Happy September! To celebrate the coming of Fall, I've found items for kitty, puppy, and you! Take a brisk Fall walk donning a long-sleeved shirt (brrr), a fancy leash, and toting a fun snack for your lucky dog or let your kitty cozily relax inside, living it up with a special resting spot and neat-o new bowl. Lucky pets – learn all about 'em in this slideshow of my latest Must Haves!
My favorite thing about going back to school was picking out a new backpack. However, ummm, I don't think my pet needs one. First off, North would probably chew through the sack to get his lunch out. And as crazy cute as this cat looks with a bag of her own, I can't imagine many kitty owners would spend the $25 on this . . . especially since most of your cats never leave home.
Keep the trash safe from your nosy pets! In addition to the obvious dangers of cleaning product poisons or choking hazards, the bacteria and molds found in rotting foods can seriously endanger your furry friends . . . they can't distinguish between spoiled and fresh yums!
The millions of bacteria found in your old take-out or spoiled meat can lead to food poisoning and inflammation or bloating of the intestinal tract and abdomen (bacterial enteritis). What's more other foods like cheese, nuts, and pasta are ripe environments for a variety of molds that can produce the scary-sounding tremorgenic mycotoxins, substances that cause symptoms similar to snail bait or strychnine poisoning. If your pup has ingested these metabolites, look out for muscle tremors, spasms, seizures, and elevated temperature – it can require overnight hospital care so bring a pet to a vet if you suspect it!
Even if your trash is safely contained, learn one more risky spot pets can find these threats when you read more
PetSugar's Sleepypod Giveaway Ends Today! Log in, take the quiz, and enter to win a Sleepypod for your lil furry friend. Be quick about it – the giveaway ends September 2, 2008 at 5 p.m. PDT!
Even if you're not a guinea pig expert, you know what those furry fellas look like, right? They are most definitely not supersized hamsters and, frankly, I don't even think baby guinea pigs resemble adult hamsters. However, Stephanie Pratt made this baffling comment on last night's episode of The Hills.
What do you make of this? All I can imagine is that she used to have a hamster that died and was replaced with a guinea pig . . . even Lauren looked surprised. What do you think Stephanie's trying to say here?
Something must be totally hilarious, 'cause it looks as if Tippy is having a good laugh here! Maybe she saw something funny on TV – watching Funniest Pets and People perhaps? That show always gets a good chuckle out of me.
Congrats to Tippy and stacydee7 for being chosen as our Pet Pic of the Day! Have you submitted your favorite photos to the Pet Pics group yet? You may see your pet on the pages of PetSugar! What's stopping you!?
Awww, how cozy they look! Does this scene look familiar to you? If you share a bed with your pet, does the furry one have a fave snuggly spot? When I chatted with Bill from Greatest American Dog, he shared the sweet observation below:
I think the bond between Star and I was pretty tight when we got to California and I don't think you could make it any better. She slept in the bed with me all the time we were out there but when we got back home, Star had moved. She had always slept at the end of the bed, and now she moved up to right beside me on my side of the bed and that may be a little bit bigger bond.
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