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Animals & Nature
Welcome To Animals & Nature. If you have a question about the wide world of nature then you are in the right place.Try our Environment section for discussions about this subject or head to Pets if you have a question about animals in the home.
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I recently bought a hydrenga called Zorro Blue. It was the most fantastic blue colour. When I got it home I replanted it into a larger teracotta pot using ordinary compost. The colour has now changed...
For a number of years now I have been thinking of having some sort of small holding and now it is more of a dream and I would really like to look into it. I have noticed that many of you have a great...
Does any other type of insect bite besides fleas and mozzies? I am covered in bites on legs and arms, we haven't got fleas in the house and I have one of those plug in mozzie things so I hope its not...
i have got a 5 month old staffordshire bull terrier and he is always full of energy, how ever many walks he goes for he is exactly the same when he gets back are all staffys the same? he also mouths...
Does anyone know of any zoos other than Monkeyworld in Dorset, where most of the animals are monkeys? I've already been there and would like to know of any others, especially ones near to Essex.
I have an aviary in the garden with cockatiels. The two nest boxes have 2 chicks in each. They are doing very well,but it wll be a few weeks before they are old enough to climb out into the aviary. I...
Do all cats leave home to die? My friend's cat was 22 yrs old and he started acting strangely, decided to sleep inside the washing machine, and then one day left the house and never returned :i
on holiday in portugal there was a bug thing in our room, it was greyish in colour, about half a centimetre long (at the most) and was rounded at the front and pointy at the back, it moved really...
my husband was bemused to see bright orange like dragonfly in our garden, which seemed to look like a fish with 3 sets of wings. On looking in various books we think it might have been a damselfly....
Hello. Cananyone tell me if docking a dogs tail (by a qualiified vetenary surgeon of course) is now banned? I read there was a bill going through parliment to stop dogs tails being docked but i wanted...
ive already got one cockatiel which is a male, named "Ziggy." ive bought another as a mate for him (so obviously its a female) and am looking for ideas for what to call her. id like the two names to...
Im getting my dog neutered this month, but he has always had a strange thing for cats! With a couple of my cats, he gets rather excited when they nuzzle up against him or cuddle him and he tries to...
HI Could someone please tell me, is it OK to give my dog porridge for his breakfast, he is getting soooooo fussy about what he will have in the morning. He will not have anything savory, when he wakes...
my bright orange canary is in the middle of moulting ( i think - im new to this canary keeping!) and is turning more and more yellow every day! im not at all bothered just wondering if it will stay...
how long will fish live in a pond with out food?just remembered I have not fed my friends since thursday,shes on holiday. Feel really guilty but its to late now the kids are in bed,will go up first...
What animal pals around cats on rainy days?
It's often puzzled me why Grey Squirrels bother to chew off bunches of hazel nuts, gnaw a hole in the shell even though the nuts are still green, imature and empty ? It seems like an obsessive...
During these massive floods are fish getting back to their locality or getting stranded ?
How do sheep survive on mountains when there is no water for them to drink?
Can anyone tell me what is a Coach House Beetle, where it can be found, what are the effects of it's bite/sting etc or where I can locate those details?