Toe Nail Tuesday, held the 3rd Tuesday of each month. Free toe nail clipping of your dogs or cats. Hours from 4pm to 6pm.
Toe Nail Tuesday, held the 3rd Tuesday of each month. Free toe nail clipping of your dogs or cats. Hours from 4pm to 6pm.
Click image to download brochure about the Kissing Bug published by Texas A&M University.
A bug carrying a parasite that can cause potentially fatal heart and digestive problems as arrived here in Texas. The bug contains a deadly parasite known as T-cruzi that causes Chagas disease.
The insect is commonly known as the kissing bug. It’s about the size of a penny and is indigenous to Central and South America.
The Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences department at Texas A&M University has published an informational brochure about this bug and what to do if you find one. Click image to download the brochure.
Pet Howwwl-O-Ween Contest
Halloween isn’t just for kids!
Enter your pets in a costume contest at Bird Dog & Cat Fish Pet Shop.
Prizes will be awarded for the most original costumes. All pets are welcome and will receive Halloween treat bags.
PRIZES
1st Place $100.00 Gift Card.
2nd Place $ 50.00 Gift Card.
3rd Place $ 25.00 Gift Card.
When: Sunday October 30 3:00-4:00pm
Where: Bird Dog & Cat Fish Pet Shop
For more information, call 830-980-8900
Come join us for a Spook-Tacular Time
Come see our three adorable hedgehogs. They have bright eyes and wiggly noses and are just waiting for the right person to take them home.
Hedgehogs are quiet nocturnal animals, but they do make happy snuffling and purring sounds. Hedgehogs are insectivores and require special high protein-low fat food readily available at pet stores. Never feed your hedgie grapes, avocados,nuts or raisins as they may harm your pet.
Life spans for hedgies vary from 9 years to the average 3 to 5 years. They fit into the palm of your hand and weigh 1 to 1 ½ pounds. Proper socialization is necessary so you must pay attention to your pet every day. They don’t like loud noises or rough handling.
Hedgehogs need a water bottle, food dish, and a den to hide away during the day. They must have an exerciser wheel as they need the exercise. Hedgehogs do not need another hedgie to keep them company. They prefer to be by them selves. However, hedgehogs may enjoy soft cat toys or stuffed animals for entertainment.
Hedgehogs are fun
Hedgehogs are neat
Hedgehogs love to run
They also purr and tweet.
In the article Pest Removal Using Invertebrates, I talked about several species of invertebrates that can help eliminate nuisance algae and various pest species from your aquariums. This article will do the same, but will be talking about fish that can help eliminate and control various algae and invertebrate pests. Same rules apply to fish, they can’t read, and often don’t know what they are supposed to eat and what they are not supposed to eat. These suggestions are guidelines only, and you should monitor any new additions carefully. (more…)
There are many different types of invertebrates that will help you control common aquarium pests. All of these should be maintained in a copper/medicine free invert only or reef tank. Some of them also will cause some problems of their own, and I will attempt to list them all. Caution is always required when adding new species to any tank. Every tank is different, and the interaction between species is difficult to predict. Remember, invertebrates and fish do not know how to read, so they often don’t know what they are supposed to eat and what they are not supposed to eat. (more…)
De Flea products use a different mode of action to kill fleas, ticks, lice, mites and other ectopatasites compared to pesticides containing pyrethroids (pyrethrum and similar chemicals.) (more…)
Republished with permission from Reef Keeping, written by Steven Pro
If all a new hobbyist were to do was gloss over the medicine aisle at his favorite local fish store and observe the proliferation of garlic-based treatments, or peruse the various online postings of garlic’s proponents, he would surely come away with several likely impressions: (more…)
As owners of Bird Dog & Cat Fish, Trish and I attended the 2010 Global Pet Expo Trade Show in Orlando, Florida, March 25-27. Global Pet Expo is presented by the American Pet Products Association (APPA) and Pet Industry Distributors Association (PIDA). (more…)
Here is our ‘jingle’:
