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How To Properly Introduce New Fish Into Your Aquarium

by Nathan Miller

There are two areas of introducing new fish into an aquarium that you must be aware of:

1. Fish Quarantine

Fish quarantine is one big, singular factor that must be observed strictly before you can be sure that your new fish is of good health and not an apostle of doom for the other inmates. Most new fishkeepers don’t take consider this very important factor.

For the benefit of intending aquarists, quarantine in the fish world refers to the physical and chemical treatment of new fishes (either imported or caught from the wild) to rid them of disease and restlessness before introduction into a new environment,

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Hiring the Right People for a Luxury Pet Boutique

by Hedy Woodrow

Business regardless of what type will always be fueled by having the right people on the team. The biggest challenge many people face is where to find them. With the accelerated growth that the pet industry has enjoyed, luxury products for pets will propel the business to the next level. But once the products are in the store, it takes a talented team of people to understand how to sell the products to a high end client. The biggest challenge that many face is making sure that the team can relate to a luxury product.

The luxury customer expects to meet sales associates that are knowledgeable about the product and above all understands the client and how to cater to them. In business, there will always be tough decisions. No question that assessing your team is one of the toughest challenges when changes have to be made because of the direction that you are moving into.

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Guinea Pigs As Pets

by Phyllis Wasserman

Guinea Pigs

Guinea pigs are fun pets. They like to eat green peppers, oranges, romaine lettuce, parsley, spinach, carrots, plums and apples.

They must have 10 to 30 mg of Vitamin C everyday since they don’t store it. They also eat plain guinea pig pellets, at least 1/4 cup per day but you can feed this free choice. They need an unlimited supply of timothy hay as well. This helps with their digestion.

And, of course, fresh water every day. Always change it even if its still full.

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Your Pet’s Health - What every Pet Owner Should Know

by Teresa Schahcinski

So you want to purchase a dog or cat. There is something you should know before you take the leap. House pets are to be taken care of like your very own children; it is natural that they become part of the family. All animals have wants, needs and health issues just like human beings. You really have to be prepared because there are many things you need to care for your pets in order to keep them happy and healthy. In regards to pet health, you have to realize that it can be costly for veterinarian visits, so you may want to consider pet health insurance.

Health insurance for our pets is an option growing in attractiveness to many owners of our canine and feline friends, especially because most consider their pet a full-fledged family member. More policies have been sold in the last year and a half than in the last 20 years, with the average monthly cost being between $9 and $25.

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Golden Years: Nine Ways a Dog Boosts Your Health

by James Jacobson

What if there was a simple way to reduce stress, prolong and improve the quality of your life, banish the blues, and best of all, decrease the number of doctor visits?

There is! Get a dog. Here are nine ways that having a dog can boost your health.

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Canadian Living : How to test a puppy’s personality

How to test a puppy’s personality

These three tests will give you a good idea of what a puppy’s personality is like — before you make your choice.
By Jack & Wendy Volhard

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Canine MD: Eight Ways a Dog Improves Your Child’s Well-Being

by James Jacobson

Some of our favorite childhood memories involve dogs. But did you know that warm feeling is based in good science? Here are eight ways a dog improves your child’s health and well-being.

Dogs enhance your child’s cognitive and social development. Family ownership of a dog or other pet increases your child’s ability to use his whole brain. Children with pets at home also score significantly higher on empathy and pro-social scales than children without pets.

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reviewjournal.com — News - PET OWNERS: Backyard breeders targeted

PET OWNERS: Backyard breeders targeted

Proposed law aims to reduce number of euthanized animals

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Feline Anxiety Causes Cat Litter Box Problems

By Nancy Wigal

Cats experience anxiety and get stressed out just like us human staffers. Unlike people, cats don’t have a lot of creative ways to express their feelings. Unfortunately, when cats suffer from stress and anxiety, they generally communicate it in a very clear way that can really turn humans upside down. They usually tell us by not using the cat litter box.

And since we can’t speak meow, and cats don’t talk, the challenge is to figure why our cats aren’t feeling right. Usually when a cat stops using her litter box, it’s a medical problem. But if it isn’t, one of causes high on my list is stress and anxiety.

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7 Things To Know When Shopping Bird Cages

by Dave Hermansen

Okay, most people are not informed enough to make a good decision when buying a bird cage. That’s really not good, because if you’re buying a good quality cage it isn’t going to be cheap, and if you are paying a decent amount of money, you need to get the best product you can get for that money!

Knowing this, I have created the article: “7 Things To Know When Shopping Bird Cages”

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