“It is not enough to feel love for cats, it is necessary to understand their language.”
Mapi Jiménez Serrano is, above all, a Activist is not tired. He was raising his voice for more than two decades AnimalsWithout fear of referring to injustice or street occupation when it is necessary. His commitment began very soon, when he founded in Tudella (Navarra) the first group of Animal protection City, current Ribera NavaraWhich continues today’s active. Since then he has not stopped participating in defending animal rights.
He was formed in the science of teaching assets, MAPI decided to redirect his career after the closure of the entity in which he worked as a teacher. He did so after a natural motive: Add your professional character with GatosWith whom he lived throughout his life. It was entitled ” Catster With the world of the Antarruz Paula Calvo, in the formation of the animal chair and the Ray Juan Carlos University Association, and expanded his knowledge with Specialized courses In ethics, nutrition and cat game.
Inspired by other professionals who were still on social networks, Mapi decided to move forward and make his passion for a job. Today, cat care services provide cats from a perspective that focuses on respect and knowledge of cats and individual emotional care through their project I take care of your cat. In this interview, he tells us about his journey, and today until the day of his work, challenges, and contentment, which means caring for other animals as if they were their own.
What exactly is “Catster” and what concepts do you cover?Being Catster provides well for cats in the absence of their families and giving them peace of mind when they should be absent (sending daily parts, photos, videos). Not only does it cover the basic needs of the cat, such as changing sand, water, food, and medications if you take it … but much more, is to accompany you quietly, without invasion, and checking that everything is going well, is playing if it weakens it, is to reduce, as much as possible, the lack of the family.
How to adapt to the needs and personality of each cat?On a previous visit, I ask the family about the character and routine of their cats and many issues of attention. Starting with this information, on every visit, the first thing I do is monitor and respect. Each cat is a world, there is more or less socially, playful, shy … the most important thing is not to force anything, I adapt to its rhythm, with their body language.
If you need a space that I give to you, and if you are looking for a company I am there, if you want to play, then we play, if you prefer to look at it from afar, I do it this way. It is necessary to transfer security and respect their routine as much as possible, and cats like expected animals and unusually sensitive animals.
I want every family to feel comfortable, it is a professional issue
How do cats respond to this type of care with a strange person?This depends a lot on the cat’s personality. It is normal for some to be more shy or not trusting, especially if they are not used to seeing new people around the house, but I usually notice that within two days, the majority adapts well to my existence. Some even start to meet me as soon as I entered and ask for pampering and this is very satisfactory, and the key is again in the accompanying respectful and forced.
I am trying not to feel lonely or confused, it is also important to have training, and sometimes it is not enough with the love of cats, and it is necessary to understand their language and behavior and know how to discover signs of discomfort or disease. Training seems necessary for me, I take all my life with cats and do not stop learning in every course.
You can also advise nutrition and cat behavior, how can we improve the quality of our cat’s life?For behavior, it is extremely necessary for families or guardians to inform themselves of cat needs, so that their cats can be “cats” at home, that is, as much as possible, they can develop their behavior ammunition through the game, or hidden places, note points abroad, or Arnurros and its scratches, and the appropriate containers, resources in length or ascending. All this is what we call “environmental enrichment”. Cats can feel bored and frustrated a lot if these needs are not taken into account, as you may suffer from chronic pressure without knowing us or manifesting different diseases, and providing them with a fertilized environment also makes our link closer because it makes us more aware of how, it is also a beautiful experience, it is “creating a house” with them.
With regard to nutrition, it is necessary not to feed only from the feed, barely moisturizing, and this may end in urine and dialysis diseases in addition to other diseases, drinking cats by nature a little water, and wet food is a large (or natural) ally. The ideal in any case is to provide good food, rich in animal protein, without pills, with good nutrients. It is convenient to learn to understand the product stickers and know everything you can, and remember that health begins on the dish.
What advice do you give to those who want to use cat service?The first thing is that they are looking for a person not only loves cats, but also have training and experience. A person who inspires confidence in his way to explain his service and in his human treatment (VIC), who wants to meet the cat before the visits, who keeps the family to inform them and transfer calm and security, and I know well what he should travel to about how it is.
I take care of your intense privacy when entering your home. I fully realize that your home is and deal with this problem with every delicious family, moreover, I usually recommend that you have cameras so that you can see their cats at all times. I give great importance to this human deal of confidence and clarity, I want every family to feel comfortable, it is a professional issue but also with sympathy. They look at that deal, in appetite, in all these characteristics.
Can you tell us a special condition or an emotional story?On one occasion, I took care of three cats that her teacher had to travel for Christmas, as one of them was a final illness and the teacher cost a lot to take this short trip to be a few days with his family. I tried to move it quietly, took responsibility for the situation, knowing that he was very sensitive and we got that he was able to travel and that his cats had served well until he returned. Perhaps the private cat waited for him, because he died just two days after his return. I remember this with love and a feeling of caution as much as possible. They are special and make our lives beside it more private. They are hidden, elegant, observers, Zen teachers. They are wonderful and those who live with cats are people in the lucky sense.
