Pets: May 2009

Does anyone know if you can feed hamsters bananas?

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http://sps.nus.edu.sg/~neesohye/food.htm...

yes, see this site, its great with awesome info!

yes i want 1 so ive been reserching them

Yeah but it might prefer dried out banana's they usually come with their food

yes they can i have two little dwarf hamsters who love fresh bannana chunks just remember two things
first feed small chuncks to them they can't handle a lot of food at a time
second take out any left over food after 24 hours

test it, mine don't like them they like strawberries apple carrot celery etc.

Does anyone know how to tell when a goat is close to giving birth. My doe is overdue.?

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This usually happens when you are sick and your son has to birth the goat babies.

Yuck!

First of all, I suppose goats are like most other animals and will exhibit unusual behaviors before giving birth.

Now, is she overdue from her first breeding or last breeding? In dogs there is a range of days she could whelp starting from the first time she was bred (63 days later) to the last day she was bred(63 days later). A dog can whelp anytime during that span of days. There is usually a week of that time.

Possibly your goat didn't get pregnant on the first breeding. Since she's past due, just keep a close eye on her.

Dogs don't usually need a lot of help, do goats? Just nosey.

Usually they "udder up"! Meaning they start to produce excessive amounts of milk and their udder fills up, go and feel her udder and see if it's very full if so then she's close. Also watch for her to be restless, not eating, and watch for her to lay down and look at her stomach a lot. Good Luck.

She should start "leaking" Milk, Goats are very quite when it comes to giving birth they try and hide it untill they cant anymore most times it at night when it quite and everyone's asleep! Good luck and have fun baby's are SO funny!

Does anyone know how to tell what sex a bearded dragon is?

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Take note of which toilets they use when your out shopping or at the pub.

So..they all have beards? Even the females? Hm..check the lower region, and if that doesn't help, cut one open and see if there are eggs inside.

I do believe with any reptile, you would have to have them probed to check the sex. a professional herp handler would have to do it

If It has big fiery glowing balls...its a guy, if it looks like someone stabbed it in the butt and the wound is filled with red hot molten lava.Its a Girl. But every once in awhile you'll see one with both, and they call that a "Bearded Hermaphro-dragon" or sometimes called "Ellen Degeneres" ;)

yes,it is a male old grandpa dragon.

If it has a beard it is a male the other one is a beared lady!

If your beardy is older than a year, pick up its tail (support its body) and pull the tail up (not too far, you'll snap ot off) and look for two bulges above its vent. If you see none, its probably a girl. Its still hard to tell by this, but males are generally less affectionate, adnd want to check out everything

you can get your vet to surgically sexed

Does anyone know how to make a home made crayfish trap out of stuff you would find around the house?

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take a 2 litter pop bottle, cut it in half and turn the top around and stick it in the bottom. put a peice of meat in the bottom part and a rock to weigh it down. also remember to take the lid off so the crayfish can get in it. once they're in it they cant figure out how to get out. put the trap in the bottom of a stream and come back a day or two later. this was in the may 2007 issue of field and stream so i dont know for sure if it works.

MAKE A CYLINDER OUT OF WIRE MESH , CLOSE OFF ONE END, AND THEN MAKE A CONE WITH A THREE INCH OPENING AND ATTACH IT TO THE CYLINDER RIM. CRAYFISH WILL CLIMB UP THE RAMP MADE BY THE CONE THROUGH THE HOLE AND FALL INTO THE CYLINDER. BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY SWIM THE WON'T BE ABLE TO GET OUT, OH YEA MAKE A TRAP DOOR ON THE SIDE TO RE MOVE THEM THE BIGGER THE TRAP THE MORE IT WILL HOLD. YOU CAN DO IT WITH A BOX SHAPED ONE TOO THE ENTRANCE IS ON A SLANT GOING IN AND YOU LEAVE A 2 INCH GAP AT THE TOP

Does anyone know how I can contact a horse/dog chiropractor in Suffolk called Jacky Harrison?

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Get in touch with these people - they should be able to tell you:
http://www.natural-animal-health.co.uk/i...

try an internet search

I use alot of chiropractors so know where to look. Have had a search for her in that county and had no results come up.

Does anyone know any info on polyneuritis equi in horses?

i am doing a reasearch project in my english class and i need some info on polyneuritis equi in horses. and i can't find anything! does any one have info or know any great info sites?
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Here's a few to get you started

http://www.academic-server.cvm.umn.edu/c...

http://www.idexx.com/equine/pharmaceutic...

http://www.xcodesign.com/aaep/displayart...

try these sites
http://www.academic-server.cvm.umn.edu/c...
http://inpractice.bvapublications.com/cg...
page 4 http://2005.iveccs.org/equine_abstract.p...
last page last paragraph-http://www.ivis.org/proceedings/sive/200...

Does anyone Know any good Labradoodle breeders in the USA?

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Nope..no such thing as a good Labradoodle breeder. The people breeding these dogs have all jumped on the "designer breed" bandwagon and are breeding the dogs to sell them for a ridiculous amount of money.
No good breeder breeds mixes.

Try your local shelter, or petfinder.com..you will find some there.

Oh..and they DO shed. I just groomed one the other day, hair was flying off it like crazy.

There are no good labraddodle breeders anywhere because reputable breeders do not breed mutts, and that is what a labradoodle is.

I dont know the breeder but my friend has one and he is so cool looking. Looks like a yellow lab with poodle hair. No sheading, or atleast not much.
I hope you find one.

Does anyone know about stray cats in Sitges, Spain?

I run a small rescue charity in Spain. I recently visited a different area, Sitges and while it was very pretty I only saw 3 cats which is very very unusual. I had to look hard for those 3 as well!

Any ideas? Perhaps there is a rescue group working in the area but I have not come up with anything.
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maybe Sitges is full of ppl like my dad. he lives in spain and where he is no one seems to giv a toss abt their animals n just let em run wild everywhere. anyway. he's givn a home to loads of animals over the last few yrs, so...mayb its full of ppl like him?
go to Moratalla, Mucia, its full of stray cats, dogs, horses (yes.really) pretty much any pet u can think of is a stray!

howz this 4 cruel? my dads next door neighbours moved to a differnt part of spain. they left the dogs in the garden, chained up, no food or water. if dad hadn't jumped the fence they'd hav died. the owner just dnt care! dad now has a extra pair of dogs! and aw...they're so cute! n 4 what they've bin thru amazingly friendly! i'm going out in spetember with my baby, i hav no worries at all with these 2 dogs being around her, they're so laid bk, they'd just sniff her n go bk 2 sleep

Just to warn you, what I'm about to say doesn't relate to your question EXACTLY.

In Estepona down the road near Andalucia Princess Hotel, there are millions and trillions of cats all crowded around the dustbins with various problems, both skinny and scared. Some of them were blind too. When I was there, I fed them fish and chicken and stuff but obviously I'm not there now. Maybe if you go to Estepona you can see some of the strays there?

i know alot of spanish people dont think twice about culling cats, especially in the countryside or near chickens in towns.

Does anyone know about security systems in the home?

In particular, I have a 50 lb. dog that could set-off the motion detector, thus involving the police. I will be charged if this happens. They must be aware that many people have dogs. The contract doesn't say anything about it. How can I be assured that 1. my dog won't set-off the alarm, and 2. I won't be responsible for the cost of involving police?
Has anyone else had this dilemma??
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I gues at that big the thing im thinking of may be inffective
as the make pet proof motinon detector,.checkinto it as the alarm comppany who you have and installed may not offer it in order to make a buck off ya

why did you get a MOTION detecting security system if you have a dog?

keep the dog in a room that the system doesnt cover while it is on, or it WILL set it off and you WILL be charged.
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All alarm systems have a way of 'disconnecting' or 'bypassing' the motion sensor when you are away and the dog is home. Check the manual that came with your system, or give them a call. A large dog would certainly trip the sensor, so bypassing is the easiest thing to do to avoid an unexpected visit from the local law enforcement.

Does anyone know a website that can teach me how to raise crickets and breed them and everything else?

Can u please give me at least 3. Thank you
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Here are some. It's not that hard, we did it without even trying. They do make a lot of noise and make a mess of the bottom of their cage.
http://chamownersweb.tripod.com/other_pa...
http://skylab.org/~chugga/cricket/...
http://www.anapsid.org/crickets.html...
http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/download...
http://carolinapetsupply.com/breeding_cr...

this will help with the raising them part:
http://www.wikihow.com/raise-your-own-cr...

Does anyone here have a pet elephant?

what did you name it?
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not yet

Her name is "Sweetie" because she is!

i named her michael jackson...

I have 2, Bambi and Thumper and they are going to have a baby elephant

sorry no elephants, but i do have a lion

Yep and I call her Mouse lol

Mines name is Tubby,,But I think he resents it..

Mortimer--he's the cutest little thing!

Friday, May 8, 2009