Raising a Bearded Dragon This post is sponsored by petMD® Reptile Center, and the BlogPaws Professional Pet Blogger Network. I am being compensated for helping spread the word about Reptile Ownership, but ANIMAL BLISS only shares information we feel is relevant to our readers. petMD® and PetSmart® are not responsible for the content of this … Read more
Getting a Bearded Dragon? ~ Here’s What You’ll Need to Get Right Away~ This post is sponsored by petMD Reptile Center®, and the BlogPaws Professional Pet Blogger Network. I am being compensated for helping spread the word about Reptile Ownership, but ANIMAL BLISS only shares information we feel is relevant to our readers. petMD and … Read more
Reptiles as Pets Things You Should Consider This post is sponsored by petMD® Reptile Center, and the BlogPaws Professional Pet Blogger Network. I am being compensated for helping spread the word about Reptile Ownership, but Animal Bliss only shares information we feel is relevant to our readers. petMD and PetSmart are not responsible for the … Read more
A Boy and a Bearded Dragon Wordless Wednesday I present to you … my Grandson and my Bearded Dragon. Landen will be one year old TOMORROW! Shirley turned one last month. It’s a fascinating thing … Here’s Landen’s famous “kiss” for the lizard … forehead to forehead … (Nice and safe.) Here’s Shirley getting … Read more
We’re Getting a Skunk! After watching an old episode of “Nature” on PBS the other day, my budding zoologist daughter unequivocally announced that we are getting a skunk for a pet. A consummate animal activist, she’s always been categorically engaged in the protection of all living creatures, carefully containing and releasing errant spiders when the … Read more
It is a common misconception that chameleons change their color to match their environment. Rather, chameleons change their color when they are frightened, angry, stressed — or in response to temperature or other environmental changes, as well as being responsive to light. Hormones that affect special pigment-bearing cells in the skin cause the color change. … Read more
Do Ferrets Make Good Pets? Let me start by saying that a ferret is not a rodent. That’s a common misconception. They’re actually in the Mustelid family, which include weasels, mink, otters, and polecats. Did you know that ferrets have been tamed as pets for over 2,000 years? So, do ferrets make good pets? Indeed, … Read more
An Egg Bound Iguana Named Kerne ~ A True Story ~ Before I tell you the story about an egg bound Iguana named Kerne, the danger this presented to her, and images from her surgery, let me first explain to you what egg-binding is. What is Egg-Binding? Egg-binding (also referred to as ‘dystocia,’ ‘egg retention,’ … Read more
Shirley Has Awakened! Shirley has awakened! Shirley is my Bearded Dragon. She has been going through a process that Bearded Dragons go through called “brumation.” It’s a lighter version of a bear’s hibernation and the process varies from dragon to dragon. Some sleep for days, some for weeks, some even for months. I was glad … Read more
Tarantulas as Pets Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links. What first comes to mind when you think of tarantulas as pets? For most of us, the Arachnophobia in us naturally leads us to not so good thoughts. We tend to associate Tarantulas with fear. However, this fear only comes about because of how little we know … Read more