Tuesday, November 22, 2011

What Do I do when my 15 year daughter have a thing for pets but where we live there a pay for pet policy that?

When she see cats and dogs she want them. She had a dog once and the land lord made us get rid of it because we were breaking the lease. Now we live where pets are allowed but no funds to cover the cost. Please help?|||what about a nintendo ds with the game nintendogs|||Maybe she can volunteer at a shelter? Red Cross I know offers a program teens.





My kids always do the promise that they will keep up after the animals and all will be good. I always end up taking care of them!





Good luck! Also, maybe a friend has a pet that can be kept at the friends house and then she can go to the friends house, be supervised and still keep a pet? Or maybe one of those computer pets?





There is a web site that is your towns name and then yardsales.com like ours is rileyyardsales.com You can post free items or wanted ones.





Also, maybe if you explain to her the situation and show her a copy of the leese it will be helpful or allow her to come up with a solution. Good luck.|||How about trying pet sitting for a while. Not only would your daughter have the opportunity to socialize with pets, but she will also earn some money for the deposit to get another pet in your home.|||She's 15- she's old enough to understand if you can't afford a pet.





Is it possible she could get something like a hamster or fish? Something to call her own.|||Why doesn't she get a job at the animal shelter or someplace where she could be with animals. Then she could could earn money to get her own pet while still being around animals.|||Is it just a pet deposit? You can usually get that back at the end of the lease.|||Just say no until your income can support a pet or she gets a babysitting job and can pay for it~

Can you take in stray cats and make them your pets?

There is this a stray mommy cat with her baby kitten that comes sometime to our backyard. I was think if I could take them in and make them my pets?|||That sounds really nice. Just beware though, stray kittens tend to be rather vicious as they have never had human companions. I actually adopted a stray mother and her 2 kittens a year ago, and it took me approximately 4 months to tame the kittens. So if you intend on making them a part of your family, be prepared for a lot of work and effort - but in the end it is always worth it ^_^...|||of course you can! two of my three were strays! (to be honest i think one was feral) just beware that the mommy cat may be overly protective of her baby,especially since she doesn't know that you don't want to hurt them. but slowly earn their trust,and you could have two great pets|||sure- go ahead... hopefully they aren't the neighbors though : ) Maybe first put up posters - that you found them- if nobodys claims them..they are all yours.|||My mom is great at doing that. She usually tries for weeks just putting food down and seeing if they come up and eat it while she is standing there. She has had several stray cats that she has been able to hold and give them names.|||Maybe put up signs and place an ad in the local paper just to make sure they do not belong to anyone first|||Give them a good home and give them a lot of love.|||it can be done but you must have patience and start slowly. leave some food and water on a step. let her learn she can eat. than try sitting out there with her while she is eating. after awhile try touching her pretty soon if she wants to be domesticated she will allow you to do so. we just took in a wild kitten took me about a week for her to adjust now you would never know she loves to be held. good luck|||If it is friendly it is probably someone's pet but if it is feral than the mom would be hard to domesticate. the Kitten however could be brought it and trained to be inside. i would recommend just putting food and water outside and see how it goes from there|||Yes of course because its only being helpful and friendly.

Why is neutering pets not considered cruel?

I mean would you like to be neutered? If people can't deal with fully-functioning pets then they just shouldn't have them. Why doesn't PETA and other animal rights gropus get after people who neuter animals the same way they went after Michael Vick?|||A lot of animals, especially those bred as pets are prone to cancers (e.g. in rabbits, 80% of doe's are likely to get cancer) that spaying will prevent.





Also most pets are bought single pets and the very strong instinct to breed can cause agression in lots of animals as they 'fight' for top place.





And in you own words "If people can't deal with fully-functioning pets then they just shouldn't have them" How many people could own a dozen fully functioning pets... the first time around. These dozen will reproduce and reproduce again.





If pets are allowed to breed they will cause a lot of genetic defects from inbreeding|||It all comes down to controlling the animal population. Too many times, animals are put down at shelters because there are to many animals to adopt them all or it becomes over crowed. By neutering/spaying, we help to control the population os animals. Have you ever watched Animal Precinct on the animal channel?


Anyway, it's not cruel because the animal is sedated so it doesn't feel the operation. It also helps the animal live a longer, healthier life because it reduces the risk of the animal getting a cancer related to its genitals.|||The biggest argument behind this is controlling the pet population. The reality is, if no animals were neutered at all, then there would be a lot more homless pets running around, and that would be considered more cruel than neutering- letting them reproduce when you know you can't keep the pets or know there is already too many in the area. It may be a little cruel, but that's the price to pay to keep as many pets off the street as possible. And I would love to be neutered.





Edit: Oh, and some female dogs have nasty and heavy periods, and I dont know about you, but I don't want that all over my bed and kitchen floor!|||Neutering prevents reproductive cancers. This is extremely important for some species, such as rabbits, that have very high uterine cancer rates.





A huge reason is to protect the potential babies that could result from an intact pet. If a dog has a litter of puppies, what happens to them? Some might get good homes, but many end up in shelters, euthanized, or in unfit homes. Having an overabundance of pets is probably the greatest factor in animal abuse.|||spaying and neutering is one of the kindest things you can do.. there are MANY health benefits to spaying and neutering, besides removing the risk of unwanted litters.





Just because you have issues with your sexuality doesnt mean an animal feels the same way about its genitals.





For the record.. I'd love to be spayed.|||Would you rather see people euthanizing so many unwanted animals? Would this be more humane?





Neutering/spaying animals is for their own health benefit. So why would you go after someone who is trying to help their animals and keep them from suffering?


Also there are millions of animals being destroyed yearly in USA. That is because there is no homes for them. People let their unfixed animals out and they are multiplying very fast.





read website below. I work at the vet office on the weekends only and see female animals weekly with that. When this happens often they day within a day or two without emergency surgery.


There are many types of cancer that can be prevented with fixing your pet too.


I think we should go after people who crop ears and dock tails and declaw. Those are procedures that are just for benefit of nothing and it is a mutilation of an animal.





I believe it should be mandatory to fix at least some humans to. This world is overpopulated with horrible people.


How about we go after idiots who circumcise boys? this is all done for money.|||-It prevents certain types of cancer.


-It allows the dog to live peacefully as a family pet without the "gotta get me some" feeling...


-Human males are often "neutered" as well. They do it when they no longer want to have children, etc. The same goes with the dog. We have them neutered so they no longer have puppies because we know there are too many as it is and the ones that the dog produced would likely be suffer as a result of the overpopulation and to allow the breeding would be CRUEL!





-Dogs are not like human males by the way. They are not as prideful and they do not think of sex in the same way you do.|||Many animals that do not get fixed and do not breed develop reproductive cancer or other related diseases.





How would you like to be a cat in heat and not be able to do anything about it? My brother and his wife didn't get their cat fixed right away, and she was MISERABLE when she went into heat. Female cats who don't get fixed aren't the only ones who are miserable, either.





It is gross for the owners-- vaginal fluid, humping, menstruation, etc.





Then there are the behavioral problems.





Pet overpopulation is a HUGE issue. Do you really think it is worse to fix animals than to let them roam the street and be put down in shelters because no one is able to care for them?





If animals even realize that something has been taken from them, it doesn't seem to worry them much. I haven't seen a single fixed animal in a loving home that isn't as happy as it would be if it were intact.





Why are you projecting your perceived necessity for potency onto ignorant animals??|||When a human women is physically ready to get pregnant she don't just the first person she sees. A human may be ovulating but most put a lot of thought into pregnancy.





A cat or dog doesn't ask their mate if they're really financially and emotionally ready to have puppies or kittens.





Humans use birth control and many people choose to be sterilized if they do not want children or have had all the children they want.





My cats are not suffering because they can't have kittens together. For female cats I wouldn't say they enjoy mating. Who wants a barbed penis coming at them.|||well some people don't have enough money to keep the pet. Well if the pet has offspring they can't pay for that. They just don't want to go through the hassle.

What kind of pets could I keep in this cage?

Alright so I have this 10 gallon glass aquarium with a mesh lid, and right now it has 2 gerbils in it. I was just wondering, what other kind of pets could I keep in it?|||hamster, rat, mouse, snake, guinea pig, chinchilla, lizards! any animal like that!|||frog, toad, hermit crab, fish tank, snake, mouse, rat, but hermit crabs are easiest to take care of|||a snake, mouse, lizard, turtle, or turn it into a fish tank|||snake


frog


toad


bugs


mouse


hamster


guienea pig


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Would you take your pets to a pet daycare while you work?

alot of pets get really stressed when the owners leave the house.They act out by tearing things up and some just whine for a long time but Do you think if you had a pet daycare near you home would you take your pet there so it wouldn't be lonely while your away?|||We have an energetic Brittany Spaniel that goes to our Trainers Daycare about once every other week. We have found that it has been a great time for her to socialize with other dogs, reinforce training techniques and allow her to let off some steam. She absolutely loves her time there!|||I don't think they'd appreciate it if I dragged in a 4 foot aquarium full of fish.|||I'm sorry but I dont think many people would be interested. I mean it would be great for some pets that need human attention (King Charles Cavalier for example), but other pets can usually stay at home and do their own thing.

Am I likely to bring home fleas to my own pets as a dog bather?

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I might be hired at petsmart as a bather soon. Am I likely to infest my own cat with fleas if the pets I bathe have them? I'm a little worried.|||As long as you have them on their monthly flea prevention then you have nothing to worry about. Frontline works great. I us to be a Vet Assistant|||I used to work there too! It was a lot of fun. Yes you are likely to bring home fleas. Fleas Travel by jumping on your clothing. You could always just wear a different outfit home. If you keep your cat treated with frontline than you really wont have to worry about it. I know the bathers there when I worked there didn't complain about that though. So you may be ok. I would take the job because its a lot of fun and just change when you leave. You will be wearing an apron thing too. Then keep your cat treated. If it becomes a huge problem (which I really don't see it) than just quit. Good luck have fun!|||I think it is quite likely. Fleas are little jerks. I'm trying to think of a way that you can avoid it...maybe if you have "work clothes" that you only wear at work, and bring to the laundromat to clean...but then there's still your shoes and your hair.





Ugh, I hate fleas. I guess it would be a good idea to look into frontline or a similar medicine. You should ask your vet before you start work. And you can talk to your coworkers about how they handle this problem.





Good luck!|||I learned on somewhere that fleas can destroy a humans immune system. I'm glad that there's flea medicine now... Some of us are going through a slow and torturing death. :(|||Most definitely, did u know fleas can hatch eggs on you then u can carry them back, and that they can live up to three years in your carpet before hatching|||Your asking us, and your going do this for a living???

Why does everyone think it is bad to give your pets plain, no sugar, yogurt?

I have researched this and have several books that recommend it. I have also been using it for years and years on my pets. It is great when they have diarrhea or are on antibiotics. Small amounts are good for their digestive tract.|||Actually my vet says it's a good thing to give a dog or cat after they've had a week or two on antibiotics, the yougurt helps re-establish the stomach and intestinal flora that may have been killed by antibiotic treatments.|||I don't think it's bad (as long as it is in moderation).





It's also great for freezing in a Kong toy for dogs! :)|||Yougurt can be good for animals in small amounts. They even make doggy frozen yogurt for summer time.|||It depends on the pet- birds are supposed to be terribly lactose intolerant (think about it- they don't nurse milk from the mom after birth). Some dogs and cats get sick because technically, no mammal is supposed to be lactose tolerant once off mom's milk. It's a biological thing- it just so happens that some of us are still tolerant.