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Reading Time: 2 minutes The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and other wildlife agencies around the country are urging stores who sell aquarium products to remove a “moss ball” aquarium plant product from their shelves and for customers to dispose of the contaminated product after invasive zebra mussels have been found “hitchhiking” on these products in Texas and…
Reading Time: 2 minutes So, today, I wondered if there were any options for live streaming fish tanks for those who wanted the fish tank experience but didn’t have time to care for one and its fish inhabitants. As expected, there are plenty of prerecorded videos on youtube for fish enthusiasts or for relaxation, such as this one: And,…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Just think of all the photos you have clicked of your fluffy or scaly or feathery friend that you have stored away that you aren’t looking at, even though you really do plan to at some point. And that number is growing by the day. Like most pet owners with a pet photo collection, you…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Designated as an essential business during the COVID-19 outbreak, more than 490 Pet Supplies Plus stores in 34 states nationwide will remain open and are offering free 2-hour curbside pickup. With curbside pickup, pet parents can simply order online and the store will gather and package their items for curbside pickup, where a team member…
Reading Time: 2 minutes As the year comes to a close, we want to thank everyone so much for visiting our site! And we also want to share some of our favorite stories of the year. There are just so many great ones it was really hard to narrow down, but here’s our top ten list: 1) Chickens are…
Reading Time: < 1 minute If you have a collection of pet photos but aren’t sure what to do with them, we have another way to put them to great use. Previously we posted about uploading your pet photos to Flickr. You can also try an online photo collage maker, such as Postermywall. At Postermywall, you can select from tons…
Reading Time: < 1 minute 68 percent of all U.S. households have pets. That’s 84.6 million households (out of 124.587 million) with pets, according to the U.S. Census. Dogs have the lead as most popular pet, but cats aren’t too far behind. Here’s how our pets rank, according to the 2019-2020 APPA National Pet Owners Survey. Number of U.S. Households…
Reading Time: 2 minutes “A Pet Sees You” is a new short film that is described as “highlighting the mental health benefits of pet ownership for the Generation Z population.” It is actually only about a minute in length, but seems to definitely capture that sense of a dog (or other pet) always being there to provide emotional support,…
Reading Time: 2 minutes “The new news is that organisms can shape their own evolution by changing their environment.” Guppies are a low maintenance pet for many. But, they have recently helped a UC Riverside scientist explore an important question about evolution: A team of scientists traveled to Trinidad, and, in a guppies’ native habitat, conducted an experiment: They…
Reading Time: < 1 minute SHANGHAI, CHINA (24-7PressRelease) — LeapFun Games is delighted to announce that My Doumi is now available to virtual pet lovers around the world on Google Play to all iOS and Android users worldwide. Since its debut launch on the App Store in September 2018, My Doumi enjoyed solid demand from users around the world. LeapFun…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Check out our pet meme generator! It’s free to use and lots of fun. Upload pics of your pets and generate cute or funny captions. Then, you can share them on Facebook, Pinterest or Google. MEME Generator
Reading Time: 2 minutes For pretty much every three goldfish we here at WMPDT.com buy from the pet store, one lives a long life and the other die of unknown causes fairly early on no matter how careful we are with water quality, food, etc. So we always thought of them as fairly fragile and were surprised to learn…