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How can I improve the relations between my 3 dogs?
Five months ago, I added a male dog to the family, a 7-months-old, Boxer / Pit Bull mix (though he looks like a Shar Pei) named Butcher. The existing dogs are females: Brownie, 3-year-old, Weimaraner / Boxer mix, and Cochi, an almost 2-year-old,…
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What is the best shape for a cat's food bowl?
I have noticed that while my cat eats, he has trouble getting his food pellets into his mouth, perhaps because of the shape of the food bowl? The food bowl I use is a small, circular, flat bottomed dish with 2 inch side rims -- pretty standard.
Has…
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How can I prevent my dog from injuring/killing my rabbit?
So I have a dog in my house and I let it outside and it all of the sudden went for my rabbit and almost killed it. This has never happened before when I put my dog outside with my rabbit. What should I do to help my dog to never do this again? I…
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My pit bull cries for 5 minutes when I leave for work. Is he ok?
I just adopted a 2 year old american staffy / boxer mix 5 days ago. He's been an absolute angel so far!
I'm out of the house for 9 hours on week days since I have to work. He cries for about 5 minutes after I leave, then he's quiet. He hasn't caused…
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Should I be concerned about my egg bound betta?
I think my female betta is egg bound. We don't have a male, and aren't looking to breed. Do I need to be concerned or will this pass naturally? Is there anything I need to do to make sure she'll be okay and "pass" the eggs?
Update: There were no…
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Why did my African Dwarf Frog repeatedly bang his head against the wall?
I had two African Dwarf frogs, and four neon tetras which are extremely calm fish. Then around 9:30 at night, one of my frogs just started banging his head against the side of the fish tank. My fish weren't bothering him, and the frog was on the…
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How To Safely Remove a Sea Cucumber?
I've had a tiger tail cucumber getting along quite well in my tank for about six months. One unfortunate night, my wife decided to [quite amateurishly] rearrange the tank and drastically spiked the parameters. If that wasn't bad enough, it stressed…
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What is a recommended amount of human contact necessary to socialize kittens?
It is well-known that some human contact including petting and touching is necessary to socialize kittens to be comfortable around humans. I have no experience with this and work a day job, what is the typical amount of time I need to spend with…
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Could my RES be egg bound?
I rescued a female 9 year old RES from a highschool 2 years ago. I just started working in the school and found her living in a science room in a small tank with no working filter or any lights!
Anyhow, fast forward 2 years. She has since lived…
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How can I get my cat to stop nursing from its mother?
My cat is 9 months old, and she still likes to nurse from her mother. I've been stopping her (also punishing her by removing her from the room we are currently in. Is this a bad way to react?) when I see her do it, but no results come of it.
She…
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Do cats recognize their family? Perhaps by scent?
Is there any scientific or anecdotal evidence that cats recognize other cats who closely share their DNA? As in, new kittens from the same mother and the such?
I'm suspecting that there might be such a thing, and what follows is my reasoning for…
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Can adding spinach / pineapple / pumpkin to a dog's diet prevent coprophagia?
I'm trying to deter my dog from eating his own feces. I've heard that adding spinach or pineapple or pumpkin to his diet can help contain the problem, preventing this act by making the poop unappealing.
Is this true, and is there scientific…
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Does talking to your pet help build trust?
I talk to my dog a fair amount more than the other people I live with, and my dog seems to listen and trust me/do what I say more than for the others and their dogs.
So I was wondering, if talking to your pets builds some sort of relationship,…
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Why has my cat's pee started to smell very strongly of ammonia?
I have a female spayed cat in my flat for the last eight months.
She used to be stray, I took her in when she was about six months old. So she's about 1,5 years old.
This past month I have noticed that her urine smells very strongly of ammonia - a…
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Are dog leg braces an acceptable alternative to prohibitively expensive knee surgery?
We noticed our 4 year old Lab/Rottweiler mix limping on her right hind leg recently, and we took her to the vet to check her out. Our vet diagnosed the problem as a partially torn cranial cruciate ligament, and recommended a $2,500 surgery to fix…
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