New pet to keep me company
Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim. – Vicki Harrison, American author. I have a new pet at home. It is a small female puppy that one of my nephews, Kiong, requested […]
The plastic playhouse
I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse. — Florence Nightingale, founder of modern nursing Before the babies came, it was just us and the dogs. When the first baby came, it was us, the dogs, the baby and the business we had started. PETWORLD magazine was a typical home […]
Cat believed swallowed by python
MIRI: A family cat was believed to have been wholly swallowed by a python weighing 10 kilogramme this morning (Oct 23). This was after the kitten went missing since morning. The mysterious disappearance of the family kitten unfolded, after the owner discovered an eight-metre long python curling on a rack inside the store room of […]
Siberian scientists breeding foxes for pets, eye human link
NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia: Soaking up the sun in their garden, Sergei Abramov and his wife Tatiana are playing with their furry pet, Plombir, who is wagging his tail and winning treats for obeying his owners’ commands. But Plombir, whose white fur matches the colour of the beloved Soviet ice cream he was named after, is not […]
Pets can catch virus from owners
LONDON: Cat and dog owners suffering from Covid-19 can pass their illness onto their feline and canine companions, according to a small study released Friday. The new coronavirus is a “zoonotic” infection ꟷ meaning it has jumped into humans from animals ꟷ and while there is little sign that pets play a major role in […]
Positive Covid-19 pets must be isolated
KUALA LUMPUR: Pets owned by private individuals who have been confirmed positive for COVID-19 must be isolated and quarantined for 14 days for monitoring purposes. Senior lecturer (veterinary immunology) and researcher in pet disease at the Faculty of Veterinary Science in Universiti Putra Malaysia, Dr Farina Mustaffa Kamal, said if these pets displayed any health […]
