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What is a good cat food without BHA?

Posted on January 4, 2012 by admin| 3 Comments

I just learned about the harms of BHA and other chemicals used in pet food to preserve the food. I currently feed my cat 9Lives, as well as a mixture of organic cooked meats when I can, and I looked up 9Lives ingredients and saw that they use BHA. What is a good brand of cat food without those harsh chemicals and where can I buy it?

Sadly, feeding organic dry food is terribly expensive, but my little guy is worth it. Also, I have to drive 2 hours to get to any pet store where they sell cat food, so I buy my pet food from Wal-Mart (yuck). Is there a good brand of cat food at Wal-Mart by chance? If not, I guess I have to drive 2 hours to the pet store. Thank you! :)

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Can you recommend a reptile/amphibian that doesn’t require live food?

Posted on December 23, 2011 by admin| 6 Comments

There aren’t any pet stores around my place and weekly trips uptown to buy crickets weren’t very convenient.

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Why do people get reptiles when they don’t know how to take care of them?!!?!??!?!?

Posted on July 18, 2011 by admin| 5 Comments

I hate it when people get reptiles and know nothing about them! I don’t know how many different places I have came across just on this question and answer site that I have found someone that doesn’t know how to care for a reptile and then everyone that answers them are wrong at times too. Like iguanas. . . . I found a question that asked if they were a good pet and what do you feed them. You know what the best answer picked was “you feed them food out of a bag that you get at a pet store and they make good pets and only get about 3 feet long”. . . okay here’s the truth. They can get 5-6 feet long, they don’t make good pets unless you have ENOUGH room and work with them A LOT, like HOURS per day. And, they eat veggies, collards, mustard greens, romaine lettuce, and much more! That food you get from the pet store you only use as a suppliment! Don’t get a reptile or any animals for that matter unless you know how to take care of them. it isn’t fair to the animal.
I agree with you completely!!!! They are the most difficult one that I have came across also except for the huge snakes because they take a lot of time also. I can’t believe that anyone will just say “Okay, this is easy” after one person answers them the way that they wanted them to answer. The girl that was asking the question, after she got that answer that I was talking about said “okay, now i am off to convince my mom to get me one” GEESH, they are going to have a big problem. I feel bad for the iguana because people have NO IDEA what they are talking about! My iguana that I had was awful to handle. he got to be so mean, and I worked with him hours a day!
I care! I care about that animal that is not going to get the care that it deserves because some idiot told her the wrong information! There are many different ways to get information, I wish people would ask opinions but also do some more research. This animal entrusts someone who is their owner and should know how to take care of them and then they aren’t going to take care of them at all!

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Has anyone ever used “Fromm Family Pet Food”?

Posted on July 1, 2011 by admin| 1 Comment

http://www.frommfamily.com/

Shredded Chicken Entrée (Canned)
Chicken, Chicken Broth, Potato Starch, Tomato Paste, Vitamin Mineral Mix*

Salmon À La Veg (Dry)
Salmon, Salmon Meal, Pearled Barley, White Rice, Sweet Potato, Whole Dried Egg, Dried Tomato Pomace, Fish Broth, Salmon Oil (preserved with mixed tocopherols), Safflower Oil, Potato, Flaxseed, Chicken Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid),

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Is it OK to keep a pet turtle?

Posted on June 22, 2011 by admin| 8 Comments

My friend said it’s keeping an animal in captivity in a cage and it’s wrong.

He was telling me that I’m its jail warden.

I said that it’s keeping my turtle safe and fed.

What am I to think?

He told me to set it off free and that it has natural instincts.

From what I’ve read/heard, a domesticated turtle can’t be set free because it doesn’t have the same survival skills of a wild turtle.

What should I do?
My turtle is a red-eared slider. I keep him in a container of water. I would really let him live on a pond, if it was possible.

I got him from those illegal sellers in Chinatown when I was 12.. I didn’t know back then that it was illegal and wrong. I’ve kept him for about 6 years now.

Now my friend is saying that I should set him free because it’s sick that I keep him. He said that if I bring my turtle with me to his place, he would set it free on the creek.

I just feel horrible and the way he said things, I’m pretty much feeling guilty.

He’s the only person who would make me feel bad…..

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