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Birding the Drakensberg, South Africa

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The Common Waxbill looks like it belongs in a pet shop rather than in the wild. In fact, this is probably a species that has substantially expanded its original range through the pet shop route and the resulting escapees. One being that the name is based on the bird’s soft feathers with a texture similar to a mouse’s fur.

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Balanced Nutrition is the Key to a Healthy Diet

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We hear a lot about healthy diets, both for people and for pets. Because we choose the food for our pets, it’s important for us to understand which nutrients are essential to health. Protein helps support lean muscle tissue for adult pets, and for puppies and kittens, protein nourishes growing muscle tissue.

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Sneeze Prone? Top 5 Dogs for Allergy Suffers

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It was bit of a traumatic experience for me and I vowed to never own an animal again. population has pet allergies, mainly to dogs and cats. In fact, it has nothing to do with a dog’s fur. Once in the air or on surfaces, it can even take several years for the effects of a deceased pet’s dander to fully diminish.

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When Choosing A Pup, Research ‘Breeds’ Results

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His large pouty eyes, silky fur-coat, and silly little paws on which he fumbled all over the hay-covered kennel, lured me in like a dog to a bone. After talking to the owner of the shelter however, I learned there was more to adopting little Chester, or any pet for that matter, than my love at first bark.

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A Hamster’s Story: The making of a novel

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Emmie loves her pets. His fur is growing mangy and patchy. Grooming his fur. She was never happier playing with the pet. Her mother came and sat next to Emmie while she held Carnie in her lap and petted him. She loves her Jack Russell terriers, Opal and Maddie. But most of all Emmie loves Hamlet, her hamster.

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Fizzle’s Story

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Hospice Tails is a series of true stories about my experiences with pets and patients as a hospice social worker. The thin, spider-web scars on her knuckles spoke to intimate experience with hand-to-hand combat. Hi, I’m Debra Stang , author of Hospice Tails and guest writer for today’s blog. The picture arrived a few days later.

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