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10 reasons why guinea pigs make great pets

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10 reasons why guinea pigs make great pets – by James Alston writing for ExoticDirect ExoticDirect offer pet insurance for guinea pigs, rabbits, ferrets, hamsters, mice and other small pets. They also insure parrots, reptiles, tortoise and even pygmy hedgehogs!

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If you live near a petco

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The ginuea pig cages are small with very little toys same with the rat cages. They also sometimes house rats and Guinea pigs alone wich will cause depression. The reptile care is horrible with the humidity levels being too low and they house chameleons together. Hamsters also need to be housed alone and need around 3ft of space.

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Do Not Feed Baby Birds Ham

10,000 Birds

Not only do we take care of zillions of injured and orphaned birds/mammals/reptiles/whatever, we also have to deal with and educate the public. Probably because people see so many Red-tails taking down pigs.”. β€œAt Wildlife rehabilitators are a multi-tasking lot. The baffling, mind-boggling public. Poor thing was hyperglycemic.”.

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The Gap Between Wildlife and the Animal Rights Movement

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It seems that these people, who purport to claim to care so much about animals, are completely ignorant of the existence of any animal life beyond horses, cows, pigs, chickens and turkeys. What I don’t understand is why animal rights organizations almost completely ignore wildlife. There is nothing abstract or controversial about this.

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Lake Eacham, Mt Hypipamee and Mount Molloy

10,000 Birds

One the reptile front a small Lace Monitor high up a tree was a pretty cool spot. And one final treat was a Musky Rat-kangaroo , the smallest member of the macropod (kangaroo and wallaby) suborder, no bigger than a guinea-pig. I set off on the trail around the lake, which was refreshingly cool considering the location.

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