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How to stop my dog from howling all through the night?
I noticed that for the past few day, my dog howls a lot in the night. I initially thought it was because I forgot to give him food before going to sleep but yesterday and the day before, I'm sure I did (and even left some extra food in his…
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What means do rabbits use to mark and defend their territory?
Bunnies as prey animals would seem to be very quite, shy and fearful. Do they do anything to mark or defend their territory?
The best answer will include references, be focused on house rabbits, include some of the detail on their wild counter…
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Should I worry about my cat jumping out the window?
I just bought a cat and live on the 14th floor of my building, and I realized that he doesn't have any fear of heights like dogs do. I am really afraid that he might jump from a window.
I did some research, but could only find things like "If a cat…
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How To Reduce Dog Snoring
We have a 10 months old, very active Boston Terrier. He exercises everyday at least 30 minutes and it's not a problem to get him to sleep at night.
The only issue we are having with him is that he snores a LOT and of course he sleeps in our…
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How do I get one cat to realize the other is trying to play, and not fight?
I just moved in to a new place with my girlfriend, and we moved our cats in together. They both like to occasionally play, whether with us or with toys.
The bigger, older cat really likes to play with other cats, but when he pounces on or chases the…
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How can I determine the gender of Neon Tetras?
In my aquarium are some Neon tetra.
(source: wikipedia)
I'd like them to breed, but I don't know if they can because I can't determine their genders.
After careful observation, I can identify some females (they have a larger belly). Are there…
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Why is my dog defensive at home but scared outside?
I have noticed that my dog is more defensive and violent when at home. Once a dog came to our house, my dog attacked it and injured it and the other dog ran away.
Another day, my dog saw the same dog on the street, it just ran away, the other dog…
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Cat REALLY wants to leave his "safe" room after 1 day at our house
We got a Birman cat a day ago and he just sits at the door of his safe room at meows a majority of the time I'm sitting in his room. He will also come to me and wait for me to notice him and then walk to the door and start meowing. The afternoon…
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Can my dog be retrained not to mark when he is on his leash
My pug is virtually impossible to walk. He's neutered and 12 years old, and for about the first 6 years of his life, he was allowed to do anything he wanted on the leash.
He's gotten much better on a leash since then, but I am still trying to…
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What should I do if my cat vomits his food?
Recently, my 1 year-old cat vomited over my kitchen floor while playing. I was worried and unsure what to do, so I just cleaned him up and made sure he was OK.
What should I do if he vomits again?
Should I take him to a pet hospital?
Why is he…
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How can I make it easier to live-feed my frogs?
I used to have Indonesian Floating Frogs (they go by many names, but this is what my pet store called them), and while I found them cute and such, I struggled a lot with making sure they stayed fed, as they need to be fed live food (pinhead crickets…
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How to get a pet bird out of a tree?
I have a neighbor outside trying to get her parrot to come down out of a tree. She's apparently been out there for a while trying to coax the bird down.
Are there any proven methods for re-capturing an escaped pet bird without harming the bird?
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How can I stop my cat from eating plastic?
One of my cats will eat anything that is soft plastic. He will eat shopping bags, cellophane wrappers, anything. Fortunately, he hasn't had any issues. I've seen plastic in his poop, so when he eats it, at least it passes. Once I heard him…
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Why is my cat afraid of me when I play guitar?
When I play guitar (acoustic and electric), my cat gets really scared. And it's not just guitar, he gets scared when I'm playing violin, mandolin and other instruments too.
He kind of shrinks and sulks away like he's afraid of the noise but I'm not…
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What can be done to stop roosters from crowing all day and night?
Our neighbor's backyard is almost directly adjacent to ours. He's put up a few pens with chickens and also has at least 2 (but maybe as many as 4, judging by the sounds) roosters. In an urban environment, this is... less than ideal. The chickens…
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