Pets - 2 November 2007

my local fish store where i ussually get my RO water for topp offs on my saltwater tank went out of business and i have no idea of where to get RO water now.
is there any way i can turn freshwater from my tapp into RO water?
will it hurt my fish if i use the tapp water if treated with chorline removers?

can i use bottled water?

thanks

2007-11-02 17:14:21 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fish

I got 20lbs of fiji premium cured live rock. After adding them to my new tank i noticed some dying of the red/green little rocks in it... I know the dying is normal, but is there a way to recover the green/ red color asap?.. Like adding chemicals, lighting (best lighting)..

2007-11-02 17:09:29 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fish

I have 2 dogs. Recently me and my wife moved into an apartment. Our one dog (Apollo) seems to have adjusted just fine, but the other one (Otis) is peeing, not just in the house but on things, as well as pooing sometimes several times a day inside. In our old house the dogs would never go in the house, even if they were left all day. Now it seems if there is 3 hours between trips outside and no one around Otis will go inside. We also have a fairly new baby and thought he might be doing it for attention but even after giving him more attention and letting him sleep with us again he is still continueing this behavior. My wife is getting to the point where she wants to get rid of him which will break my heart... what do I do to get him to stop? I don't know how to train him when he's already been trained and I can not figure out why he is doing this.

2007-11-02 16:43:18 · 7 answers · asked by blue_beard13 1 in Dogs

My Italian Greyhound stole and entire loaf of freshly baked bread off the kitchen counter. He ate the entire thing and he looked like a barrel afterwards.

2007-11-02 16:42:07 · 44 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

2007-11-02 16:38:17 · 7 answers · asked by geraldine s 1 in Fish

First let me get you familiar with my cats. I have Potato,Ruffus,Deano,Princess,Catalina,Sqeaks, and Kotton.
Kotton, and Sqeaks are the two kittens. The rest are adults. Now mind you I have had my cats from anywhere to 4months to 5yrs,and they have cause no problems. Ruffus,and Deano are fixed. Now, in my neighborhood there tend to be quite a few cats, around 18 but only about 3-4 are homeless/stray. Out of those strays there happens to be a female with a litter near my neighbors new house. However they seem to think that my cats are producing these kittens which they are not its a stray female in the area. So what does my neighbor do? Apparently calls up the pound. (as i was told by my closer neighbor.) Now im not saying he did, but Ruffus is missing... Ruffus never ever leaves my porch...ever! Its been 3 days ive looked online at pounds, no help... is this even aloud? i mean is it lawful? can a neighbor call the pound on YOUR cat? Thanks, Just tell me if you have any questions. =]

2007-11-02 16:32:50 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cats

I bought my dog a big round fluffy filled pad to lay around on while on the floor. He walkes up to it and starts scratching like he is fluffing the damned thing. He goes on scratching and pawing at it for a couple minutes and when he gets the middle fluffed up again, he lays down. Is my big brown dog fluffing up his own mattress? Its so peculiar I cannot believe he is fluffing his own bed in preperation for bedtime. What do you think?
If he doesnt fluff it, there is a big dent in the middle from him laying on it.

2007-11-02 16:27:26 · 15 answers · asked by happydawg 6 in Dogs

I have cleaned the substance off of the tank and it has come back. It has no smell and is not effecting my fish.

2007-11-02 16:23:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fish

he always pees on the rug when my mom is vacuming and she takes away his bed. is there something wrong?

2007-11-02 16:22:13 · 6 answers · asked by Lewis C 1 in Dogs

I've looked through articles about training your dog, and they tell me all kinds of things like have treats ready and praise them like there's no tomorrow, but they don't tell me the actual proccess of teaching it to sit.
I know you can't just say sit and push it down, dogs dont speak english after all. Any ideas?

I AM ALSO LOOKING FOR THE "DROP IT" AND "COME" commands. Thanks!

2007-11-02 16:17:09 · 11 answers · asked by lapajamas 2 in Dogs

I've had some problems with one of my tank, and any time I plug the fish tank heater in, the tank always sits at a constant 80 degrees (with it on the lowest setting), according to two different thermometers. Here recently I've had to separate two of my mollies from the other fish as they where way too aggressive for the other fish in the tank (Strange I know). So I started a 10 gallon tank using gravel and water from my larger tank.

Thinking it was my cheap heater causing the tank to be 80 degrees all the time, I bought two new heaters.

So now I have a:

20 Gallon tank w/ 50 gallon filter, and 150 watt heater.
10 Gallon tank w/ 50 gallon filter, and 150 watt heater.

Both have a separate 30 gallon air pump with two large air stones in each tank.

The 10 gallon tank is perfect with, it sits at a constant 75 degrees.

The 20 gallon tank though for some reason has weird hot and cool spots, the front top of the tank tends to be 80 degrees, the back half of the tank is colder, .....

2007-11-02 16:05:13 · 7 answers · asked by mr5oh 3 in Fish

My snail hasn't moved much in a few days, and I am worried about him. I've been keeping my eye on him and he's not dead though. Sometimes his shell is closed up tight but sometimes he opens up alittle (he moves that brown little protective plate thing on his underside, I forget what its called) and I can see a little sliver of pink snail body. But he won't come out. I don't know what could be wrong accept when I was watching the panda cory I put in the tank about a month ago swam over and started kinda banging into the shell and moving it around. Would a panda cory act aggressively toward a snail? The snail is bigger then the cory! what I read about cories said they were docile! IS HE TRYING TO EAT MY SNAIL???

2007-11-02 16:03:28 · 2 answers · asked by imderanged 4 in Fish

Magicman dosent answer millions of questions here on Y!A fish
Why is he gone?
Why did he disappeared?
Why on Earth Magicman need to stop answering fish questions?
Magicman APPEAR!!!!
Where are you?!
Where is Magicman now? Anyone. Top Contributors? Anyone who became contact of Magicman? Please answer.
I already e mailed him but still, no reply.

2007-11-02 15:53:55 · 6 answers · asked by Chad, M.D. 4 in Fish

Long story short; while cleaning my tank one day I had to leave in the middle of it. My 50 gallon wasn't filled back up after siphoning for a few days and now there's calcium build up of the inside of the glass. I tried scrubbing it with an hand aquarium brush but its not working. It currently is an active tank so how can I get rid of without removing all my fish?

2007-11-02 15:51:35 · 7 answers · asked by dazed 4 in Fish

My 2yr and 8mos Bichon/Poodle suffered from MILD separation anxiety when he was young, he eventually grew out of it...UNTIL we moved to our new apt. We placed a baby gate on our hallway that leads to the front door because he will scratch and chew on the door and carpet. It gets so bad to the point where he got torn nails and now a superficial wound on his paws! He somehow was able to jump over the baby gate!
A vet mentioned Clomicalm and I was wondering if anyone used is or is using it and how is it working out for you?

thank you!

2007-11-02 15:47:54 · 6 answers · asked by SZ122602 2 in Dogs

My cat found a peppermint candy that had fallen on the kitchen floor and started to lick it. Her reaction to it was similar to how she reacts to catnip (rubbing against everything, rolling around on the floor). My question then, is peppermint dangerous to cats? She only managed to lick the candy a couple times before I noticed and took it away, so I'm not really worried about her health, just curious as she seemed to enjoy it.

2007-11-02 15:46:14 · 12 answers · asked by kirroth 4 in Cats

I posted a question last week and got tons of good answers but wanted to update my question. Last weekend I bathed my three cats and fogged the house. I also applied some store bought flea spot on (I now know they won't work and plan to get some from my vet). I have combed my cats everyday and it takes longer and longer to find a flea---still plenty of the flea dirts tho. Last night I was eaten alive it seems. Guess the fleas can't feed off the cats so I am the last option. I bought the Capstar pills and gave to each of my cats and fogged the house yet again. Since the fogger I used said nothing about flea eggs or pupae I purchased a powder and sprinkled that throughtout. I am washing all the bedding as I write this. In your experience is this enough to rid the last fleas? I know its takes awhile but I am tired of putting on Off spray just to get into bed. I wash my bedding/blankets weekly and vacumn twice weekly. Also when can I safely apply the vet spot on due to the other?

2007-11-02 15:46:12 · 6 answers · asked by Jill K 2 in Cats

I am getting a female puppy (cavalier king charles spaniel) and love the name Kia, then realised its the name of an apparently ugly brand of car. Do you reckon its any good? Or do you have any better names??
any contributions welcome!!

2007-11-02 15:44:03 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

Rhetorical question here b/c I know the answer already.. Its the YAHOO ANSWERS DOGGY PPL thats who. My heart fills with happiness for the good and funny stories I read heer and sorrow for the sad and cruel stories, but they all make me think about how lucky I am to have my baby girl, when I read of the love that WE have for our furry family memebers.

CHEERS

2007-11-02 15:43:22 · 8 answers · asked by Mona Lisa 2 in Dogs

asked by 5yr old ashley whom im baby sitting.......

2007-11-02 15:39:07 · 28 answers · asked by insainejobhunter 3 in Dogs

I WAS TAKING CARE OF A 3 YEAR OLD TODAY AND MY DAUGHTER LET THE DOG OUT AND THE CHILD GRABBED HIS TAIL AND MY DOG BIT HIM ON THE LIPS THANK GOD MY DOG IS UP TO DATE ON HIS SHOTS BUT THE CHILD DID NEED TO GET A COUPLE OF STITCHES THE CHILDS MOM WASNT UPSET AT ALL BUT I DONT KNOW WHAT I SHOULD DO WHEN I WAS AT THE HOSPITAL WITH THE CHILD THEY HAD TO REPORT IT TO ANIMAL CONTROL AND THERE GOING TO COME BY THIS WEEK DOES ANYONE KNOW WHATS GOING TO HAPPEN AND WHAT THERE GOING TO DO HAS ANYONE BEEN IN THIS SITUATION?

2007-11-02 15:36:39 · 8 answers · asked by donique33 3 in Dogs

2007-11-02 15:34:21 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fish

Ever since I started working at a local pet store, I've become a HUGE pet food health nut. The pet store sells the good food (aka Wellness, Solid Gold), and also the bad food (Iams, Science Diet). Just was wondering how many people actually fed their dog the food that is actually good for them.

Below is a list of ingrediants that some dog foods have in (By Nature, Iams, and others) that, once you know what it is, most people switch dog foods.

2007-11-02 15:30:03 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

It look like bright dots on them like glitter dots.....is that a sign of ick???

2007-11-02 15:29:17 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fish

A spin-off of this question:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AiwrB2JnBccIzbMj3YyIR2Psy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071102181012AAcXXTF&show=7#profile-info-LPEO6AsCaa

Are there questions that you just flat-out don't answer?

A couple of the topics I don't answer include (but are not limited to) aggressive dogs and the breeding/whelping process. I don't have any experience or knowledge base, so I don't even try to answer.

2007-11-02 15:24:05 · 25 answers · asked by abbyful 7 in Dogs

COULD I PUT A 6INCH GOLDFISH WITH A 1-2INCH JACK DEMPSEY?

2007-11-02 15:19:39 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fish

I've noticed that a lot of dogs will recognize others of their own breed.

My Italian Greyhound likes other dogs, but he LOVES other IG's. He goes nuts when he sees another of his own kind. And my Jack Russell loves other terriers more than other dogs.

2007-11-02 15:09:47 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

2007-11-02 14:58:31 · 32 answers · asked by Lilith 2 in Dogs

Ok my wife and some friends are haveing a dispute!!!
Answer this on.. If you have two fish in the same sized bowl. You put one in a sealed thight container and change the water every three days, the other one is in the same sized container with no lid and you dont change the water. Which one will die first of suffaction??? Second question. If you have two fish.. One is in a sealed container and the other is in a open container which one will die first and you dont change the water in either one of them

2007-11-02 14:57:49 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fish

My betta fish seems to have torn his dorsal fin nearly off. This happened a couple months back. He doesn't seem worse for wear, but the would has swollen and grown dark, as if he is growing new scales there but no new fin. The dorsal fin is attached still by a very tiny bit. I thought at first it was fin rot, but it is not the typical color and is not bleeding at all, not even when it first happened. Has this happened to anyone else? Anything I ought to be doing to help him along? Thanks!

2007-11-02 14:55:55 · 5 answers · asked by calybrid 1 in Fish