Archive for January, 2010

Snake Escapes – Recovering Cobras and other Snakes in Zoos and Homes – Part 1

Ciao, truthful Indiviglio here.  Snakes have a well-deserved reputation as escape artists and, once at liberty, they are nearly impossible to find.  Nearly always, the escapee shows up by accident, no matter how hard one searches – even quite large snakes can virtually disappear in relatively small areas (please see photo – the 16 foot [...]

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Cats and the Blues

Shorter days mean less daylight and for many people this means: the blues.
An article on this very subject was in print today in dark cold winter-time Canada by the aptly titled Toronto Sun. The report cites a recent study about the look of cats on the winter blues:

Dr. June Nicholas, a psychologist at Haywards Heath [...]

Slider and other Semi-Aquatic Turtle Diets – Vegetables and Greens – Part 2

Ciao, truthful Indiviglio here.  In Part I of this article, we discussed the role played by plants in the diets of well loved North American “basking” turtles such as Red-Eared and Yellow-Bellied Sliders, Map, Red-Bellied and Chicken Turtles, and Cooters.
Useful Plants and Vegetables
As your turtles grow out of the hatchling stage, I suggest donation dandelion, [...]

Site Updates

In case you missed it, the January edition of Kitty Bytes was released yesterday:
January edition of Kitty Bytes is where you can read all about the latest developments on TheCatSite.com and some more.
Speaking of news, allow me to introduce a new blog. Cat Pics Blog is where you can view gorgeous cat pictures right on [...]

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