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Of all the possible pets on the market, a goldfish is perhaps the most hands-off. Enjoying a goldfish stems primarily from being able to watch it swim leisurely in its tank. There isn’t much more you...

Cats instinctively have natural reactions to loud or unexpected noises, but some cats have an excessive fear of noise which leads to skittish behavior. Sometimes, that fear is so extreme that it affec...

Enrique, a rescue cat at the Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society, hunts for food. the group has been using NoBowl feeders for the last six months. CreditJessica Kourkounis for The New York Times  If you have a house cat, you probably end up dealing with cat vomit on a regular basis, says Dr. Liz Bales, a Philadelphia veterinarian and the owner of a one-eyed hairless cat named Carlos. But, she maintains, it doesn’t need to be th...

Bringing a new cat into a home where there is already a cat, or cats, can cause some problems -- both passive and active aggression. Females will usually live peaceably with each other. However, if ag...

Urine marking is a primal urge, but if you have trained your cat to use the litter box, and it continues to mark the home or squat and urinate any place except the litter box, there may be something e...

In my 5 years of working with leopard geckos, I have never had a leopard gecko drop its tail, until this year. While changing my leopard gecko hatchlings from my old rack to my new one, one of my tang...

If there is, one thing ferrets love it is sleeping, in fact on average an adult ferret sleeps around 20 hours every day. While they are sleeping, they love soft dark places. This means you should give...

Otitis is the clinical term for ear infections. Ear infections are a common problem in pets. Dogs and cats have deep ear canals that act like megaphones to magnify sound. This means our pets hear b...

There are three layers to the tooth. The outside layer is a thin layer called the enamel. The second layer is under the enamel consists of a hard substance called dentin. The inside of the tooth is ca...

The most common reason a cat will not use its litter box... Because the litter box is dirty - from the cat's viewpoint, not yours. Cats often react to any type of stress by suddenly urinating or defe...

There are many diseases and infections common between humans and birds. One particular digestive disorder in birds that is also seen in humans, especially babies, is yeast infection Candidiasis (or th...

You may be surprised to see one of these neon poison dart frogs in person. Their bright colors and bold patterns make them appear almost fake - as though those colors couldn't possibly be found natura...