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My First Aquarium
I loved that tank with it's teenie weenie airlifts and gray slate bottom. The fish all thrived. I was blessed (or cursed) with a "wet thumb" and I was hooked.
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Bearded Dragon Care Sheet
The Inland Bearded Dragon rightfully earns its name by the very pronounced beard sometimes shown in defensive displays as well as during mating behavior.
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A Day at a Dog Show
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Feral Cats: What is a Feral?
Feral cats are offspring of stray or abandoned domestic cats that revert to a wild state. Having been raised without any human contact, they have a natural fear of humans.
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Bringing Home a Used Parrot
You may be fortunate enough to be offering a new home to a parrot whose history you know, but more often than not, that won't be the case.
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Goldfish Care
It might have been a prize at the local carnival, or a birthday party gift, or even a mother's day present, but a goldfish in a bowl is a familiar sight to most.
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Tarantulas as Pets
Do tarantulas really make good pets? They do if you know what you're doing!
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What to do With a Wild Baby Bird
People think pet bird owners will know what to do with an orphaned or injured wild bird. At some point you WILL be asked to be a rescuer, a savior, a hero. Do you know what to do?
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PetHobbyist is one of the oldest and largest pet community sites on the Internet; some of our pages date back as far as 1994. Our community is open to anyone who considers their pets as family members: dogs, cats, birds, and fish as well as exotics, reptiles, and insects, all have a home here.

    Pet detectives get ready for lost pets

    Wednesday, Jul 01, 2009

    Every 4th of July pets go missing when they try to run from frightening fireworks. This year, kids in Seattle, Washington are getting ready to help some of those pets find their way back home.

    Some junior pet detectives are on the case this week, but these kids are looking for dogs that won’t go missing until this weekend.

    Pet detective Kat Albrecht has deputized several dozen kids at a day camp in Kent.

    "We're providing the supplies, they're providing the kid power," says Albrecht, a former police detective who founded Missing Pet Partnership over ten years ago.

    The kids are using stencils to turn fluorescent poster board into missing pet posters.

    "We have a specific way of making these that captures the attention of people driving by," explains Albrecht who's overseeing the kid's efforts.

    Read the rest of Pet detectives tracks July 4th orphans.

    Rather than risk having your pet become lost during the fireworks this weekend, keep them inside!

    Featured Pet Photo: Happy Fourth of July

    Wednesday, Jul 01, 2009



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    Mackay geCalifornia sea otter population drops for first time since 1990s

    Tuesday, Jun 30, 2009

    California sea otters are struggling to survive.

    The sluggish recovery of the southern sea otter of California, a threatened population on the Endangered Species list, appears to have stalled once again.

    U.S. Geological Survey scientists say the latest 3-year average (2,813 sea otters) was 0.5 percent lower than last year, the first time the trend has been negative since the late 1990s. A leveling off of population growth has occurred over the last 3 years.

    For southern sea otters to be considered for removal from the Endangered Species List, the 3-year running averages would have to exceed 3,090 for 3 continuous years, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Southern Sea Otter Recovery Plan.


    Read more about the sea otters.
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