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PETS
Domestic animals which are part of the family!
PIGS?
Pet Accessories:
Pet shops: The Ferret Store have diversified into selling all kinds of animals!
Books for training and healthcare of pets: Crosskeys
Pet food and accessories are available from Pet Planet
Blue Cross - Finding new homes for unwanted pets and stray animals
Petmeds - Drugs for your pets!
Elephant Bean Bags - Bean bags for your elephants!
petPals - Insurance for your best Pals!
Asda Pet Insurance - Pet food and Pet Insurance!
Pet Insurance - general animal cover policy
Calendar Club - animal calendars and much more
HORSES - they might be your four legged friend, but are horses PETS?
Gerbils are pets, but they are also the alternative document shredder
Guinea pigs are good as pets, and they can also keep the lawn mown.
Hypnotising a pet chicken - method explained.
Spiders as pets? If we had a page about that, it would also link from the Gothic category! However spiders are featured on the page of animals
If you're going to have pets, you've got to look after them. The expression "keeping pets" is a bit anomalous. You might be able to keep small animals and it would be a matter of maintenance, but for most kinds of animals kept as pets, it's more of a friendship. Pets enjoy membership of your family, and have to be involved to a greater or lesser extent. Dogs have a pack mentality and if you're not the pack leader you've got problems. Cats are more independent, but you've got to be sociable with them or they can be quite antisocial. We talk about "good value-for-money cats". If you're thinking about getting an unusual pet, for example a reptile that will grow to giant proportions, be sensible! You will have to look after it!
All pets need insurance. You can get pet insurance, or if not, you become in effect your own pet insurer and pay the vets bills, because pets aren't covered by the National Health Service!