"What can I do for you two?" Zhang Zian asked.
Lin Qi was standing outside, casually playing with all the pet food bowls on the shelves and chatting with his peers. When he saw Zhang Zian, he immediately pulled him aside and said in a low voice with a bitter face, "Store Manager Zhang, the Ashera cat you sold me last time is so awesome now!"
"What happened?" Zhang Zian asked, puzzled.
"That cat's cries at night are too scary, and it looks fierce. No one dares to spend the night with it. Now it occupies a villa by itself. It used to be our family's vacation villa, but now it has become its territory," Lin Qi complained. "By the way, I heard from Snowy that you have a way to stop barking dogs from barking. Do you have a way to stop barking cats from barking?"
Zhang Zian shook his head, "I can't help you with that. Dogs can be trained, but cats are very difficult to train. "
"But aren't you a cat trainer?" Lin Qi asked unwillingly.
"That cat is an artificial species. The wildness in its body is too strong. In fact, it can't be considered a normal house cat. Rather than a house cat, it's more like a wild cat," Zhang Zian explained seriously. In fact, the real reason was that the blood of domestic cats in the Ashera cat was too thin, and Fina couldn't control it.
Lin Qi was speechless.
He looked around and saw that there was no one around, lowered his voice and said, "Store Manager Zhang, if... I secretly release that cat, will it be better for it?"
Zhang Zian said, "I advise you to give up on that idea. What you are doing is not releasing a cat, but letting it die. That cat has been raised since it was a child, and I'm afraid it has long lost its hunting instinct. If you release it, it will starve to death. You don't have to be afraid. That cat only looks fierce and sounds scary, but it is actually quite cute. "
"How am I cute?" Lin Qi complained incessantly. He really wanted to cry.
Zhang Zian said, "Besides, if you release it and other citizens see it, they might call the police."
"Call the police?" Lin Qi was stunned.
Zhang Zian recalled and said, "Haven't you seen the news from before? It was said that in 2016, a serval was released in Suhang, and then someone saw it foraging for food in an ordinary residential area. The witness thought that a cheetah had escaped from the zoo, and he was so scared that he hurriedly called the police, causing the local people to panic. After a lot of trouble, the serval from the African savannah was finally subdued by the invincible urban management officers. If you release the Ashera cat, do you want to make such a big news in Binhai City? If they find out that you released it, don't tell them that I sold it to you. "
Lin Qi's expression suddenly froze, as if he had eaten a dozen flies. He seemed to have something to say, "Manager Zhang, can I have a word with you?"
He waved to his companion. That person was about the same age as Lin Qi. He was covered in famous brands and dressed very fashionably. Like Lin Qi, he was also frowning. After hearing what Zhang Zian had just said, he seemed to be even more worried.
Zhang Zian wondered what Lin Qi wanted to do sneakily, so he followed him to a corner of the store to avoid the other customers who were buying pets in the store.
"Manager Zhang, this is my good friend, Gao Zhuo," Lin Qi introduced.
"Hello, Store Manager Zhang, I've heard a lot about you!" Gao Zhuo bowed and took out a pack of branded cigarettes from his pocket.
"No, I don't smoke." "If you have something to say, just say it. You don't have to be so polite. Don't say things like 'I've heard a lot about you.' I'm not famous at all!"
"No, no, no! Store Manager Zhang, you're too kind! Before I came here, I went to a few pet shops and catteries, and everyone recommended your place. Then I talked to this good friend of mine, and he strongly recommended your place. If this is not an honor, then I really don't know what is. "The respect and curiosity on Gao Zhuo's face didn't seem to be faked.
That was weird.
Zhang Zian knew that people in the same trade were enemies. Everyone wanted to be the only pet shop in the whole Binhai City, or even the whole world. Why did those pet shops and catteries recommend his place to Gao Zhuo? Was this what they called winning people over by virtue?
Lin Qi also said, "Yes, Store Manager Zhang, don't be so polite. In Binhai City, your skills are well-known. Everyone knows about the famous cat trainer. The only regret is that your store is a little small … "
"Don't talk nonsense. What do you want?" Zhang Zian interrupted.
Lin Qi and Gao Zhuo looked at each other and exchanged looks. It seemed that they both wanted each other to speak.
Gao Zhuo was more determined. After all, Lin Qi had met Zhang Zian several times and bought a cat from Zhang Zian. He should be the one to speak.
Lin Qi couldn't refuse, so he said helplessly, "Store Manager Zhang, the first time we met was in the dog market, right?"
Zhang Zian nodded, "Yes."
Lin Qi said again, "At that time, I said that because my buddy had a serval, I wanted to buy the Bengal cat in the dog market."
He pointed to Gao Zhuo, "This is my buddy."
Zhang Zian was surprised. He looked at Gao Zhuo again, "Your serval at home?"
Gao Zhuo was indeed tall, as his name suggested. He was about the same height as Luo Qingyu from the photography club of Binhai University, but not as thin as Luo Qingyu.
"Yes, I used to get one through my connections," Gao Zhuo admitted. "Because I heard that many rich people in big cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen have servals, so I wanted to follow suit."
"So?" Zhang Zian still didn't understand what it had to do with him.
In China, it was illegal to raise servals privately, unless you had a wild animal breeding license. However, many rich people did raise servals privately, and this kind of thing was not investigated by the government unless people reported it. For rich people, it was not difficult to get the relevant documents through connections, at least not more difficult than getting a serval.
"When I bought this serval, it was only a little big. It was very cute, like an ordinary kitten, and it wasn't fierce. My family liked it very much. When people came to our house as guests, we were willing to take it out for them to see. Many guests exclaimed when they saw it and asked us if it was a young cheetah." Gao Zhuo was beaming with joy as he gestured with his hands.
Zhang Zian nodded. The appearance of a serval was similar to that of a cheetah. People who were not familiar with animals could easily confuse them, but with a little common sense, they could distinguish a serval from a cheetah by its ears. A serval's ears were big and tall, while a cheetah's ears were small and round. All the body characteristics of a cheetah were for running speed, and too big ears were not aerodynamic. Servals were not as strong and extreme as cheetahs. They needed big ears to better hear the sounds around them and avoid their natural enemies.
However, the ears of a young serval were not so big, so it was more difficult to distinguish it from a cheetah.
Lin Qi proved, "That's right. When I went to his house and saw it for the first time, I also thought it was a cheetah."
Zhang Zian listened quietly. The two of them had definitely not come all the way here just to talk about how cute young servals were.
"Unfortunately, good times don't last long," Gao Zhuo said with a bitter face. Gao Zhuo said with a bitter face, "Maybe it was fed too well. This serval grew very fast. I feel like it grew up in the blink of an eye..."
"Wild animals mature quickly. It's in their genes. The cruel environment in the wild doesn't allow them to grow leisurely," Zhang Zian said.
"When I was a child, I saw a lot of animal movies about humans and beasts, like lions and tigers. If they were raised from young, they would still be very close to their owners when they grew up, so I thought servals were the same …" Gao Zhuo said again.
Zhang Zian laughed. "You misunderstood. Those were movies, and they were most likely for children. Movies don't specifically remind you that they are zoologists who know the habits of wild animals well, and minors should not imitate them. Even if lions and tigers are raised from young, they are still ferocious beasts. Smart people will not provoke them when they are hungry or in heat … As for those who really raise ferocious beasts as pets, the weeds on their graves are probably more than a meter tall. "
Gao Zhuo sighed and said regretfully, "I know now, but it's too late. Just now, I heard you say that the ferret in Suhang was released. In fact, I almost released my ferret too … Since a while ago, it used to be very obedient, but it started to pee everywhere in the house. From time to time, it would stare at people and scream, especially at night. Now that there are guests in my house, I don't dare to take it out for them to see, because I'm afraid of scaring them and frightening them again … "
Lin Qi looked at his old friend with a sympathetic expression on his face. He patted him and didn't say anything.
"It's time for estrus," Zhang Zian concluded simply.
Barking and peeing everywhere were the most obvious signs of estrus, in order to attract the opposite sex to mate.
Gao Zhuo swallowed. "If that's all, it's okay. It can bark and pee. Anyway, I have a lot of rooms in my house, and I hire a full-time cleaner. It's not a problem to take care of a serval. But the problem is … "
Speaking of this, he hesitated even more and looked at Lin Qi with twinkling eyes.
Lin Qi urged, "Since you're here, don't hide it anymore. Tell him everything. Let's see if Store Manager Zhang can find a way to help you."
"Okay …" Gao Zhuo hesitated a few times, and finally made up his mind. He said, "This is not the only pet I have at home. In addition to the serval, I also have a Pomeranian. The Pomeranian used to be raised elsewhere, by my mother. She only recently brought it here. Then one day, the serval bit the Pomeranian to death … "
Lin Qi had heard it before he came here, but he still shivered when he heard it again.
Zhang Zian was speechless when he heard this.
He understood why Gao Zhuo looked like he was constipated.
This was not a small matter. Today, the serval could kill the Pomeranian, and tomorrow, it might bite people. Even if it didn't bite, it was still very scary. It was like staying with a time bomb, and it might explode any day.
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