Pets - 18 December 2006

The german pinscher apears to be midway between a minpin and a dobe in size .

as an apartment dweller who likes a rowdy , rough and tumble friend i am considering one and would like feeback on temperment , health issues etc etc .I have already gone to the gpc website and looked at offical info but wanted more of an owner perspective .

2006-12-18 05:49:23 · 2 answers · asked by bolounit1 2 in Dogs

2006-12-18 05:48:51 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cats

2006-12-18 05:48:34 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cats

I just posted about my dog's inner ear infection, and just wanted to let you all know that the amox I gave my dog was what we had left over from a previous vet visit. It is still good - doesn't expire til 2008. Secondly, this isn't the first time I've treated animals, and third, she IS going to the vet at 3pm, like I stated in my original post. I love my Grace. I wouldn't harm her in any way.

2006-12-18 05:48:22 · 3 answers · asked by lisa b 1 in Dogs

2006-12-18 05:47:11 · 4 answers · asked by anne g 1 in Other - Pets

It is not a black light... I have already tried that.
Is it the same kind of light, but just a blue bulb?

2006-12-18 05:46:56 · 6 answers · asked by Krazy K 5 in Fish

mine is a male

2006-12-18 05:45:32 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fish

Hi .,... I live in an apartment and need company from a friendly type of bird that enjoys being touched and loved but doesnt squawk so loud ill get kicked out ?

2006-12-18 05:40:50 · 17 answers · asked by Lady L 2 in Birds

Some of the stuff I read people here say about bettas is outrageous. I would like to know where you came up with the information that they get stressed in big tanks and that they always kill everything in the tank with them.

Bettas do great in big tanks, in fact the bigger the better! And they are very good community fish, seldom will you find a betta that kills everything in sight. Just don't keep them with other bettas and most of the time they will be fine!

2006-12-18 05:38:17 · 4 answers · asked by fish guy 5 in Fish

I have noticed that weimeraner tails are very short in William Wegman's photos, so I would like to know if they are cropped or are just natural. I have read his book about Fay, his second dog, and it didn't say anything about why the tail is short.

P.S. William Wegman is a photographer. Here is his site:

http://www.wegmanworld.com/

2006-12-18 05:37:01 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

to stop eating cat poo and is there anything wrong with her if she does this? My boyfriend and I think she does it for attention but could it be something else?

2006-12-18 05:33:34 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

I have an adorable Chihuahua that I've had for almost 9 years now. She's never shed a lot of her hair until recently. I've been giving her 3 baths a day to see if I can stop some of the shedding, but no it just seems to make it worse. I called the Vet and they said it was normal, but I just want to know if there's a way that I can get her to stop shedding so much. I'm getting tired of vacuuming my rug every 10 minutes. I thought seriously about taking her to the Doggie Parlor and getting her hair shaved off or something, but honestly she would look like a rat and never come out from under the bed. Any ideas here?

2006-12-18 05:31:21 · 10 answers · asked by ♥ LysoL 3 in Dogs

Recently, our kitten has been able to jump higher than he could and now he's jumping on top of everything and climbing curtains and such. We have a spray bottle, but it doesn't seem to work too well, especially when we can't spray him right when he does it. One of the problem areas is my monitor. He likes to jump on top of my desk then on the monitor to jump and climb up the curtains. I can't use the spray then, for fear that the water mist will get on the insides of my monitor. Don't know what else to do. He almost seems crazed. I'll get him down from one thing, then he'll zoom into another room and I hear crashing sounds of stuff falling and find him on top of stuff I have stacked on my dresser. This has only been happening recently. Any ideas?

2006-12-18 05:30:58 · 10 answers · asked by Shadowblaze 2 in Cats

I have a tabby, she's obiese but I've been trying to help her on that. She's always had a sensitive spot just before her tail on her back. But recently she's become more and more sensitive all the way from her mid section to her tail. There doesn't appear to be a rash, but when I pet her I have to stop half way down. When I do pass over the spot, she meows, sticks out her tongue and/or tries to nip at me. Does anyone know whats wrong and what I can do about it? Thanks

2006-12-18 05:27:52 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cats

hey guys just have a question about what more can i do for my saltwater tank as far as filtration goes. i have a 55ga. tank with a 60ga. filter, 40ga filter, and a 20ga filter, also a 60 ga. protein skimmer. Is there any thing else that maybe i can add that might be helpful? All my levels in the tank are great i'm not having trouble or anything i'm just wondering if there might be somthing else that might help i'm thinking about getting a powerhead but i'm not sure what kind to get?

2006-12-18 05:24:55 · 4 answers · asked by orestes19832003 2 in Fish

First of all, let me say that my dog is 13 years old and Saturday she started having trouble walking, like she was getting dizzy and couldn't balance herself. That's when we started noticing that she was shaking her head a lot, leaning her head to the right to gaurd her ear, and having pain. It's obvious it is inner ear infection. Because her symptoms suddenly showed up on a Saturday evening there were no vets to go to until Monday, unless I wanted to pay $125 to walk into the emergency clinic, so I started her on baby aspirin for pain and 40mgs Amoxicillin q 12h for the infection. (5mgs per 1lb of body weight - she weighs 8 lbs) I happened to read an old post where "kgreives" advised someone that because they couldn't afford to pay the vet's exhorbitant costs for services that they shouldn't own a dog. Ignorance is everywhere. Here's my advice - take your dog to the vet whether you have all the money or not. Pay what you can before you leave then tell them they'll have to bill

2006-12-18 05:24:27 · 13 answers · asked by lisa b 1 in Dogs

i am asking help from experienced horse owners and those who have experience raising foals. i have purchased a yearling philly, i have been around horses all my life but have never raised one on my own. what should i feed this little filly and what things can i do to help make her more managable when it comes time to break her.

2006-12-18 05:19:54 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Pets

http://www.understand-a-bull.com/images/Desperado1.JPG

anyone recognize what blood line this dog is? Looking for a dog that looks very similiar to this dog in southeaster lower michigan;
i.e. Flint, Grand Blanc, Brighton, Lansing areas

2006-12-18 05:18:26 · 14 answers · asked by bbking48507 5 in Dogs

He has never done this before.....

2006-12-18 05:16:07 · 11 answers · asked by riptide_71 5 in Cats

2006-12-18 05:12:38 · 8 answers · asked by stacy m 1 in Dogs

i have two red devils in the tank. male and female. how can i get them to have babies

2006-12-18 05:10:44 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fish

2006-12-18 05:07:43 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cats

What are some cute cat names for a male cat, black and white?

2006-12-18 05:07:01 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cats

I bought a betta and a dwarf frog in mid november and put them together in a 1 gallon lighted tank that stays steady temp. at 78. I did a lot of research before I even went shopping for them. Anyway, 2 days ago my betta was swimming around happily and normally, and literally 2 minutes later he was dead on the bottom of the tank (not floating?) I waited a little to make sure he was dead. Then I bought a new betta and the same thing happened. I don't think my frog did it because the fish had no torn fins or anything and the frog was not aggressive and niether was the fish to each other. I'm not exactly sure what happened, but I don't want my lone, healthy frog to be alone in this tank... I'm just not sure what kind of friend to get him or what caused my bettas to die so that it doesn't happen again... suggestions?

2006-12-18 05:04:41 · 6 answers · asked by smurfbaby143 1 in Fish

Is it possible to keep a 4.5" pacu and a 5" oscar in the same 35 gal aquarium without chaos?

2006-12-18 05:04:31 · 6 answers · asked by metallicat89 2 in Fish

He was abused by my ex, I left and took him, showed him only love, hes fine in the house, and once people are in the house. but I have to show him that they are ok. But he acts like he is going to bite them at first then he just smells them and walks away... this just started a few months ago.... any suggestions to get him to let people enter freely.

2006-12-18 05:03:17 · 11 answers · asked by nichole_lalonde 2 in Dogs

could this be caused by another condition or is stomah just sensitive. he is an older dog and vet has done blood work and come up with nothing. drives me crazy cause at the holiday dinners everyone feeds him a little here and there then that night im up cleaning up crap

2006-12-18 05:02:14 · 15 answers · asked by wldwon2003 3 in Dogs

Cocoa, or Hershey?

2006-12-18 04:55:59 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

I have a 4 year old mini shitzu and she has recently starting relieving herself on the sofa

2006-12-18 04:55:16 · 8 answers · asked by Dawn G 1 in Dogs

I'm looking for a good sized tank for my turtles (75 gallon for two late juvenille RESs). I haven't been able to find one that isn't like a fish tank. It needs to be long and deep without as much emphasis on the height.

I could make it or buy it, but I need to know a good place to get one. If you have an idea on how to make it, please give me as much instruction as you can. I'm really kinda stuck on the $200 mark without the stand (stand will be another $200 I'm sure).

Thanks in advance.

2006-12-18 04:54:32 · 6 answers · asked by uncletoon2005 3 in Reptiles