Archive for February, 2012

Our pets can suffer unpleasant surprises by eating poisonous plants. Puppies are the most exposed to this risk due to their habit of chewing curiosity and that they find.

Poisonous plants for dogs and cats

In adult dogs and cats is more difficult to occur a poisoning by ingestion of plants. While dogs are typically eat grass to cause vomiting, often only eating this type of well known plant for them. Read the rest of this entry »

Undoubtedly there is nothing more beautiful than having a tank with a host of continually moving goldfish in addition to choosing a fish as pets run with the definite advantage that is not an animal, annoying or loud. Increasingly exotic fish are part of the tank for many of us and if there is one that is wonderful is the Colida fasciata.

Colisa fasciata

These types of Osphromenidae come from areas of Asia, inhabiting aquatic areas of countries like India and Malaysia. Colisa fasciata meets the morphological characteristics such as having a rounded shape and compressed, fail to measure more than 6 inches. The range of colors that can be found in this type of fish ranging from brown and blue combined with many other lines usually have a reddish color. Read the rest of this entry »

If the ideas of having a pet on your mind we must take into account that the tenure of this will consist of an appropriate context, proper nutrition, good health care, which includes desparacitantes and vaccines.

Vaccines and dogs

And speaking of shots we have to keep in mind that dogs can have different reactions to different types of vaccines, many of these reactions are because they do not have a body compatible with these or not proper procedures were carried out prior or after vaccination. Read the rest of this entry »

It is true that many people often opt for birds when choosing a pet for the home. The causes are several, one of the key is that these do not require much space, other animals is that they are little annoying but quite the opposite with his singing as a haven harmonic will have an animal of this kind in our home.

A forest bird, the red thrush

Increasingly has more knowledge about the bird species that are indigenous to specific areas of the world that often these can also be seen in places where they are not typical. One species that attract the most attention, either by appearance or origin is the red thrush. Read the rest of this entry »

The choice of fish as pets is seeing more and more, especially for those people that does not consist of large spaces or like noisy animals and in addition have the plus that where it is that we put are very beautiful.

Yoyo Botia

Currently the list of fish is enlarged with the entry of exotic fish from all parts of the world, one of the most striking and beautiful additions come from the region of Pakistan and India and bear the name of Yoyo Botia or scientifically Botia Lohachata. Read the rest of this entry »

When it is a rabbit that have as pet we will be able to observe that they possess more prolonged forward teeth that other animals of their family, so we must be very careful with them.

How to prevent dental disease in rabbits

It is very common for these teeth grow in uncontrolled ways, but to prevent this growth, which causes many problems such as lack of appetite and injuries in the area, we must pay close attention and keep a regular control of the denture. Read the rest of this entry »

Many of us are owners of animals of which we do not know exactly their characteristics, one of the most important is the race, because depending on the characteristics of the same is that we are going to determine what kind of habits must have for our mascot.

Brazilian Shorthair Cat

While the morphology of pet breeds, we find it easier to visualize this in a dog but not a cat, as there are many breeds of cats that its morphological feature is of great subtlety. Read the rest of this entry »

Most cats are perfectly suited to family life, even get to make friends with the dogs and sleep together. But sometimes the cats may have behaviors that do not know how to handle and can become very hard coexistence among all living in a house.

cat pheromones

When you have touched a cat very territorial, or that your cat does not have the freedom that needs and begin to have problems with aggression and nervousness and bad habits, you can use the pheromone therapy. Read the rest of this entry »

All those who have a dog at home, we passed the stage where we are teaching the basic rules, and many times have we known how to make him understand. But if we really want our dog out such actions must be understood as functional animal psychology or rather the dog.

dog training

Many times the dog owners feel powerless and decide to leave your pet’s education in the hands of a trainer. One of the major causes is the lack of obedience and suffering the animal hyperactivity. This is caused by the lack of clear and understandable rules, limits and penalties needed to know that what the behavior should be to his master and the other members of the family. Read the rest of this entry »

Undoubtedly, training a puppy is usually very difficult and requires time and patience, but often do not have one of the two or both. The coaches are usually very expensive dogs and at times we face, usually get very uphill change the habits of our dog paying so much.

How to change unwelcome habits in dogs

If we have a very energetic dog that is capable of letting us turned our house, we come home from work and came across a minefield, not a house, we try to change their habitual activities. For this there is a very novel and effective technique, which is the Premack principle. Read the rest of this entry »

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