My Mom is hoarding 500 pairs of shoes..Do you hoard anything?
Yes o hoard coins but Hoarding can be used for animal behaviour too
Wow! I like hoarding coins as well, especially old ones. How does it relate to animal behavior?
Animal hoarding is keeping a higher-than-usual number of animals as domestic pets . pets tend to Hoard food and store it
Right! Yeah I have heard about older people who hoard 20-30 cats!
provide the right amount of care for them. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals provides a "Hoarding Prevention Team", which works with hoarders to help them attain a manageable and healthy number of pets.
Characteristics of a hoarder.
An animal hoarder keeps an unusually large number of pets for their premises, and fails to care for them properly. A hoarder is distinguished from an animal breeder, who would have numerous animals as the central component of their business; this distinction can be problematic,
Animal hoarding
Animal hoarding is keeping a higher-than-usual number of animals as domestic pets without ability to properly house or care for them, while at the same time denying this inability. Compulsive hoarding can be characterized as a symptom of mental disorder rather than deliberate cruelty towards animals. Hoarders are deeply attached to their pets and find it extremely difficult to let the pets go. They typically cannot comprehend that they are harming their pets by failing to provide them with proper care. Hoarders tend to believe that they