- Heartworms alert - know the warning signs to save your pets health!
Has your pet recently been coughing, eating less, or being more lethargic than usual? If so, it is possible that your pet is infected with heartworms and may need immediate help and attention. Heartworms may infect a host for up to 2 years before any signs or symptoms are visible, and often when they are diagnosed it may be too late for some pets.
Heartworms are an infectious parasitic transmitted by mosquitoes that invades major organs in dogs and cats like the lungs, pulmonary ...
Author: S.A. Smith
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- Three Important Litter Box Considerations
There are three important litter box considerations to account for whether you're a new kitten owner, or someone who has had a cat for a while. If kitty isn't happy with any or all three of these, you may find she'll start urinating outside the box.
1. Litter Box Location:
Location is all-important in real estate. The litter box location is important to your kitty. As an owner, you need to be certain her box is in a quiet location, away from traffic and noise. Ideally, a ...
Author: Nancy E. Wigal
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- Things You should never feed your Dog
Unfortunately, there are a number of household items which we tend to take for granted that are potentially very dangerous to your dog's health. It is especially important to be aware of this because as you know, dogs are essentially scavengers and will often eat just about anything they can sink their fangs into. I would say that may own dog is more like a mobile garbage disposal. It is also very important to be aware of these items since their sense of smell is so well developed that ...
Author: A.M. Wilmont
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- Need a Low-Maintenance Pet? Try a Tarantula!
If you’re like me, then you don’t really have the luxury of keeping a high-maintenance pet such as a dog. Even a less demanding pet such as a cat might be beyond your time constraints. Fish tanks can be difficult too, since it’s easy to under-estimate the time and effort involved in keeping them clean. So what options do you have?
Well, you could try a snake or one of the hardier lizard varieties. My personal favorites, however, are tarantulas. That’s right - those big, hairy, eight-legged ...
Author: V. Berba Velasco Jr., Ph.D.
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- Cats with feline diabetes can still lead a happy life
“Your cat has feline diabetes.” If this is your vet’s message after examining your beloved friend, it will come as a shock. Yes, your cat has a serious disease. But you can treat it!
I got the message myself early 2003. My (then) 10-year-old neutered cat Duvelke had been urinating and drinking more than usual for a few weeks. First it was thought to be connected with a previous medication. But after urine and blood tests the veterinarian was certain. “Your cat has feline diabetes.”
Author: Marc de Jong
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- Pet Safety
Your home might be "kid-proof" but how does it measure up when it comes to safety for your pet? Do you know all the hazards your pet is exposed to? How about what plants are poisonous and what foods should be avoided?
Caring for your pet is more than just making sure he has enough food, water and gets the appropriate veterinary care, it also means providing a pet safe environment so that your furry, feathered or scaly friend can stay safe and healthy. Unfortunately, there are many hazard ...
Author: Lee Dobbins
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- Kids and Pets, will it work?
How can my child benefit from having a pet?
1. Social skills and self-esteem. Feelings and positive experiences with their pet can help children feel good about their own. Loving a pet can also help kids to love and trust other people.
2. Exercise. All pets need to exercise, and playing with their pet is a fun way to incorporate some physical activity to your kid’s lifestyle.
3. Responsibility and respect. To learn how to take care of their pet can help kids develop empathy, concern ...
Author: Mariangie González
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- Pet Tracking Devices
It was the Saturday morning of August 20, 2004 and my two kids saying that they couldn’t find our cat Nala anywhere waked me up. I didn’t pay much attention, because it was common for her to find a new hiding spot and sleep there for hours.
Hours later we realized she was really missing and we started to search for her. We looked all over the house, inside the closets, behind furniture, and then we got outside and looked on the trees, in the playground, around the pool, everywhere! We ...
Author: Mariangie Gonzalez
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- Seven Games Dogs Just Love To Play
Have you ever wonder why some dogs seem to be so happy and playful even up to their twilight years?
The answer is not far from reach. If your dog is given an environment that arouses his curiosity yet not over stimulating, chances you’ll have a very a happy, healthy and emotional stable dog.
I’m not talking about throwing some dog toys for him to self-entertain, and thinking that he’ll be so indebted to you. On the contrary, you’re doing injustice to his creativity to play.
Author: Renée Alexandrea
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- Pets get diabetes too
Just like humans pets can suffer from diabetes mellitus too. By a simple blood test, called fructosamine, thay can be diagnosed, and then under the care of your veterinary surgeon, often treated succesfully.
Fructosamines are stable complexes of carbohydrates and proteins that are produced by an irreversible, nonenzymatic glycosylation of serum proteins. Fructosamine (glycated serum protein) measurements are useful in diagnosing and monitoring diabetes mellitus in both cats and dogs. Author: Nick Carmichael
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- The Different Breeds Of Dogs
The American Kennel Club recognizes 150 different dog breeds. There are seven different groups in which the dog can belong. They are assigned to one of the groups based on what the breed of dog was originally developed for. There is also a miscellaneous group if the dog doesn’t fit into one of the seven. The seven different dog groups are as follows. The first is the sporting group. These dogs were developed to work with people who hunted birds. A Labrador Retriever would fit into this group. ...
Author: Wendy Yeager
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- Animal Behavior: What is My Dog Saying?
Animal Behavior: What is My Dog Saying?
by C. Bailey-Lloyd
Dogs are quite amiable creatures. Much like our human counterparts, their speech is often amplified by their body movements and facial expressions. If you haven't done so yet, carefully study your dog's eyes. Watch his eyebrow motions. Often times, we don't hear them speaking because we're too busy not paying attention to their eye motions. When your dog is facing you and his eyes shift suddenly back and forth, he's telling you ...
Author: C. Bailey-Lloyd/Lady Camelot
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- Cat Repellent or How to keep Cats out of your Garden
Do cat repellents work? How to stop a cat from using garden as litterbox? Tell me how to keep cats out of my garden. These are common questions of concern to all gardeners but is there a real answer?
The first line of defence is to ensure that your yard boundaries are secure. Any gaps in your fence should be blocked to deny low level access. But cats can jump so fix a taut wire or string some six inches above the top of your fence to deter this approach.
Once inside your garden ...
Author: Hugh Harris-Evans
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- Puppy Love
Everybody loves puppies. Who can resist those cute little faces and wet noses? Puppies can be a lot of fun, but they also come with a lot of added responsibility.
More than five million puppies are born every year in the United States. In fact, one in every three families owns one or more dogs. A female dog carries her puppies for a term of approximately 60 days before they are born. Puppies are born blind, deaf, and with very little sense of smell. Their eyes stay closed for about 10-15 ...
Author: Wendy Yeager
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- Train
Your Dog With Respect
Proper training of your dog should begin when he is a puppy. The first four months of a dog’s life are very important in the training of your dog. This is when they learn behaviors that they will practice in the future.
Socializing your dog is one of the most important things you can do to influence your dog’s future behavior. As soon as you bring your new puppy home, you should start letting him interact with other puppies, dogs and humans. Take your dog to parks where there will be othe ...
Author: Wendy Yeager
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- How
to Make Your Pets Healthier and Happier
Pets are family members and should be treated as such. The design of your home has a dramatic affect on their health and well-being. When your environment is in harmony with nature, it will have a positive influence. If not, behavior and health problems will show up in your animals in subtle and not so subtle ways. By applying the environmental science of Vastu Shastra, you can create harmony and balance in your home that will support your pets. Vastu Shastra was written some ...
Author: Robin Mastro
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- How to take Great Photos of Your Pet
We all love our animals. They do such funny, adorable, and cute things. But somehow when that camera comes out they run and hide or they just seem to always be pointed away from the camera when you push the button. Well here are some tips to help you have a better chance at getting great photos of your pet.
1. Don’t wake your pet out of deep sleep and attempt to coerce him into performing for the camera. It won’t happen. Try to take photos of your pet during their routine playtime.
Author: Kelly Paal
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- Are these ingredients in your pet's food? -
Do You Really Know What Is In Your Pet's Food? Good Nutrition is Essential for a Long, Healthy Life
STOP!
And take a few moments to check your pet food label
Does your pet food contain the following ingredients:
Corn or Wheat - If 2 or more cereals like corn and wheat are among the first 7 ingredients on your label; your pet may not be getting the animal protein it needs to thrive.
By-Products - Animal necks, feet, undeveloped eggs, intestines and beaks. Although a com ...
Author: Lori Matthews; HealthyPetNet
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- 13 ways to save your furniture from cat scratching
The cats are great pets. They love to play, they love to cuddle when you are watching TV or sleeping, and they purr for no reason other than being near you. But they also love to scratch. Unfortunately, the things they love to scratch are often the legs of your antique table, your upholstered sofa, or your expensive carpet.
Although many humans do not appreciate when their cats scratching, you have to know that kittens and cats do not scratch to make us angry, they just need to scratch....
Author: Petar Petrov
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- How
To Be Your Own Pet Psychic
Those of you who watch the "Animal Planet" channel have probably seen the Pet Psychic show, where a lady psychic communicates telepathically with a variety of animals. She acts as a counselor, communicator, spiritual healer and "hierophant" between the human and animal kingdoms (the hierophant is the communicator between beings and worlds in the tarot deck). Watching this lady is great fun ...
Author: Stephanie Yeh
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- Stop! Don't give your cat that Chocolate...
"Where's the harm? My cat seems to enjoy chocolate and it's only a small piece."
Just because certain foods, such as chocolate, are enjoyed by us
humans and are perfectly safe for us, it does not mean they are suitable for
cats. Chocolate contains chemicals which rarely cause problems for humans,
but for cats and other domestic pets, these chemicals can, in rare cases, be deadly.
One problem is that cats in general find chocolate very tasty and so, it is
important not ...
Author: Larry Chamberlain
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- The Importance of Healthy Dog Treats
It wasn’t so many years ago when dog treats consisted more or less solely of milk bones, fatty biscuits, and table scraps. Not many options, and virtually none that were healthy. Well, times have definitely changed! Nowadays, savvy pet owners choose dog treats that include greenies, healthy biscuits, and gourmet bones.
Not only are there more options for now, the quality has improved significantly in recent years as well. And with the Internet boom, finding the best biscuits and bones for ...
Author: John Schwartz
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- Crate Training Tips
I, like many people, use crate training as an effective means of housebreaking puppies. There are, however, misunderstandings of the proper methods of crate training. Many well-meaning people with the intended goal of housebreaking puppies end up putting their pet in dangerous and unhealthy situations.
The first step in crate training is to get a cage big enough for your dog. If you are housebreaking puppies, get one big enough for them to grow in. But if it’s too large, your pet may end ...
Author: John Schwartz
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- Cat Training Part-2
Cats can learn dozens of activities. It is not necessary to train a cat to use litter box because mother cats train their kittens to use litter box. Cats can also be trained for using toilet. A kitten can learn to use toilet at the age of just three weeks. A cat of more than six months age can be easily trained to use toilet. The books How To Toilet Train Your Cat: 21 Days To A Litter Free Home, How To Toilet Train Your Cat: The Education Of Mango, No More Litter: How To Train Your Cat To Use Th ...
Author: chetan gupta
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- Cat
Training Part-1
Cats are more intellgent as compared to dogs. The anatomy of brain of cat is very similar to the human brain, whereas the anatomy of brain of a dog is not very similar to human brain. According to website http://www.petplace.com, the anatomy of brain of cat is about ninety nine percent similar to human brain. Both cats and human beings have same regions for emotion in their brain. The intelligence of animals depends upon brain weight to body weight ratio and anatomy of their brain. The brain of an ...
Author: chetan gupta
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- Cat lovers and cat associations around the world
A cat association is an organization that registers cats and kittens, selects cat show judges and conducts many cat shows and cat competitions. A cat association also controls cat clubs. The winner of cat show is provided with trophies, awards or medals. The Cat Fanciers Association (CFA) sponsors about 650 cat clubs in the USA. There are many cat associations in USA, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Japan and other countries. The Cat Fancier's Association is the largest cat association in the ...
Author: chetan gupta
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- Popularity of cats and cat family
Cats outnumbered dogs by millions as house pets in USA , UK and many countries of Europe. In USA alone, there are about sixty million cats kept as pets. In USA, thirty seven percent of houses are having at least one pet cat. In UK about twenty five percent of houses are having at least one pet cat. In Australia, twenty six percent of houses are having at least one pet cat. There are more than seven million pet cats in UK. In Canada, there are about five million domestic cats. There are about ...
Author: chetan gupta
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- Cat
sense organs and Cat Breeds
Cats are available in all rainbow colours and their shades. Cats are available in hundreds of colours. The common coat patterns in cats are solid, tabby, tortoiseshell, bi colour, tri colour and colourpoint. Eyes of cats are most beautiful as compared to all other animals. Eyes of cats are also found in all rainbow colours and their shades. A cat can have each eye of different colour. Each eye of a cat can have two or more colours. The eyes of kittens change color over a period of months to the ...
Author: chetan gupta
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- Feline
Human Bond
The Cat was a pet at least eight thousand years ago because bones of cats, mice and humans were found buried together on the ancient island of Cyprus. In ancient Egypt, the cat was a pet at least five thousand years ago. The cat was considered to be a sacred animal in ancient Egypt. Cats are held sacred in Buddhism. Much appreciated by the Buddhists was the capacity of cats for meditation which they sensed in cats. The Birman cat descends from cats that were venerated as gods in the Buddhist tem ...
Author: chetan gupta
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- Cat
Care,Cat Products and Cat Diseases
In USA, a cat is sold from cattery at cost any where upto US $ 20000. In USA alone people spend more than four billion dollars every year for cat food. People of USA spend more money for buying cat food than buying their baby food. Cats need balanced diet consisting of proteins, vitamins, fats and carbohydrates. People also spend large amount of money for buying cat beds , cat furniture, cat clothes, litter box, cat bathing soap, cat carriers, cat toys, catnip, apparel, collars leash harness, ca ...
Author: chetan gupta
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- Cat Senses,Cat Anatomy,Cat breeds,Cat Morphology
Cats are available in all rainbow colours and their shades.Eyes of cats are most beautiful as compared to all other animals.Eyes of cats are also found in all rainbow colours and their shades.A cat can have each eye of different colour. Each eye of a cat can have two or more colours. The eyes of kittens change color over a period of months to the final eye color. Eyes of cat are found in slanted, almond and oval shapes. The eyes of cat shine at night because they have a layer of reflective cells ...
Author: chetan gupta
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