Individually packaged dog meals are the latest trend in the pet food industry, as shown above are two new products from Purina’s “Beneful Prepared Meals” and Freshpet Select’s “Homestyle Meals.” (ZT Pet News Photo by Elisabeth Brock)
New Natural Dog Meals: Name Brand vs. Start-Up. Answering pet owners’ demand for healthier, fresher options for dogs, the [...]
Bertie, a pointer cross breed, swallowed nine golf balls and survived after emergency surgery in Essex, England. (ZT Pet News Photo)
Dog Survives Swallowing Nine Golf Balls, Gun Shot: Bertie is just an average English family pet, but now he has quite the unusual tale. He has survived being shot in the abdomen and eating nine [...]
Holistic Veternarian, Dr. Babette Gladstein combines cutting edge alternative therapies with traditional veternary care to treat animals throughout New York City. (ZT Pet News Photo Courtesy of Babette Gladstein, DVM)
Ex-Stockbroker Revitalizes Vet Care Options: Pets treated by Dr. Babette Gladstein are seeing a new kind of veterinary medicine where patients experience more comprehensive treatment with [...]
Birds are beautiful creatures. Where else can you find such intricate and vibrant colors and patterns than on the feathers of your pet bird? It’s the first thing we notice about them! When you look beyond their outward appearance, however, you discover an amazingly intelligent creature that requires daily activity to keep them at their [...]
You have gotten your first real job after college and decide that it would be nice to get a pet. You are a couple of hours away from your parents and all you hold dear. Having a pet would give you some company, albeit not of the human variety. However, you are totally new to [...]
All pets benefit from training and this includes birds. A natural physical behavior would be stepping up and is a fairly easy command to teach your bird. Added benefits of teaching your bird this command will include your ability to enforce your higher status, it will help your bird overcome his natural fear, and it [...]
If you ask a bird owner who has replaced furniture or window shade cords they will tell you that birds love to chew.
Chewing is a normal bird behavior that can be modified or redirected, but it will never be removed from your bird’s habits. Your bird likes to chew and it feels good, its fun, [...]
In addition to food, water, shelter, rest, and social activity, your bird needs intellectual activity to keep healthy. The only way your bird can get this mental stimulation is through training and play time. Research has found that a bird can solve a problem by insight, similar to a small child.
Parrots are considered to be [...]
All the experienced bird owner I talk to here in Champaign will tell you that once you have become a bird owner, you can’t own just one. The logical step after you are comfortable owning one, is to own another. But before you add another bird there are things you should consider. The physical, mental, [...]
Making a decision to adopt a parrot is a big one by itself. It requires some research what kind of parrot you need to be able to choose among over 800 varieties.
Some of the varieties are African Grey, Amazon parrot, Senegal parrot, Macaws – these are relatively large varieties; Lovebirds are small parrots that come [...]