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How can I prevent my cat from making a mess when he eats?
Every time my cat eats, he gets food all over the floor, making it a really disgusting and unappealing corner in the house.
What solutions could I use to avoid this problem?
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How do I care for a quadriplegic rabbit?
In this related question I document the events that lead up to the quadriplegia in my rabbit. There are several potential causes with classifications like Head-down syndrome or Floppy rabbit syndrome regardless of the cause, most information offers…
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How effective is leaving a television or radio on to comfort dogs when away?
When I leave for a few hours, I put my dogs in a room, turn on the television, and close the door. I always tune to either a classic rock music or a classical music channel at a moderately low volume (since dogs can apparently hear quite well). …
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How can I prevent my dog's frantic behavior when the doorbell rings?
My 5-year-old pug barks, whines, runs, jumps and lunges at the door when the doorbell goes off or if we have people come to the door. Since she is the largest and loudest of our 3 dogs, she gets the rest of them all excited.
How can I train her…
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How do I determine the gender of a snail?
I have many snails, but I don't know how to differentiate between the males and females. Someone once told me there is no male or female; that all of them lay eggs.
Is this true, and if not, how do I differentiate by gender?
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Why does my dog wipe his paws on the grass after he poops?
After he does his business, my dog sometimes wipes his (usually rear) paws on the grass. I heard this was to spread his scent in the area, but I figured the result of doing his business did enough of the "scenting". He does this more often when…
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Can cats survive solely on dry food?
Is it safe to only feed a cat dry food?
Should cats have a more complete diet or not? My cat rarely eats anything else apart from dry food, and I do not know why
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Counterbalancing air flow and humidity in a tortoise enclosure
I'm in the process of designing a new enclosure for my Redfoot tortoise. As a South American breed, she needs a lot of moisture, which at present I am providing via moistening her substrate (sphagnum moss). I am thinking of changing her substrate…
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Cat may have spent a week locked in a drawer - how concerned should I be?
I just went on a 6-day vacation, leaving two cats behind. I had someone coming in to feed/water/clean litter for the cats. The friend never saw one of the cats, but that didn't raise any alarms because she is very shy. However, when I came home I…
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Do cats know instinctively which plants are safe to eat?
I bought some house plants. I also bought some cat grass to distract my cat from eating the plants.
She doesn't like the grass and mostly leaves the plants alone, except for one specific plant which I've seen her nibbling on.
Do cats know when a…
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How much dominance is normal in 2 cats at play?
I have 2 cats; one is young (8 months) and the other is 1.5 years old. During play, the older cat always takes the role of the chaser and the younger cat always runs away. I had read somewhere that during play, cats should switch off who is chasing…
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Rectifying behavioral issues stemmed from hitting my dog as punishment
Okay, now I know opinions are largely divided on whether negative or positive reinforcement is the best way to discipline a dog, that's not my question.
From since she was a puppy (she's a 10 month old Bichon Frise), I've always hit her nose to…
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How do I control the convict fish population of my aquarium?
I made the mistake of introducing convict cichlids to my aquarium from a friend who was trying to get rid of them (should have been a big tip-off). Over time, these things overtook my tank and are breeding out of control.
I'm sure I could find out…
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How to determine if a cat is generally at an ideal weight?
For people, there's a recommended weight range based on height and age (and maybe some other parameters) and I assume cats have a similar guidelines and I feel my cat may be too heavy. As there are many breeds of cats with different ideal weights…
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Are ultrasonic repeller devices painful for dogs?
I have mice in the apartment, and I am interested in using an ultrasonic repeller device. However, I read the following online:
"Humans can hear sound at frequencies up to about 23,000 Hz (Hertz). Louisiana State University researchers report that…
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