I love pets and animals. I have 8 pets, a cat, 3 sugargliders, 2 fish, a bearded dragon, and a hamster. Otters and Squirrels are my fave animals, so cute and furry.
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What kind of pet do you have? What’s your favorite animal?
Posted in Squirrel
Tagged animal, bearded dragon, cat, dragon, fave, fave animals, fish, hamster, kind, otters, pet, pets, squirrels, sugargliders
Should I get an outdoor cat?
I would not say that my family lives on a farm. But we live in a fairly rural neighborhood and we grow fruits and vegetables in our yards. But we have a big problem with squirrels getting our food! We have two dogs that are used to having cats around. When they’re in the yard, the squirrels stay out, but the only thing is they tend to trample the gardens too. Lol. Our yard is shaded by large oak trees, so hawks/eagles don’t really see the squirrels or anything. And because we were having a big problem with rabid foxes, the fox population had to be diminished as well. While I feel safer for the dogs and the children that live here, it again does nothing to remedy the vermin population. We live several miles away from any major roads. The only people that come down our street live in one of the 8 houses on the street. All 8 of us drive slowly because everyone has pets, kids, or both. One of them has a friendly outdoor cat and he seems to be fairing just fine. Should we get an outside cat to control the problem? We actually have a ‘kitty fort’ built outside, but no cats. All of my pets are microchipped etc…
Just to clarify, he/she would be an indoor/outdoor cat. And we do have a problem with all vermin–particularly mice and squirrels
Posted in Squirrel
Tagged cat, cats, eagles, family, farm, food, fox population, foxes, fruits and vegetables, hawks, kitty, neighborhood, oak trees, outdoor cat, pets, population, problem, several miles, squirrels, street, thing, two dogs, yard
I am looking for a dog for home security, what large dog will not hurt my cat and older male dog?
I have a medium size yard that is fenced but live very
near Grade Schools and High Schools, the children walk past
my yard frequently, I do not want a breed that is aggressive
with children or other pets. I live on a corner, we also
have wild rabbits and many, many squirrels and birds but I
live in a city. I am disabled and not able to walk the animal daily, but my husband insists that he wants a large dog. Please answer my question as best you can. Has anyone
ever heard of a Tatra dog? From Poland? How would I find
one?
Posted in Squirrel
Tagged cat, dog, home, home security, medium, medium size, security, size, yard
What do you do when your corrections don’t work?
I have a 15 mo. old APBT mix that continues to struggle with behaving on walks. She does a fabulous job of “heeling” if there are no other distractions around. She used to really go nuts if we saw a cat or squirrel, but that’s under control now. Now the only problem we are having is with other dogs. If the other dog is minding it’s own business we’re fine. But if the other dog starts barking and getting excited, my dog is right back to her lunging and pulling and barking. Currently I am using a prong collar and I have been taught by a trainer how to use it for corrections (different dog), but she is totally oblivious to it at this point. On occasion I’ve nudged her with my foot to get her attention and it seems to work, but I don’t know if this is ok.
I would appreciate any input or tips, I know there are quite a few very experienced trainers on here. I am willing to hire a trainer again to work specifically on this issue but I would prefer to try and work on it on my own if at all possible.
Thanks for your help!
Posted in Squirrel
Tagged APBT, business, cat, control, distractions, dog, dogs, fabulous job, fine, job, mix, nuts, own business, problem, prong collar, Squirrel, Walks
How to tame a stray cat!! 10 Points!?
I live out in the middle of the country and we get a lot of wild animals that come and go. Normally we get 2-5 raccoons every night and a few other animals like squirrels and what not. But lately we have had this adorable black cat come around; she usually comes onto our deck and eats out of our feeders (where we put all our scrap food for the wild animals to eat). Anyways, this cat has been showing up a few times everyday eating out of our feeder and just hanging out around our yard (3 acres). Unfortunately every time me or any of my family members goes anywhere near the cat, it runs away in a frantic. I really wanted to tame this cat and take him into our care, because he’s so cute, and I don’t want him to die or get hurt out in the wild.
I have this old doghouse kind of shelter on the side of my house, which is a perfect spot for a stray animal to sleep and stay warm and safe at night. So when I went to put a bunch of blankets and pillows and food and milk in the little house, and to my amazement I found a litter of baby kittens! Right before I peaked into the house, the momma cat took of running trying to make us notice her and not her kittens, so when I put the blankets and food in there, I found her kittens.
Anyways, I brought out a broom and cleaned up a little bit in the house (got the leaves and acorns out) and put the blankets down and the food and left it at that, hoping that the momma cat would appreciate what we did and come around more and let us help her.
We came back the next day, and the momma cat unfortunately moved her kittens to a new spot (don’t know where). We really wanted to take in the mom and the kittens and help them, because the kittens are barely 5 weeks old at that. And they really need food and help.
Anyways, the mom cat still comes around and eats out of our feeder, but still when we try to go near her she takes of running towards the woods (where I think she hid her kittens).
What can I do to get her to come around MORE and for her to like us and want to be around us, so we can take care of her and her kittens? Is there anything I can do to help her understand that we are here to help her and her babies, and not hurt them?
Can I feed my cat feeder mice and goldfish?
My cat really wants to chase the squirrels outside and is always trying to get my beta fish. She is an indoor cat with lots of energy and tears up her kitty toys all the time.
I want to get some feeder mice for snakes, and let them loose in a closed room with my cat.
I was also thinking of getting a fish bowl that she can easily get into and put a bunch of feeder goldfish in there for her.
Will either of these hurt her health?
She eats spiders, and bugs.
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Tagged beta, beta fish, cat, cat feeder, energy, feeder, feeder mice, fish, goldfish, indoor cat, kitty, time
My dog won’t quit doing the cat. What can I do to make him stop?
This is true. Ever since the cat got pregnant the dog keeps “humping” her. I cat meows the whole time like it hurts or makes her mad. How do I make the dog stop?
Also he keeps killin’ squirrels and laying them in front of the door. How do I stop that?
He is a chihuhua.
This is my autistic son’s puppy I can’t just get rid of it.
The dog is fixed. I didn’t want the cat fixed because she is full breed persian. I wanted her to get pregnant because alot of people wanted her kittens. She mated with another Persian. I just didn’t want the dog to thump the crap out of her.