JP3119783U - Cat breeding cage - Google Patents

Abstract

[PROBLEMS] To improve a breeding environment by taking into consideration the habits and behavioral characteristics of cats while minimizing space, increase the breeding rate, and have cats' athletic ability, adapted to humans, or cats for pets. Cat breeding cages that can be bred and raised at low cost.
SOLUTION: A cage-shaped cage main body 2 provided with a door 3 of a size that allows humans to enter and exit is provided. The landing / working space 4 is wide enough to allow the user to work, and on the back side of the landing / working space 4 is provided a floor plate 5 and a difference shelf 6 having a predetermined gap in the height direction. The space between the bottom shelf 6 a and the floor 5 is between the side surface of the cage body 2 or the bottom shelf 6 a and the floor 5. A small breeding room 9 is formed which is shielded from the surroundings by the shielding panel 7 while leaving the cat entrance 9a.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a breeding cage for cats. More specifically, the present invention relates to a breeding and breeding of cats that have become familiar to humans for research and pet use. It relates to a possible cat breeding cage.

  Several animal breeding cages have been proposed in the past, but they are large enough to hold one animal, such as a dog or cat, and cannot provide an environment for breeding. For example, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-322670 (Patent Document 1), a box having a size that can accommodate one animal such as a dog or a cat can be efficiently excreted without causing anxiety to domestic animals. A breeding cage has been proposed in which the floor plate and tray of the cage in which excrement accumulates have been devised in order to remove and wash things.

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  However, cats have the property of moving in the vertical direction, and if the breeding cage described in Patent Document 1 is used for breeding cats, there is no space for vertical movement, so stress is likely to occur on the mother cat. It is not preferable as a breeding environment. In addition, in a small space, the space for raising kittens healthily is limited, leading to a decrease in the number of births. In addition, the born kittens cannot be actively exercised to provide the cat's original motor skills, which may cause problems when used for research.

  In addition, the mother cat during pregnancy and child-raising is very sensitive and has the habit of eating and killing the kitten by contact with other pairs and people. Since there is no shielded space, it is impossible to avoid contact with other pairs or people, and there is a problem that the mother cat cannot give birth and raise with peace of mind.

  On the other hand, in recent years, there has been a strict eye for animal welfare, and it is pointed out that breeding and raising cats in an unnatural environment is an act contrary to public order and morals, and breeding and breeding in the best possible environment A means to do this is desired.

  When cats for research are bred for breeding purposes at research facilities, etc., pregnant cats cannot be allowed to live with other pairs, so a pair of pairs is often provided with a room. Therefore, in order to breed the number of individuals necessary for research, it is necessary to prepare a number of rooms, which leads to an extremely inefficient situation, and in reality, not much can be bred. For this reason, in the past, it has been common to use a cat that has been bred in a narrow cage or supplemented by receiving a stray cat from a health center.

  However, cats withdrawn from health centers have a large individual difference and are difficult to handle because they are not accustomed to humans, which makes them unsuitable for research that requires long-term contact with researchers. Furthermore, many withdrawn cats are infected and there is a risk of transmitting the infection to healthy cats kept in animal breeding facilities. Recently, from the viewpoint of animal welfare, cats that can be used for research are limited to those that have been bred for research purposes, and paid-down cats from public health centers cannot be used for research.

  On the other hand, cats bred in narrow cages generally have poor body development and weak resistance, and thus have low resistance to anesthetics and the like, and the drug effect is not constant. In addition, breeding cats raised in such a narrow environment are not suitable for studies that measure motor ability because they fear a wide space such as a laboratory and weak limb strength.

  As described above, cats withdrawn from health centers cannot be used for research, and there are limits to the use of cats bred in narrow cages for research. Breeding familiar cats at low cost is an important need.

  When cats are bred not only for research but also as pets, it is desired to breed healthy cats that are familiar to people at low cost.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems. In addition to improving the breeding environment by taking into consideration the cat's habits and behavioral characteristics while minimizing the space, the breeding rate is improved and the cat's original exercise Providing an environment where people can have the ability, and facilitating breeding of cats for research or pets at low cost, where the keeper is easy to handle and clean the excrement, and has a space where they can interact with the cats.・ The purpose is to provide a breeding cage for breeding cats.

  The feature of the cat breeding cage according to the present invention is a cat breeding cage used for breeding cats, which is a box-shaped cage body provided with a door of a size that allows people to enter and exit. There is a landing / working space in front of the cage main body that is large enough for cats to land and that can be used by breeders. On the side, a floor plate and a difference shelf having a step at a predetermined interval in the height direction are provided, and the floor plate is formed in a high floor shape provided at a predetermined height from the cage bottom, and the lowest shelf of the difference shelves The space between the floor plate and the floor plate is a breeding small room that is shielded from the surroundings by a shielding panel, leaving a cat doorway between the side surface of the cage body or the bottom shelf plate and the floor plate. It is in a formed point.

  By adopting such a configuration, the landing / working space, the difference shelf, the raised floor board, and the small breeding room provide a suitable environment for breeding, childbirth and rearing according to the habits and movement characteristics of the cat. Therefore, it is possible to breed a cat that is healthy and accustomed to humans, with a high breeding rate and agility. In particular, the hygienic environment necessary for childbirth and rearing can be secured by separating the breeding small room from the bottom floor where the cat excretion tray is placed with a raised floor.

  Further, according to the present invention, the lowermost shelf board and the floor board are provided in contact with either the left or right inner corner of the cage body with respect to the landing / working space, and between the lowermost shelf board and the floor board. And a rear panel on the left and right sides and rear side of the cage body, and a detachable shielding panel on the front surface between the bottom shelf and the floor panel. Is preferably formed.

  By adopting such a configuration, a small room for breeding that is shielded from the surroundings by attaching a detachable panel for shielding when the mother cat is born or raised can be efficiently installed in a narrow cage, At the time of breeding, it is released so that the detachable panel for shielding is removed so that the observation of the keeper can be fully observed, and it can be changed as needed according to the breeding situation.

  Further, in the present invention, it is preferable that the shielding panel is formed to have a size that covers from the lowest shelf to the bottom of the cage body. According to such a configuration, it is possible to avoid the stress that the mother cat receives from the adjacent cat breeding cage during childbirth and rearing, and to prevent the excrement and sewage from scattering.

  And as for this invention, it is desirable that the whole side surface of the said cage main body is formed of the mesh-like member which a cat can climb. By adopting such a configuration, the cat can move up and down using a mesh member, which leads to increased limb muscle strength and agility, and can raise kittens with high exercise capacity It becomes.

  According to the present invention, a breeding environment that fully considers the habits and behavioral characteristics of cats while being a minimal space can be prepared, and not only can a high breeding rate be obtained in a space-saving manner for breeders, Therefore, it is possible to nurture healthy cats that are easy to handle and clean and that are accustomed to humans and have high athletic ability. Therefore, it is possible to stably supply cats for research and pets at low cost.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a cat breeding cage according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a breeding cage for cat breeding according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which a detachable panel for shielding is removed, and FIG. 3 is a front view, FIG. Is a right side view, FIG. 5 is a rear view, and FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 5A-5A in FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a cat breeding cage 1 has a box-shaped cage body 2 provided with a door 3 having a size allowing people to enter and exit. The side surface of the cage body 2 is formed of a mesh-like member 2a such as a wire net on which a cat can climb. The front side of the cage body 2 that has entered from the door 3 has both an area that can be landed when a cat jumps from above, and an area that allows a breeder to enter the cage and perform work for cleaning and touching the cat. A landing / work space 4 is provided. Further, on the back side of the landing / work space 4, a floor plate 5 and a difference shelf 6 having a step at a predetermined interval in the height direction are provided so as to contact the back side corner. The floor plate 5 has a predetermined height from the bottom of the cage and has a raised floor shape. The reason why the floor plate 5 is arranged in the shape of an elevated floor is to provide a gap that can be cleaned while flowing water at the bottom. Further, it is preferable that a drainage groove or the like is connected to the bottom surface of the cage body 2.

  Further, shielding panels 7 are arranged on the left and right and rear side surfaces of the cage body 2 corresponding to the space between the lowermost shelf 6a of the difference shelf 6 and the cage bottom. Further, a detachable shielding detachable panel 8 is installed on the front surface between the bottom shelf 6 a and the floor 5 of the difference shelf 6. By installing the shielding panel 7 and the shielding detachable panel 8, a breeding small room 9 shielded from the surroundings is formed. The left side of the small breeding room 9 is opened, and a cat entrance 9a is provided. Although the shielding panel 7 may be installed only in the range of the breeding small room 9, in this embodiment, the stress caused by the mother cat facing the cat in the adjacent cage during childbirth and rearing is avoided and reduced. The range that can be blindfolded for the purpose of preventing and the discharge of waste and sewage from the adjacent cage is made larger, and the entire depth of the side surface of the cage body 2 and the entire bottom can be shielded from the lowermost shelf 6a. The size is provided.

  Here, when showing an example of the size of a specific cat breeding cage 1 according to the present invention, the cage body 2 is configured as a rectangular parallelepiped having a width of 80 cm, a depth of 151 cm, and a height of 200 cm. The floor plate 5 has a width of 80 cm and a depth of 50 cm, and is installed at a height of 30 cm from the bottom of the cage at a position in contact with the back side surface of the cage body 2. Each of the different shelves 6 has a width of 45 cm and a depth of 50 cm, and has a height of 50 cm, 90 cm, and 130 cm upward from the floor board 5 and is alternately shifted to the left and right side surfaces at the rear corner of the gauge body 2. It is installed to touch. In addition, you may set suitably the space | interval of the floor board 5 and the difference shelf 6 according to the kind, age, etc. of a cat.

  Next, functions and effects of the cat breeding cage 1 in the first embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described.

  The breeding small room in this embodiment can block contact with other pairs and contact with the keeper / observer even if a plurality of cages are placed side by side in the room. The stress caused by meeting with other cats can be avoided / reduced, and the incidence of kittens killed and killed immediately after giving birth is very low, resulting in a high reproduction rate at low cost.

  Moreover, by disposing the shielding panel 7 not only in the range of the breeding small room 9 but also in a larger range of the entire lower side surface from the bottom shelf 6a, the excrement and sewage from the adjacent cage can be scattered. Sufficient effects on hygiene such as prevention can be obtained.

  The raised floor can be used as a living space for cats. By making it higher, it can be separated from the bottom floor where the cat's excretion tray is placed. The environment can be secured. Moreover, since the excrement can be removed by flowing water directly under the floor without getting the cat wet, efficient cleaning can be performed and labor of the keeper during cleaning can be reduced.

  Since the landing / work space allows a person to enter the cage directly, the cage can be efficiently cleaned and the inside of the cage can be maintained in a sanitary state, and the health of the kitten can be maintained by preventing infection. .

  Furthermore, using the difference shelf and landing / working space, it is possible to perform active movements such as vertical movement, which is one of the movement characteristics of cats, and jumping directly from the top of the difference shelf to the floor, so It can cultivate enhancement and agility, and can nurture a healthy and highly athletic cat.

  Next, the test results of breeding cats using the cat breeding cage 1 of this embodiment will be described.

Test Example 1 [Comparison of the number of births and the status of breeding]
In Test Example 1, the number of births was compared between the case where the female cat grown in the cat breeding cage 1 of the present embodiment was used as the mother cat and the case where the withdrawn female cat was used as the mother cat. The result is shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 7, in the case of a female cat withdrawn, the number of births was 4 for both the mother cat A and the mother cat B, and the second birth of the mother cat A was one. By the way, the number of births of a general cat is 4-5, and when breeding in a conventional narrow cage 1, stillbirth and kitten feeding by mother cats were observed with a high probability.

  On the other hand, in the female cats grown in the cat breeding cage 1 of the present embodiment, the number of births is 5 or more per mother cat, and the second production of the mother cat C is 7 and is a general cat. It was also a high birth rate compared to the birth status. In both cases, stillbirth and kitten feeding by mother cat were not observed.

  From the results of Test Example 1 above, it can be understood that the breeding cage 1 for cat breeding of the present embodiment has a high breeding rate.

Test example 2 [weight change]
In Test Example 2, the weight of a cat grown in the cat breeding cage 1 of the present embodiment was measured, and the general shown in a commercial book (How to keep a color picture book cat [bring a cat for the first time], Seimido Publishing) Compared to the weight of a typical domestic cat. The result is shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the kittens born and raised in the cat breeding cage 1 according to the present embodiment grew steadily, and the average weight of male cats was 2586 g and the average weight of female cats in the sixth month after birth. Was 2590 g. On the other hand, the weight of a general domestic cat is about 2400 g for male cats and about 2200 g for female cats in the sixth month after giving birth, and the weight of a cat raised in the cat breeding cage 1 of this embodiment is generally It is a higher body weight value than a typical domestic cat, and it can be seen that it grows larger.

  Further, at the eighth month after the birth, the average weight of the male cat according to the present embodiment was 4160 g and the average weight of the female cat was 2900 g, whereas the weight of a general domestic cat was about 3000 g for the male cat and the female cat. The weight value of cats raised in the cat breeding cage 1 of this embodiment was high. By the way, the weight of a female cat that had been born using a narrow cage at the inventor's conventional research facility and passed 2 years after delivery was about 2200-2500 g. Compared with this result, the good growth of the cats raised by the cat breeding cage 1 can be seen.

  As described above, according to the cat breeding cage 1 of the present embodiment, there are various advantages as described below.

[Advantages of mother cat]
1. Since it is given an appropriate environment according to the pregnancy, childbirth, and childcare period, it can reduce stress and maintain good health and mental state.
2. The number of stillbirths is extremely small, and kittens are not killed immediately after giving birth.
3. The number of childbirth increases and the state of high breeding rate can be maintained.

[Advantages of kittens]
1. Given a sufficient exercise environment, the cat's natural agility can be cultivated.
2. The limb muscle strength is developed and enhanced by performing the lifting and lowering movement using the difference shelf 5 and the mesh member 2a on the side surface.
3. Because there are many opportunities for contact with the keeper, an intimate feeling towards the person is cultivated.
4). Because it grows quickly and is healthy, it can be used for research in about six months.

[Advantages of keepers]
1. Because it can go directly into the cage, breeding management and cleaning work are easy.
2. Since the cat can be touched directly, the health condition of the cat can be accurately grasped.
3. Since an intimate relationship with the parent cat can be established, the stress applied to the parent cat during the pregnancy / nurturing period can be greatly reduced.
4). By building an intimate relationship, it is possible to make a trap such as a toilet against a parent cat, and since a parent cat wearing a kite performs a trap for generations of kittens, breeding a cat wearing a kite Can be reduced and the burden on breeding and management can be reduced.

[Advantages for researchers]
1. The number of healthy cats required for research is obtained stably.
2. Because it is familiar to people, it is easy to handle and suitable for a wide range of research purposes. In particular, habituation to humans is essential for studies that require a long research period.

  The cat breeding cage 1 according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be changed as appropriate. For example, the size of the door 3 of the breeding cage 1 for cat breeding and the installation location of the landing / working space 4 in the cage can be appropriately set according to the installation location, etc. as long as a space sufficient for people to enter is secured. Can be changed.

  In addition, the size, number, and installation location of the floor board 5 and the difference shelf 6 in the cat breeding cage 1 are not limited to the above-described size and location, and may be changed as appropriate according to the installation location. it can.

  The size of the shielding panel 7 in the cat breeding cage 1 is not limited to the above-described size and position, and the breeding small room 9 is formed when the removable shielding panel 8 is installed. If it can be formed, it can be changed in a timely manner.

  The material of the mesh member 2a covering the breeding cage main body 2 for cat breeding can be arbitrarily selected as long as it has a structure and strength that a cat such as a wire mesh can catch and exercise.

It is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a breeding cage for cat breeding according to the present invention. It is a perspective view which shows the state which removed the removal | desorption panel for shielding in this embodiment. It is a front view of the breeding breeding cage of this embodiment. It is a right view of the breeding cage of this embodiment. It is a rear view of the breeding cage of this embodiment. It is sectional drawing of the 5A-5A line | wire in FIG. It is a table | surface which shows the result of the test example 1 in this embodiment. It is a table | surface which shows the result of the test example 2 in this embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cat breeding cage 2 Cage body 2a Mesh member 3 Door 4 Landing and working space 5 Floor board 6 Different shelf 6a Bottom shelf board 7 Shielding panel 8 Shielding detachable panel 9 Breeding room 9a Cat doorway

Claims (4)

  A cat breeding cage used for breeding cats, which has a box-shaped cage body with a door of a size that allows people to enter and exit, and entered from the cage body door There is a landing / working space that is large enough for cats to land and large enough to allow breeders to work in the foreground. On the far side of this landing / working space is a floor plate and steps at predetermined intervals in the height direction. A difference shelf having a difference between the shelf and the floor plate is provided at a predetermined height from the bottom of the cage, and the space between the bottom shelf and the floor plate is the cage body. A cat breeding breed characterized by being formed in a small breeding room that is shielded from the surroundings by a shielding panel, leaving a cat doorway between the side plate or the bottom shelf and the floor plate. cage.   The lowermost shelf board and the floor board according to claim 1 are provided in contact with either the left or right inner corner of the cage body with respect to the landing / work space, and between the lowermost shelf board and the floor board. By arranging shielding panels on the left and right side surfaces and rear side surfaces of the corresponding cage body, and arranging a detachable shielding attachment panel on the front surface between the bottom shelf plate and the floor plate, a breeding chamber can be provided. A cat breeding cage characterized by being formed.   3. The breeding cage for cat breeding according to claim 2, wherein the shielding panel is formed to have a size covering from the lowest shelf board to the bottom of the cage body.   The cat breeding cage according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the entire side surface of the cage body is formed by a mesh-like member on which the cat can climb.

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