The first rule in caring and handling your degu is NEVER pick him/her up by its tail. The skin on the tail will rub off resulting in pain for your pet and/or a deformed tail. If your degu is tame, you can pick him/her up by placing your cupped hands on either side of the […]
Michael Rosenberg, President of The Pets’ Trust, an organization dedicated to finding homes for homeless animals, will be spending a couple of days in a cage that normally houses dogs. His neighbors will be of the 4-legged variety for that time. On October 5th (2012) at about 5 p.m., Mr. Rosenberg will surrender himself to […]
Dogs and cats are among the mammals that have a third eyelid which gives the eyes extra protection. Cherry Eye is the name given to the tear gland wrapped around the cartilage of the third eyelid that prolapses (bulges or pops out from beneath the eyelid). It looks like a small cherry in the inside […]
