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A few months ago, I wrote in asking for advice on my female medium haired cat, Evie, who had begun urinating outside of her cat box on the beds that our new chihuahua pup was frequenting. We took her to the vet and they said nothing physically wrong with her. We spent hundreds on special...

Any thoughts or experienced on spaying/neutering small mammals? I have one breeding pair of gerbils right now, and the American Gerbil Society webpage reccomends neutering the males after breeding so the mated pair can stay together for life. We're also considering the option for our male...

Hi folks, I have two cats, a 3 year old silver tabby male and a 2 year old calico female. We also have two dogs-- a 3 year old Golden Retriever male and a new (came home in late April) chihuahua puppy. Since the addition of the puppy, our female cat Evie has begin urinating EVERYWHERE. She is...

Our 3 year old male tabby has issues with regurgitating undigested food. We are currently feeding Purina ONE Urinary Tract Health. Last summer ('09) I changed him over to Blue Indoor Cat formula, which has more meat and less grain. The regurgitating stopped. Then in August, he ended up with a...

Hello everyone, I haven't been around in sometime due to life situations. I am working two jobs, teaching day and night school, to get my SO through nursing school (after that I can quit my night job and she can be my sugar-mama!) and it's crazy stressful. All my critters are doing really well...

This morning I noticed our 2.5 year old male cat, Sterling, was acting weird. He kept going up to soft things, like dog beds, blankets and the ferret play tunnel and squatting and rubbing his back end on them. The first time, there was a small brown smear and I shooed him away. The 2nd time I...

Here are some recent photos of our zoo. First, Tank the rescued Bearded Dragon. He is about two years old and small for his age, but he eats like a champ! Here he is donning his birthday best. This is Freyja, our yearling leucistic Texas ratsnake... one of our most gorgeous snakes. She was a...

My 2 year old male cat Sterling was initially a stray that got his chest ripped open by a big tom cat at 6 months age. It healed but he has significant scarring, and in the past two months, he's begun fixating on that scar tissue, licking it to the point where he made a small sore. I took him to...

Sterling, looking all purdy. The dynamic duo. "Do you mind? I'm in need of my beauty rest!" View from my couch most afternoons.

First, Tara's tarantula has barricaded herself in her hide by blocking the front entrance with soil. She then dug a new entrance in the rear. Avery the blue-tongued skink had her first veggie and fruits meal on Monday afternoon. They don't call them blue-tongued for no reason! A candid...

My kitten Evie, who is 8 months old, has had the runs twice in the past 10 days or so. Both times seemed to correspond with her getting hold of a piece of human food. The first time she grabbed a piece of pasta my sister dropped and ran with it. This time she shredded a wrapper from my Taco Bell...

My GF, sister and I attended the NB Reptile Show in PA yesterday. Anyone else happen to attend? It's a huge show (this was our first time!) and it was SO hot and crowded. We did come away with some nice additions for our herp collection, though. I got a newly born 2009 blue tongued skink who is...

I like to have my windows open during the spring, early summer and fall. The cats love sitting in the windows as well, but I am worried about them falling through the screens. The screens are just regular insect screens. Do I need to be concerned about their weight pushing through the screen if...

My girlfriend, Tara, will be moving from Kilmarnock, VA to Baltimore, MD in June to live with me. She is moving into my townhome in the city. I have two cats myself, and she has a 9 year old outdoor cat (who comes in during cold nights) at her home in the country. Her cat, Violet, is a confirmed...

Our two newest snakes... Antonio the het-albino Ball Python and Vader the Mexican Black Kingsnake Milk & Honey, female gerbils Mercutio, female blonde crested gecko Her boyfriend, Tybalt Athena, female leopard gecko Kaa, '07 male sand boa Wart the Toad is merely tolerating...

She is a little medium-haired calico girl born on 7.7.08. :-) Here are some pics:

Question about ferrets... My GF is moving in with me the first week of June. We're trying to move her animals in with mine slowly so as not to unduly stress the resident critters here. This weekend I got her ferrets. I felt her cage was too small and old for these two small female ferrets, and...

I took some photos of some of my animal friends. Riley (2 year old Golden) & Sterling (2 year old silver tabby) Annabelle, 14 month old female albino hedgie Riley & Rio, 3 year old male jungle corn snake Izzy, 1 year old female California Kingsnake Luna & Athena, 1 year old female...

I have a male cat who is 2 years old and my girlfriend has two ferrets. Between the two of us we have three dogs-- a 2 year old Golden Retriever and two whippets (10 & 11 years old). All are "cat friendly" but what do we need to know about possibly adding a kitten to the mix? We would like to...

My cat has recently begun scratching door frames. I spray him with a blast of water when I catch him, but he must do it while I am at work because there are definite claw marks in the paint. He has three big scratching posts covered in carpet AND sisal, which he uses frequently. He also has...