Tips For Your Pets

Make your own pet beds instead of buying those expensive ones!  A little material sewn together with a zipper on the side, filled with your choice of stuffing (we used some animal bedding because it smells fresh) makes an easy to clean pet bed! 

Fish love cooked egg yolks.  And it really gives a "boost" to those little baby fish. 

Have a hermit crab?  Paint your own shells for them!  Use any kind of acrylic paint and then coat the entire shell with nail polish when you're finished!  It's non-toxic. 

Place a dryer sheet under dog beds or in their "room" to keep it extra fresh.  (place them where they can't be found and destroyed!) 

If your child wants a pet and you don't, opt for freshwater fish, turtle or hermit crab.  All can be cheap, easy to care for and don't make too much of a mess.  (We love our guppies). 

Get urine out of the carpeting:  mix 1 tablespoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon of dish soap, and 16 oz of hydrogen peroxide.  Be careful, because this can bubble up and make a mess.   

To keep your baby fish from being sucked up into your filter or to avoid having to buy another tank for them, place a nylon over the filter.  This will keep them out and still filter the water. 

To clean algae off tank plants, soak them in a tub of water and bleach for 15 minutes and then rinse well with water.  Voila! No scrubbing! 

Give your pets a bath with your own shampoo.  They don't need all that fancy stuff.  And if your pet has longer, matteable hair, a little conditioner goes a long way (this is obviously not any form of medical advice - talk with your own vet first). 

Hamsters and gerbils love to chew on any kind of cardboard, especially toilet paper rolls!   

I have a wall hanging that holds a glass cylinder and a candle.  I took out the candle and put my betta fish inside it.  What a neat surprise for my guests and the kids love to watch it swim around!

To get rid of that nasty wet dog smell on a rainy day - wipe your buddy down with a used dryer sheet to keep him smelling nice.

To keep pets from chewing on electrical cords, rub them with a dry bar of soap.