Pets: Social Petworking

I already like AnimalAttraction.com because it helps to support Petfinder, another site I like. The AnimalRescueSite is also another site that supports Petfinder and other animal rescue sites. Every day you click, raises money for pets. They have associations with Rainforest, Literacy, Child Health, Breast Cancer and Hunger. You can click each tab and raise money.

I like Catster. If I were to do a blog for my pets, this is the one I would probably use. I like reading other posts and seeing what people write about their pets. The health site is good as well. There is a lot of good info on the site. My only problem is I don't have enough time for my stuff, I just don't have time to pet blog right now.

Pets: Losing a Friend

Losing a pet is like losing a friend. People that only see them as animals don't understand. I've always had trouble with that. Anyway, I've had many pets over the years and have lost many, most to old age, some to terminal illness. It's always hard to make the final decision.

I like the Rainbow Bridge idea. Besides helping with grief, they have places to donate to help pets in trouble. The Humane Society also has a good help page on dealing with grief.

Pets: Pet Health Online

I did the CatAge site for one of my kitties. Since I didn't know her birthday, I had to guess at that. I said she was about 11 years old and the website said she was 48.5 in people years and that she was 13.7 years younger than average for her breed. It also gives information on things to do for her to help keep her healthy.

I didn't like PetFit all that much. It seemed to be aimed more at dogs than cats. I did like the PetMD site. It's nice to know there is information out there to help you with your pets.

Blog Action Day - Climate Change

Climate change is something that affects everyone. The melting of the polar ice, both north and south is increasing and affecting animals and water levels. This is something that could endanger polar bears and other species as they lose their environment. The glaciers are melting around the world and changing local environments.

In the US many plants that were native in one area are moving north as everything warms up. States are losing their state flowers, trees, etc. as the climate has changed enough to make it inhospitable for native plants and animals.

The Northwest Passage has completely thawed out in the last few years and there is no telling how this will affect animals, environment, etc. Plus if ships start traveling through the area there will be accidents, pollution and other issues.

Continuing pollution, greenhouse gases keep increasing temperatures, changing ozone levels, changing air quality effecting everyone on the planet. Many years ago airplane pilots could see for miles when flying, now there is a blanket of pollution around the whole planet and clear days have become rare.

This is our only world and we need to take care of it. We cannot be so arrogant to assume that everything will take care of itself and pass things on to the next generation. At some point we may reach a point where there is no reversal of what we have done.

Pets: Finding a Pet

I did the Pet Picker Quiz twice, with slightly different answers. Got two totally different answers. The first was a ferret, the second a bird. As I'm a confirmed cat person, that was strange. While a ferret might be fun, I would never choose a bird.
Looking on Petfinder there are so many animals needing homes, that is so sad. My kitties have been left as strays in my neighborhood and I have just adopted them. Also, my vet usually has kitties for adoption. Now, I'm not in the market.