choosing a right pet and how take care of it

Pet is an animal kept for companionship and enjoyment or a household animal, as opposed to wild animals or to livestock, laboratory animals, working animals or sport animals, which are kept for economic or productive reasons.
The most popular pets are noted for their loyal or playful characteristics, for their attractive appearance, or for their song.
Pets also generally seem to provide their owners with non-trivial health benefits,  keeping pets has been shown to help relieve stress to those who like having animals around. Walking with a dog can provide you and the dog exercise, fresh air, and social interaction. A Cat and Dog, the two most popular animals kept as pets.

Cat Supplies                             Dog Supplies

Effects of pets on their caregiver’s health

Health benefits:

Pets have the ability to stimulate their caregivers, in particular the elderly, giving someone to take care of, someone to exercise with, and someone to help them heal from a physically or psychologically troubled past. Having a pet may help you achieve health goals, such as lowered blood pressure, or mental goals, such as decreased stress. There is evidence that having a pet can help you lead a longer, healthier life. In a study of 85 people hospitalised for coronary ailments, within a year 10 of the 30 without pets had died, compared to only 3 of the 52 who had pets. A recent study concluded that having a pet can reduce the risk of a heart attack by 2% and that pets are better than medication in reducing blood pressure. Owning a pet can also prolong survival of a heart attack. Dogs which are trained to be guide dogs can help you with disabilities.

Pets in long-term care institutions

Even pet owners residing in a long-term care facility, such as a hospice or nursing home, experience health benefits from pets. Pets for nursing homes are chosen based on the size of the pet, the amount of care that the breed needs, and the population and size of the care institution. Appropriate pets go through a screening process and, if it is a dog, additional training programs to become a therapy dog.

Different pets require varying amounts of attention and care; for example, cats have lower maintenance requirements than dogs.

Health risks

Health risks that are associated with pets include:

• Aggravation of allergies and asthma caused by dander and fur or feathers
• Among elderly and disabled people, these falls have resulted in life-threatening injuries and broken bones.
• Injuries, maulings and sometimes deaths caused by pet bites and attacks
• Disease or parasites due to animal hygiene problems or lack of appropriate treatment (faeces and urine)
• Stress caused by behaviour of animals
• Fear or distress from animal presence or behaviour
• Spread of diseases like the fatal rabies when not properly taken care of.

Pet first aid:

Pet first aid courses are available to you and those who work with pets. Many pet related businesses that involve looking after pets require staff to be trained in pet first aid.

Pet first aid courses are designed to equip you with the information and skills needed to assess the situation, administer the appropriate care, or stabilize an injured pet until qualified veterinary care can be obtained. The course stresses preventive care (avoiding illness and injuries).

Students usually learn the importance of immediate medical attention following an injury, how to properly restrain an injured animal, and the following:

• Preventing Illness and Injury
• Restraint and Transportation
• Shock
• Internal and External Bleeding
• Wounds and Infections
• Poisons
• Artificial Respiration and Airway Obstruction
• Abdominal Thrusts (Heimlich Manoeuvre)
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Administering Medications
• Parasites
• Eye and Ear Injuries
• Injuries from Heat and Cold Bone and Joint Injuries
• Healing with Grief
• How to assemble a complete pet first aid kit

Pets Supplies for Birds, Chinchillas, Ferrets, Fish, Guinea Pigs,Hamsters, Mice, Rabbits and Rats

         Birds                           Chinchillas Supplies                          Ferrets

Fish Supplies                    Guinea Pigs Supplies                Hamsters Supplies

 

Mice Supplies                           Rabbits Supplies                               Rats Supplies

Birds – (Class Aves) are winged, bipedal, endothermic (warm-blooded), egg-laying, vertebrate animals.

Since birds are highly visible and common animals, humans have had a relationship with them since the dawn of man.

Chinchillas – they are crepuscular rodents, slightly larger and more robust than ground squirrels, and are native to the Andes mountains in South America. Along with their relatives, viscachas, they comprise the family Chinchillidae.

Ferrets – is a domestic mammal of the type Mustela putorius furo. Ferrets are sexually dimorphic predators with males being substantially larger than females.

In health the domestic ferret is known to suffer from several distinct ferret health problems.
Fish – is any aquatic vertebrate animal that is covered with scales, and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins.

Guinea Pigs – (Cavia porcellus), also commonly called the cavy, is a species of rodent belonging to the family Caviidae and the genus Cavia. Despite their common name, these animals are not pigs, nor do they come from Guinea.

Hamster – are rodents belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae. The subfamily contains about 25 species, classified in six or seven generation.

Mice – is a small mammal belonging to the order of rodents. The best known mouse species is the common house mouse (Mus musculus).

Rabbits – are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world.

Rats – are various medium-sized, long-tailed rodents of the superfamily Muroidea. True rats are members of the genus Rattus.