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Chinchilla Care Essentials
When keeping a chinchilla, never feed spicy or cooked food — many deaths come from bad diet. In hot summers, cool them down. The author shares more chinchilla care notes.
A Cat’s Nutritional Needs and Feeding Standards
A cat's nutrients are the same six classes as other animals: water, protein, carbohydrate, fat, vitamins, minerals. But cats are obligate carnivores needing high-protein food; low protein kills appetite. Active cats may need more animal fat for energy. Cats also need taurine, vital to vision—deficiency badly hurts night vision.
What to Do with Your Cat When You’re Away for the Holidays
When you travel for a holiday, your furry child has nowhere to go. Taking it home risks stress from the journey and environment change; a boarding facility risks infection; asking someone over to scoop litter worries you about personal property. All these make every owner dread holidays. This article shares common placement methods and precautions.
Can Freeze-Dried Pet Snacks Carry Parasites?
Freeze-dried pet snacks do not carry parasites. Some owners worry because the raw material is fresh meat. Though made from fresh meat, after vacuum freeze-drying and other processing, there is no parasite risk - safe to eat, with varied ways to serve.
How to Care for a Newly Adopted Golden Retriever Puppy
Brought home a 50-day Golden; free roam, accidents everywhere... A senior said feed-water-wake then carry to toilet and wait, but it didn't go in toilet, only after release. So caged it. Is that ok, any growth effect, what to do?
Complete Guide to Summer Internal Deworming
Many owners think no worms in stool means no need for internal deworming. But a dog that sniffs the ground, eats fallen food and meets other dogs daily has high chance of internal parasites. How to tell the source, pick targeted drugs and avoid zoonosis? This guide explains.
Don’t Starve a Picky Cat for Days — It Can Cause Fatty Liver
As is well known, a cat's taste buds are sensitive, so they are picky eaters. When owners suddenly switch to new food or buy new treats on a whim, the cat may simply refuse them.
When Is Cat Urethral Reconstruction (Perineal Urethrostomy) Warranted?
Many vets push reconstruction and promise no relapse. If a vet promises that, there are two reasons.
How to Feed a Cat
Key things to know about feeding cats: five important points.
FIP in Cats: Symptoms and Treatment
FIP, short for Feline Infectious Peritonitis, means inflammation of the abdominal lining. When this inflammation is linked to a specific mutated feline coronavirus, it is infectious peritonitis (FIP). Only a small fraction of coronavirus strains cause FIP.