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Winterizing Your Pets and Their Environment

Winterize your pets? Isn’t it enough that they have fur (and maybe a little extra fat this time of year)? Though nature does equip animals with winter survival gear, there are also some things we can do to make the season a better one for our pets and the other animals around us. These tips comes from Sheri Bolda, a technician at Ellsworth Veterinary Clinic, on Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota: Read More »

Chinchillas as Pets

Pets definitely are not allowed to inhabit the place where I live, but after my friend offered me a kitten for $30 that was medicated and came with food, litter, and a litter box, my roommate and I started to think about how we could house a cat in our 8 person suite. Well, all of our hopes and dreams came crashing down when one of the suitemates told us that she was allergic to cats, but that we could get a dog. Yeah, let us hide a Golden Retriever. The next animal we looked into getting was a chinchilla. This...

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