Pets - 14 October 2007

My vet told me i can give my cats just Stronghold which will cover fleas & worming - is this true?

can you buy it online now?

Thanks

2007-10-14 23:25:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cats

My dog is 14, i feel that her quality of life is very poor now. she is blind, deaf, no sense of smell, wets on carpet and her bed, arthritis and kidney problems.
yesterday she was very confused and actually stood in her food and water bowl. i know that it would be kinder to have her put to sleep. my heart is breaking but also i am worried about how my son will take it. he is 16 and has aspergers. he wont understand if i get her put to sleep.i am worried he will blame me. i thought i could take the dog to vet but bring her home and say she died but this would mean me having to go myself as my husband works during the day and son would be in at 5.30.
I feel like i am being selfish thinking about all this i love the dog so much i just dont know what to do for everyones sake.

2007-10-14 22:48:25 · 20 answers · asked by sunnyday 1 in Dogs

I have a lovely little shetland stallion, he's about 18 months old.
My friend would like him to cover her 2 little mares.
I was told that my vet could do a blood test to see if he's ready for action, is this right?

2007-10-14 21:50:19 · 11 answers · asked by crofty 3 in Horses

She claims she would put them down if they were suffering, but keeps paying the vet thousands to rid them of their pain. I have tried to go with the quality of life approach instead of the suffering approach, since she keeps spending at the vet.

The house smells like dog urine. She is grinding the dogs food nightly. She has even bought diapers for the dogs for when she is at work.

The dogs have led 15+ years of happy lives, but they represent the last living thing her dead husband gave her.

Do I let the vet keep taking her money? Do I let her keep shampooing her carpets every weekend?

How do you tell someone to let them go?

2007-10-14 20:35:58 · 13 answers · asked by csucdartgirl 7 in Dogs

I have recently found a newborn puppy dog in our suburb garden because his mother has been died and the puppy was very hungry,his mother was a vagrant dog ,It is one month I have brought puppy and I am feeding him,He is very fun and interesting sometimes me and my children hug and kiss him ,Meanwhile I am feeding him only with milk,I am afraid may he be dangerious from point of view health.I ask you how can I do? is he contaminated? (because his mother was a vagant dog )are we allowed to touch him very closely?if I vaccinate him can he be cleaned of contamiating?If so,what kind of vaccine I should have him to be injected? and what kind of foods I can feed him.

2007-10-14 20:10:55 · 5 answers · asked by Shamim M 1 in Dogs

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2007-10-14 19:49:34 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

do you think it is right to do animal testing
and its ok to kill animals for food, is it ok to abuse animals

do you know any sites i can go on to stop this (i dont think any of the above is ok to do)

2007-10-14 19:34:23 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Pets

We have a bare eyed cockatoo- s/he is 5 years old now. We haven't had it sexed, but I suspect it's a 'he'. Lately he has been fluffing his chest feathers. He isn't pulling them out, he's just twisting them around so they don't lay flat and his down is visible. I thought that they reached sexual maturity around 3 years of age. Given that we've never seen an egg- I've assumed he is male- as it is my understanding that a female will lay eggs even if they are unfertilized. But this recent chest fluffing has me wondering. Is this a female beginning to brood? I'm more inclined to think this is a form of feather picking. Once 3 years ago, we went away for 2 weeks and he pulled feathers out on the shoulder of his wing until he had a small bare patch. He settled and stopped when we got home and we haven't had a problem since. We went away again this summer for 2 weeks, and now this- although to be honest he started this slightly before we left. What's up? Does he just need more attention?

2007-10-14 19:14:24 · 2 answers · asked by uxor01 2 in Birds

I was wondering how many of you feel that its perfectly fine to name a dog a human name, and how many are against it?

2007-10-14 19:12:58 · 32 answers · asked by kim s 1 in Dogs

2007-10-14 18:54:40 · 5 answers · asked by fashionista 2 in Cats

i am 15 years old and am allowed to get a small pet. i have a few problems though. hamsters can be pretty mean, gerbils don't like to be held, ferrets are too stinky, ( but i love them to DEATH!), mice aren't as mellow as i'd like, and my mom HATES rats( these are all from experience). the only cheap choice left is a guinea pig. i need at least 50 people's Experience with guinea pigs. pros, cons, and any other info i should know. i am getting one for my birthday on Nov. 26, so i need to know soon. my mom thinks they're adorable so i need to seize the opportunity. please give me ALL the info you have from EXPERIENCE. no guessers please. thanks

2007-10-14 18:49:28 · 38 answers · asked by ferret_hamsterlover 1 in Rodents

Does racoon have rabies? Should I take my dog to the vet ASAP.

2007-10-14 18:41:56 · 31 answers · asked by arose4u_77 1 in Dogs

She is blue and has a double mask. Her personality is shy but friendly after she gets to know you. Does anyone have any ideas about what i should call her?

2007-10-14 18:39:26 · 17 answers · asked by cowdog67 1 in Dogs

What are other good names that arent too common and boring (i.e. rover and max)

2007-10-14 18:26:25 · 30 answers · asked by alias_47 3 in Dogs

I always have thought that SD is great cat food, but apparently a lot of people say that it isn't really good cat food at all. Is this true?

2007-10-14 18:20:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cats

three years ago my 26 yr. brother gave me his dog. he did not lend it or suggest i watch it till he can take it back. he flat out gave it to me and my children. we are close to her and have been withher thru a litter of puppies and my oldest son is very close to her. now my brother thinks he's a dog whisperer himself after watching a few episodes of the show with the same name and NOW wants his dog back. i say no! and frankly i have paid a medical bill for our dog and she's quite close to us all. despite his immaturity for thinking it'd be okay to do this, can he legally take our family pet away!?

2007-10-14 18:17:18 · 11 answers · asked by ? 5 in Dogs

a friend recently told me of a breed of cat called the Maine Coon. he mentioned the believe photoshopped pics of a guy holding a very large cat across his arms, and that the cat was a real breed.

being a big lover of cats (my kitty Spikey died nearly 4 years ago), i decided to look the Maine Coon up...and instantly fell in love. i find their colors and marks beautiful, and the fact that they are so big is such a large plus for me.

ANYways, onto my question, lol.

what would be a average price (i know it varies between breeders) and any local cat shows around (LA area)?

also, any other information regarding the breed would be great

Thank You!

2007-10-14 18:15:57 · 10 answers · asked by Harper Angel 1 in Cats

I saw an ad at a supermarket that said that they'd give a $500 reward if you found their dog. Is there anyone that would actually take that money? I'd just be happy to find someone's dog for them....

2007-10-14 18:13:11 · 5 answers · asked by Moral Orel 6 in Dogs

what would you be and why ?

2007-10-14 18:04:59 · 8 answers · asked by statecalifornia2009 7 in Other - Pets

I saw a glimpse of the end and it looked like a HUGE rat tail. By the looks of the length of the tail, the critter seemed about the size of a cat. We put out rat poison but the critter just eats it as a snack. We live in California and the critter only seems to come out at night. We have had rats, but this seemed much too large to be a rat. What are some possible animals that could be running around in my backyard? E-mail me with any clarity questions.

2007-10-14 17:57:49 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Pets

Just wondering because i might get one. And i dont want a name that's really a "dog" name, because all of the dogs that i have had were part of the family and they had a name that was like "tony" or "hailey" or something like that.

*i was thinking of naming her claire*

*i don't have the dog yet, and i don't know or care what color she is or what she looks like...i just want to know what you would name your little tiny female puppy! lol*

2007-10-14 17:52:28 · 16 answers · asked by alli 3 in Dogs

My mom left a tub of clorox mixed with water on the counter and my cat jumped up there and I think she drank some because I found her up there licking her chops! And now she has been hicupping every so often (she has never done that before) I smelled her mouth and It still smelled like tuna. Is she going to be okay? Does she need medical attention? Will she die?

2007-10-14 17:40:24 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cats

k i found this kitten about hmm lets see 2 months ago so it's about 2 to 3 months old it goes crazy when i don't feed it and it's always hungry alwayss.. it goes crazy it jumps on the counter and goes after our household food and my mom's starting to get really upset.. how can i tame it so that it doesn't go after the house food and to not go crazy all the time sometimes i get fed up with it's meowing i feed it like 5 times a day it's skinny and is always active and it's just i don't know i need help trying to fix this cat so that i don't have to give it away.. on top of that it even got my other cat which never did anything to do the things it does hahaha it's crazy .. help before my hair turns grey =)

2007-10-14 17:37:05 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cats

My hamster is a love I cannot stop touching it, one friend says that he can die if I touch it too much. Is this true?

2007-10-14 17:32:55 · 11 answers · asked by Stifler 3 in Rodents

i got this kitten from a friend of mine. i havent had a cat in like 8 years so me and my kids are attatched and we just found out the kitten has worms. i love this kitten!! this may sound kinda dumb but can humans or kids get this. i am freakin out a little and plan on calling vets tomorrow. we got medicine from walmart but i dont trust it and she has never had shots.

2007-10-14 17:31:53 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cats

Can an oscar live with a sevrum, silva dolla, plec, angel of all roughly the same size

2007-10-14 17:27:30 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fish

One is a male and another female. male is 5 ys old and female rescued from a street. Female attacking the male who is a short statured dachshund.

2007-10-14 17:16:15 · 6 answers · asked by Nitin 1 in Dogs

I'm worried about my Beta. Every summer when it gets hot, he seems to get really skraggly fins. When it cools down, he buffs up again. I recently put a heater in the tank. His usually long fins now look like they were clipped. He shares a tank with 3 goldfish a catfish, algae eater, etc. The water temp right now is 80 F. I just also noticed a few white specks hanging on his scales and what looks like a small worm coming out of one of his gills. The other fish are fine, and no new fish have been introduced into the tank in about 3 months. He is also hanging near the bottom of the tank instead of swimming around like usual.

2007-10-14 17:15:07 · 4 answers · asked by Mid-Island- Marc 2 in Fish

I put my dog Tallulah in Water Dog and Best Friend categories and I clicked on the categories and my profile and I don't see anything...even though I know a few friends have cast votes.
Do I just wait until the competition is done??

2007-10-14 17:08:52 · 3 answers · asked by Rackjack 4 in Dogs

I just started feeding my dogs raw diet and they are doing amazing on it. But I don't know whether or not the full meal raw diet has all the vitamins and everything in it that my dogs need or if I am supposed to add my own. I know you can buy the meat on it's own and add supplements that are needed, but I am buying the full meal stuff so would all that be included. And my one dog if a large breed puppy so I add glucosamine in it but should I be adding calcium as well??

2007-10-14 17:02:43 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs