Month: November 2022

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Austin Pets Alive! | Pancake
Nov 17, 2022

This is a story about a kitty cat who went on the lamb and is now back in our care, after taunting the staff and volunteers of APA! for over a year! We applaud her efforts, but it is time to get this little lady some medical attention.

When Pancake first arrived at APA!’s main facility, she was clearly pretty scared, making her a flight risk candidate. Fly, she did. Luckily, she stuck around campus, making appearances. For months, the staff and volunteers reported “Pancake sightings.” We even attempted several strategized opportunities to get her back into our hands, with the biggest goal of getting her spayed. We have several “community cats” hanging around our facility – our very own barn cats! We care about this population and want to make sure they receive necessary medical attention so that everyone stays safe and can live a healthy

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Transformational Pet Loss Grief – Center for Pet Loss Grief

Transformational Pet Loss Grief.

Did you know that pet loss grief can actually be an expansive and a transformational experience? I understand you might not be ready to feel this way but I invite you to consider this concept when you are.

In The Beginning

When you experience pet loss there are many emotions, body sensations, and incidents to journey through. Some may cause you pain, anger, or other intense feeling of grief and loss.

These feelings can get stuck, fixated, or buried into your core . . . deep into your physical body . . . only to resurface later when you least expect it.

The resurfacing can create discord. An uncomfortable gut feeling that you may not want to experience. Therefore, pushing them away numerous times and burying them deeper.

My Friends, Please Do Not Let This Happen To You

Throughout life, you may experience many different facets

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Black Bearded Dragon: Why The Color Change?

Bearded dragons come in many different colors and varieties. One color that a bearded dragon can change to is black. In this article, Dr. Jess will discuss what it means if your bearded dragon turns black in color, if you should be worried, and what you can do about it. Read on for more information on black bearded dragons below:

close up of bearded dragon face with black background

Bearded Dragon Colors:

The eight species of bearded dragons across the world today, are distinguished from one another and named for the differences in their spines on their chins and necks. 

This exotic pet gets their name from their armor of spiny scales, which include a “beard” of spikes under its chin and neck that puffs up depending on their mood, most commonly seen when puffed out upset for them to seem larger to whatever is upsetting them. 

They can reach up to 24 inches long and weigh

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Back in the Barn – A Touching Short Story for Cat Lovers

“Well hello there.”

Photo by Laurence Lagasse

There’s a lady looking down at me while I lie here curled up in this blue bin on her back porch.  She doesn’t realize at first glance that I’m badly injured.  I was hit by a car two days ago.

I look up and manage to purr a little, but now I’m dozing off again, wriggling to get comfortable in the bin while my mind drifts from present to past.

I was born a year ago, one of a litter of three.  Our mother was a barn cat who lived near here – or I think near here – I’ve lost track of how far I’ve traveled.

Mom worked hard to create a home for us in a box in the corner of the barn.  She played with us every day, and she’d let us venture as far from the box as our

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Pet of the Month: July

Let’s give a round of ap-paws to our adorable July Pet of the Month, Bear! His full name is Beartholomew Gordon Buhr, and his birthday is on Valentine’s Day. This cutie is just a year and a half old, but has gone through so much before finding his furever home with his loving family now. 

Bear is a rescue, and his family is not sure what exactly is his breed. Their best guess is that he’s a cross between an Australian Kelpie and a Border Collie. 

Throwback: This photo was taken when Bear was first brought home.

He was rescued February 2022. His fur mom had just seen a Facebook post about two pups needing to be re-homed because the bigger and older one didn’t like them. She, together with Bear’s fur dad, drove a few towns over to get him. It was only when they got home that they

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