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Is My Husky Purebred?

Is My Husky Purebred?My Husky is 5 months old. His ears and snout are fully developed, but the rest of him is still growing. He has all Husky features such as pointy ears, blue almond-shaped eyes, big bushy tail, little husky-like paws. He has a Husky mask pattern on his face, but the pattern on his body is blotched with black and white?

 

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Cat Poops Under The Bed?My cat poops under the bed no matter how clean litter box is. Any ideas?

 

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Finding Free Cat Food?Where can I find free cat food or pay at low price. I am on a pension, very low income. Thank you.

 

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My Dog Just Passed Away?What would cause my 1 year old pup to die in 3 days when just Sunday he was running around and playing? He started pooping blood on Thursday and passed this morning. The vet give him some medicine but I guess it was too late. I miss my pup so much

 

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Temporary Wire Dog Crate Liner?What can I use to line a wire dog crate temporarily? The flimsy plastic tray that came with it is broken, and I need to replace it. However, I am housing a dog in it that has a medical problem where she has some urinary incontinence. Any ideas until I can buy a replacement tray? Thank you in advance for any ideas!

 

What Breed Is My Dog? - closeup of a tan or cream colored dog

What Breed Is My Dog?What breed is my dog?

 

Caring for a Roly Poly - roly poly next to a rock

Caring for a Roly Poly?My roly poly is staying in one place and not moving it has been like that for a few hours. Is my roly poly, Carrot, dead or is it dying. Please let me know I'm kind of freaking out! I did put some water on it.

 

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ASPCA Spay and Neuter Truck Schedule?When will the spay and neuter truck be in 11385 zip code area?

 

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Getting a Puppy After Moving From Parvo Infected House?I moved away from my old house that was parvo infected. I have been at my new house for a few months now. Will I be OK to get a puppy?

 

Pomeranian Puppies' Hair Seems Too Short  Hair - tri-colored Pom on the carpet

Pomeranian Puppies' Hair Seems Too Short?I have a 5 month the old Pomeranian and a 6 month old Pomeranian and both have short hair. I have seen poms around the same age as mine and they have the long beautiful fur. They are both healthy.

 

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Dog Sprayed by a Skunk for the Second Time?My dog was sprayed by a skunk for the 2nd time in two months and so I am worried about him this time. Could it harm him at all considering it happened before so close together? I am really worried about him. Is there anything I should watch for after bathing him?

 

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Finding a Missing Pet?How do I find my missing pet?

 

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Returning a Dog to the Shelter?I have a dog that sheds hair and with our new grandbaby, she is always sneezing. I want to know if can we give him back to the shelter without him being put to sleep?

 

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Finding a Vet that Will Take Payments?Within 3 days one side of my dog's mouth has swollen horribly. I think it's an abscess or tumor. I don't have much money. I need to find a vet who will let me make a payment plan in Butler county PA.

 

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Finding a Missing Dog?Recently I have lost my dog. That's why I am wondering how I can find my missing dog.

 

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Finding a Vet That Takes Payments?I need a vet that takes payments near me. Please does anyone know where to look?

 

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Introducing New Puppy to Resident Cat?I have had my cat since he was less than a month old, he has grown up with my two dogs. He was inseparable from my older dog who I unfortunately had to put down. They used to cuddle and sleep together all day. Fast forward 2 months: we got a new puppy, my dog is cool with it, the puppy is cool with my dog, the cat not so much.

 

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ASPCA Mobile Vaccination Truck Schedule?When will the next ASPCA truck be at 10033 New York?

 

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Neighbor Throwing Food Over the Fence?My house has a full wood privacy fence all around. There have been no complaints from anyone about my dogs. For a few weeks I have dealt with my pups barfing one then the other. Last night, after midnight, I let them out and noticed them licking the ground. I saw the two frozen cut up chickens outside my kitchen door.

 

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Protecting a Cat from Dog Mange and Mites?My mom has 2 dogs with mange and mites. Can I use bleach to wipe my floor down in my bedroom because I keep my cat in my room and I don't want him catching it or get sick?

 

Dogs Scratching But Don't Have Fleas - two dogs in the car

Dogs Scratching But Don't Have Fleas?I have a Shih Tzu and a Shih Tzu/Jack Russell mix. Both dogs take NexGard every month and are bathed regularly. I was certain they had fleas because of how the dogs would jump, suddenly, to scratch (like BAM they gotta get to that spot on their tail!), so this is why my question is in the 'bug' category.

 

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Keeping Neighbor's Dog Out of My Yard?My neighbor has a Bull dog. I mean we tried to be nice and she just barks. She nipped one of my dogs and our black Lab almost got into a fight with her. We are about to buy an air-soft gun or something just to keep her out (we don't have a fence) and it would not be worth putting one up for just one dog.

 

Finding a Lost Dog

Finding a Lost Dog?My 5 year old German Shepherd recently ran away maybe 3 days ago and it was during a storm and he's terrified of storms. We have 10 acres of land, but we can't go through it all because it's mostly woods. I am very worried because a lot could've happened between then and now.

 

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Caring for Ants, Roly Polies, and a Slug?I have about 5 water bottles filled with dirt, grass, and sticks. I have two ants breeding in one of the bottles. And in another, 2 roly polies, or pillbugs. In another I have a tiny slug about an inch long. The slug and the ants' water bottles are the only ones without a top.

 

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Care and Socialization of Roly Polies?How much per day should I pick up my roly polie?

 

Determining the Gender of My Sow Bug? - an orange sow bug with gray ones

Determining the Gender of My Sow Bug?Last summer I found an orange sow bug along with a normal colony of grays. I've really wanted to have more orange sow bugs and all the orange sow bugs online are sold out. So my last hope is to try to breed it.

 

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Coping With the Loss of a Pet?My dog Tyson died on the 26th of March this year. He was nearly 13 and a large dog so it was expected, but still hurts. Then nine days later my Jack Russell, Nellie, died of a broken heart. I have buried my dogs next to each other. How does my family get over this? It's like my house is empty now.

 

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Finding a Vet Practice That Takes Payments?I need help in taking my dog for a vet visit. She has a large hard knot on her right side and it's going under her leg. She is a rescue dog. They took a small tumor of the same spot, now it's growing. I cannot afford to pay all at once, do any vets take payments?

 

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How Long Before Pill Bugs Mature?I have recently purchased some pill bugs and they have just had a heap of babies. I am just wondering how long before they mature and what is a good age to be selling them as I'm going into breeding and selling them.

 

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Killing the Parvo Virus in Your Home?Is it safe to keep throw rugs, cloth toys, and bedding after been touched by parvo. We have washed everything in bleach, but I am still nervous about putting the rugs back down. Plastic bowl and water dishes were run through the dishwasher with bleach added.

 

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Using the ASPCA Spay and Neuter Mobile Service?I want to utilize the ASPCA mobile trucks in New York City for low cost spay/neuter services, but I am not sure if I have to live in the zip code area where it's located.

 

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Affordable Pet Surgery for TPLO?Where can I get affordable surgery for my dog? She needs TPLO on her left rear knee and our vet wants almost $3,800, with x-rays, surgery, and medications. She is almost 3 years old, a Staffordshire Terrier mix, and weighs about 57 lbs. We can't afford that much.

 

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Caring for Pet Pill Bugs?I recently got some pill bugs from my backyard (15) and they then had babies. I need to know what to feed them and how long it takes for them to grow up.

 

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Feeding a Pet Lady Bug?How many times a day does a ladybug need to be fed?

 

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Inexpensive Vet Clinic in Lansing Michigan?My kitty is sick. She's only 6 months old. She had a lump on the left side of her cheek, now today when I got home she was all bloody and there is a hole there. What happened to her? I don't have much money and 'I live in Lansing Michigan.

 

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Feeding Pet Roly Polies?I have a hole group of rolly pollies and I want to know what they eat. If you can answer that it would be very nice.

 

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Dog Proofing a Door with a Push Latch?How do I dog proof a glass storm door with a push latch on either side and still be able to use the door?

 

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Keeping Roly Polies as Pets?Do roly polies have to be in a big terrarium or a box or something? I know that they eat paper, cardboard, carrots, lettuce, and squash, but does a habitat need to be bigger in order to have roly babies?

 

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Keeping Roly Polies as Pets?With roly poly reproduction, won't the habitat setup soon be overpopulated? I would want to keep them all.

 

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Which Cat Litter Is Best?I would like to know what cat litter is the best? Clumping or clay?

 

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Choosing a Vet?Anyone in Fort Rangort Kentucky know of a good vet?

 

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Cat Lost Fur?My cat is an about 9-10 week old rescue and his owner was neglectful. They let him get bitten by fleas, which are gone and he has small patches of fur missing on his arms, face, and ears. I am starting to get concerned even though people say it will grow back.

 

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Flea Bombs and Pet Safety?My neighbor is setting off a flea bomb; do I need to leave my apartment with my cat or is it safe to stay?

 

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ASPCA Vaccination Truck Schedule?When can I find the truck on 125st?

 

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Low Cost Dog Shots?I want to get free or low cost shots for my 3 year old Yorkie. She needs all her shots and her nails cut. I have very little money.

 

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ASPCA Mobile Vaccination Van Schedule?When will the truck be in Harlem 125st west side?

 

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Low Cost Vet Clinics in Sacramento?I need help with my 15 year old dog. His health is declining and I have no money to put him down. I live in Sacramento. We love our dog, but I don't want him to suffer. Where can I find assistance to help my pet?

 

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Finding Free or Low Cost Veterinary Care?I am planning on adopting a bunny, and would like to have it spayed or neutered, so as to litter box train him or her. I am a senior and am on a fixed income.

 

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Keeping a Pet Roly Poly?Can a role poly live in a container with no sticks or dirt, just grass?

 

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Keeping Roly Polies as Pets?My roly poly has little white spots and is big, but I'm not sure if it pregnant?

 

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Caring For Pill Bugs?I got 7 pillbug/roly polies. I gave them a small slice of watermelon and 1/2 of a grape along with fish flakes and 2 leaf bits. Is that overfeeding, even though there are 7? How do you transport them somewhere else without hurting them? And they're not active at night. Are they dying?

 

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ASPCA Vaccination Truck Schedule?When is the vaccination truck coming to City Island in the Bronx and what time?

 

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Older Dog Started Peeing and Pooping Inside?I have a 10 yr. old, neutered, male Malti-poo who has recently been urinating and pooping in the house, but only while we are home! We recently purchased new living room furniture and put up a gate to prevent him from sitting on the furniture like he used to. Is he being spiteful? How do I correct his behavior?

 

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Fed a Roly Poly Candy?I found a little role poly in my room, so I put it in a small box with a damp tissue inside, and then I poked airholes in the lid. Without doing any research what so ever, I fed it a little bit of filling from a chocolate truffle. I didn't think that it would hurt him or anything.

 

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Removing the Head of a Tick?I need to know how to remove the head of a tick.

 

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Caring for Pill Bugs?What do I feed my pill bugs and what do they drink?

 

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Do Roly Polies Have Stingers?How do you know if a rolypoly has a stinger? I love roly polies and want to keep away from those with stingers. I want to keep some, but I'm afraid of unknowingly housing one with a stinger.

 

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Keeping Roly Polies as Pets?What happens if a roly poly has white legs? My friend saved a few with white legs, but I want to know what's wrong with them. I'm really worried because she let them go.

 

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Keeping Pill Bugs as Pets?I recently got four pill bugs and I know that they are nocturnal, but they have been kinda inactive even though all my lights are out and its night time. They have been sitting on the underside of an orange peel like they were when it was morning and only moved to check out the apple I brought them.

 

ASPCA Mobile Vaccination Truck in Bronx?What day and time thus the truck comes to the Bronx?

 

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Service Dog Assistance for Low Income Person?Where in the San Fernando Valley, California can I get free vet, grooming, and food for a dog? I will be going to get a rescue dog to be my service dog. I am very low income and handicapped and need this dog for my health, but have no money for vets, food, etc. that my dog will need.

 

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Hedgehog Won't Drink Water?How come my hedgehog doesn't like water?

 

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What Breed Is My Dog?My boyfriend and I came home one day and this cutie was on our porch. He's probably about a year and a half now, and we're not too sure what breed his is. We've been told by vets that he looks to be a type of Malinois (blue/fawn) or German Shepherd mix.

 

What Breed Is My Dog?

What Breed Is My Dog?We got a puppy from a friend as they could no longer have her. The puppy orignally came from a friend of hers. Apparently the mum is a Pomeranian cross with a Chihuahua. The dad is a pedigree. But we're not sure what breed? We think she looks more like a Jack Russell cross?

 

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What Breed Is My Dog?I adopted my dog Lexie from a rescue 2 months ago, and can't figure out what mix of breeds she is. They identified her as a Lab mix, and her mom was a Golden Lab-mix dog. At first I thought Lab/Pit Bull because she is stocky, but she was majorly overweight when I adopted her.

 

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What Breed is My Dog?I just recently found a dog on the streets so I decided to keep him. He is about a month and a half and I don't know have any ideas on what he might be. Does anybody have any ideas?

 

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Dog Pees and Poops Inside When Left Alone?I have a mutt that is 5 years old. We rescued him from the pound when he was one. When we leave, he poops and sometimes pees in the house. Even if we take him out right before we leave, then forgot something and 1 minute later go back inside he is in the act of pooping.

 

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What Breed Is My Dog?I was told my dog was a mix of Golden Retriever and Australian Shepherd. But I keep hearing all different types of assumptions. Does anyone know what she may be?

 

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Pets and Divorce?My husband and I are going through a divorce and I will be moving. We currently live on a ranch and have two dogs. One is a Border Collie mix who lives to watch the horses, he is about 6 years old and we found him about 4 years ago.

 

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Poem from Deceased Cat to Owner?I saw a poem from a deceased cat that told the owner to take in another cat the way she did him and take care of him and give another cat a home. Can someone find this for me?

 

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Are Hedgeapples Toxic to Dogs?Are hedge apples safe for dog's to chew on?

 

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Resident Cat Growling at New Kitten?I have a 2 year old tortie and I recently took in a stray 6 week old kitten. I have been working with both of them to get used to each other's scent. I occasionally let them see each other through a cracked door, with no contact between them.

 

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Low Cost Spay and Neuter Clinics?I have 6 dogs, one needs to be spayed. That is Monkey. The boys are Benjamin Blue, and Shaggy. They are all small dogs. They are rescue dogs that I have taken in. Are there any organiznizations that would help me? I have managed to do 3.

 

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Measuring Pill Bug Happiness?How can one tell if a pillbug is happy or content?

 

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Free Veterinary Care in the Bay Area?Is there a free veterinary care clinic near Sunnyvale, CA for the unemployed?

 

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Getting Copy of Puppy Papers?My mom lost the papers for my puppy Frankie. I need copies. How do I get those?

 

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Can Humans Catch Worms From Dogs?Can humans catch worms from dogs?

 

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Calming a Dog Before Traveling?What can I give small Shih Tzu as a tranquilizer before a long car trip?

 

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Caring for a Grasshopper?We have a big garden full of these beautiful lubbers which I really love and adore. However, we recently had our landscaper cut a bush and the next day to my horror I found, on what was left of the bush, a sweet little nymph lubber with a humongous abscess on it...

 

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Homemade Cooling Bed for Dog?Any suggestion on making a cooling bed for a 60lb dog?

 

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Low Cost Vet Services?My Pekinese, Mojo it seems has to have 3 teeth pulled. Went to a new vet and was told this procedure was about $650. I can't afford this since I'm on medical disability, was laid-off as director 6 yrs ago. My two dogs are the only precious creatures that keep my physical pain in check.

 

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ASPCA Immunization Truck Schedule?When will the truck be in the Bronx?

 

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Vaccination Truck Schedule for Staten Island?When will truck be in Staten Island at zip code 10308/10307?

 

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House Trained Dog Pees at Friend's House?My female Boxer/Beagle seems to pee in my friends' homes when I take her with me as a guest, but never in my home. Even if I leave her for really long times, she never goes in the house, but it seems like she almost always goes within an hour when she's elsewhere. It's this normal? Correctable?

 

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Finding a Vet That Takes Payments?I have a 6 year old Pit. I just got her back from the SPCA and she has an ear infection. I'm on disability and I do not have any money right now to take her to the vet and with this all said and done. I know she needs to be seen so please if there's anyone that knows of a veterinarian who will take payments .....

 

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New Kitten has Middle Cat "Tree'd"?We have three cats, a 13 year old male, 2 year old female (a dilute tortie), and a 7 month old male. The older cat has recently been feeling much healthier/happier, due to change of diet and having started to get along much better with the middle cat.

 

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Male Cat Peeing Everywhere?I have a 4 year old male cat. He is fixed and started peeing everywhere! He uses the litter box, but he still pees. Could it be that I have two female cats that aren't fixed?

 

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Adopted Dog Pooped in House and Not Eating Dry Food?My boyfriend just rescued an 8 year old Shih Tzu from someone we know. They took the dog from someone that was going to put her down. He has only had her for a week.

 

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Cat Peeing and Pooping on Child's Bed?I have a very finicky cat. She has always assumed it was OK to pee on any paper or plastic left on the floor. But recently, she has taken to peeing and pooping on my daughter's (toddler) bed.

 

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Do Hedgehogs Make Good Pets?Are hedgehogs interactive or are they one of those just watch me pets? I'm wanting to hear from those who have them or have had them. Can you play and cuddle with them? Are they high maintenance like my ferrets were?

 

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Siamese Cat Aggressive to Other Cats?My 6 month old Siamese cat doesn't allow any other cat in my home. I don't know why she started making some weird noises, and even tries to attack. She shows the same behavior to my friend's baby dog.

 

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Removing Dog's Ear Mites from Home?My dog has ear mites that the vet diagnosed. I'm treating him with drops. I have two questions; first, how and what do I clean to make sure they are all gone from the house? Second, is it wise to for him to be in bed with me at all ever again?

 

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Leaving Kitten Alone?Is it OK to leave my 8 month old kitten home alone for 3-4 days? I will make sure it safe for her, and leave plenty of food and water.

 

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New Kitten Bullying Resident Cat?Until recently, my older cat was the sweetest, loving, most well behaved cat. I got a kitten who is 6 months old and does not know her boundaries.

 

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Feeding a Rolly Polly?What do rolly pollies eat?

 

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Parvo Communicability?If my dog doesn't have parvo any more, but the virus is in my house if I pet another dog would it get parvo?

 

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Reintegrating a Previously Lost Pet?We have 2, female spayed 1.5 year old cats, they are sisters from the same litter. We also have 2 female Yorki multi poos spayed, one is 2 and one is 3. They are also sisters, same parents, different litter.

 

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ASPCA Mobile Truck Schedule?I found a kitten just about a week old. I picked her up, wrapped her up, put her in my bag, and brought her home. She was up because she had little bugs on her and her mother's blood on her.

 

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Keeping Insects as Pets?What do these bugs need to eat and drink. They are predators: bees, wasps, Daddy Long Legs spiders, and ants (any kind).

 

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Keeping a Pet Grasshopper?What do grasshoppers need to live? What kind of food? How much water do they need to drink?

 

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ASPCA Mobile Van Schedule for Staten Island?When will the ASPCA spay/neuter mobile van clinic be in Staten Island, NY?

 

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Grasshopper Babies?How do I help to deliver the baby grasshopper?

 

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