Pets Blog

Chinese dwarf hamsters originally come from northern China and parts of Mongolia. They are becoming more popular as pets, but many people do not know how to care for them properly. If you would like to learn more about Chinese dwarf hamsters, then you will want to read this article. Specifically, we will talk about owning a Chinese dwarf hamster and the challenges that they present for the pet owner.

Before going out and purchasing one though, there are a few things that you need to be aware of. First off, they do not always make the best of pets for certain people. Because these little guys can sometimes be aggressive, most experts agree that small children can often have a difficult time handling them. Chinese dwarf hamsters can be very friendly creatures, but they can get aggressive with other hamsters. It is best to not keep them in pairs, especially female hamsters, since they are the dominant sex and can get very aggressive with males. Occasionally, the male hamster can even be killed.

The Chinese dwarf hamster can grow up to 9 cm in length, and usually have a lifespan of close to three years. Though they are small in size, they are extremely fast and are usually pretty active. It is always a good idea to give them plenty of room to move around, so you’ll need to make sure that you have a large enough cage to house them. By having a larger space, they are also usually much happier and easier to keep as pets. Their diet normally consists of vegetables, nuts, and commercial hamster food. Hamster treats can also be given to them in moderation. Basically, they can be fed the same diet as any other rodent.  Read more...

The scientific name of Addison’s disease in dogs is hypoadrenocorticism. This type of illness is not a very common one but it is a serious one because it can cause the death of your dog.

The condition’s primary cause is the hormones underproduction from the adrenal glands. These types of hormones are vital. What does hypoadrenocorticism appear in dogs?

Primary reasons

Mainly, there are two causes: the immunity system is damaged and it causes problems for the adrenal gland or the pituitary gland doesn’t work properly. When the pituitary gland doesn’t secrete the right amount of hormones, hypoadrenocorticism develops.

Symptoms

This disease is quite common in humans and many of the symptoms in an ill dog are “human like”. Both in humans and in dogs, the disease advances slowly and symptoms don’t appear from the start. But while the disease progresses, some of the symptoms you will notice are: the dog feels weak, it vomits, had diarrhea, and sometimes he even looses his hair. You should be careful because diarrhea and vomiting cause serious dehydration. Other symptoms, as important as the first ones, include abdominal pains, sometimes depression and trembling. The dog starts to have a decreased heart rate and even have blood in its stool.

Getting a diagnosis

It is very difficult to diagnose accurately this disease because the symptoms are common with those of kidney failure. Many veterinarians check for this disease by injecting the dog with the pituitary hormone to see if the adrenal gland responds. If the doctor sees no response from the dog’s adrenal gland, then the diagnosis is clear.

Treatment  Read more...

Building a bird house is very interesting thing to do. Everybody loves birds and you can provide these birds a place to live at your backyard. The bird house saves the birds from their enemies and provides shelter to them. Bird houses give an attractive look to the backyards with stylish painted bird houses. Keeping different color combinations attract different birds. And it also helps to witness some beautiful colored birds in your backyard and getting a chance to become one with the nature.

Birds like their nests at a height and you don’t have to worry if you don’t have a tree. The bird houses should be made at a height of six feet from the ground level which helps in attracting more birds. There are some species of birds those prefer a height of maximum twenty feet high from the ground level. By nature these birds are like that only that they prefer making their homes at such an elevation as they feel safer.

An appropriate bird house should be able to provide cover and protection for the birds. The bird houses should be able to protect them in all weather. It should also provide proper exposure to air. During the summer weather the bird houses should be kept shaded as the eggs needs proper temperature to get hatched. The bird houses should have the roofs that overhang at the entrance. The bird houses should be hinge gap from the base so that it could easily get cleaned.

Here are some guidelines before you make a final decision:

First and foremost it is very important to decide which type of birds you want to keep, so that the shape is appropriate. Keeping the openings small will attract small birds.  Read more...

Would  the Goldendoodle  make a good guide dog?

Many people contact us asking if the Goldendoodle dog would make a good “guide” dog.  While we do not sell our Goldendoodles for therapy, guide or assistance type services,  we certainly do not believe they are not capable of performing these tasks.  The Goldendoodle dog is highly intelligent and easily trained.  They have a desire to please and a love for companionship.  I don’t see why they wouldn’t make a terrific “guide” dog or be able to go on to become an assistance type of dog, in general.

Many dogs perform their “guide” dog duties happily and eagerly.  For a dog, performing the tasks as a “guide” dog is an invaluable service to humans. Goldendoodles would be no exception.  They love people.  They are eager to befriend anyone.  The Goldenododle dog would be an invaluable canine for someone using them as a service or assistance dog.

 The Golden Retriever has been used as an assistance dog for many years.  They are very intelligent and outgoing dogs.  The Goldendoodle was created by Australian breeders back in 1997 for those who were in need of an assistance dog, but whom had allergies.  I, myself, suffer from COPD as well as asthma and I can testify from personal experience that the Goldendoodle is a very low shedding, low allergan dog.   The Goldendoodle was incorporated as an assistance dog because they work out very well for those with mild to moderate allergies. 

What is a guide dog?  Read more...

Fish Recipes- Quickly Information

FISH provides another class of high-protein or tissue-building food. As this term is generally understood, it includes both vertebrate fish that is, fish having a backbone such as salmon, cod, shad etc. and many other water animals such as lobsters, crabs, shrimp, oysters and clams

As is well known, fish is an extremely perishable food. Therefore, when it is caught in quantities too great to be used at one time, it is preserved in various ways. As such methods are usually carried out in the locality where the fish is caught, many varieties of fish can be conveniently stored for  long periods of time and so distributed as to meet the requirements of the consumer.

COMPOSITION and CLASSES OF FISH

In general, the composition of fish is similar to that of meat, for  both of them are high-protein foods. In fish, as well as in shell fish, a very large proportion of the food substances present is protein. This proportion varies with the quantity of water, bone, and refuse that the particular food contains, and with the physical structure of the food. The varieties of fish that contain the most fat deteriorate most rapidly and withstand transportation the least. Fish containing a large amount of fat such as salmon, turbot, eel, herring, halibut, mackerel, mullet, butterfish and lake trout have a more moist quality than those which are without fat such as cod.

Classes of Fish

According to the quantity of fat it contains, fish may be divided into two classes, Dry, or lean fish, and Oily fish. Fish may also be divided into two classes, according to the water in which they live, fish from the sea being termed ‘salt-water fish’, and those from rivers and lakes are ‘fresh-water fish’.  Read more...