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How many gallons is enough space for two bettas where one is male?
If I have a 30 gallon (ca. 113 litres) tank that is medium planted. Would it be OK to keep two male bettas, or one male and one female betta?
I have read a lot of stuff online about keeping a group of females and such, however I am wondering if I…
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Best way to introduce a leash-reactive dog?
I have a border collie mix who is highly leash-reactive that I'd like to introduce to a friend's dog. When we are out on walks, we never introduce her to dogs because she goes into a complete frenzy whenever she sees another dog. Most of the time…
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How do cats learn to use the litter box so quickly?
I've only been around to see three kittens acclimate, but I've always been surprised at how quickly all of them start using a litter box, especially compared to the toilet training time for puppies.
What makes cats so quick to recognize and choose a…
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How should I schedule application of flea preventative against bathing?
I apply a flea / tick / mosquito preventative (SimpleGuard) to the back of my dog on the first of every month. I have to assume bathing my dog will affect the effectiveness of any applied preventative. I have also been informed that applying…
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Do ants mourn their dead?
Do ants exhibit any signs of grief (or other human-like emotions for that matter, i.e. affection..) such as mourning the loss of others from their colony, burying their dead, or trying to aid the injured? And so on..
Probably sounds like a stupid…
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Are commercial cat foods addictive?
I have been feeding my cat (3 years old neutered male British shorthair) with dry and occasionally wet (but I prefer mostly dry food according to the vet's advice to keep his teeth healthy) food from one of the most expensive cat food brand since he…
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Does a feline footprint include a trace of the fifth toe?
Cats have five toes on their front paws, yet if I search online using a "cat paws" pattern, the results always yield paws with four toes.
Is this because the fifth toe is not pressed firmly to the ground, so doesn't leave evidence of its existence,…
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How can I make two chicken mothers eat peacefully?
Two of my chickens just hatched their eggs and I noticed since then that whenever I call them to give all of them food, two of the chicken mothers start fighting for where to eat.
I didn't worry until now because I usually notice this whenever two…
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What are the healthiest foods I can feed my cat?
I have a cat and I usually feed him tuna and dry cat food. I wanted to know what other foods I could, or should, feed him for him to be healthy.
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How do I make my chicken overcome his fears?
My new chicken was formerly living with my uncle before I adopted him. According to what my uncle told me, the chicken once experienced another chicken being killed with a knife. Since then this chicken has been very scared of knives. He runs away…
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How do I crate train an adult dog?
This question My dog is destroying things and peeing inside when I am at work. How can I get him to stop? led me to ask this.
Some of the reasons to crate train a dog, as set out by the RSPCA Vic Australia:
Crate training is a new concept for…
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My dog seems to be scared of jumping up on our bed
My 3 year old boxer mix seems to have a problem when we ask her to jump on our bed. She used to do it with no problem at all, but about three months ago she jumped on our bed, stepped over us, got scared and fell off the bed. Now you can see that…
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Why is my puppy nipping at me, but not my wife?
I think I'm doing everything right with my puppy who is now a five month old Frengle (French Bulldog\Beagle mix), but he won't stop nipping and trying to attack me! Oddly enough, he leaves my wife alone or is cuddly with her, but with me he thinks…
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How to upgrade fish to a much larger aquarium
I currently have a 15gal tank fully cycled. The tank is stock on the heavy side of thing and I purchase a larger tank (75gal) for another project I will not be doing finally. So I will use the larger tank to transfer the livestock of the small one…
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What to do if I am with my dog and an aggressive and unleashed dog approaches us?
There are plenty of instructions on what to do if approached by a dog, for example this one : http://www.wikihow.com/Handle-a-Dog-Attack . I don't see anything new there, have been using similar approach, despite never reading any instructions or…
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