Pets Design

Archive for May, 2009

It is important to give a rabbit a good nutritional diet to make sure that they live a long and healthy life. The first ingredient in rabbit food needs to be a good quality pellet and you need to make sure that it is at least 18% fiber. Be sure not to buy too many pellets at one time. Vegetables are another important food for rabbits. One needs to pick out the dark and leafy vegetables and pick out a nice variety of colours. These different vegetables will add good food to their diet. They should be nice and fresh and don’t forget root vegetables are great too. Do not feed beans or rhubarb as this will not agree with the rabbits stomach.

Most animals need hay and these little animals need it too. Hay will add roughage to their diet and will also reduce hairballs. As the rabbit grows you can decrease the pellets. He will not need as much of that type of food anymore. Hay spoils in 24 hours so be sure to clean out the cage when he is done eating. Decrease the pellets and increase the fresh vegetables. Do not forget to put hay and straw in the cage a couple of times a day. Keep your rabbit out of the heat and sun.

Sometimes when we have pets we wished we had nothing but linoleum floors. But we love our comfort and carpets are comfortable and beautiful. If you are going to have carpets and pets then it would sure be good to know what kind of carpet fiber and style would be best. It depends on the problems that your pets cause with your carpet. Urine- Again it depends, if you have the occasional small accident and you are good about cleaning them up quickly the only carpet I would suggest you stay away from would be wool carpets and the frieze style of carpet.

A cut pile olefin carpet might be another good choice. They are not as comfortable but due to a high “plastic” content do not take stains as easily. If you have a large animal then you need to be aware that a large amount of urine may spread down into and even past the backing of the carpet where it is much more difficult to remove. The olefin because it does not absorb the urine is a poor choice with large dogs. Because cats use the same spot repeatedly sooner or later you are going to be replacing carpet and padding. Pets have oils on their skin, which just like us people is transferred to their hair. Every time your dog lays down on your carpet or upholstery he/she is leaving some oil behind. Dust and everyday soil sticks to this film of oil. Also dogs never take their “shoes” off when they come in from outside and they are not very concerned about tracking in dirt.