Category Archives: Pets

Housing: Keep hatchlings in medium Kritter Keepers or 1 gal terrariums. Decorate with twigs and appropriately sized branches. A substrate of paper towels is recommended. Some sort of hide should be employed, such as cork bark. Adults can be kept in natural terraria. Mine prefer cork or bamboo tubes or cork flats as hides. Sand  Read more »

Puppies can and should be taught not to bite at all, and the younger you start, the less difficult it is. Allowing them to bite gently only confuses them and slows the process.  Young Labs, which I know best, and other puppies tend to very bad about biting. You see a litter of them, and  Read more »

If it’s fallen off just scoop it up with a net and remove it If it’s still attached don’t worry about it, it will fall off on its own If you don’t mind a few suggestions though – if you don’t want to return your fish until you get the bigger tank and put it  Read more »

The pulse measures the heart rate. Each time the heart contracts, a surge of blood enters the arteries and the arteries that are close to the body surface and overlie bone or other firm tissue allow us to feel the expansion of the artery as that surge of blood passes through. Each expansion is called  Read more »

Well there is nothing wrong with looking and checking it out like when he is normal dog it should be fine but if he is sick or whatever and you dintt think that he is acting right or acting funny like and then when he goes outside to poop then it might be ok to  Read more »

Five easy ways to eliminate constipation  Pumpkin: Your pet dog may relish the pumpkin, if you cannot get the fruit, you may try canned pumpkin and add them to its regular meal. Diluted Milk: 90% dogs do not tolerate lactose, but if the constipated condition is severe, then try giving 2 to 3 spoonfuls of  Read more »

Ant Shore, it IS incontinent, it means can’t reach the litter box in time!! Fazz, I would take the cat to the vet just to get him checked out. At his age he won’t make a quick recovery from something that would be quite minor in a younger cat. Perhaps he has a water infection,  Read more »

I feed Totally Ferret Turkey, lamb & venison with Zupreem grain free ferret diet with Drs. Foster & smith Original Ferret diet I buy it all from Drs. Foster & Smith and its about $55 (free shipping) and lasts my 3 ferrets about 2-3 months. Keep the food in the bags it comes in and  Read more »

Here is a bit from my fish keeping blog about cycling with fish. Now; traditional “Cycling with Fish” involves adding fish and letting the ammonia levels rise (torturing your fish) and allow the cycle process to continue naturally. Even this form of cycling will take 4 – 6 weeks to complete and the likelihood of  Read more »

A goldfish (depending on the type) needs between 45 and about 55 gallons per goldy. that’s why plus they poop alot. You have to research, pick a proper tank for the ADULT size and the amount of fish (bioload), have the appropriate filter and everything you need… like do you need or want live or  Read more »

Unless you are carrying a gun or a bat..it is more likely that you won’t have time to do anything. And if there are 3 of them…they generally circle their target and one will attack while the others will stop the target from leaving and harry him. How good a shot are you, that you  Read more »

Brushing hard can be painful, brushing lightly will just tickle the daylights out of him! You need to brush firmly but not too hard, using a body brush only. Otherwise, there are some horses that hate being groomed so much that it is impossible for them to relax, so I would use a cactus cloth  Read more »

Animal testing for medical research is necessary but it’s disgusting the way the animals are treated. Even if it’s necessary to help us we should not torture the animals that give their lives so that we can treat and cure disease and illness. There should be higher standards put in place, there should be frequent  Read more »

a very poorly bred dog of any size can have physical pain from genetic defects. Small breeds are popular and highly desired and many do suffer issues because of poor breeding practices. A well-bred dog should not be in pain. Small breed dogs were created from generations of selectivly breeding for smaller and smaller sizes..  Read more »

My vet advises changing protein sources every month to three months. It is very advisable to change foods- would YOU eat the same exact pre-made dried food every single day? it’s not healthy, variety is healthy. You can transition the foods by mixing them in over a period of about 5 days. There are so  Read more »

Dogs and cats that arrive at a humane society or a shelter are first evaluated by a team on behavior and health. If the animal appears healthy, friendly, and looks like it would make a good pet, he moves on to seeing a veterinary team for routine vaccines, spay or neuter if necessary, and de-wormer.  Read more »

My dog was a pain in the butt as a puppy. I trained him myself for the most part. My dogs attention span is longer now that he is older. As a puppy I would put him in a sit and stay and he would move 10 sec. later. Now I can put him in  Read more »

male cats usually heal really quickly as it’s a very simple operation. The vet will give you detailed instructions, but the following is a general guide. When he gets home he’ll probably be a bit groggy from the anaesthetic, depending on how long the vet has kept him in (recently had a female spayed and  Read more »

When you begin training your horse, you want to accomplish a complete basic foundation. In the process of achieving this, your horse wll have very good ground manners. You don’t want to pick apart your training program in such a manner that when you teach one thing, it is separate and does not effect any  Read more »

if its not a big show then it doesnt need to be braided (but it will get you browny points!) u can leave it flat but if you want to get some extra points then just do simple hunter braids. i recommend doing them with rubber bands. we tried to do the yarn pull through  Read more »