Having a pet rat is a wonderful experience and to make sure your rat lives a full healthy life, picking the right bedding is essential. There are several types of cage bedding that you should not use, for instance Cedar bedding can cause respiratory problems for rats and should not be used. Listed here are ...
Do not trust a pet store employee to tell you what bedding is safest for guinea pigs (also called cavies.) Unless your vet specializes in guinea pigs, don’t trust the vet, either. Only people who have spent years or even decades with guinea pigs are the best sources for the best choices in guinea pig ...
Breathing seems so natural (to those of us who don’t have respiratory problems) that it’s almost taken for granted. Most of us consider the lungs to be the respiratory system but by the time air reaches the main lung areas it’s passed through the nasal cavity, nasopharynx (at the back of the nasal cavity), mouth ...
The Applehead Chihuahua are adorable and fun creatures to have as pet. I highly recommend them if you are looking for a pet who will adore and completely worship you. They have short hair and are easy to take care of. The reason they are called Applehead Chihuahuas is because their head has a round ...
Anyone who has had an asthma attack knows how difficult and scary it can be. Living in constant fear of having an attack and continuous asthma treatment can indeed be very frustrating. An asthma attack occurs when the airways carrying air in and out of your lungs become swollen and narrow. The conventional inhalers are ...
When I purchased my property years ago, it was a vacant, neglected space that was overgrown with a variety of invasive trees and plants, including poison ivy, A little cautious hard work rid the property of the poison menace without wreaking havoc to my skin. Poison ivy thrives in shady, overgrown landscape locations, and as ...
Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night gasping for air, and a sneaking suspicion that you have…stopped breathing in your sleep? Not only can identifying and diagnosing nighttime breathing and respiratory problems be scary, it can be one of the most frustrating things you’ll ever attempt–because many of your symptoms are ...
