Pets - 16 December 2007

We are going to puppy school next week, does anyone have any tips to share in the meantime?

2007-12-16 23:44:18 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

2007-12-16 23:06:35 · 9 answers · asked by Que 1 in Cats

2007-12-16 22:52:36 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

So here is my problem I took in a stray kitten around 3 months ago, I know she is not very old due to her size and my vet thinks she is around 8 months. I'm now sure she is pregnant. I first thought she was just getting fat, she has always been very loving, but now all other cats are fighting with her.
She is eating loads, loves her belly being stroked, she has pink nipples and did have a solid tummy. now I have been away as my mum was unwell and since I have got back her lower tummy is saggy (where the milk would normally build up) but her sides are still solid. any ideas or advice on whats going on? xXx

2007-12-16 22:40:32 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cats

i went to London and Dogs are not allowed to go nowere...i am alone and i cant leave my dog home,i travel a lot with my dog, spain, france, italy, no problems in restaurant, hotel or department store...GB i had big problem. N way to travel in England with dog, no hotel, no restaurant, no shopping. My dog is not a puppet, she wants to be with me all the time, she is a cairn terrier.maybe someone can give me an answer with no agression.

2007-12-16 21:06:57 · 16 answers · asked by suzanita 1 in Dogs

2007-12-16 20:45:58 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Pets

Is it possible to have a Tang (Regal or yellow) in a 55 maybe 70(5), and maybe a Clown Triggerfish thats really pushing it. I know that fish grow to the size of their aquarium to an extent but how much of an extent?

2007-12-16 20:06:20 · 2 answers · asked by Kyle S 4 in Fish

i got my betta today and its head kinda has white spots. im not sure if its ich or what. i heard that aquarium salt helps but if its not ich, would it harm the fish?

2007-12-16 19:24:08 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fish

I mean, honestly, if I were to choose between the love of my life or a dog I would pick the dog.

They are sweet, they always find it in their hearts to forgive, they are smart, they make a better friend then any human ever has, they are loyal, they are always wanting to please you, etc. etc.

And yet they die 60 years before their owners. Some even earlier. There are thousands of dogs killed everyday in shelters.

I honestly think that it should be the other way around. Dogs deserve to live more then ANY human in the world. Including me.

Who agrees? Disagrees? Why?

2007-12-16 18:30:47 · 8 answers · asked by antonios mama ♥ 5 in Dogs

180cm long, 50cm wide and 60cm tall. Im an Australian so we use litres and my friend told me my tank is 180L But is it? And how many gallons? (i dont know how many gallons in a litre)

2007-12-16 18:27:24 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fish

HELP ME, PLEASE!!!!

My pet chicken ran away today .... :(
I have been looking for him all day. I looked in all of the usual places .... like the chicken coop, the back yard, at the mall, and I even went down to Charlie's House of Cluck to see if they had seen him ....

Can someone please help me find him ....?
Where should I look next .... ???

Thanks! xoxoxoxo

2007-12-16 18:16:12 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Pets

I am keeping a friend's approx 1 yr old toy poodle until she gets spayed - approx 3 week stay. She has been confused on potty training. I thought I could maybe help cement her training while she's here and here is what I am doing. Have her wear a doggie diaper in the house. She seems to need to go every hour, so every hour I also put all the dogs outside and say go potty. She seems to know what this means but will also go in the house if you do not get her out. Does this mean she is potty trained? How does one get them to let you know when they need to go? My two dogs are potty trained but we never taught them to ask. We just put them out often and when they start barking and wanting to go out -often they just want to go out to bark, so we can't tell when or if they need to go.

2007-12-16 17:43:49 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

well i have a bit of a problem...see im good at training my dog i must say but ive hit a hard spot and i was hoping to get some others help...maybe someone that is a trainer or something...see my puppy is very smart shes 6 months old and she knows how to sit, stay, and lay. (thats all ive gotten to so far) but she pulls on her leash and i want her to stop i try just stopping when she pulls and making her calm down then proceding on...but it seems not to help...i dont much like choke collars...i find them a bit cruel and ive never had luck with them in the past...i mean serisouly...would u like for your neck to be squeezed till u can barely breath? i sure wouldnt! i dont want this pulling to start b/c shes going to be a fairly large dog (shes some sort of bird dog mix thats her pic as my lil avatar thing) can someone give me some advice?

2007-12-16 17:38:52 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

My husband is a doctor in the military, we are in a foreign country, yesterday my husband was walking out the door and the dog ran out and ran down the street a few times, and he was just playing. My husband brought the dog in and asked me to shut the mini-blinds. He started beating the dog with a belt and then the dog ran beside me trying to hide and I am so scared of my hubby that I didnt really protect the dog even though I held him close to me but the look in hubby eyes told me to let go; so I let go. The dog ran upstairs and hid beside the bed my hubby went and beat him some more for going upstairs since he is forbidden to go up there, then the dog ran in the kitchen and peed himself from being so scared and hubby ran in there and beat him some more. He always beats the poor dog, I feel so bad, i feel like I shoud step in and help but im terrified!!! in this country dogs arent important so theres no one to tell, what should I do with the dogs situation, poor dog:(

2007-12-16 17:37:33 · 53 answers · asked by Lovely 4 in Dogs

ok I have a 7 week puppy who was neglected I took him in and got him to the vet. He has mange and it is the one that is contagious to humans. Also because of the mange he scratches and has sores all over him. He crys but I understand that he hurts. I have him in this room, and how our apartment is set up is there is a big open window inthe wall it is between the study room and living room so I can see him and hear him and so can he. Anyway I feel that even though Im giving him medicine I need to love on him but he is full of sores and contagious Im scared to pet him till this clears up. I have a big comforter that I fluff up and lay him in and I gave him a stuffed bear that he loves he always has it by him its adorable but I wish I could do more is there anything else I culd do to make him feel loved because he will fry but I don't want to pick him up yet? I will when all the mange is gone because I love dogs and he will be a indoor pet. I pick him up with a towel and cradle him.

2007-12-16 17:34:34 · 5 answers · asked by ? 4 in Dogs

she is 11 weeks old and weaned at 8-9 weeks

2007-12-16 17:34:25 · 6 answers · asked by Raquel P 2 in Cats

i've owned my dog for 14 years. i now realize how fast those 14 years went by and how much i took them for granted. for many months i've seen no life in her eyes, only pain. she'd seldom wag her tail or follow me like she used to. today she's told me it's time and i think she knows. she's been looking at me with sadness and i feel extremely guilty. does she know she's going to die tomorrow?
i know i'm going to be sending her to a better place where she will be young and carefree, and i'm happy. but i've had multiple breakdowns throughout the day today. i can't focus on my major final projects and tests this tuesday and friday.

i dread that drive to the vet tomorrow. she hates the vet. our vet costs way too much to do a house call. how can i keep her calm? how do i deal?

2007-12-16 17:33:03 · 34 answers · asked by alexie. 4 in Dogs

My aquarium is in the second stage of the "New Tank Cycle" and the nitrite levels were at 3ppm. The comparison chart I have says that 3ppm is stressful to the fish so I did a 20% water change. But I found a chart on the web that says to do a 50% water change. How high do nitrite levels have to be to really harm fish? Here is that link http://freshaquarium.about.com/library/begin/ncolornitritechart.htm

2007-12-16 17:32:31 · 1 answers · asked by ntyce 2 in Fish

After putting my damselfish they died in just less then an hour.The Yellow damselfish died after maybe 20 minutes and suddenly it changed into a greenish color.My blue damselfish started changing color and was still alive so I decided to take him out and the dead damselfish too.The blue damselfish is still alive in the bag with the dead yellow damselfish which I plan on returning them from the store I bought them.


My aquarium is 20 Gallons the water tempreture is just around 75-78 F I have an air pump and a water filter.


They are currently 7 fish living there 2 Gold Guaramis which seem pretty fine.Two Angel Fish which seem pretty fine and 2 cat fish which are always hyper until night time they get tired and go to sleep.

I feed my fish regularly in the morning I feed little flake food and around night,before I go to bed I feed them frozen worms.

2007-12-16 17:29:17 · 9 answers · asked by N!FTY 2 in Fish

Don't people know how dangerous it is to own those dogs? They're more bloodthirsty, and vicious then pitbulls! I don't know why anyone would want to own one of those terrible dogs, they should ban the breed in every state. Why is it still legal to own them, let alone BREED them?? It is down right irresponsable to be breeding such a dangerous dog!

2007-12-16 17:19:14 · 39 answers · asked by Ferret Face 3 in Dogs

Is it ok to keep two sow female guiena pigs together. One short haired and one long haired?

How can I convince my dad that they don't smell terrible?

Do you think Kinkos, Home Depot, or Michaels carries Coroplast?

Other than that I have no other questions. But I do want to know if my plan is good.

I'm going to make a C & C cage (2 x 4) for two guinea pigs. One short one Long haired (Maybe.) Giving Baths to them when they get anything in their fur. I'm going to use EverFRESH bedding. Water bottle and a ceramic food dish. Pellets, vegetables, maybe vitamin C CHEWABLE tablets. An Unlimited Supply of Timothy Hay.I'm going to make a cozy with a cat bed for them. I will change the bedding every week. I think that's about it. If there is anything else I need to know about Guinea Pigs, please tell me. I want to show my dad that I'm responsible.

2007-12-16 16:59:10 · 6 answers · asked by Spencer 2 in Rodents

2007-12-16 16:37:27 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

2007-12-16 16:24:46 · 5 answers · asked by ΛИG£L_§βV 2 in Fish

2007-12-16 16:17:37 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fish

My cat is a very loving cat. I found him on halloween night very hungry and just really scared so I brought him home. I figured he needed a really good home. I fed him a can of 9 lives cat food thats what i feed my outher cat that i have had for three years .He seemed to love it . I noticed that same night he had gas so I assumed it was just because he was a stray and having the food after not having any for a while upset his stomach . But that is not the case it is a month and a half later and he still has gas, oh and its awful its way worse than my husband it consumes the whole room. I just would love to snuggle him and pet him but he farts like right on me. I almost puked it smelt so bad does any one have an answer to this problem? He is a wonderful cat he just is a little stinker.

2007-12-16 16:03:13 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cats

okay so i am going to buy a horse within the next month... it is now between two ponies... but the thing is is that i am tall. i am 5'5 but only weigh 100 pounds.. so i guess i look smaller. one of the ponies is 14 hands and the other is close to 14.2 hands.
i need to know whether or not buying the 14 hand pony will make me look bad and interfere with shows.

2007-12-16 15:52:39 · 7 answers · asked by anones16 1 in Other - Pets

My cats have been scratching a lot lately, and I put flea medicine on them, but it didn't seem to help.

Now I just noticed these tiny black worms where my cats lay, and I am totally freaking out! They're a couple centimeters long and there's a lot of them.

It's too late to call the vet right now. What the hell are these things?!

2007-12-16 15:49:51 · 4 answers · asked by random_person 2 in Cats

She weighs 60 pounds. Not fat at all. Not lazy but not constantly active.

2007-12-16 15:44:16 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

Okay, I got my God-daughter a fish tank for Christmas, it has all the basic stuff I need, but someone told her mother that you needed to put water in it and wait 24 hours before adding fish. Is this true?? Also it's a 10 gal. tank... how many goldfish should I get?? And anymore suggestions would be appreciated!!! Thanks!!

2007-12-16 15:43:46 · 21 answers · asked by dewalt_gyrl_17 2 in Fish

2007-12-16 15:41:19 · 12 answers · asked by wpg_man 1 in Cats