I’m usually not a fan of pet stores. They are dangerously heart-breaking places for me.  I have to purposefully avoid the pet stores in places like malls that usually sell puppies or kittens not from shelters.  Unless the cages they are in take up most of the store, they’re too cramped, too small, to horrific for me to deal with. Standing there and watching little pups and kittens laying with dull eyes in a space just...

Apologies to my livejournal watchers, as this will be a repeat for them....

You’re the one! You make bath time, so much fun! Taking our cockatiel, Nugget, into the shower is always an amusing part of the day. He eyes up the shower for a while and then does a little head bob-dance to get your attention and to signify he wants down and in the water. So we turn the shower head to the bathroom’s window ledge and set him down then let him go nuts. He’ll hunker down and then floof out all of his...

Cedar Rapids, Iowa is home to several stranded pups and kittehs, birds and other paws that need your help. The humane society is doing its best to rescue, treat and save as many animals as possible but they need your help. If you have it to donate and are interested in helping, please consider donating toward saving some mew’s. You can donate here: Disaster Relief Fund 2008 If you can’t donate, that’s okay. I’s...

I’ve been owned and adopted by several generic domestic animals through out my illustrious career as a fat, geeky woman. Cats, dogs, birds and hamsters have all lived with me and have allowed me to continue living with them. What gets me is the blatant lack of common sense from other people who are also owned by pets. Here are some of the things that make me wonder how these people function in day to day life. The: My cat is vomiting up...