Pets - 2 October 2007

hiya all

My question is this
I have got a dog which is a collie cross with alsation? My dad loves his chocolate i do know myself that givin any form of chocolate to a dog can make them ill, so i dont give her any myself but my dad feeds her chocolate all the time, i have told him off multiple times and sayin dont give her any it will hurt her. I am really worried for my dog i dont want my dog to get ill through my dad i have tried showin him sights and that about dogs and chocolate he tells me to not be stupid and grow up what can i do to change my dads habits?
Please help

2007-10-02 23:57:21 · 18 answers · asked by ♥Paws 4 thawts♥ 4 in Dogs

My dad keeps putting up tons of rat poison and tons of glue traps all over my house. He does not respect the fact that I am a vegetarian and I am obviously against all of that. I put vegetable oil on the glue traps but I can't keep putting oil over and over again since my parents will eventually find out. How do I stop the rat poison problem and what do I do about the glue traps? I really love mice and I really want to help them! Please help! :(

2007-10-02 23:43:21 · 23 answers · asked by Victoria 2 in Rodents

my cats have used it at least 10 times in the past hour! What's up with that? It's almost like Christmastime here!

2007-10-02 23:34:37 · 5 answers · asked by ♥Pretty♥ ♥Kitty♥ 7 in Cats

2007-10-02 23:16:02 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

iv discovered little black grains right next to his skin, of what look like grains of sand, are these flea eggs? iv not found any fleas, my other cat doesnt have fleas and my kitten has never been outside. i assume he must have brought them with him from where i brought him.
if these are flea eggs is it safe to use the spot on treatment? i use this for my older cat.

2007-10-02 23:11:55 · 17 answers · asked by turtles 2 in Cats

Considering buying a dog and installing an electric fence.Are they safe for the dog to be zapped? Also what if there is a power failure?I have about 1/4 acre for the dog to roam so how much would that cost to install?

2007-10-02 23:01:20 · 11 answers · asked by bitaminv 1 in Dogs

2007-10-02 22:13:34 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

2007-10-02 21:21:08 · 17 answers · asked by chocoboryo 6 in Birds

2007-10-02 20:54:51 · 19 answers · asked by Claude 6 in Other - Pets

i need an estimate on dog shots she is a min pin and it will be her second shots and is it 13 weeks that shes suppose to go for them?

2007-10-02 20:51:17 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

I have put "good for the earth and people too" spray down,but
my daughter says it tasted bad!(dont ask how she knows) but we've been through 3 couches and these arent very nice(thrift store) but still its nice to come home without "snow" inside the house.any ideas welcome,maybe keep him in her room when we leave???:}

2007-10-02 20:32:00 · 10 answers · asked by fotofarie 2 in Dogs

I loved this cat, she had the same routine every morning when I woke and followed me to the kitchen to get feed. She was a very happy cat. My other cat was very close to her too.
One morning last week I woke up and she was not at my beside as usual. She was in the living room and lifted her head slowly. She seemed very sick. She did not come out to the kitchen all day to eat or drink. I was not sure what was wrong with her so I took her to the vet. At the vet she was checked and they said she had diabetes. They said she had hope if I gave her treatment, but they said the treatment would be very costly. I asked if there was any other way. They said they could do some calling to see if someone could adopt her. When they came back they said there was no one who could take her in. It took a while but I decided to put her to sleep. It was tough making this decision because I loved this cat and I felt bad. Almost a week has passed and I still havent really gotton over it yet.

2007-10-02 20:20:44 · 10 answers · asked by Jay 1 in Cats

someone told me petedge.com is a great place to shop so i checked it out it seems almost to good to be true is it a trustworthy place to shop? and how fast is shipping?

2007-10-02 20:15:18 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

Ok so my question is: Have you guys ever heard of the saying
"Something next to something blah blah everything is ok. Something next to red, everyone is dead" I remembered there was this trick into remembering the difference between the poisonous and nonpoisonous. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

2007-10-02 19:49:40 · 12 answers · asked by Jeffrey R 3 in Reptiles

I discovered this when I got her, 9 years ago when she was 12 weeks old.. She was not well socialized, and hid under the bed for three days. I needed to catch her, and grabbed her by the scruff. (No lectures--I have never failed to support her weight with my other hand when I picked her up by the scruff, even when she was smaller.) I put her on my lap, and she jumped off and ran away. Then she came back and sat at my feed, so I grabbed her by the scruff and put her on my lap. She jumped off. This went on 7 or 8 times until I realized she liked it!

So now when I want her to calm down, I sit her in my lap and pull on her scruff just enough to take her most of her weight off her front legs. She purrs.

Now, i know kittens have something like at automatic reflex that causes them to relax and curl up when picked up by the scruff by their mothers. My cat also relaxes and curls when picked up that way.

Does the fact that she likes this make her abnormal, or are all cats that way?

2007-10-02 19:48:14 · 8 answers · asked by nobodyinparticular 5 in Cats

My tropical fish keep showing red threadlike worms out their cloaca. my angel fish had it first and it died and now my gourami has it. basically they have about 5-6 bright red threads sticking out their cloaca - sometimes there is only one but it is usually a bunch of them. Here are some photos - sorry its not the best its hard to take photos in fish tank. Can anyone tell me what this is and how i treat it?
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2007-10-02 19:43:11 · 2 answers · asked by Steff S 1 in Fish

My black lab had been missing since friday, and today we got a call that she was at a animal shelter two countys away, and had been there since friday.
So we picked her up and she was very excited and happy to see us, but something seemed wrong.

She seems deppressed, and won't really eat. Shes useally pretty playful, but not today.

Is she just getting over the stress of what happend, or does anyone have any ideas??

Thanks.

2007-10-02 19:39:57 · 7 answers · asked by Becca 2 in Dogs

I set a mouse trap near a bunch of bricks in my backyard. Theres a mouse/rat nest in it. So for sh!ts and giggles, I put a trap there. When I woke up the trap was gone. what happened to the trap?

2007-10-02 19:36:33 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Rodents

I know that it is illegal to keep game fish in an aquarium such as largemouth bass and bluegills. Since peacock bass is a game fish (but not in California) I wonder if it is legal to keep one.

2007-10-02 19:31:22 · 1 answers · asked by Nam N 1 in Fish

She barks when someone walks by our house. When the door bell rings, the tv makes a doorbell noise, when she "thinks" she hears that someone is at our house. When we are outside and she is inside ( for just a couple minutes ) she will bark until we come inside or walk to the house and tell her to shut up. I think she has separation anxiety, but even when people come over and are in our house she will just sit there and "woof" at them. "Woof" as in not a LOUD bark just an under her breath bark. She will "woof for 10 minutes at them until she finally calms down. She is a very large dog and looks scary to those who dont know her, she is harmless and has never and would never bite anyone. But she is intimidating. Help shut my dog up!

2007-10-02 19:30:08 · 12 answers · asked by iluvmytessadog 2 in Dogs

My cats seem to be chasing down alot of flies and moths which is perfectly understandable. But then they just gobble them up like a tasty treat. Is that normal/healthy? Does it indicate some deficiency in their diets or is insect gobbling normal cat behavior?

2007-10-02 19:28:33 · 21 answers · asked by abdiver12 5 in Cats

i just noticed my 1 year old new cat is sneezing blood. i found sprays of it near where she sneezes. shes spayed and has been to the vet and all her shots and stuff are good. its 2 am and i cant call the vet now, what can this be? im going to call the vet first thing in the morning but im freaked out, what could this be? shes spraying blood near where she sneezes!!!

2007-10-02 18:56:12 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cats

I woke up around 12 in the morning today and found out that my 6 month old toy female Chihuahua vomited all over my bed. And when I saw her, I noticed that she is shaking uncontrollably as if she were drunk. I try playing around w/ her, feeding her something to eat, letting her drink water... and everything seems to be fine. Her nose isn't wet, though. And her vagina is "leaking" droplets of what seems to be just ....water... (it has no smell, no color.... at least that's what I think it is.) And she usually cleans herself "down there" but now she doesn't. She can walk and run, but she seems to have no balance.


Note: This has NEVER happened before. She is just only a little less than 7 months. (Her birthday was March 19, 2007.)

Is she starting her menstual cycle or is it something else?

2007-10-02 18:55:04 · 7 answers · asked by Giggles 4 in Dogs

2007-10-02 18:48:28 · 14 answers · asked by junters 1 in Dogs

2007-10-02 18:47:06 · 19 answers · asked by raymond r 1 in Dogs

What's your favorite dog book in any or all of these categories?

New puppy book:
General training book:
Breed encyclopedia:
Vet book:
Grooming book:

Conformation book:
Competitive obedience book:
Agility book:
Training theory:

Dog picture book:
Non-fiction dog story:
Fiction dog story:

Genetics book:
Breeding book:

Obviously the list above is not all-encompassing. Just meant to stimulate ideas. Pick the categories of books you read or create your own category (for dog name books or your breed books or Schutzhund books or whatever).

2007-10-02 18:45:56 · 12 answers · asked by Cleoppa 5 in Dogs

2007-10-02 18:42:35 · 7 answers · asked by lindsey p 5 in Cats

Fel-O-Vax to be specific. My cat has sort of a oval shaped lump under her skin on her neck/shoulder. She got her shot about a week ago.

2007-10-02 18:31:41 · 9 answers · asked by Daria 1 in Cats

He will hop into my lap or I will be holding him and he is purring and really happy. Then he will try and climb up me like I have no feelings at all using his claws like I'm a tree still purring. It's very annoying and I want to cuddle with him and pet him but it hurts when I'm being climbed. It's sad because when he jumps into my lap I push him away because I don't want to be clawed.

2007-10-02 18:26:52 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cats

2007-10-02 18:10:16 · 8 answers · asked by steve b 1 in Cats