Animals & Nature

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ladybirder

Do You Give Your Dog Yumove?

YuMOVE Senior Dog | High Strength Joint Supplement for Older Stiff Dogs with Glucosamine Chondroitin Green Lipped Mussel | Aged 9+ | 120 Tablets. If you give the the above STOP NOW.

7849kerry

hip dysplasia chocolate labrador help

hi once again i am back for more advice as you will see from my last question i need some advice i bought a chocolate lab in november 2005 for ?450 i found out in may my pup had hip dysplasia he has...

curlyfilm

gnats or mozzies?

when i was a kid i was bitten by gnats, as i was told, now i'm told i'm bitten by mozzies, i know i had bigger bites as a kid now i know the two species are related, but what are we more commenly...

~Vulpine~

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel ear mites (home treatable?)

My dog started shaking his head and whimpering and scratching his ears. He's done this before and we realised it was ear mites - can anyone reccomend a home treatment? It seems strange he had them...

cjk23

MOving to a city with cats

I ahve two outdoor cats, males, neutered and chipped. I am moving from a small towm to a big city soon. There is no way I can keep these cats indoors for long, they meow and pace and get very fretfull...

bubbly girly

He hates to be loved!

My 8 month old Cairn terrier hates to be picked up, hugged, kissed, or anything. He is so unlovable. How do I make him more loveable?

Goodsoulette

hill sheep

For the last 20 odd years I have believed that they had legs shorter on one side because of living on a hill. Last night I was informed that I was an idiot for believing this, so is it all a lie?

whiffey

What is this bird (2) ?

I asked about this bird a few weeks back http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Animals_and_Nat ure/Question277160.html Thanks for your answers. It's not a treecreeper or a nuthatch. Luckily I met a...

kopend

animal milk

do any animals produce any other colour of milk than white i.e hippos produce pink milk

what..the?

What is the most common type of Owl?

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lamppostlady

dogs use me as a lamppost!

During the last two months i have been walking my 8 yr Cairn Terrier bitch, and two different dogs have cocked their legs on me. This has never happened before in all my dog loving 38 years, why have...

Roughquest

Kitten Behaviour

My 5 month old kitten 'scrapes' the floor around his food bowl after he has eaten - very similar action to the scraping they do in the litter tray to cover their excrement - anyone know why does he do...

WendyS

Food for hedgehogs

Occasionally on this thread we get questions about what food is suitable for hedgehogs. Apparently a new food has been introduced for those who want to feed the hedgehogs in their garden and help...

Filbert

Mozzies.....

What is it with those mosquitos? I woke up this morning with bites all over me, including 2 unsightly ones on my face....unfortunately I'm one of those that reacts to them so I tend to swell wherever...

lady_p_gold

Hornet at night

I am sitting at my pc at getting on for midnight and a huge hornet (at least I think it is a hornet it looks like a giant wasp) is throwing itself against the glass towards the light on my desk. I...

luckyeight

Keeping goats

If you weren't a farmer and simply wanted to keep a goat in a garden as a domestic pet, what would it require to make it happy? How much space would it need to exercise, and would it require another...

SEXY67

Mum cat turned Nasty!

Back in April my cat had 3 lovely kittens, 2 were sold and i decided to keep one (male) at first mother and son were fine, usual thing, play fighting and showing each other affection. But a couple of...

~ vortex ~

Xmas Dinner?

4 months early I know but... Turkey?? Was the country named after the bird or the bird after the country?

tamirra

dovecot

Can anyone please tell me if there is any websites that i can get instructions on how to make a wooden dovecot for my garden, i dont want to buy one i want to make it. Thankyou.

tinythang

Bees and wasps...

ok here it goes...this may seem a very wierd question...and to be honest it is, but anyway here it is: has anyone here been stung by a wasp or bee?? if so, what would you compare it to?? How painful...

Andrewsykes1

Catterpillars and Butterflies???

Having a thinking moment earlier( I know it's early) Does a cattterpillar lay eggs that turn into catterpillars or do butterflies lay eggs that turn into catterpillars. Silly question but I missed...