Polydactyl Cats: menene ya sa su na musamman?

Idan kuna sha'awar ɗaukar cat na polydactyl, tabbas kun riga kun san yadda halittu masu ban sha'awa suke.

Amma menene polydactyl cat? Kalmar "polydactyl cat" ta fito ne daga kalmar Helenanci "polydactyly", wanda ke nufin "yatsu masu yawa". Yana nufin katsi mai yatsu shida ko fiye akan kowane tafin hannu maimakon biyar a gaba ko hudu akan kafafun baya. Irin waɗannan dabbobin na iya samun ƙarin yatsu a ɗaya, da yawa, ko duk ƙafafunsu. A cewar littafin Guinness Book of Records, lakabin polydactyl cat mai “mafi yawan yatsu” mallakar wani tabby ne na Kanada mai suna Jake, wanda jimlar yawan yatsunsa, bisa ga kididdigar likitan dabbobi a shekarar 2002, shine 28, tare da “kowane yatsa. yana da kambun kansa, pad da tsarin ƙashi.” Duk da yake yawancin polydactyls suna da ƙarancin ƙarin yatsan yatsan hannu, ƙimar Jake ta kwatanta yadda waɗannan kuliyoyi ke musamman.

Genetics

Yatsu nawa ne dabbobin ku? Samun karin yatsu ba yana nufin akwai wani abu da ke damun ta ba. Polydactyly na iya zama ɗan sabon abu, amma a zahiri ya zama ruwan dare a cikin kuliyoyi na gida (wannan yanayin yana faruwa a cikin sauran dabbobi masu shayarwa, kamar karnuka da mutane). A wasu lokuta, ƙarin yatsa yana ɗaukar kamannin babban yatsan hannu, kuma sakamakon haka, cat ɗin yana kama da ita sanye da mittens masu ban sha'awa.

Wadanda ke son ɗaukar cat na polydactyl ya kamata su tuna cewa irin waɗannan dabbobin ba jinsin bane. A gaskiya ma, wannan nau'in dabi'a na kwayoyin halitta na iya bayyana a cikin kowane nau'i na cat, kamar yadda ake yada ta ta hanyar DNA. Matar Maine Coon tana da kusan kashi 40 cikin ɗari na damar haihuwar polydactyl, amma babu wata kwakkwarar shaida ta tsinkayar kwayar halitta, in ji Vetstreet.

Tarihi

Tarihin polydactyl cats ya fara a shekara ta 1868. A lokacin, sun kasance musamman a tsakanin ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa a arewa maso gabashin Amurka da Kanada (musamman Nova Scotia), inda yawancin waɗannan dabbobin har yanzu suna samuwa. An yi imani (kuma har yanzu) waɗannan kuliyoyi na musamman sun kawo sa'a ga masu su, musamman ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa waɗanda suka ɗauke su a cikin jirgin don kama beraye. Ƙarin yatsan ƙafa yana taimaka wa kuliyoyi na polydactyl don kula da ma'auni mai kyau da kuma tsayayya har ma da raƙuman ruwa mafi tsanani a teku.

Yawancin kuliyoyi na Polydactyl ana kiransu Hemingway cats, bayan wani marubuci Ba’amurke wanda wani kyaftin ɗin teku ya ba shi kyanwa mai ƙafa shida. Rayuwa a lokacin a Key West, Florida daga kimanin 1931 zuwa 1939, Ernest Hemingway ya yi matukar farin ciki da sabon dabbar dabbar Snowball. A cikin shekaru da yawa, in ji Vetstreet, shahararrun zuriyar kut ɗin sun mamaye gidan shahararren marubucin, wanda a yanzu ke da gidan kayan tarihi na gidansa, kuma adadinsu ya kai kusan hamsin.

Kulawa ta Musamman

Kodayake kuliyoyi na polydactyl ba su da wasu matsalolin kiwon lafiya na musamman, ku a matsayinku na maigidan kuna buƙatar kulawa da kyau da ƙwanƙwasa da ƙafafu na cat mai furry. Kamar yadda Petful ya rubuta, suna “sau da yawa suna samun ƙarin katsewa tsakanin babban yatsan ƙafa da ƙafafu, wanda zai iya girma zuwa ƙafa ko kushin, yana haifar da ciwo da cututtuka.” Don guje wa fushi ko yuwuwar rauni, tambayi likitan dabbobi don shawara kan yadda za a datse farcen kyanwar ku cikin kwanciyar hankali da aminci.

Kula da sau nawa cat yana lasa tafukan sa. Kula da dabi'un adon dabbobin ku (mai yawa ko a'a), irin su wuce gona da iri ko fifita tawu ɗaya akan wasu, babbar hanya ce ta gano ko tana da lafiya. 

Kada ku bari tsoron abin da ba a sani ba ya hana ku ɗaukar kuliyoyi masu farin ciki, lafiyayyen polydactyl! Za su cika gidanku da ƙauna, abota, farin ciki da…'yan ƙarin yatsu.