breeds
Know what to expect from your pet with our breed breakdown; information about each breed's appearance, health, life span, personality and more.
Pet bunnies can be great pets
Pet Rabbits are fun to raise except when you have to go out and take care of them at 10 below zero. Considering this is the exception rather than the rule, we'll assume that generally speaking, they are fun to raise. Pet rabbits are gentle and inquisitive animals that are easy to care for, making them ideal pets for adults and families with older children. Rabbits are typically anxious and timid animals that frighten easily, not good pets for small children because they do not know how to be gentle and calm around the rabbit. Pet rabbits are natural property destroyers, so they need plenty of chew toys and digging boxes to keep them occupied. Provide them with cardboard boxes for chewing and a box of shredded newspaper for digging.
By Aulder Floer3 years ago in Petlife
The Most Unconditional Love Comes From Our Pets
Pets are truly the best. Whether you own a dog, cat, bird, snake, or a variety of other types of pets, they bring so much to our lives. Pets are all about unconditional love if you treat them right and love them back.
By The Mouthy Renegade Writer3 years ago in Petlife
The mysterious inner life of the octopus
It was a big night for Inky the octopus. The day's visitors had been and gone, and now his room in the aquarium was deserted. In a rare oversight, the lid of his tank had been left ajar. The common New Zealand octopus had been without female company for some time, sharing a tank with only a fellow male, Blotchy. The loose lid provided Inky with an opportunity. With eight strong suckered limbs and, quite possibly, intimate concerns on his mind, Inky hauled himself out of the water, made his way under the loose lid, and off across the aquarium floor.
By Holy horse3 years ago in Petlife
How is inbreeding prevented when there is no concept of kinship between animals?
There is no concept of kinship between animals. Inbreeding occurs when members of the same litter are siblings and can be set up by a female with only her sons. In general, it happens very rarely and is mostly found when one female mates with multiple males, because males often mate more than once in different spots. If a female mates with more than one male, there is only a theoretical chance that some of her offspring would be the same as herself or one of her brothers; however, this should occur rarely. However, inbreeding among lions is probably more career than people think (13). Lions do not have any kind of limit on how many times they can mate to produce offspring. It has been shown that females come close to breeding again very soon after giving birth so that they can be ready to reproduce again before the first litter dies out (6).
By Flagler Danzig3 years ago in Petlife
What's Wrong With Your Dog?
“What is wrong with your dog?” I kind of knew the question was coming. Gideon and I had been standing on the beach, watching a grizzled, sturdy gentleman throw a stick into the lapping waves of Lake Superior, only to have his beautiful white pitbull crash through the waves and swim out to joyfully retrieve it. She shook water in all directions as she reached the sand and dropped the stick, and she would occasionally glance at me and Gideon as if to ask if we wanted to play.
By Izzie Islandheart3 years ago in Petlife
Snow Bully
On more than one occasion, a typical walk through our neighborhood would include the disapproving sideways glances of neighbors raking and shoveling their yards and the quick crossing of nervous mothers with their children (and even some fathers) to the sidewalk on the opposite side of the road as we approached. Ratchet and I separated the ignorant and paranoid from the true dog lovers. Ratchet was my pit bull: my goofy, slobbery, people-loving, 80 pound wanna-be lap-dog who couldn’t resist an outstretched hand of a child for all the world. A favorite at his veterinarian’s office, Ratchet was a lover, not a fighter, but some people could only see the outside--the breed. But I saw personality oozing from every pore of that creature. How could they miss it?
By Dorothy Bromley Highsmith3 years ago in Petlife
My Catahoula Saved My Life
I like to believe that my dog saved me from getting run over by a car. Now before you go grumbling, she was, in fact, the catalyst for my not being in the path of a rogue minivan that crashed into my house. Yet whether or not she had some sort of mystic premonition or just a hungry tummy can never be determined.
By Jenna Sedi3 years ago in Petlife
Broken Hearts Need Tending
There is no greater remedy for a broken heart than the boundless warmth of an animal’s love. In 2017, a woman named Susan experienced a terrible tragedy. In the midst of a messy breakup, an unexpected career change, and financial hardship, the one person who kept her going was her dog, Bucky. Bucky, named for the Marvel superhero Bucky Barnes, was a very good boy. At a glance, most would call him a Pitbull, but his mismatched blue and brown eyes and his penchant for mischief betrayed his Siberian Husky ancestry. For more than two years, Susan and Bucky had been inseparable. The pair could often be found on the couch, Bucky’s head tucked under Susan’s arm as she played her video games or scoured the web for the latest memes pertaining to Brenden Frasier. They were a perfect match and a loving god wouldn’t have had the heart to tear them apart.
By James Delhauer3 years ago in Petlife
