How to Love Your Child's Pet Rat
Love me, love my friends? Hard to do when you love your child and your child loves...a rat? Learning to love your child's pet rat will prevent years of cringing, recoiling and lying about your lack of emotional attachment to an aging ... [... more]
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How to Buy a Turtle
Turtles are considered wild animals, but with proper care they can live long lives as domestic pets. Decide whether you want a pet that can be time-consuming and expensive to take care of. If the turtle is for a child, consider whether he's old ... [... more]
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How to Buy Toads
If you want to own an amphibian, think about choosing a toad. These are very active creatures that don't require much care. Visit a local pet store or pet supply shop that carries reptiles and amphibians. Know that true toads have rough skin with ... [... more]
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How to Get Skunk Smell out of Pet Fur
Did your cat or dog get sprayed during your weekend away at the cabin? Fear not: applying the following steps, you should be able to get rid of it-- though it obviously helps to keep your pet outdoors until you're completely finished. Mix 4 c. ... [... more]
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How to House a Chinchilla
Your chinchilla's cage can be more than a place to sleep; with enough space and toys, it can be a play space as well. Choose a metal wire cage, which your chinchilla will not be able to chew through. Avoid using glass or plastic ... [... more]
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How to Care for a Turtle
Proper temperature, water quality and feeding are important aspects of maintaining the health of semi aquatic turtles and aquatic turtles (which are called terrapins). Since this is not an animal that requires a lot of exercise and constant ... [... more]
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How to Feed Chinchillas
Most people don't realize that chinchillas eat with their hands and may even throw their food from time to time. (This is only cute when you are tiny and furry.) Keep your chin happy and healthy with the right diet. Feed your chinchilla ... [... more]
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How to Care for Tortoises
Providing the right enclosure with the proper temperature, as well as the correct diet, is important for maintaining the health of a tortoise. Provide a glass aquarium for small species, a galvanized stock water trough or a sturdy pen for large ... [... more]
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How to Care for Pet Rats
Before you get any new pet is important to research the animal first, to check it is a suitable animal for you, and to ensure you understand the requirements of the animal. There are books on rats, although these are often out of date. The ... [... more]
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How to Care for Toads
With a relatively small investment of time from you, your toad will make a very enjoyable pet. Keep about 2 to 4 inches of water on the bottom of the tank. Remember to only use de-chlorinated water that has been left out for 24 hours or more ... [... more]
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How to Set Up Enclosure / Care for Androctonus
Androctonus is a genus of EXTREMELY DANGEROUS scorpions . All androctonus species have a venom level of at least 4/5 Before we go to how to care for the androctonus scorpion , you should at least try to identify your androctonus . If your ... [... more]
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How to Introduce Chinchillas
Chinchillas are quite sociable creatures and can be housed together in the same cage. Be sure to properly introduce them first in one of the following ways, which involve gradually introducing the smell of the newcomer to the group. Place the ... [... more]
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