Parrots Should Have Their Nails and Beaks Trimmed
Aside from giving your bird a weekly bath, you should also have their nails and beaks trimmed. This prevents them from becoming too sharp or overgrown which may cause injuries especially when they are kept inside a home.
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Topic: Parrots
A Short History Of Cats
It seems strange that there was ever a time when cats were not a part of our lives. It’s been less that 10,000 years since cats swaggered into our lives. Hardly an eye blink in the grand sweep of life on this planet. Why were cats so late to join our team? The simple answer is they didn’t need us to survive. Cats were surviving just fine on their own. Then, people invented agriculture. Agriculture resulted in large scale storage of grains which attracted the usual and well know group of freeloaders, mice and rats. Grain attracted rodents. Rodents attracted cats who consider them tasty meals. The result was that cats set up housekeeping close to human settlements. Eventually, cats being cats, moved right on in.
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Topic: Domestic Cats
An Introduction To Polly
If you think you’re familiar with your pet parrot then think again. There are roughly 350 species of parrots in the world and to confound you even more, the species are divided into two: true parrots and cockatoos. Cockatoos are not parrots? Well technically due to a number of anatomical differences, science differentiated cockatoos from the true parrot family, nevertheless, they both fall under the order Psittaciformes.
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Topic: Parrots
The Importance of Pet Vaccinations
When you were a child you had to have vaccinations at certain points in your life such as measles, tetanus, and other shots. This is important for your pets as well. We will specifically look at dog vaccinations, as they are a very common pet to have. Keep in mind during some of these shots are required for cats as well.
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Topic: General Pet Info and Care
Operant Conditioning and Pet Training
The species of the animals, their history, and their upbringing plays a vital role in personality development of the pet. The characteristic of a specific species cannot be generalized, although some habits can be common. It is therefore recommended that the characteristic of the individual animal should be studied before designing the training plan for it. But some basic principles can be applied along with the designed training plan. The training plan can be equipped with training equipments, reference training book, etc.
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Topic: General Pet Info and Care
Pet Insurance – Yes, It Really Exists
Although pet insurance has been available for approximately 20 years, many pet owners have never heard of it and are surprised that such a thing would even exist. After all, insurance is for people, right? Well, if you have ever had to empty your savings account in order to pay for a pet’s surgery or if you have ever had to put a beloved pet to sleep because you couldn’t afford medical care, then you can absolutely testify to the usefulness and worth of pet insurance.
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Topic: General Pet Info and Care