Pets - 24 August 2007

My yorkie is one year old and I need to trim his hair, but he gets extremely hyper or energetic when I try to cut his hair. Is there some sedative that I could give to him? Someone told me that Benadryl could be used and when I looked it up I could not find anything. His hair is getting tangled and mangled because he acts the same way when I try to brush his hair so it is hard to just brush his hair. Please help me--how can I brush his hair and trim it to keep his coat in a good condition?

2007-08-24 16:58:47 · 8 answers · asked by Niki 1 in Dogs

My tank is freshwater with 12 small community tropical fish.
I have a power filter and an under gravel filter. My tank is 3 months old. My ammonia level is 8 with an API liquid tester.
I add ammo lock every other day, I change 25% of the water when I vacuum every week and I have ammo chips in my filter, and I add water conditioner and aquarium salt to the water.
The pH is 6.6, hard water, no nitrates of nitrites. I've recently been trying to raise my pH, but the water is not responsive to this treatment. My fish look okay, but I feel I've been adding too much ammonia remover. Someone please help me.

2007-08-24 16:54:39 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fish

How do I know if the dog I bought for $600 is a real purebred? to me he looks a little like a boxer but also kinda like a pit. my neigbhors have 2 boxers and his snout looks diffrent than thiers

2007-08-24 16:50:41 · 11 answers · asked by Jennifer H 4 in Dogs

Hi, I have 2 tanks: A large tank with mollies and molly fry, and a smaller tank with 1 male betta. What brands of water conditioners have worked well for you? Or, what water conditioners didn't work so well? Thank you! ♥

2007-08-24 16:49:12 · 5 answers · asked by ツ & ♥ 3 in Fish

This is a pic of her
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but i heard that only dark bodied females can spawn or get Vertical lines. But can she breed?

2007-08-24 16:45:58 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fish

For real. Have you seen this occur, heard of it from a reliable person?

2007-08-24 16:42:26 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

I have a red ear slider turtle in a 10 gallon tank with just some gravel and big rocks. I also have a heat lamp, but do I need anything else?

2007-08-24 16:29:44 · 9 answers · asked by Cora K 1 in Reptiles

I have this little fish, and i have no idea what it is

sorry, but I don't have any pictures

Ok, so its about 1 inch long, from nose to tail, its flat, its mouth is kinda facing upwords where it looks like hes frowning all the time, he is silver, a dorsal fin covering most of his back, its kind of ovalish shaped...more round at the face then pointed near the tail

Also, can this fish live in a 3 gallon tank with a betta fish, or with my goldfish in the 20 gallon tank

He used to live in a 10 gallon tank with guppies, but if you read my guppie question you know they all died, and my parents won't let me keep that tank out for 1 fish, so he either lives with the betta or goldfish

he is in with the betta right now, and they get along fine, the betta wasn't to happy about it in the beginning, but now its fine

SO, what kind of fish do you think it is?

2007-08-24 16:14:03 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fish

Me, I'd be a bunny.

2007-08-24 16:04:45 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Pets

2007-08-24 16:04:38 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Reptiles

Please give an example! Thank-you.

2007-08-24 16:00:51 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

SOOOOOOOO BAD!!! But my mom said no more pets! :( Not counting the rest of my familys pets(3 dogs, 2 out-door cats and 2 birds) I have a baby chameleon, a 3 yr. old eastern box turtle, and 3 betta fish. But I want the baby bearded dragon that just melts my heart every time I see him/her when I go to the pet store to buy crickets or any-thing else. Please! help me by giving me some mom-convincing tips. And two more resons mom said no is because they get too big and he/ she cost $109.00. Please help me ! :(

I will give 5 stars to whoever gives me the tips that work! * * * * *

2007-08-24 15:58:29 · 6 answers · asked by C M 1 in Reptiles

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2007-08-24 15:50:09 · 11 answers · asked by goldfish 2 in Fish

she does swim energitically but it hasnt eaten its food nor opened its eyes in that last few days

2007-08-24 15:48:38 · 8 answers · asked by paul 1 in Reptiles

i got a new 5 month old kitten from the pound, he was healthy. got his shots, he's neutered. He was tested for alot of things, they came out negative.
A couple days later, he starts sneezing constantly. I mean like 10 sneezes in a row. then he started coughing horrible. i took it he has an upper respiratory infection.
He was still very playful, he eats, drinks, poop, ect.
We take him to the vet, and he gives me, nose drops & some stuff to put in his mouth, every 12 hours. & i have a checkup again tomorrow.
But the medicine doesnt seem like its working. He only coughs and sneezes, i say once every couple hours.
BUT he has so much stuff coming from his eyes. & when he sleeps and wakes up, his eyes are stuck together. I wash him with a warm towel. but it just comes back a couple min later.
I'm very scared.& now my 3 year old cat is starting to sneeze & have watery eyes. I keeep them serperated .
I just want to know if it is an uri. is this normal?
i cry all the time, i cant lose them

2007-08-24 15:39:28 · 11 answers · asked by ? 2 in Cats

I'm trying to help someone out, but I'm not sure if these fish would get along. I know one would need to use caution with these fish, but give me some advice.

The fish:
Blue gourami (up to 6 inches)
Dwarf gourami (up to 2-3 inches)
pictus catfish (up to 10 inches)
6 tiger barbs (up to 3 inches each)

2007-08-24 15:37:10 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fish

Hey, I really want a pet monkey and am willing to invest the time and money... can someone please recommend a type of rather calm monkey and where I could get one?? I would be a beginner. Thanks!

2007-08-24 15:26:43 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Pets

Wondering if you could use small amounts of normal fertilizer for aquatic plants instead of those overpriced little bottles you can buy at pet stores. Why or why not?

2007-08-24 15:26:26 · 4 answers · asked by The One and Only One 2 in Fish

2007-08-24 15:24:02 · 16 answers · asked by ness 1 in Reptiles

What kind of baby turtle should I get for a pet? Could you give me some links? Thanks!!!!!

2007-08-24 15:18:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Reptiles

I have three females in a tank and the males each have their own tanks.. and right now i am conditioning one of the males and one the females.. I've been researching it for while and I think I have it down and I can't find anymore websites that have good info.. Does anyone have good websites?

2007-08-24 15:08:25 · 5 answers · asked by ♥ 6 in Fish

I got a goldfish for my birthday about 4 days ago. First couple days he was fine and swimming around and happy. Then today I noticed he was gasping at the surface of the water. I figured there wasn't enough oxygen in the water so I changed it out. (the water it came with and the water I put in came from two different sources). For a while the fix kinda floated around and I figured it was about dead but then it snapped out of it and swam around all happy again. Few hours later it started swimming really close to the rocks and eventually just died. Any idea why? It was in a little bowl with just rocks and tap water by the way, baby fish, dont know where the original water came from.

2007-08-24 15:02:30 · 10 answers · asked by curiousgeorge 2 in Fish

Just read the Yahoo news, Mike Vick is suspened indefinatly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He lost everything that makes me verrrrrrrry happy. Stupid bastard, i hope this is a lesson to all so-called celebs, that just because your famous doesn't mean your above the law. I also understand that he will be facing a tough judge, go judge go, give him the 5 years. But what would be the best way to make him feel guilty for killing them? Me personally want to do everything to him he did to those dogs, only let him live to tell the story. And then do it all over again. I'm sorry but i get very defensive when it comes to the abuse of animals. And yes, i care about the human race just not a**holes like him.

2007-08-24 14:58:07 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

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2007-08-24 14:54:39 · 4 answers · asked by ? 2 in Fish

Yea ok he just started doing this and its weird ok wtf!!! hes a cockalitel too.

2007-08-24 14:49:08 · 16 answers · asked by Danielle is a HOT blonde 2 in Birds

I want to buy a 90g saltwater tank and get rid of my two smaller tanks, but I rent my place so I'll have to move at some point... Just wondering if anyone had experience moving such a large saltwater tank.

2007-08-24 14:48:42 · 4 answers · asked by Michael S 2 in Fish

I've had this male crowntail betta for about four months and within the past week he has made a bubble nest. This nest takes up pretty much the entire surface of his one gallon container so I figured he was ready to mate.

I went to the pet store and I bought a female betta (I KNOW she is a female, she has the short fins and is a dull blue) and put her in the tank in a jar so he could see her. He flared up and started dancing for her and she swam around excitedly so I let her in. They seemed to dance around one another but I don't think there was any actual mating.

I went to bed for the night and when I checked on them this morning, his fins are almost all chewed off and he's bleeding! I immediately removed her from his tank (he was there first after all) but I'm still afraid he'll die. I never actually saw them fight, but I know she hurt him.

What happened and how can I stop this from happening in the future? Any suggestions for helping my poor male betta live? I love him.

2007-08-24 14:39:25 · 5 answers · asked by blackbeastofarrgh201 1 in Fish

So heres the whole story. My roomate adopted a dog and later found out that it had all kinds of worms and ringworm. it had been with our other two dogs so we decided to keep them in the garage until they could be tested after a couple of days since we were told that it doesnt show up immediately. They were away from the other dog from there on out. two or so days later my dog pooped his bed with kind of loose poop and then went outside when i let him out and had a lot of pudding like poop. I took him to the vet and he said that it could have been because he ate something bad. he did a fecal test and nothing was wrong. Hes on anti diarrhea pills and that flora stuff. He's in great spirits and not dehydrated. Now our other dog is pooping the same exact way. Started with pooped bed and now twice a day she has diarrhea. Vets say its nothing. They are vaccinated, so i THINK its stress cause they are in the garage a lot. maybe food went bad in the humid garage? Going to vet in the morning.

2007-08-24 14:34:49 · 17 answers · asked by iminlocker11 2 in Dogs

my bettas were spawning and now they have eggs. im wondering if frozen brine shrimps are good to feed the betta frys right after they hatch because i can't seem to find microworms.

2007-08-24 14:33:23 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fish

I HAVE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH TO THE VET WITH MY DOG. SHE AND MY MALE GOT HOOKED SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE PREG BUT THE VET SAID SHE MIGHT BE HAVING A FAKE PREG. NOW THEY SAY SHE IS KNEEMICK (DONT THING IM SPELLING THAT RIGHT) A PROBLEM WITH HER BLOOD. BUT CAN ANYBODY PLZ GIVE ME SOME INFO ON FAKE PREG? AND HER BLOOD PROBLEM? AND WHAT U THINK I SHOULD DO? THANKS

2007-08-24 14:24:32 · 7 answers · asked by just_me0029 b 1 in Dogs