I was recently trying to find some good photos of Chili, the chinchilla I took care of for a year. Turns out I have very few good photos, mostly ... Read More

On the surface, it may appear that fire bellied toads and fire bellied newts could share a tank as they have relatively similar needs (except that the toads need a ... Read More

A recent email question sent me off in search of information on iguana perches, and I thought it would be a good idea to share the information and links I ... Read More

I've seen this recipe floating around, including in a book I have (a neat little book called "Creepy Pets"). It is an easy recipe for dried fruit treats for ... Read More

I've had a couple of questions lately about keeping more than one hedgehog together in a cage. My short answer is that generally it is best to stick with ... Read More

Box turtles are wonderful turtles, but they do not make the easiest of pets. They have fairly specific requirements which are hard to meet unless you can build them ... Read More

Basking in the sun may seem like a purely recreational pursuit to us, but basking is very important to the health and well-being of aquatic turtles -- getting out of ... Read More

In our continuing series on pet names, let's talk about names for pigs. There are quite a few great names in the pig names list I started before, but ... Read More

While we are on the topic of ferret training, I thought a mention of the challenges of training ferrets might be in order too. Take heart if your ferret ... Read More

Ferrets are pretty intelligent and can be taught some tricks, as I've mentioned before. I dug up a short series of videos on YouTube that cover the initial steps ... Read More

Molting hermit crabs are under tremendous stress. The best way to help them is to make sure they are in an environment that is ideal for molting, but otherwise ... Read More

In our continuing series on pet names, let's talk about names for frogs and toads. There are quite a few great names in the frog and toad names list ... Read More

Back when I had my pet mice, they were more look-but-don't-touch pets. The moms were clearly not handled much when we got them, and they each gave me nips ... Read More

Well it figures -- for a year, my rats didn't chew their hammocks. There have been a lot of changes lately, with illness and injury necessitating cage switches, a ... Read More

I regularly get questions about issues with keeping turtle tanks clean, and often the problem is the water turning green within a few days of cleaning. Green water is ... Read More

Recently you may have read the Tale of Three Shelter Rats, the story of the three brothers I adopted from my local shelter. Now, we just have two of ... Read More

Did you know there are several breeds of guinea pigs? Actually, the array of breeds, varieties and colors of guinea pigs is quite vast and confusing. Of course, ... Read More

In our continuing series on pet names, let's talk about names for hermit crabs. Our hermit crabs, like our rats, were names by our kids. We got them when ... Read More

Dwarf Clawed Frogs are fully aquatic frogs that only reach a size of about one and a half inches long. Keeping these guys requires a basic aquarium set up, ... Read More