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Critter Talk August 08 - My Pet's Theme Song

critters-moderator — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:49:04 GMT

Hello Critters Community members!

The August 2008 Critter Talk Discussion Topic

This month we want to know what is your pet's theme song?

Are there a couple?
Why is this your pet's theme song? What is the story behind it?

We're look forward to hearing more!

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Critter Talk July 08 - Tell us how you first discovered your critter's species

critters-moderator — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:48:22 GMT

Hello Critters Community members!

The July 2008 Critter Talk Discussion Topic

This month we want to know how you first became interested in your critter’s species?

Did you have one growing up?
Did your friend or a relative have one?
Did you fall in love with one at a store/rescue?
Did someone convince you that this critter was the critter to have?

Tell us your story of how you becamse interested in your critters!

We're look forward to hearing more!

- Critters Moderator

New Website to check out

shalaine11 — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:04:30 GMT

Hello everyone!

After seaching all over I have come to a conclusion. Minnesota doesn't have any clubs or organizations for ferrents. So I decided to see if I could get one started. I am still working on the website but thought that I would post it here so members of this forum that live in Minnesota would have the information:

http://ferretsofminnesota.web.officelive.com/default.aspx

Please check it out, I am open for suggestions.

Thank you,
~Shalaine~

What would you like on SmallAnimalChannel?

critters-moderator — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:48:27 GMT

Hello Ferret Community!

As some of you know, sometime in 2008 we plan on launching Small Animal Channel, a website full of information on all small animals, including ferrets, rabbits, chinchillas, guinea pigs, hamsters ect.

I would like to know what kind of features/information you would like to see included.

Some ideas that we are looking at right now are:

Contests and Prizes
Small Animal eCards
Club Critters Rewards Catalouge
fun games
videos
ability to upload pictures of your pet into our gallery
create your own web page for your pet
our message board forums
a listing of clubs/organizations

Please let us know what you think of these ideas and feel free to add/discuss any others that you think would be great.

Thanks!

Critters Moderator

Rabbit Cage

MermaidSamantha — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:04:16 GMT

Does anyone know if the "Marchioro Small Animals Cage" from PETCO is big enough for big rabbits?

Here's the link: http://www.petco.com/product/13394/Marchioro-Small-Animal-Cage.aspx

2 week old mouse pups..and their eyes r still not opened!!!

samtheratandmouselover — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:14:54 GMT

my 2 week old mouse pups havent opend their eyes and i have read that their supposed to have opend them already im real worried ....i need advice.......

Where are all of the members?

chubbycheeks — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:28:11 GMT

I've noticed that most members don't write that often.I'm also on Dogchannel and there forums are usually busy but not really over here.Well, how are you people!

could somebody tell me why chipmunks arent on this website??????

thehatch06 — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:18:55 GMT

hey,i have 3 chipmunks and i was wondering why they arent available to create a profile for????????can anybody tell me why,thought they were popular?!thanks

June Product Spotlight - Ferrets Magazine

critters-moderator — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:41:22 GMT

Enter in the Ferrets Magazine June Product Spotlight for a chance to win a pair of ferret-themed Flip Flops from Totally Ferret.

Details on how to enter here.

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i make banners

haflingercrazy — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:46:49 GMT

please pm me

help need rabbit chat room

minirabbit — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:21:08 GMT

hi i am looking for a chat room like this one but for rabbit's so if anyone now of one please let me know thank you[]

Leaving-What do I do?

dogboy101 — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 15:50:52 GMT

I just convinced my dad to get a ferret, but one of the conditions was that I would have to find a place to put him during the summer, petsmart Pethotels dont accept ferrets and no vets will either. Plus I am not THAT comfertable with a pet sitter?

I have a question

IlovmyGuineapigs — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:45:06 GMT

I have been trying to make an avatar for my gunea pigs profiles that last cupple days it does let me go to where you make one i can go to the avatar manager and click where it says to get started and it brings me to the instructions i then click where it says click to make your own and it brings me back to the manager If anyone could help it would be alot of help thank you all in advance!

Join in on our Grand Opening Celebration

critters-moderator — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:30:41 GMT

The editors of Critters USA and Ferrets magazine are proud to announce the launch of SmallAnimalChannel.com and FerretsMagazine.com. The websites offer "critter" enthusiasts attractive and captivating sources for expert ferret and small animal information.

The SmallAnimalChannel and FerretsMagazine.com Grand Opening celebration runs from April 15 to 21, 2008, and offers thousands of dollars in prizes for users to win.

The Grand Opening celebration is really exciting and packed full of great prizes for your small pets. Users will have a chance to win a 48" Pet Hutch from Doctors Foster and Smith, and critter specific prize packs from other SmallAnimalChannel Grand Opening sponsors Kaytee and SuperPet, 8 in 1, FerretDepot.com, ZuPreem, SlippyPad and SlippyMat, Ferretonin, Green Pets and Mazuri. There are many more prizes to be won.

Come back every day for another chance to win!

Join in and win prizes during our Grand Opening Celebration, click here

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Ferrets Magazine is moving next week!

critters-moderator — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:23:43 GMT

Hello Ferret Community Member:

I wanted to let you know that we will be moving to the new Ferrets Magazine website and SmallAnimalChannel website on Monday and Tuesday (March 31st and April 1st).

So you if you try to visit, the boards will either be down or it will have a completely different look.

Your usernames and logins will still work on the Critters Forum (the new message board). There will also be added topic lists for other small animal species (including rabbits, chinchillas, guinea pigs and hamsters.)

You will also be able use your login information to create a profile for your ferrets in SmallAnimalChannel.com's Club Critter.

Once the message board has been moved over, you'll have to update your favorites links to the Ferrets Magazine website and the new message board.

If you have any questions please send me an email at smanimaleditor@bowtieinc.com.

We hope that you will enjoy the new look and fun features on www.FerretsMagazine.com and www.SmallAnimalChannel.com.

Critters Moderator

Ferret Magazine Print

IREANN — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:43:44 GMT

Just curious to see how much people love the print form![]

I Really Hate Pitbulls and their people

JosiesMom — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 08:25:18 GMT

I consider myself an animal person. Have had them all ,y life, make my living dealing with them every day. All kinds of animals from legless ground crawlers (snakes ) to huge Clydesdale horses and feathered friends!

Ya'll know my recent addition to my family is "Josie" and the story of her one and only escape at my Dad's house awhile ago and the incredible luck I had at recovering herjust several hours later.

She never leaves my side now unless she is passed out.

I've talked about our excursions to the pet stores and how she enjoys trekking down the aisles.

Well yesterday's stop at the local Petsmart almost became tragic!

Josie is ALWAYS on her leash and the leash is short enough that I can quickly swing her up into my arms if need be. WHenever we visit these stores I am always scanning for possible dog problems because I know that not enough people keep their dogs properly controlled. But that shouldn't stop ME from letting Josie enjoy life should it?

So anyway, we are scoping out the stuff for christmas. Josie is wearing her red holiday dress and visiting with a customer. The lady is kneeling down and Josie is crawling up into her lap - she has NEVER met a stranger - they are ALL her friends [] - and out of nowhere comes this huge snarling Pitbull! Knocks the lady down and lunges at Josie! Josie had scrambled backwards and I grabbed the pitbull's scruff and collar and hoisted him into the air one armed with my left arm! I held the struggling stoopid beast there until its owners ran up and releashed it!

Scooping Josie up she was absolutely petrified and had dog slobber on her head. She burrowed into the crook of my neck and I crooned to her while the beasts owners asked was she o.k. and apologized then proceeded to tell me the dog wasn't vicious!

WHAT?????

I was furious![!] And told them they needed to reevaluate their definition of vicious and get a HARNESS on that beast and teach it proper manners or keep it home! It certainly was NOT a safe dog to take in public!

Thankfully Josie recovered her bouncy happy self and soon asked to get down and go exploring. As we rounded another aisle there was a Pug on a leash and Josie even walked towards it, while it did a silly play with me dance! So guess the pitbull didn't really traumatize her.

Why people think they can take their untrained uncontrollable unfriendly animals out in public never ceases to amaze me!

I'd NEVER dream of takning an animal out that I had to worry would cause harm to another be it critter OR human!

Regards!

Survey Says Consumer Confidence in Pet Food Remains High

critters-moderator — Wed, 23 May 2007 12:31:00 GMT

In case you are interested, we posted this article on the News and Notes section of the website.

-Critters Moderator

Survey Says Consumer Confidence in Pet Food Remains High

By Rose Gordon

Despite a recall that has dragged on for two months, consumers remain confident about pet food and its brands, according to a new survey commissioned by the Pet Food Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based association that represents pet food manufacturers.

Seventy percent of pet owners that responded to the poll conducted by a third party polling agency said their opinion toward pet food at this time is “favorable” or “very favorable,” Duane Ekedahl, president of the institute, told Pet Product News International this morning.

In addition, a similarly high number of pet owners said they are sticking with their original brand of pet food, Ekedahl noted.

And although hundreds of brands were affected by the recall and many media reports indicated pet owners turned to home cooking for their pets, sales of pet food declined by only 3 to 4 percent during the last four weeks, he added, citing statistics from Information Resources Inc.

“Those numbers indicate that we have a recovery here and that in fact the consumer has maintained their confidence through this and in the product,” Ekedahl said.

The recall, which continued as recently as last Thursday with Chenango Valley Pet Foods’ expanded recall of dry items including a ferret diet, caused significant confusion among pet owners and the industry, which the institute aimed to combat.

Click Here To Read The Rest

(OT) Ahh the quiet life in the country!

JosiesMom — Sat, 05 May 2007 21:19:26 GMT

I've lived in Florida now since 1983 and have seen my fair share of extreme weather conditions (tornados, hurricanes, 100 year storms and fire storms).

Seems about every 10 years Florida has drought conditions that are just prime for fires to start and Florida has enough stupid people to actually be dumb enough to either deliberately start those fires, or toss cigarettes out their car windows and starte those fires, or mother nature sparks a fire with a lightening strike. Joy O' Joy!

There were fires in '87 severe enough that while they were over ten miles from the actual beach the winds were blowing the ash and scalded bugs onto the beach so hard it appeared to be snowing!

1998 was a tremendous firestorm that brought firefighters from all over the country and even other countries to qwell the hungry beast. Hundreds of thousands of acres were consumed.

I was just starting into my farrier (horseshoeing) business in '98 and actaully got hemmed in for a day by converging fires! Scarey stuff.

Now here is is 2007 , not quite a ten year stretch but when Mother Nature does the counting - we all mind our P's and Q's! We didn't get much rain last year and things started drying out. This year has been dry again (usually we get afternoon monsoons like clockwork), no rains and the past hurricanes have created a trememndous amount of deadfall that remains decaying in uninhabited areas.

Florida contrary to popular beleif has more PINE trees than PALM trees and pine trees have extreemly flammable sap! Cool huh?

So I get home tonight and my upstairs neighbor informs nme that we may have to evacuate tomorrow due to the fires! There isbn't a fire in site of the house, but a wind shift is expected as well as thunder storms which may bring lighteneing and certainly will bring wind, but not likely to have enough rain to quench the raging fires! Currently there are 15 fires in a tri county area!

So I have to figure out how to prepare to leave at a moment's notice with a Horse, a potbelly pig, a ferret, a snake, 5 mice, my most precious belongiongs and enough food for my animals!

Did I mention that my old horse trailer isn't road worthy anymore? Lets see I could hitch up the horse to the cart, snap the lid on the mouse house tight and tape it to be extra secure, stuff the mouse house inside the snake terrarium and Slinky will just have to salivate at what she cannot get to. tie the terrarium to the side board of the cart. tuck Josie into her satchel. oad my most precious items into my truck. Tie the horse to the back of the truck, load Emmett the pig into the truck and off we go like gypsies to an evacuation center! [:O]

Oh the HECK with all THAT! I'm gonna stay right here, buy a huge bag of hot dogs and marshmellows and have a weiny roast!

Ahh, living in the country is so nice and quiet!

Regards, JosiesMom

We ARE OUTTA HEEYA!

*Monkeypoohbear* — Sat, 05 May 2007 13:50:26 GMT

Sam and I are finally moving back to St. Louis, MO on May 8th at 3pm. I am super psyched but not looking forward to the 22 hour drive. I'll be sure to take video of the car trip so you can hear the cats screaming in the background lol. Wish us luck and pray that we have a safe move.

Exciting News

*Monkeypoohbear* — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:35:51 GMT

Sam has decided to go back to school and get his degree. He started college, but he never had to support to see it through to the end. He's really inspired by seeing me go through my college courses. I'm currently an undergrad in school majoring in Bio to apply to vet school. Sam had always wanted to be a vet, even before I met him. But now that he sees me pursuing it he's inspired to do it too! I'm thrilled. It makes me so happy to see him following his dreams. Right now we are gunna have to work out the legistics of how he will attend school and support himself, but he's happy as ever to have a new future ahead.

Its not gunna be easy...as I'm sure many of you who returned to school later in life will know. But I am happy to see Sam taking an active role in his future. its never to late to puruse a long lost dream. I'm so psyched. He wants to be a wildlife vet and work with zoo animals, I wanna be a ferret specialist and specialize in animal nutrition. So even though we are going towards the same carrer it will be two very different career paths. Just wanted to share the good news. Keep us in your thoughts as we try to figure out how sam will support himself while attending school.

Gettin my first tat...gee I wonder what it will be of? lol

*Monkeypoohbear* — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:46:16 GMT

Hopefully this may I will be getting my first tatto. I plan to get a ferret on the top of my right foot. I will be using this ferret as the general design, but without the rose in its mouth and the ferret will be sable instead of white. When my first ferret passes away, the tattoo will be altered to add a halo and angel wings. In honor of all the ferrets that will one day enter and leave my life. In honor of all my angels, both living and at the bridge.

here is the ferret design, its the hoodie design for the upcoming inernational ferret symposium in Portland:

OH MAN I NEVER KNEW

ferret gang — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:31:00 GMT

OH MAN IM SO STUPID I NEVER KNEW ABOUT PM MESSAGES I JUST WENT INTO THE CONTROL PANEL FOR SOMETHING AND I SAW THAT I HAD 3 MESSAGES FROM PEOPLE, THEY MUST THINK IM RUDE OR SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T ANSWER THEM BACK BUT IM NOT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT PM MESSAGES SO TO THOSE PEOPLE IM REAL SORRY THAT I DIDN'T ANSWER THEM. THANKS ALOT FOR THE NICE THINGS ABOUT MY LITTLE RINGO WHEN HE PASSED AWAY. SORRY AGAIN FERRET GANG []

Sammy and I are hittin the road....

*Monkeypoohbear* — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:43:20 GMT

After lots and lots and lots and lots of stress, tears, and worrying, Sam and I have finally decided to leave Flagstaff, AZ. We are so finacially unstable right now. Its been a nightmare living here. We are finally getting out before we go into total debt from living here.

I was really hoping to be able to move to Boulder, CO and attend the Bel-rae institute for vet techs in Denver, but at this time, we are SO broke that we are unable to re-locate there. Sam and I have decided to move back to St. Louis, MO. We aren't thrilled with the idea, because we aren't too fond of "the Lou" but we need to be near our friends and family so that we can stabilize financially. Its been a nightmare recently. For a while we were thinking we might have to find a new home for Apollo because of our financial issues, it TORE ME UP. Luckily he's not gunna have to go anywhere.

The plan is to move back to St. Louis, save up money for a year and THEN move to boulder/denver. I will be taking all my required math courses at a local community college and getting them out of the way during the time that I will be back in St. Louis. I am also going to be working in a vet clinic and volunteering full time at the local ferret shelter (FURRY).

Sam is moving all the animals to St. Louis while I finish up school and exams. He is moving on Monday at 4am. He will be staying at a friends house with Apollo and the ferrets. His brother will watch our cats. While he is temp. staying with friends, he will be looking for a job and a place to live. By the time I come home on May 12th (after exams) he will be living in his new home. Im not thrilled, but I will be moving back in with my parents (oh boy this is gunna be interesting!) I am excited to be able to keep all our animals. I was terrified for a while that we would lose some of them. I can't wait for my family back in ST. Louis to meet the ferrets (and apollo and the cats). I'm excited.

I'm really gunna miss sam in the month that we are apart, but absence makes the heart grow fonder. right?

I know this is only semi-related to ferrets, but I still wanted to share with ya'll. I wanted to give you all an update on our situation. Thanks for listening.

Oh! and i plan to give 1mg of melatonin to each of the ferrets to ease their stress before/during the 18-22 hour car ride. Should I just give it once? Or every couple of hours? Also, anyone know what dosage of melatonin to give to apollo (56 lbs) or the cats? Thanks guys. I will let you know how the move goes!

GUESS WHO'S 'PREGGERS!!!!!'

*Monkeypoohbear* — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:51:22 GMT

No lol. Not me (thank god!) but []SKUNKLOVE []

is!!!!! Congratulations!!!! She posted about it today in the "houston we have a problem" thred but I wanted to make a new post here so we could all congratulate her!!!!!!