Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is another tickborne disease. Despite its name, it has spread throughout North and South America. RMSF is carried by the American Dog Tick, the Rocky Mountain Wood Tick and the Brown Dog Tick. The ticks bite small mammals, chipmunks, squirrels, rabbits, etc. who are infected with the disease, a bacterium known […]
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 […]
Goldfish are interesting pets. They will eventually recognize their owner and can even be handfed. Goldfish are cold water fish, members of the Cyprinid family of cold water fish. They are actually carp and were farmed in China over 1,000 years ago and used for food. Goldfish come in many forms and colors and the […]
