disagrees, you cannot keep a cat!

Cats are undomesticated animals. Many behaviors are based on instinct and nature, which are difficult for humans to control!

For example, tearing up yoga mats with hands, stepping on notebooks with feet, leaving residual warmth in roommate’s bed (peeing and pooping), passionate parkour late at night, and soulful “singing”...

There is nothing they can’t do except what you can’t think of! You may offend all your roommates, so don’t keep a cat just because you are crazy~

Even if everyone agrees to keep a cat, the reality is that after actually raising a cat, some people think the cat is noisy. Some people find cat feces smelly, some are afraid of being scratched by cats, and some are allergic to cat hair, which seriously affects the harmony of the dormitory. In addition, 99% of the final solution is to get rid of the cat.

Personal financial issues

Raising a cat requires financial support. Don’t foolishly believe what others say that raising a cat is free. Regular cat litter and cat food are the best. Basic fixed monthly expenses.

In addition, there are deworming, vaccines, and sterilization, which are also a large expense for college students. What is even more troublesome is that once cats get sick, the cost of medical treatment is more expensive than that of people. It can range from a few hundred to several thousand or even tens of thousands.

A few hundred yuan is nothing, it’s just a matter of gritting one’s teeth; but a treatment fee of tens of thousands is not a matter of gritting one’s teeth for students!

If you are unable to treat it because of your limited ability, believe me, this kind of guilt and shadow will make you afraid to keep a cat for a long time.

The question of where the cat will stay after graduation!

The last question is about where to stay the cat after graduation.

I once heard a joke: "A college student's cat can only live four years."

Although I don't agree with it, I can't deny that, contrary to the beginning of school, every year During the graduation season, there will be abandoned cats on campus.

Little An'an has seen too many stray cats on campus. They were once loved and cherished babies, but now they can only wander!

You must know that domestic cats have very poor survival ability in the wild. After being abandoned, they will either be rescued or die.

Even if they don’t abandon them, after graduation, college students will face the dual pressures of life and internship alone. Do they really have the time, energy and money to take good care of cats? !

If you want to raise a cat, please read these questions carefully and ask yourself whether you can raise a cat and whether you are qualified to be a cat scavenger.

As a college student, if the economy is not independent and life is unstable, Xiao Anan still does not recommend college students to raise cats. After graduation, when they have the financial ability, they can then raise one of their own. The cat! This is good for both humans and cats!

A cat can live an average of 10-15 years. I hope I can give it a peaceful and happy life.