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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 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: 3 minutes Commissioning an artist to paint your beloved pet can cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars — more than the average pet owner might be able to pay. There are some great artists out there who will create your pet’s picture in a variety of styles for much less though. Check out deviantart.com as one…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Given the surge in popularity of chickens as pets and backyard chicken breeding, probably not a day goes by when someone doesn’t inquire about the sex of young chicks on a Facebook page, such as “chickens chickens chickens.” The same holds true for peafowl, which are notoriously hard to sex at a young age. “Peahen…
Reading Time: 2 minutes So, sadly, our three beautiful peacocks — Trent, Sweet Pea and Melody — are currently missing. Below is the last picture taken of them before they disappeared: We moved them approximately three weeks ago from where we live in North Carolina to a friend’s cabin that is on 50 acres, away from busy roads,…
Reading Time: 3 minutes 3D printing on its own is pretty amazing. Add in pets and the possibilities become extremely interesting. Here’s a look at some ways 3D printing is being used when it comes to our furry friends: Lifelike recreations: Some companies are now offering 3D printing of models of pets. GravityB, a Calgary-based studio, for example, creates…
Reading Time: 2 minutes What are some good treats for peacocks. Besides dried mealworms that is. We recently posed the following question to a peacock group we belong to on Facebook: “Can anyone suggest anything other than mealworms that peacocks love? Buying dried mealworms is breaking our bank account.” The following are the answers we received. Some of these…
Reading Time: 3 minutes When a lot of people think of peacocks, they imagine the regal animal standing there with feathers spread that we see in zoos and artwork. But, the reality is that peacocks need a lot of exercise. Below, you can see our two male peacocks, who have been together since before they hatched, playing “chase” through…
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: < 1 minute This video shows Trent, one of our young peacocks, showing his tail feathers for one of the first times. He just started yesterday. He’s about six months old at this point. As you can see, he doesn’t have a whole lot going on in far as a feathery train, but he’s really just a baby….
Reading Time: 3 minutes These are our pet peacocks, Trent (we bought him from a woman who lived in a really rural area off of a Trent Road and the whole time we were like “where’s Trent Road? where’s Trent Road?” so we named him Trent) and Sweet Pea (she’s the white one). They are still pretty young. Trent…