See if you're as prepared as you need to be and ask yourself: Am I willing to care for this pet for the duration of its life?

Owning a pet is a long-term commitment with the average life span of cats and dogs being around 12 years.  Some dogs and cats can even live until 15 or even 20 years of age. Check this guide to see if your as prepared as you need to be...

There are a number of foods that you MUST avoid if you want to reduce potential nutritional and physiological problems with your pets. As a pet owner, its likely you have the customary animal food in your cupboards like a bag of bird pellets or seed for your feathered friends, dog biscuits for dogs or cat biscuits for cats. You'll hopefully also have.... 

Parrots can make wonderful, entertaining pets.  Large parrots tend to make a lot more noise that smaller parrots like cockatiels and all are known to be more vocal when ignored or bored, Ensure they have things inside their cage for entertainment and also spend time playing with them each as this trains them to be more tame and affectionate. 

Our furry friends can be quite the inquisitive bunch, sticking their cute wet noses into all things not exactly pet-friendly. They usually do this out of...