Pets - 17 November 2007

My 13 week old cockatiel tail feathers looked quite shabby. they were getting bent and breaking off. the cage I have is very large (FLIGHT CAGE). so I know it can't be the space is to small. and They looked awfull, so I decided to cut them, shorter so it would not annoy the bird so much,, is it ok that I did this? it didn't hurt it all. I think it feels and looks much better. is this normal for their feathers to look like this ,at this age? the rest of his feathers look beautifull. but it does pull out small fuzzy ones. I keep them with lots of toys, and human interaction, good food everyday, sunlight, lots of love and atten. They are happy birds.
I have a 9 year old tiel also, but I rescued her, and she looks 10 shades lighter, then before. They donot pick at one another at all. so I know this can't be it either. but I'm not familiar with younger tiels. any suggestions?

2007-11-17 15:36:07 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Birds

I think they'll make a good pet.

2007-11-17 15:28:10 · 16 answers · asked by @NGEL B@BY 7 in Other - Pets

2007-11-17 15:07:51 · 20 answers · asked by kojac06 1 in Dogs

I even know where i can get one free

2007-11-17 15:03:40 · 12 answers · asked by Atomic Dolphin 2 in Dogs

well i Just want to know and no my cat has nothing like this but to make sure.
could cats live a week if they swallowed a needle?
how do cats get liver failure?
how do they get flus?
what behavor should i watch for if something like these happen?

I like to be cautius about my cats but since i love sewing and if i accidently drop my box of needles and sometime i'm afraid abou tthis liver thing cause one of my cat stop eating but she finally have eaten she had a slight fever. and if anybody could tell me about all the answers so i could be a caution about this in the near future i'm also saving up a cat fund for my cats so if something terrible happen then i would know that i have some money for them.

2007-11-17 14:56:54 · 17 answers · asked by risaru@sbcglobal.net 1 in Cats

2007-11-17 14:56:23 · 8 answers · asked by welfare5901 1 in Cats

A few moments ago, I asked the question, "At what temperature should you start bringing your dogs in at night?" ...and I recieved several rude remarks. People went on ram pages about how I should treat my dog like "part of the family", and let her live in the house.
I have a female American Pit Bull Terrier, and she loves to run and play outside. I would compare keeping her inside to placing her in a jail cell. Does anyone understand what I'm talking about?!
Don't get me wrong, I understand some breeds of dog may need to come in for specific reasons, but give me a break.

2007-11-17 14:44:59 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

They are 2 days old and feeding very well. Every 2 -3 hours, i keep four on at a time and rotate doing 3 sets of 4 then mama has a break. She has been to the vets and they were very happy with her progress, said she is producing enough milk for the pups. She is great, im helping her feed and drink, however she isn't eating all that much, i presume thats normal?? The pups seem fine and feed well, but i'm not sure when to reduce the amount of feeding times or when to make them last longer etc? I am feeding them now 2-3 hours, through the night aswell, which is tiring. When will they be able to go through the night without a feed? And at how many weeks should i reduce their feedings (from mama) from every 2-3 hours? and how long should a feed last, I know to ween them on puppy food about 4wks old.
As she has 12 pups and nearly squashed one to death, i cannot just leave them on her 24,7. plus she needs rest too, so they are in a little box next to her with heated matt and she can see them

2007-11-17 14:33:47 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

My cats have fleas, I can't seem to get rid of them after shampooing. Would shaving them be drastic? I have no money for treatments...

2007-11-17 14:31:18 · 11 answers · asked by BIG LIZ 2 in Cats

There is a cat in my neighborhood that has adopted me. It constantly hangs around my house and tries to get in. It has very patchy fur and is very lean. As much as I want to let it in, I already have a cat and I don't want her to get sick. I believe it may be my neighbors cat. The cat is sick. I have put a collar on it with a note stating to call me if this is your cat. Nobody has called.

I am contemplating putting another note on it stating I intend to turn it into the SPCA if nobody claims it.

What would you do in such a situation?

2007-11-17 13:52:37 · 15 answers · asked by smedrik 7 in Cats

I need factual evidence to support your answer please!

* Is blue the same as merle?
* Do they all carry the merle gene?
* If the dog is gray, would that mean that one or more of their parents or grandparents had to be merle?
* Is it true that it takes up to 18 months for the mutated gene to begin to affect the dog's eyes and ears?

Any advice would be helpful please and thx!

2007-11-17 13:51:04 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

My friend gave me her dwarf hamster cause she didn't want him anymore. She had him for like 6 months and would never pet him or pick him up and now he's just really mean. I've had him for about 5 months. I've tried petting him also tried using treats to get him to trust me and nothing will work. If you put your hand on the cage he'll run up and try to bite you. I just give up.

So my question is what can I do with him?? Nobody will take him cause he's too mean and I don't really want to just let him go outside but I might have too. Will a pet shop take him?

2007-11-17 13:42:37 · 15 answers · asked by ***Jamie*** 3 in Rodents

2007-11-17 13:38:36 · 30 answers · asked by mindyourownbusiness! 2 in Cats

Just resently my cat went from being an outside cat ALWAYS to inside, and i thought that he would be healthier and loving life, but the past couple weeks he has been acting sickly, I took him into the vet for his cold like symtoms, (only aware of lumps by his neck and one on his tummy) and the vet said that the cold like sysmtoms could be anything due to the fact that he hasn't had his vaccinations. I mentioned lumps by neck & that he had one on his tummy, the vet rubbed his neck and didn't really say anything about it ( you know how you go in there for one thing thats all they care about) i asked if it was cancer & they sayed no, probably just from an old scratch or something, So they gave me ammoxiccilian & sent me on my way. Over the last week & a half he has gotten several different lumps in several different places including back, head more on tummy etc. & some have gotton bigger!! I called vet & she just said maybe fleas! But they are under skin and growing bigger! HELP!!

2007-11-17 13:33:56 · 14 answers · asked by Jaynee K 1 in Cats

has lots of swelling in vagina area

2007-11-17 13:26:44 · 9 answers · asked by looney_bin_2007 1 in Dogs

I ot him from a lady and i got no papers, but i want to register him, does anyone know if i can still register him or not? I was planning on breeding him but would like him to be AKC registered.

2007-11-17 13:13:41 · 9 answers · asked by Vanessa A 1 in Dogs

If you have a boxer, tell me how is it going. Are they easy to potty train?? Cuz theres one i might get, and its not potty trained...its 12 weeks old.

2007-11-17 13:10:42 · 5 answers · asked by ♥gσρρєя♥ 4 in Dogs

I own a six week old toy poodle. Shes to young for hard food& she has problems digesting it, so what should i feed her?

2007-11-17 13:03:39 · 9 answers · asked by betty 1 in Dogs

I'm stuck between Lexi and Maisie
but if you have any other suggestions, that'd be great

this is her:

http://www.spotswalkin.com/cattery/Litters/BabyNapoleon/20070820/Pink/img_6909.jpg

2007-11-17 13:03:14 · 14 answers · asked by greenapple03 2 in Cats

My cat is 14 years old. He seems okay. He's eating okay and he chases my younger cat around the house sometimes. I'm just curious if he's getting sick because his fur seems to be separating. He's a long-haired cat. And the last time which was years ago, his fur looked like this and he ended up in the hospital for two weeks. Any vets out there?

2007-11-17 12:57:18 · 10 answers · asked by angeleyes 3 in Cats

What do i feed my kitten (I dont have it yet) and when?

2007-11-17 12:55:18 · 11 answers · asked by CATMAN Expert with cats 2 in Cats

How do you help your cat get rid of diarrhea and what happens if they have it for a long period of time?

2007-11-17 12:53:05 · 9 answers · asked by ash 1 in Cats

DO you wash kttens ocasionally?

2007-11-17 12:51:16 · 10 answers · asked by CATMAN Expert with cats 2 in Cats

When i put my pregnant guppy in my breeding trap, am i suppose to feed it? Like do i have to feed the guppy or let it starve so it can give birth faster? Just tell me how to breed guppies!

2007-11-17 12:39:07 · 8 answers · asked by Ronald Li 2 in Fish

I've been asking this question on here before. About returning my new kitten (6 months) to the rescue centre. My older (4 years) cat still keeps hissing and slapping the kitten. It's been over two months since I've got kitten. Now I have a scar on my face from my older cat's attack and she's been very agressive recently, doesn't greet me, doesn't come on my lap, hisses at me, which never happened before. She is so nervous now. The kitten is lovely and very friendly. I keep thinking about returning her to the rescue centre where she could be adopted by a nice family. But it is cold outside and there is no heating whatsoever in the cat house in the rescue centre. Will she be cold.. Other cats being there seem to be alright with cold, but they have been there for a while.. I wonder how long would it take her to be adopted. Do you think 6 months kitten is very adoptable? I worry about my older cat going mad or just being fed up and leaving us if I keep the kitten, I worry about kitten too

2007-11-17 12:38:29 · 16 answers · asked by J S 2 in Cats

My dog bit my neighbor yesterday and I thought it would be great to train him in Shootzsand to channel those drives.

I put my brother in his winter clothes. He has a big fluffy ski jacket and big fluffy pants. We wrapped him in big burlap bags, liek the bags potatoes come in. We've seen the police dog demonstrations so we know all about it.

But what if my dog bites his hands? How can he protect his hands? Would leather gloves work?

2007-11-17 12:37:42 · 14 answers · asked by Jove Hans 2 in Dogs

i just got a cat a week ago today and he attacks me and my 2 dogs (pembroke welsh corgi and bernese mountain dog.) he will come out of no where and while my dogs are just laying there doing nothing the cat will come out and it them and while we walk by he jumps out and clings to our legs and then bites them. the cat is about 2-4 months old (i dont know the age we brought him in off the streets) and he isnt nutered yet so will that be a problem and this is my first cat im more of a dog person so i have like no idea what i am doing with him

2007-11-17 12:35:41 · 6 answers · asked by eab2802 2 in Cats

ok I went to a dog show a real one, with AKC dogs but I must say I would never buy a shepherd from show breeders the dogs walk on there hocks! they look like hyenas and I don't consider such breeding good, sorry. Now some shepherds had a ground covering trot just like what I normally see but they didn't win, to me such angled hocks would be bad if the dogs were working, you don't see police, or herding dogs like that.
So are there two kinds of shepherd breeders? one that breeds the uphill looking dogs and another that breeds real working dogs? How would you go about finding a good breeder of shepherds without looking for animals with show titles, I don't care if they have clear hips I don't wouldn't want a dog that walks on its hocks.
Anyone else notice this about show shepherds?

2007-11-17 12:35:29 · 6 answers · asked by teenytiny 3 in Dogs

He has very soft stool and he strains when he "goes".

2007-11-17 12:34:04 · 22 answers · asked by Hunter 3 in Dogs

I just bought him and he's the first pet for which I've been the primary caregiver. He seems ok right now, swimming around, which is nice because for the first couple of hours he just floated in one corner looking scared. How to keep the little guy happy and alive? (besides feeding him, of course.)

Oh, I have him in a 1 gallon bowl with gravel on the bottom and a couple of live plants off to the side.

2007-11-17 12:33:32 · 11 answers · asked by Mariposa 2 in Fish