Pets - 29 August 2007

My pug is over a yr old - and to this day she is going in her crate, in her bed in the house, on the carpet, right outside the front door (instead of walking 4 steps to the grass) this is a major problem i know and i have a dog behaviourlist coming to my house next week - any suggestions to help me during the meantime.

2007-08-29 16:04:04 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

i have a pair of lutinos how much should i sell the babies?

2007-08-29 15:55:28 · 6 answers · asked by Lucas h 1 in Birds

2007-08-29 15:55:18 · 14 answers · asked by hanna 1 in Reptiles

I just brought my new cat home today. She's about 1 year old and she's from the shelter. I have never owned my own cat, just looked after other people's cats. I'm a bit concerned because she keeps making a noise and looking like she might vomit. Could it be a hairball? she hasn't eaten much since I brought her home. She has food and water. Other than this, she seems perfectly normal and comfortable. She doesn't have a history of health problems or anything like that.

2007-08-29 15:55:03 · 9 answers · asked by g 3 in Cats

please state one and include why. thank you!

2007-08-29 15:55:02 · 20 answers · asked by Moore55 4 in Fish

2007-08-29 15:52:29 · 10 answers · asked by mike w 1 in Dogs

he has like 15, not all his i don't think..but they use my flower bed and decks for their litter boxes, is there some chemical or product i can use in the yards or something to deter this. i don't want to harm them but it just gets annoying

2007-08-29 15:50:43 · 4 answers · asked by deeanna292 1 in Cats

It reminds me of table food. Is this a decent brand?

2007-08-29 15:49:45 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cats

I just bought a female betta tonight after having a male for a long time..I was wondering since the females are smaller than the males should i feed her less than i did my male?

2007-08-29 15:49:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fish

Ok..I have a serious question cuz I really dont know what to do so I need help.I got a 2.5 gallon tank for putting baby guppies into so they wouldnt get eaten by my Tropical fish in my main tank with my other guppies.I put the babies there and they did fine.After they got old enough to be in with the others I put my 4 tropical fish in the 2.5 so my guppies could have my one big 10 gallon tnak all to themselves.They were in there for a good 2 weeks and then I did my usual cleaning of the tank,siphend the water,put in new and put declorifier in the water.10 mins later 3 of my fish had died..all but my tigerbarb..and he was in shock for a good week after this .So I let the tank sit for about 3 weeks and then drained it again and moved my goldfish into it thinking that by now whatever was wrong was ok now. 10mins after that, my godlfish died :-( Poor Whiteboi. What is going on with this tank? For now I have it put up and away before it kills any other fish.Please help with this!!!!!

2007-08-29 15:44:43 · 6 answers · asked by ((^}Jesshorty^{)) 2 in Fish

my neighbor lent me her parakeets for dummies book and i accidently misplaced it,so i went and got her another copy of the same book and she said it wasnt the book,she said hers was a hardcover book,i callrd two bookstores,including the one i got the book from and the clerks said none of their dummies books came in hardcover,whos right?

2007-08-29 15:43:28 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Birds

I have a 2 year old male Chocolate Lab that I want to start breeding. He's very smart, friendly and really is a beautiful dog. My question is, what can I expect when the two dogs are together. Do they really "get stuck"? Im a little embarrased to ask this(I'm 30 and should know I guess, but I don't) This is a serious question, so anyone with experience breeding dogs that could let me know what to expect would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

2007-08-29 15:40:38 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

she is very smart (learned come, sit, stay in 2 days). most important command to me is sickim just to let you know but i want all. (outside dog) and i cant go to obedience school (isolated area).

2007-08-29 15:37:42 · 15 answers · asked by iuaeauaeo 2 in Dogs

I need a big one....how much do they averagely cost?

2007-08-29 15:37:15 · 14 answers · asked by tochau 5 in Dogs

i just got a new golden retriever puppy. she is only 6 weeks old. i want to take her to dog obedience classes, i know it still is waaaaay to early, but how young can she be for me to take her to classes. i want to start her in a class as soon as i can, what is the youngest age?

2007-08-29 15:35:36 · 11 answers · asked by hi there 2 in Dogs

He was only 14. Other people have pets for over 20 years. I at least was able to hold him and say goodbye and I think he knew what was happening. He nuzzled my neck and cried before I handed him to the vet. How do you get over this? I don't think I ever want to have to go thru with this ever again.

2007-08-29 15:33:08 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cats

Have you done it and what were the reasons that you did?

Would you do it if needed again?


I have seen it done 3'xs. 2 were great results, the other was a moron that had no business touching horses.

I am all for it for the correct reasons, but not to bypass proper training.

Just wanted to hear others ideas.

2007-08-29 15:33:03 · 13 answers · asked by Mulereiner 7 in Horses

I'm getting new to the fish thing, and cant really tell if she's pregnant. Actually, I cant even tell if it's a male or female.

Please let me know what you fish experts think, so I know if I should get a breeding box for her.

She is the white one...

http://item.slide.com/r/1/159/i/tNYrKogE7D-NzYPC7mgwUy_mfETTy3Ns/

sorry, it's the best pic i could get. also, the gray area in her belly really only looks like that in the pic, I dont notice it when I"m looking right at her.

2007-08-29 15:30:42 · 2 answers · asked by Coltsgal 5 in Fish

I have a male cat and a female cat both not fixed yet. They are both almost a year. I am worried she doesn't seem to be in heat, but today he kept following her around and grabing her and bitting her neck. he wasnt doing anything sexual. she would then turn and begin to fight him. is this normal. I know i need to get them both fixed but I am getting the money together. they were given to me, it was a last minute thing and i wasnt prepared. I am just wondering should i keep them apart.

2007-08-29 15:28:02 · 8 answers · asked by euporia k 1 in Cats

I currently have a roomy 20 gallon tank with 20 fish inside. Some are under an inch long while a couple are three or more inches long. All of my fish seem very happy with the area they have, but I read that you should have a gallon per inch of fish. I have a lot of empty space in the tank and was considering getting some more fish (specifically neon tetras, black neon tetras, and clown loaches) to build up some schools. Should I stay with the number I have or is it safe to build up my tank? No rush on this question, thanks!

2007-08-29 15:24:20 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fish

For those of you who read my story about the little abused horse I took in another question. He died a few hours ago, my fault I work pla around with him in the round pen almost every evening, I left him alone to go water a tree and he stuck his head through the a corral panel and got his halter hung on a pin that connects the pannels. He panicked ulled back and ost his footing and fell hard on his side, and broke his neck. Everyone please feel free to tell me what a bad mistake I made, God knows ive been telling myself that since it happened.

2007-08-29 15:22:26 · 36 answers · asked by mike093068 3 in Horses

We got snowphia about 5 years ago. She was a stray and used to being outdoors. So anywhoo we do allow her to go outside when its nice out. The people on our street do not mind it. She does very crazy things. I will look out the window and see that she likes to lay in the middle of the street, she likes to jump into peoples cars when they leave the windows down and than you see her chasing butterflys or birds and this is not in the yard. she does this down the middle of the road. I am worried that a person who does not usually drive down our street will not look out for her and she will get hit. I would love to keep her indoors, but she goes crazy if she does not go out. I know it sounds odd, but should i put her on a lease? thanks

2007-08-29 15:18:44 · 7 answers · asked by carriec 7 in Cats

He was holding her like a baby, like we always do, and she hissed at him, bit him, and scratched him for no reason. Then later in the day I was holding her and she did the same to me. She never has done this in the several weeks we have owned her. She is always sweet and loved to be held like a baby. I have never heard of this happening. Could something be wrong with her? She is UTD on vaccinations, she has been wormed, eats well, does well in the litter box.....I just don't understand. There was no noise in the house, so I don't thing she got spooked. I am clueless on this one.

2007-08-29 15:15:01 · 4 answers · asked by veterinarymom 2 in Cats

my son and I have a freshwater aquarium with various wild critters, including snails, catfish, and crawdads...all things that we have caught from our local river.

Yesterday, I noticed that my largest crawdad, about 3 inches long, completely disappeared.

About 2 days prior, I also noticed that 2 of our store bought gold fish were gone...I originally thought that the crawdad musta been hungry, but now I am thinking I have a whole bermuda triangle thing going on.

Does anyone have any ideas as to where my crawdad could have gone? And how long they can live out of the aquatic environment?

I am really not looking forward to finding a dead and rotting crawdad...lol

2007-08-29 15:09:44 · 4 answers · asked by Melanie 3 in Fish

Which dog does not bark???... ^-^

2007-08-29 15:09:08 · 16 answers · asked by morrigan 2 in Dogs

all the vet techs on here, thinking they know everything and all they get are thumbs down. people ask simple questions and want simple answers, is that so hard?

2007-08-29 15:08:14 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

My 4 month year old Pomeranian puppy has been breathing and coughing weird. He has been breathing really hard and when he coughs it's as if he has something stuck in his throat. I've heard about Kennel Cough and told my dad about that. I'm only 13, so i'm not sure what will happen. Me and my dad thought that this would go away , but i don't seem sure unless we do something about it. He doesn't cough or breathe heavily alll the time, probably just once a day. He seem's fine when he play's. My dad seems to think that he doesn't need to go to the vet, but this thing has been happening all week or two weeks(I'm not even sure). I mean some day's he's okay, and then he gets it again.

2007-08-29 15:05:12 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

ok so we found this frog on Sunday night and we put him in a fish tank...added his pond water, 3 rocks to sit on and that is about it. It is a 10gl fish tank with a cover and light on top. So..... I just want to know how many crickets does my husband need to catch each night in order to keep this frog alive? And yes....I know my husband can buy crickets at the store...I just want to know how to keep this frog alive>>>

2007-08-29 15:01:10 · 9 answers · asked by krYpToNitEsMoM 4 in Fish

over the last 5 years i have let him come and go because trying to keep him in was a full time job. over the last few weeks he has had some marks from fights, and he has no claws. In the begining he would only stay in the yard but now travels around the sub. I want to keep him in but when we wants out he is imposibal to deal with. (for example: bits, wakes me up at all hours, make lots of noise if i lock him out of the bed room) i need sleep and pease so its easier to just let him out. what should I do?

2007-08-29 15:00:15 · 7 answers · asked by Dan U 1 in Cats

I have have Blue Crowntail male Betta fish and a blue/red female betta fish and they havent breed yet.

2007-08-29 14:56:33 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fish