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If you want a pet curious and does not need much care, we opt for the green tree frog. This is a species native to Australia that is identified by its bright green and, if we provide the necessary care, can live with us until 16 years, making it the longest in the rest of the frog.

This frog measures about four inches, and its color is usually bright green, although depending on temperature and environmental conditions your skin can also have a brownish tone. It can sometimes present along the spine small white spots of various shapes and sizes.

Most importantly, if we decide to take home one of these frogs is to provide an environment that simulates the conditions of their natural environment, which is usually hot and humid. Therefore, we must always keep your terrarium humidity around 80% and a temperature of between 23 and 27 degrees, it will be something more subtle at night, but should not drop below 19 degrees.

A common problem found with the owners of these frogs is the danger of sobrealimentarlas. Seem never satiated, so let us eat everything in their power, which eventually will cause the animal suffering from obesity, which, besides affecting their health in general, will shorten the life expectancy. We feed it with honey worms and other flying insects. When we note that the fold of the skin begins to coat your tympanic membrane, means that the animal is overweight, and we will reduce the food ration that we are providing.

The guppies are fish friendly, cheerful and bright colors. Little by little they have become so popular among fans of its breeding fish has been increasing at a fast pace. If you intend to raise this type of fish to keep in mind that will not stop playing separating females and males, as these are capable of storing sperm.

Even with the absence of males, females store sperm, and are able to use it for the next 3 to 4 months of first birth. So imagine that can be bundled into your aquarium, a few guppies you happen to have 100 in a few months. Hatchlings are very small and adults tend to eat if you’re not careful.

From birth, you must be vigilant to not happen any misfortune. The diet of juvenile guppies play an important role in growth and resistance to disease. At birth, the offspring have a small mouth, so feeding flakes will not work. You’ll have to start giving the smaller meal you can get. Go to a shop and tell you what kind of fish as well, there are special foods that help to improve the color.

The young can be fed with a mixture of dry food and live food. Require a diet that is rich in protein. Dry food can include powdered milk, vegetable matter, flakes, bread crumbs, egg yolk pasta, etc.., While the live food can be with worms, small insects, shrimp and daphnia.

Canaries like humans and other species, have very clear what is their territory and if you find that they can react in different ways to lose among which includes violence. Do not think that the canaries are hermits or enjoy the solitude, on the contrary, well-adjusted in their environment they love to live in colonies, they are friendly, co-workers and have a good character.

Ideally who decides on the canaries as pets, must have time or allocate a percentage of their time caring for them. This not only means keeping the environment clean but also look after their health at all levels including the psychological. Although you can get used to solitude for some time, if you choose a pet canary should be thinking about how healthy they will always have two.

A pair of canaries is a good choice because it can be fitted perfectly to live in harmony and if you are male and female family ‘ll increase fairly soon. Loneliness can make these animals end up sick and saddened. Either you go to the extreme, keeping many canaries in the same cage together can make these with very little space and can not move at ease, implying again that insane sadness.

If your cage allows, it is best to keep an average of 5 per cage canaries and that it has everything required for that amount of animals, the canary otherwise affected by the crowd.

There are also the common turtle known, other species that make families as are tortoises. Of these there are several types including the so-called terrapin. It is a turtle that lives in rivers and marshes of the Iberian peninsula as well as Portugal, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and France. It is unlike other carnivorous species of turtle, but if you can not find insects, fish and other small species of plants fed occasionally.

Its shell is unmistakable: brown or green. Some examples are presented different red lines or other colors in the neck. Its name derives from its appearance. Your skin looks worn and have spots in the area of ​​the legs. Always try to stay in the water and only come out if deemed necessary. A must for them is get some sun.

Hibernate like other species such as bear, but the turtle takes a limit of total inactivity, because come winter are held in a dark place where it falls to the rhythm of your breath, do not defecate or opens his eyes and falls a kind of complete unconsciousness. For this hibernation is prepared well before feeding months earlier. Read the rest of this entry »