Pet General Puzzle List

[Fuzzy317]

Puzzle 139

Randi / Fister
Niina / Casper and Kitty
Karen / Marius, Scooter and Crookshanks
Lynne / Dan, Bagel and Ketchum
Anna / Angus and Roxey
Logan / Honey, Lilly, Mimi, Butter, Phoebe and Evelyn
Nita / Sirocco and Neelix
Amber / Cassy, Livvy and Sassy
Kelly / Noah, Noel, Faith and Thomas
Heather / Tatty Bogles, Max and Bunny
Debbie / Tubby and Peanut
Chuck / Spencer the Lion, Ernie, Ms Vicky and the rest of the gang!
Alyson / Shiloh and Reece
Pamela / Yum Yum
Angie / Schatzie, Auggie, Phoenix

The usernames some of these members use (different from their real names) are:

Niina = Casper & Kitty
Karen = wolflady
Lynne = lynnestankard
Anna = Anna_66
Nita = sirocco
Amber = Amberlee
Kelly = Noahsmomy
Chuck = SpencerTheLion
Alyson = Aly
Pamela = yumyum6970
Angie = auggie

[Fuzzy317]

Puzzle 140

Resembling a small squirrel with large ears and a tufted tail, these rodents are sometimes referred to as the poor mans chinchilla. It is the most common mammal in Chile, numbering more than 100 per acre. They have large, bright, dark eyes and long whiskers. The fur is soft to the touch and brown to gray brown in color with a paler shade of yellow brown found above and below the eyes. The belly hair is creamy yellow. The tail is fragile and can easily seperate from the body. The grinding surface of the cheek teeth resembles a figure eight shape, giving the family it's scientific name, Octodontidae, meaning "eight teeth. " They enjoy taking dust baths. They are quickly becoming a favorite companion among animal lovers, however they are illegal in some states.

[Fuzzy317]

Puzzle 141

That's the thing about a Labrador Retriever ~ you were born for fun.
Seldom was your loopy, freewheeling mind cluttered by contemplation, and never at all by somber worry; every day was a romp. What else could there possibly be to life?

~excerpt from Sick Puppy by Carl Hiaasen

[AmberLee]

Puzzle 142:

"The cable television company that serves Columbia, S. C., aimed a camera full~time at an aquarium to occupy a vacant channel while awaiting the start~up of the Science~Fiction Channel. When the Science~Fiction Channel replaced the “fish channel” complaints were so numerous that the cable company were forced to find another channel for the aquarium, which it ran 14 hours a day.

~~ The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1994”

[Fuzzy317]

Puzzle 143

I am a rodent that comes in many different colors and with many different markings. I also can have curly hair, wavy hair, or even no hair at all. Some people do not like me because of my long tail. I have been domesticated for a while now and have become a very popular pet rodent. I make several vocalizations including loud chirps or squeeks when I am frightened. Some of us are born with large round ears set low on the head. This is referred to as being a "DUMBO". Can you guess what I am ?

Rat

[Fuzzy317]

Puzzle 144

The color point in siamese cats and rats is heat related. Cool areas are darker. In fact, siamese kittens are born white because of heat inside the mother's uterus before birth. This heat keeps the kitten's hair from darkening on the points.

*The Dog Hause*

[Fuzzy317]

Puzzle 145

Researchers at two universities have discovered that blood of both the European
and African hedgehogs contains a lipoprotein identical to one of those found in
human blood. This lipoprotein contributes to the formation of clots that cause
heart attacks. In the past, this particular lipoprotein was only found in humans
and a few nonhuman primates. Research is presently being conducted and our
prickly little friends may eventually contribute a solution to a human health
problem.

[Fuzzy317]

Puzzle 146

Ask the experimenters why they experiment on animals, and the answer is: "Because the animals are like us." Ask the experimenters why it is morally okay to experiment on animals, and the answer is: "Because the animals are not like us." Animal experimentation rests on a logical contradiction. ~ Charles R. Magel

[Fuzzy317]

Puzzle 147

Only after the last tree has been cut down, only after the last river has been poisoned, only after the last fish has been caught, only then will you find that money cannot be eaten. ~ Cree Prophecy

[Fuzzy317]

Puzzle 148

I'm going to catch that horse if I can,
and when I do I'll give her my brand,
and we'll be friends for life,
she'll be just like a wife,
I'm going to catch that horse,
I'm going to catch that horse,
I'm going to catch that horse if I can !!!

Chestnut Mare
Roger McGuinn and the Byrds

[Fuzzy317]

Puzzle 149

Cats are the ultimate narcissists. You can tell this because
of all the time they spend on personal grooming.
Dogs aren't like this. A dog's idea of personal grooming is to roll in a dead fish. ~ James Gorman

[Fuzzy317]

Puzzle 150

Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow. ~ Jeff Valdez

[Fuzzy317]

Puzzle 151

Your cat will never threaten your popularity by barking at three in the morning. He won't attack the mailman or eat the drapes, although he may climb the drapes to see how the room looks from the ceiling. ~Helen Powers

[Fuzzy317]

Puzzle 152

Lesson one in selecting a Horse:

One sock try them
Two socks buy them
Three socks shy them
Four socks deny them

Old horse addage

[Fuzzy317]

Puzzle 153

Watch a cat when it enters a room for the first time. It searches and smells about, it is not quiet for a moment, it trusts nothing until it has examined and made acquaintance with everything.
~ Jean Jacques Rousseau