What supplies do i need?
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I made two 3' by 7' cages similar but way better than cavycages.com. I used a roll of 3' high galvanized garden fencing at $1.00 a foot instead of the hard to find and expensive 14" cubes that rust and have to be put together, and I made two extra bases to use as lids, which you need to keep out predatory cats. Works fantastic. I have one for my boys and one for the girls. And if you have clips on one corner of the cage, you can open it there and step inside and clean the entire cage out with a couple of dustpans in a couple of minutes. The base and top is corrugated plastic, called coroplast, and you can get it at a sign shop, or recycle some 4'by 8' election signs ;) for free. You fold up and tape the outer 6-8 inches and you have a 3' by 7' cage. Presto. You cut the fencing and it fits perfectly. :) Some clothes hanger wire will hold your bottles on the sides, and a large stainless dog bowl will hold the food. Excellent. Works great.
Coroplast for 2 sheets is 35.00 (or free) and the fencing for 21 feet to go around is about 21.00 to 25.00.
u buy it
Out of the bones of guinea pigs.?
You can either buy one, or make one out of wood and chicken wire.
Well, you could buy one, or you can use a large aquarium if you have one.
If you really want to make one from scratch, you will need some 2" by 2" lumber, some rat wire, and a heavy duty staple gun.
Make sure you use fine mesh for the bottom as there feet will get stuck in the bottom of the cage and they will break a leg.
its hard to make a guinea pig cage.well I think you must buy one.
Hello, The best guinea pig cages are made out of cubes and coroplast. If you go to guineapigcages.com you can see what I am talking about. You can buy one from there or they also give you instructions on how to make one yourself. I bought my cubes from Target and coropast from a Signorama store. My guys love it. You can make all sizes and levels. Aquariums are not recommended for guinea pigs and most store bought cages are too small. Also check guinealynx.com it has great advice on care,feeding,health ,housing and all sorts of stuff guinea pig related. Hope this helps.
maybe you should buy one its much much easier.. however i suggest using a cardboard box and then adding on whatever touches u would like :)
the best cages are cubes %26 coroplast. do not use a mesh flooring. it's very bad for their feet!
elkismompetsitting is right. check out those sites.
Friday, May 8, 2009
how do u litter train rabbits??
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Rabbits learn, about litterboxes and other issues, by doing the right thing and being rewarded, not by making mistakes and being scolded. Structure her environment so that she can do only the right thing, and then praise and reward her.
Two essential skills in training are vigilant observation and impeccable timing. Pay close attention to her, and Speedo will tell you when and where she plans to eliminate. You'll notice that she always eliminates within a few seconds of coming out of her cage, or after she's made her initial inspection of her running space. Many rabbits use body language to announce their plans. She may back into a corner, begin to raise her tail, and relax her ears slightly. She may simply hop to the spot where she urinated yesterday. With this information, you can avoid no-win, reprimand situations by making sure she heads straight for a box at these times. That's where impeccable timing comes in. It's no good getting her to her box after she's urinated or defecated, or that's what you'll be teaching her: to go to her box after she eliminates. Place a litterbox in her preferred toilet spot(s). Put one just outside the cage door.
Place a small slice of apple, a pinch or two of alfalfa hay, or a sprig of parsley in the box. Food is not the only reward available for training. Instead of parsley, put a favorite toy in the litterbox. Place a box just outside (or just inside, depending on your rabbit's routines) favorite rooms or areas. Pet and talk to her while she's in the box, if she considers these experiences rewarding. Just about anything Speedo values (other than no-nos like cord-chewing) can be used as a reward.
Punishment and reprimands have no place in housetraining. You want Speedo to associate the litterbox with all things tasty and wonderful, not with reprimands and punishment. If she's making a few mistakes, that's part of learning. Stock up on paper towels, and get out the broom and dustpan. If she's making lots of mistakes, she probably has too much freedom and not enough supervision. Give her as much freedom as she's able to handle, and confine her the rest of the time.
Among the many behavioral and health reasons to spay/neuter your rabbit, housetraining ranks very high. Unneutered rabbits have difficulty adapting to life in a human household. A female who is going through a false pregnancy (or, worse, a real one) has other things on her mind than using the litterbox. Both males and females feel a strong hormonal need to mark territory (i.e., your furniture, your possessions, and you) with urine and feces. You should see an improvement in housetraining within 2-3 weeks of having your male bunny neutered. With females, the behavioral benefits may take several months to be noticeable.
More and Less
A cardinal rule of litterbox training is: more is better. The more time your rabbit spends in a plastic tray filled with rabbit-safe litter, the more accustomed to using a box he will become. It doesn't matter whether he's actually eliminating in the box or simply sitting in it. Many rabbits even sleep in their litterbox. Conversely, every time he eliminates outside a litterbox, that behavior is becoming habitual. This is why prevention, through supervision and confinement, plays such a major role in training.
The second rule is: less is better. Less running area while she's in training, that is. Free-run time for a rabbit who is not yet housetrained should be limited to a single room that is plentifully supplied with litterboxes. Once again you are setting her up to succeed by putting her in a situation where it's easy for her to do what you want her to do. Don't worry that having more than one right place to eliminate will confuse her. You will be able to reduce the number of boxes as Speedo matures and develops the habit of using a litterbox.
Until she's trained, your rabbit should be confined to her cage whenever you're not there to supervise. You can use a small room such as a laundry room or bathroom, or a hallway blocked off with baby-gates as a confinement area if you prefer. A litterbox inside the cage is essential. It provides passive training to support and continue the active training you do when you're supervising free-run time. You may need to enlarge the cage door in order to get a litterbox through it. This is easily accomplished with wire cutters and a crimper. If your rabbit is the type who likes to redecorate her living quarters, anchor the box in place with pony-clips or wire.
give him/er some laxative then put the rabbit in it box
About the same way that you litter train a cat. Put the bunny in the box and keep doing that every once in awile, don't worry rabbits are very smart animals they will get the hang of it just give it time.
Put some carefresh or shredded paper in a plastic bin that your bun can jump into. Put it in your buns cage or room (if it is in a room you might want a bigger plastic bin so your bun will find it). In no time at all your bun SHOULD find it and realize "Wow! This is a conveniant spot to poop!" and will figure it out on her own. My buns figured it out by themselves. I also would like to say that I use shredded paper (newspaper, regular paper, etc) instead of carefresh or yesterdays news (I used to use carefresh as bedding for my buns in their cage then used it as litter, but it is A LOT cheaper to use shredded paper) and they are fine.
Buy 1 small cat litter box and 1 larger cat litter box. Use the large for outside the cage, always place it at the same spot when the bunny is taken out of the cage place him/her directly into the box, stay there and make sure he pees and poops there if he hops out place him gently back until he does something. Place the small box inside the cage and keep it in one spot. Now to make this a little cleaner line your boxes with newspaper and you can buy a roll of cage wire that has been plasticized cut this with aviation shears slightly bigger then each litter box ( meaning 1inch overlap square) Then either bend or push the wire into the box so that 1 inch is now like a platform put the raised platform into each box with the newspaper under and now your rabbit with not be standing in his own waste. (They love this idea as they like to be clean)
You just lift out the wire rack dump your dirty newspaper into the trash use a spray bottle with white vinegar and water 50/50 this will clean your box and deodorize as well and is non toxic to the rabbit you can also use to clean whole cage anytime cheaper than toxic cleaners too!
Good Luck and don't give up it may take a few weeks but it will work.
I have 4 rabbits, and all are litter trained. I use "Yesterdays News unscented litter" for cats, it is also available for rabbits but more expensive. This product is good, just make certain your rabbit is not interested in eating it. I don't recommend clay litter because it irritate their respiratory system. I would pick a highback litterbox to avoid a mess, which is available at Petsmart in the rabbit or ferret section. When a rabbit urinates, it hikes up its bottom and aims the urine backward. Just stick it in the cage and they will usually just start using it, if you notice the rabbit peeing in a particular corner, which they usually do, stick it there. It is also great to place their hayrack nearby, because rabbits love to eat and poo at the same time. No kidding.
Here are some great websites for any rabbit owner:
http://homepage.mac.com/mattocks/morfz/r.
www.rabbit.org
I especially love the ease of use on the first one I listed.
Here are several articles.
Here's a great website about how to litter train rabbits:
http://www.rabbit.org/chapters/san-diego.
There are 2 important points about successful litter training. 1) Put hay in/near/above the litter box because a rabbit likes to eat and poo at the same time. And 2) Have your rabbit spayed or neutered. Getting rid of the hormones makes for a healthier and better-tempered pet, but it will also quell the urge for the rabbit to mark his/her territory (which is done by spraying urine and leaving poo pellets everywhere).
Hope that helps! :)
Find the corner that the rabbit likes to pee and poop in the most then put a litterbox there. When the rabbit pees or poops anywhere besides the litterbox spray it with water.
The American Rabbit Breeders Association has a flyer on how to house train rabbits. Their website is:
http://www.arba.net
How do u know when a bunny has diarrhea?
How do u know when a bunny has diarrhea?
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It will be dirty under it's tail.
I hope that you are NOT feeding your bunny cabbage because this can kill it. Grass and lettuce only has about 1 % or less protein in them, so think diet food. Rabbits need about 16-18% protein to grow and be healthy.
If your rabbit has a dirty bottom, take all greens away from it. Feed it rabbit pellets and you can also give it some good quality second cutting hay. Open up a raspberry tea bag, and add this to it's water. Your bunny could also have coccidious, which is contagious to other rabbits. You will need a medicine for this parasite.
when its poop is watery and no longer forms a ball or pellet shape
If your bunny has diarrhea, it can get a big clump of poop stuck to the underside of its tail. You will also see poop smears on your carpet, if you let your bun run around the house.
My grandson shared some peanut butter crackers with my bunny once. It was sooo much fun. No more peanut butter crackers.
True diarrhea in a bunny is very dangerous and usually only occurs in baby rabbits. If an adult has soft poops you'll be able to tell by looking at them. If your rabbit is producing too many cecals and not eating them, they will be soft grape-like clusters. That is serious too.
Here is a good article that might help and if your bunny is having trouble, get him to a rabbit savvy vet as soon as possible:
http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/poop.html.
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It will be dirty under it's tail.
I hope that you are NOT feeding your bunny cabbage because this can kill it. Grass and lettuce only has about 1 % or less protein in them, so think diet food. Rabbits need about 16-18% protein to grow and be healthy.
If your rabbit has a dirty bottom, take all greens away from it. Feed it rabbit pellets and you can also give it some good quality second cutting hay. Open up a raspberry tea bag, and add this to it's water. Your bunny could also have coccidious, which is contagious to other rabbits. You will need a medicine for this parasite.
when its poop is watery and no longer forms a ball or pellet shape
If your bunny has diarrhea, it can get a big clump of poop stuck to the underside of its tail. You will also see poop smears on your carpet, if you let your bun run around the house.
My grandson shared some peanut butter crackers with my bunny once. It was sooo much fun. No more peanut butter crackers.
True diarrhea in a bunny is very dangerous and usually only occurs in baby rabbits. If an adult has soft poops you'll be able to tell by looking at them. If your rabbit is producing too many cecals and not eating them, they will be soft grape-like clusters. That is serious too.
Here is a good article that might help and if your bunny is having trouble, get him to a rabbit savvy vet as soon as possible:
http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/poop.html.
How do u get ur hamster 2 stop using curse words?
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OMG, look at these answers!!.. wait when did you buy a hamster? lol..ground him !
lol ur really funny
you should be happy to have a pet that talks so it on murray and get lots of money for have a freak for a pet
Do you mena stop sqweaking?? They will, but they are rpobably stressed out. unless ur just joking
u take him out of the cage, look him straight in the eyes and say "now look here mr. hamster. if u dont dont stop using potty words then i guess im jjust gonna have to feed u to the cat alright biotch? where do u learn these words anyways?"
set it so the food only comes out after the wheel goes round every 6000 times. He'll be to busy to swear.
Ground him from his wheel for a week. Betcha he will learn then.
Hit it with a hammer.
Wash his mouth out with soap.
I wash his mouth out with soap!
why would u want him to stop? i would that that would be really cool but if ya really want him to stop just say listen here you motherfuckin hamster im gonna fuckin squash your fuckin god damn head if you dont clean up your fuckin language you little fuckin cockbite
wash his mouth out with soap, if that doesn't work, feed him to the cat.
I would encourage it! He could make you millions!
Wow this is pathetic.
Be nice to your hamster please hamsters-all animals no matter how small have feelings and have rights too.
how do u get rid of bees?
how do u get rid rid of bees ( wrasps). i have a nest in my roof they are getting in the house.
also i have a horse that is very allergic to them .
need to get rid of bees fast.
thanks
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Generally, a call to Animal Control will either get you someone experianced to come take care of it, or the name of a good exterminator you can hire to do it for you.
Since you have your horse to look after, I wouldn't recomend trying to get rid of the hive yourself - you never know if they could just come back or make another hive that may threaten your horse even more. In this kind of case, it's worth it to spend some money on a professional to safegaurd yourself and your horse.
Best of luck.
start smoking
they hate smoke
or get a big metal can and start a fire in it they'll go away
kill them with bug spray
bug spray
raid spray their nest.or bait them to a new nest or smoke them
fire works the best if youcan do it without starting agiant fire
you should try to remove the be hive and place it somewhere else.and if theres no be hive just place one somewhere.
One of our exterminator had suggested alcohol. Just spray it at the nest with a spray bottle or a squirt gun. He says it is a sure way to get rid of them.
your going to have to get the nest out of there,,early morning or late night is best,all the bee's are in the nest in-active,dress well for it and knock the nest into a paper bag,pillow case whatever,then burn it.
If they are honey bees call your local Bee keepers association. Otherwise Diazanon will fix em.
well i usedo had bees problem before , but now anymore . cus i just call the bees controlier to come over they taked over the bees . but if u dont want to call them you can just look around where the bee coming from alike if there are bee hive nesting on any woods or under your barn or roofs then just grab a boom stick and hit it so the bees nest can drop down and if you see any eggs killed them with useing water hose . or you can also use bug spray to make the bees leave .
can of brake clean and a lighter.
also i have a horse that is very allergic to them .
need to get rid of bees fast.
thanks
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Generally, a call to Animal Control will either get you someone experianced to come take care of it, or the name of a good exterminator you can hire to do it for you.
Since you have your horse to look after, I wouldn't recomend trying to get rid of the hive yourself - you never know if they could just come back or make another hive that may threaten your horse even more. In this kind of case, it's worth it to spend some money on a professional to safegaurd yourself and your horse.
Best of luck.
start smoking
they hate smoke
or get a big metal can and start a fire in it they'll go away
kill them with bug spray
bug spray
raid spray their nest.or bait them to a new nest or smoke them
fire works the best if youcan do it without starting agiant fire
you should try to remove the be hive and place it somewhere else.and if theres no be hive just place one somewhere.
One of our exterminator had suggested alcohol. Just spray it at the nest with a spray bottle or a squirt gun. He says it is a sure way to get rid of them.
your going to have to get the nest out of there,,early morning or late night is best,all the bee's are in the nest in-active,dress well for it and knock the nest into a paper bag,pillow case whatever,then burn it.
If they are honey bees call your local Bee keepers association. Otherwise Diazanon will fix em.
well i usedo had bees problem before , but now anymore . cus i just call the bees controlier to come over they taked over the bees . but if u dont want to call them you can just look around where the bee coming from alike if there are bee hive nesting on any woods or under your barn or roofs then just grab a boom stick and hit it so the bees nest can drop down and if you see any eggs killed them with useing water hose . or you can also use bug spray to make the bees leave .
can of brake clean and a lighter.
how do u get a job at the vet?
can u start out volunteering or do u have to go to school
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If you are not a licensed vet tech (which involves schooling), you can get an entry-level job as kennel help. This usually involves cleaning cages and kennel runs, feeding and bathing the dogs and cats. You can also be a receptionist, answering the phones and making appointments.
Apply.no you don't hve to go to school but you should
What kind of job at the vet would you like? To become a veterinarian, you are required to have studied 4 years at a college and 4 years at a veterinary university. You will then need to pass the vet license exam. (in brief detail)
Like any other worthwhile vocation you might have to go to a special vets school, hopefully there might be one near where you live. stop in at some of your local vets and ask them in person..thats your quickest way
going to school ..is very extensive and costs a lot of your time,money, etc, but if you want an exciting career this would be a top choice!! You have to love animals of ALL kinds unless you choose to specialize in one type, such as small animals, or larger farm animals..i say go for it! and God bless!!
You don't have to have any training to clean cages and such but if you want more than that for a career then you will have to take a course like veterinary technician.
there is now a college program in Canada that allows you to take the vet tech course instead of going to University. You Can volunteer to start, but the likely hood of being hired on without any official training is slim.
you have to start off with training then a type of pet school, good luck with that crap.
It might be a good idea to start by calling an animal shelter to volunteer. This will be the same kind of entry level tasks and it would give you an idea of what you'll be in for.
Once you have decided what type of job you would like to do, you could vist your local career officer and they will be able to give you advice on qualifications and training you may need to college.
years of schooling
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If you are not a licensed vet tech (which involves schooling), you can get an entry-level job as kennel help. This usually involves cleaning cages and kennel runs, feeding and bathing the dogs and cats. You can also be a receptionist, answering the phones and making appointments.
Apply.no you don't hve to go to school but you should
What kind of job at the vet would you like? To become a veterinarian, you are required to have studied 4 years at a college and 4 years at a veterinary university. You will then need to pass the vet license exam. (in brief detail)
Like any other worthwhile vocation you might have to go to a special vets school, hopefully there might be one near where you live. stop in at some of your local vets and ask them in person..thats your quickest way
going to school ..is very extensive and costs a lot of your time,money, etc, but if you want an exciting career this would be a top choice!! You have to love animals of ALL kinds unless you choose to specialize in one type, such as small animals, or larger farm animals..i say go for it! and God bless!!
You don't have to have any training to clean cages and such but if you want more than that for a career then you will have to take a course like veterinary technician.
there is now a college program in Canada that allows you to take the vet tech course instead of going to University. You Can volunteer to start, but the likely hood of being hired on without any official training is slim.
you have to start off with training then a type of pet school, good luck with that crap.
It might be a good idea to start by calling an animal shelter to volunteer. This will be the same kind of entry level tasks and it would give you an idea of what you'll be in for.
Once you have decided what type of job you would like to do, you could vist your local career officer and they will be able to give you advice on qualifications and training you may need to college.
years of schooling
how do u draw a horse head??
i need to no how to draw a horse head that is kinda shaped like a R!?
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Here is a website for "how to draw a horse's head".
http://drawsketch.about.com/library/bl-s.
i can tell you a horses Democrats
draw it upside down so you focus on the shapes not what the image is in your head. or try to focus on the shapes as you draw them and dont focus on drawing an eye persay.but more..draw the "shape" of the eye
dont know
SHAPED LIKE A R WHAT? HuH?
I draw horses heads very carefully and well. But then, I'm an artist
Basically you need two circles to start with, one larger for the jaw/cheek, and one smaller for the muzzle then add lines to join it together, now the problem is making it look like an "R" ive tried and this is the best I could come up with (be kind I've done it on paint, I did however manage to draw one, but alas no scanner to add it on here.) You can adjust it to make a better "R" shape, but you get the general idea.
hope this helps,
ttfn Babs ;o)
Check out my website, I draw horses for a living. Look at my drawings there! Hope it helps. http://www.geocities.com/horselovermich/.
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Here is a website for "how to draw a horse's head".
http://drawsketch.about.com/library/bl-s.
i can tell you a horses Democrats
draw it upside down so you focus on the shapes not what the image is in your head. or try to focus on the shapes as you draw them and dont focus on drawing an eye persay.but more..draw the "shape" of the eye
dont know
SHAPED LIKE A R WHAT? HuH?
I draw horses heads very carefully and well. But then, I'm an artist
Basically you need two circles to start with, one larger for the jaw/cheek, and one smaller for the muzzle then add lines to join it together, now the problem is making it look like an "R" ive tried and this is the best I could come up with (be kind I've done it on paint, I did however manage to draw one, but alas no scanner to add it on here.) You can adjust it to make a better "R" shape, but you get the general idea.
hope this helps,
ttfn Babs ;o)
Check out my website, I draw horses for a living. Look at my drawings there! Hope it helps. http://www.geocities.com/horselovermich/.
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