You and your parrot are best friends. Why not make your own bird toys? This is an inexpensive way to bond with your beloved bird. Material for bird toys can be easily acquired from dollar stores. Straws, yarn, tongue depressors, buttons, beads, glue and small mirrors can all be utilized in making your bird toys. …
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How To Keep Your Dog Calm and Happy
It is important to be able to keep you dog calm and happy; dogs in general have high energy levels that may seem abnormal to humans. We have learned that when raising a dog, whether it’s a pet, show dog, or a guard dog, we need to be able to subdue the dog with a …
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Feline Kidney Disease Symptoms and Treatment: Cat Illness
Feline kidney disease is extremely common in older cats but can develop in younger cats. Cats that develop this disease do not begin to show symptoms until they have lost approximately 65-70% of the nephrons in their kidneys. Nephrons are funnel-shaped tubes that filter and reabsorb the fluids inside the kidneys. Feline kidney failure will …
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How To Build a Parakeet Cage
It is very easy to build a modest parakeet cage with a few common tools and a few dollars worth of materials that are available at any home improvement or hardware store. Because a parakeet is a very small bird, a parakeet cage need not involve any heavy structural elements. You will need the following …
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How To Keep Your Cats and Dogs from Fighting
There wouldn’t be a reason for the expression, “fighting like cats and dogs” unless cats and dogs really did fight. After all, aren’t they natural enemies? But we pet lovers often like both species and want to adopt both into our homes. You’ve seen videos on television of cute little kittens riding on the back …
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Feline Immunodeficiency Virus – Symptoms and Treatments
Feline HIV, also known as feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is part of the same family of viruses (lentiviruses) as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Essentially, FIV is a cat disease that affects a cat’s T cells, the white blood cells that are essential in staving off infections. As in the human variety, FIV attacks the …
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How To Build a Large Bird Cage
The first step is to determine exactly how large of a birdcage is required for your type of bird. You can obtain this information from a pet store or on the internet. The measurements used in this article are for building a large birdcage that is 24 inches by 24 inches by 24 inches. Materials: …
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How To Keep Pets from Staining Leather Furniture
Dealing with pet stains can be a very tricky problem, as they are notoriously difficult to remove. Pet stains on leather are among the most difficult of all. It must be treated as quickly as possible; another important aspect is preventing your pets from staining the leather in the first place. Here’s how to keep …
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Feline Herpes: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention
Feline Rhinotracheitis, or feline herpes, is a virus commonly found in weak kittens or older cats, both domestic and wild. This feline virus is highly infectious and is easily transmitted from an infected cat to an uninfected one. Transmission of the disease is easily accomplished by the uninfected cat coming in contact with the infected …
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How To Keep Male Dogs from Peeing on Furniture
No matter your dog’s age or how well trained he is, there is always a chance that he may pick up the bad habit of peeing on furniture. Though this most commonly occurs when a dog wishes to mark his territory, there are wide-ranging reasons for this behavior. Here’s how to keep male dogs from …
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