Articles tagged with 'Pet owner basics'

Interacting with companion animals (including dogs, cats, rabbits, rodents, horses, fish, birds, reptiles and amphibians) can have a range of physical and mental health benefits for people.

To balance your cat’s safety with providing easy identification, a collar with a breakaway clip and ID tag is recommended. This type of collar will snap open if snagged on an object, lowering the risk of your cat getting stuck or injured due to the collar.

Wild rats are omnivorous, often eating grasses, seeds, grain, and occasionally invertebrates. Fortunately for the owners of pet rats, the nutritional requirements of rats are well established from work done in rats kept in laboratories (the same species as those we keep as companions).

Ferrets’ name in Latin means ‘little thief,’ a group of them is called a ‘business,’ a female is called a ‘jill’, a male is a ‘hob’, and a juvenile is a ‘kit’.

Note: Desexing is the term generally used in Australia to refer to surgical sterilisation that permanently renders an animal incapable of reproducing. However, the legal definition may differ depending on the jurisdiction. Hence, sterilisation is used throughout this article.

There have been a number of pet food product safety incidents over the years that have raised some concerns about pet food safety. These have included problems with treats as well as complete diets. Where can I go to report a pet food issue?

Desexing cats before they can reproduce plays an integral role in reducing cat overpopulation and there are also many health and welfare benefits for individual cats.