Category: Small & Exotic Animals
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Why Mice Make Excellent Pets
When people think about pet mice they inevitably think about “white mice”, but in fact there are well over 40 varieties. Exhibition quality mice, which are the “thoroughbreds” of the mouse world, can be found in exotic shades such as Sable or Pearl, Cinnamon, or Himalayan, Blue or Silver. They are as far removed from […]
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How to Play with a Pet Rabbit
Rabbits can be the sweetest of pets. They’re anything but boring, and if you give them the chance, they make wonderful playmates. Always try to understand your rabbit. Certain rabbits like different things. One rabbit may like shredding things to bits while another might enjoy rolling beach balls around the floor. You can find out […]
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Why Snails Can Be a Valuable Aquarium Pet
There are many creatures you can buy for your aquarium, but perhaps one of the most interesting is the aquarium snail. They can add a bit of variety to your fish tank as well as help keep the tank clean. If you take a trip your local pet store, you will see several different varieties […]
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How to Properly Care for Goldfish
Goldfish make a big splash during mating which occurs before dawn and normally in a low light environment. The next thing you will notice is that there will be thousands of eggs scattered everywhere that are sticking onto plants, tank surfaces and the aquarium filter. The only reliable way of characterizing between male and female […]
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How Geckos Can Walk on Walls
Geckos have an incredible ability to stick to surfaces. Some studies suggest the over-engineered reptiles can hold hundreds of times their own body weight. In 2000, a University of California team showed that the adhesion was due to very weak intermolecular forces produced by the billions of hair-like structures, known as setae, on each gecko […]
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How to Identify and Treat Warbles in Rabbits
Flies and their larvae (maggots) can cause several disorders in rabbits including Myiasis and Fly Strike. However, warbles is caused by a specific fly species and its larvae-the Cuterebra. Quite different from normal house flies, the Cuterebra only lay a single egg underneath the skin which takes up residence in the rabbit and begins its […]
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Why Pet Birds Need Pure, Fresh Air
Birds have extremely delicate respiratory systems with their lungs operating quite differently than those in humans and other animals. Birds have two relatively small lungs and in the lungs are bellows-like air sacs. These air sacs keep the lungs perpetually inflated. Their lungs have an opening on each end through which air flows into the […]
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How to Protect Poultry from Predators
I would guess that about half the baby poultry sold each spring is lost to predators well before they lay an egg. The most common predators in this area are dogs, coyotes, fox, raccoon and to a lesser extent skunks, possums, hawks, owls, and crows. When you are building poultry housing, think about keeping predators […]
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How to Properly Care for a Ferret
Providing proper care for a ferret helps reduce odors and keeps them healthier. Diet Ferrets are obligate carnivores – meat eaters. They need a diet that is high in meat protein and high in fat. Look for kibble that has at least 35% protein and 20% fat. Do not feed your ferret cereals, grains, sugars, […]
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Why Rats and Mice Make Great Pets
A lot of prejudice and misunderstanding has been directed toward rats and mice. Domestic rats and mice are not the same at their wild counterparts. They have been domesticated for over 100 years and have about as much in common with their wild cousins as your pet dog has with a wolf. Pet rats and […]