Pets - 4 September 2006

im a 1 year old persian kitty and i live with my owners...i have lots of catnip at my house and plenty of toys to play with..i have perty blue eyes and very long white hair...i liked to be licked behind the hear and scrstched behind my butt.i am a very nice kitty cat and i will help u if some other tom starts hitting on u.wanna date me?

2006-09-04 20:14:25 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cats

i have 5 dogs. 3 are 15 months, one is 3yrs and one is about 11yrs. theyve all been eating purina puppy chow and i think its time to graduate. but to what? theres 'healthy morsels' or 'dog chow'. by reading about each there really seems to be no difference? i didnt know if it mattered which one was their next step and what the difference really was.

all 5 are very active and if their weight and breeds make any difference....the 15 m/o's are maybe 70lbs, mixed breeds (jack russel terrior/retriever/lab/pitt/german shepard)...the 3y/o is about 50-60lbs, shelti/german shepard, shes the mother of the 3 puppies...and the senior dog is a welsh corgi, not sure of his weight.

2006-09-04 20:12:12 · 5 answers · asked by J 3 in Dogs

2006-09-04 20:07:25 · 13 answers · asked by orsock2000and1 1 in Dogs

my cat is a longhair black and white and i think they call black and white cats a tuxedo cat. but when i look at a list of cat breeds it never says that so i know that not it. i saw a cat that looked like mine and under it it said norwegin forest cat. but i still want to be sure.

2006-09-04 20:03:30 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cats

2006-09-04 19:58:19 · 17 answers · asked by Rob Reality 1 in Dogs

i heard she would have to be spayed & the male might not be able to produce again,vet did not tell me any of this,he just said she had a uterus inf.& give me antibiotics,this is devastating if true for both of them would be my foundation dogs, what antibiotics would be best?for both, my vet give me cephalexin 500 mg. someone told me that was not best kind, someone please help!

2006-09-04 19:56:53 · 3 answers · asked by mrstaffybull 1 in Dogs

2006-09-04 19:56:12 · 15 answers · asked by wolflady 6 in Dogs

2006-09-04 19:53:20 · 5 answers · asked by DAVID S 1 in Fish

just want to know.

2006-09-04 19:44:51 · 13 answers · asked by Winner! 2 in Cats

2006-09-04 19:44:40 · 5 answers · asked by sport762005 1 in Other - Pets

2006-09-04 19:44:26 · 10 answers · asked by Chase 4 in Dogs

after a bath, im not sure if he got soap in, or why his eyes are so irritated to the point that he struggles to open them & they seem highly irritated what do i need to do ?

2006-09-04 19:44:13 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

I crated my pups overnight when we were house training, but five months later they are free to sleep downstairs with their crates open. I usually find baby girl Rylee in her crate or in Bailey's crate, and he prefers the couch (he is allowed on there). Sometimes my boyfriend sleeps on the chaise, and I find them next to him on the floor. I think I will buy them big beds from Costco and see if they like those. Where do your pups/dogs sleep?

2006-09-04 19:43:43 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

I'm thinking about getting one and I was just wondering

2006-09-04 19:42:07 · 2 answers · asked by gimpedoutride 1 in Dogs

7 Days old 2 males mother rejected a few hours after birth. Both sound funny when they breath but ones worse. He's hungry but then won't eat. or eats very little. i'm useing a dropper to feed him but he's still losing weight. The vet said give him honey but it hasn't helped. Fluid comes from his nose sometimes clear other times milky. I just know he has fluid in his lungs what can i do.???

2006-09-04 19:39:43 · 7 answers · asked by honey2006 2 in Dogs

my hamster has all the wood she needs in her cage to chew but theres something she does funny that i dont think is normal, she chews on her cage bars ,why does she do this??

2006-09-04 19:22:41 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Pets

I've been singing Boys to Men, "it's so hard to say Goodbye to yesterday". I am so hurt over his death. he will be sorely missed. Does any one else feel the same way?

2006-09-04 19:22:29 · 43 answers · asked by Pricklyash 2 in Other - Pets

2006-09-04 19:19:13 · 10 answers · asked by marcela_ipa 2 in Cats

Is it o.k. to give a 7mo. old Boxer puppy a small amount of Benedryl for a bee sting?

2006-09-04 19:17:07 · 7 answers · asked by pchip 1 in Dogs

Do You Dangle A Piece Of Food, Go For A Quality Laxative, Or Get A Self-Enema Kit And Flush The Little Bugger Out?

2006-09-04 19:13:53 · 6 answers · asked by Heat Miser 2 in Other - Pets

2006-09-04 19:02:15 · 8 answers · asked by What is a good Protein for dogs 1 in Dogs

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Fatally injured by a stingray, Australian "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin pulled its serrated barb out of his chest before losing consciousness and dying, the world-famous naturalist's manager said on Tuesday.

Video footage of the attack shows Irwin swimming above the stingray on the Great Barrier Reef on Monday when it lashed out and speared him in the heart with its barbed tail,

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manager John Stainton told reporters.
"It shows that Steve came over the top of the ray and the tail came up, and spiked him here (in the chest)," Stainton said after watching the footage.

"He pulled it out and the next minute he's gone. The cameraman had to shut down," he said.

"It's a very hard thing to watch because you're actually witnessing somebody die ... it's terrible."

Irwin, 44, the quirky naturalist who won worldwide acclaim as TV's khaki-clad "Crocodile Hunter", was filming a new documentary off Australia's northeastern coast when he was attacked.

Marine experts say stingrays can deliver horrific, agonising injuries from the toxin-laden barbs, which can measure up to 20 cm (8 in) in length and cause injuries like a knife or bayonet.

"The strongly serrated barb is capable of tearing and rendering flesh," said Dr Bryan Fry, deputy director of the Australian Venom Research Unit.

"It's not the going in that causes the damage, it's the coming out where those deep serrations kind of pull on the flesh, and you end up with a very jagged tear which is quite a pronounced injury," Fry said.

News of Irwin's death shocked Australians and Irwin's millions of fans around the world. Prime Minister John Howard interrupted parliament on Tuesday to pay tribute.

"He was a genuine, one-off, remarkable Australian individual and I am distressed at his death," Howard told parliament.

"We mourn his loss, we're devastated by the tragic circumstances in which he has been taken from us and we send our love and prayers to his grieving family," he said.

"CRIKEY"

Environmental documentary maker Ben Cropp said video of the attack showed Irwin swimming alongside a bull stingray, probably weighing around 100 kg (220 lb). His cameraman was filming in front of the ray, which became frightened and lashed out.

Stingrays are usually placid and only attack in self-defence.

Stainton said the cameraman only became aware of the attack when he noticed Irwin bleeding.

Millions had seen Irwin flirt with death many times as he stalked and played with crocodiles, sharks, snakes and spiders. Stainton said he was struggling to come to terms with the fact that a stingray had killed his friend.

"There's been a million occasions where both of us held our breath and thought we were lucky to get out of that one," Stainton said. "But he just seemed to have a charmed life."

Police said they had examined the footage and would prepare a report for the coroner appointed to determine the cause of death.

Film star Russell Crowe called Irwin the "ultimate wildlife warrior", adding: "He was the Australian we all aspire to be. He touched my heart. I believed in him. I'll miss him".

Known for his catchphrase "Crikey" during close encounters with animals, Irwin made almost 50 documentaries which appeared on the cable TV channel Animal Planet.

U.S.-based television company Discovery Communications, which produces Animal Planet, said it would set up a conservation fund in honour of Irwin, dubbed in one tribute a "modern-day Noah", and planned a marathon showing of his programmes.

Discovery said the footage of Irwin's fatal dive might never be broadcast.

Australian newspapers paid tribute to Irwin on Tuesday, while fans including American tourists laid wreaths outside his Australia Zoo in tropical Queensland state.

"We thought he was Superman, that he was indestructible," said an editorial in Sydney's The Daily Telegraph.

"We were wrong"

(Additional reporting by Paul Tait in SYDNEY

2006-09-04 19:00:18 · 20 answers · asked by Jovigirl05 3 in Reptiles

2006-09-04 18:54:21 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Pets

My daughter and I love our little rat. And she is already about 2 years old.

2006-09-04 18:48:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Pets

2006-09-04 18:45:56 · 10 answers · asked by caleinaustralia 1 in Dogs

And make it come back to life?

P.S. Aeris dies.

2006-09-04 18:40:04 · 11 answers · asked by Belmont 1 in Fish

2006-09-04 18:29:28 · 30 answers · asked by threeeyedshadow 2 in Cats

i have seen wildlife shootings (the makers are surely proud of), that i never had the courage to watch fully, mothers crying for their baby animals. Did the Green Peace ever have any program to help the gentle animals ?

2006-09-04 18:27:34 · 13 answers · asked by lilbird 1 in Other - Pets

While my hamster runs on her wheel, she often sticks her head out the side, getting bashed on the head by the cross-bars of the wheel. Does anyone know why she doesn't just run straight?

2006-09-04 18:27:01 · 6 answers · asked by cutelilpenguin85 1 in Other - Pets

He's a 2 years Cocker Spaniel. First, he only shows affection to males, he loves chocolate, looks like a monkey, walks like a monkey, makes sounds like King Kong and Darth Vader, he resides with 3 bitchess and has never tried to hump them, even when they are in heat, and also he lifts up his leg to piss but nothing comes out, hes scared of everything or the smallest sound, and finally he snores and farts worse then a human.

2006-09-04 18:22:48 · 13 answers · asked by latinhooterz 2 in Dogs