"Be Thankful for your best friend with this Thanksgiving Treat for your pooch "

What you will need

2 lbs. ground turkey
2 eggs
2 C. cooked rice
8 oz. peas
3 diced carrots
1 diced apple
2 minced cloves garlic

How to make them

Preheat oven to 375. In bowl, combine all ingredients. Mix well by hand. On baking sheet, form into the shape of a turkey, pumpkin, or large dog bone.
Bake for 45 minutes.
Remove from oven let cool and serve.

Yummy Hamster Treat Recipes

Banana Hamster Treat

1/4 of a banana
1 teaspoon honey
1 tablespoon raisins
small squirt lemon juice

Mush up the banana, add a small squirt of lemon juice so the banana will stay fresh. Add the honey and raisins, then stir all together.
Serve this in a small bowl separate from his daily food mix.



Peanut Butter And Oats Munchy

1/2 cup peanut butter (smooth or crunchy)
1/4 cup of oats
1/4 cup of sunflower seeds

Mix ingredients together and Serve in a small bowl separate from his daily food mix. .



Hamster Bisciuts

1/4 a teaspoon of peanut butter
1 box plain Cheerios cereal
variety of vegtables such as carrots, celery, bok choy
small dog biscuit or stale or fresh bread
bird seeds and sunflower seeds
small amount of cheese

Spread peanut butter on dog biscuit or bread. Stick cereal on top and press in some of you hamster's favorite small foods such as bird seeds or sunflower seeds. Press in vegies around the Cheerios. Press cheese around the vegies to cover. Have fun hiding the treat where your hamster has to climb to get it.


*Warning: Please note that some hamster owners find that peanut butter can cause hamsters to choke.

Fun Games and Toys For Your Ferrets

FIRST AND FOREMOST, YOU ARE YOUR FERRET'S FAVORITE TOY!

Keeping your ferret entertained is really not hard and does not have to cost a lot of Money . You don't need to go out and buy toys from the store. You would truely be amazed at the number of items you have in your home that will entertain your ferret for hours.

Here are some great ideas for items you have around your house

Small Empty Soda Or Water Bottle:

Take an empty soda or water bottle that has a narrow opening on top and punch a bunch of holes through it randomly along the sides. Then take some of your Ferret's favorite treats and put them inside. Rattle the bottle and then place it on the floor and once they smell the treats inside they will do everything they can to get at the treats. Make sure you use a bottle that tip forward to get the treats out. Otherwise they will get very frustrated and lose interest.

Old Sweet Pants:

Cut the legs off of an old pair of sweatpants. Lay them out and let you ferrets crawl into them. Once they are in there tickle them while they're inside. They will turn around and try to fight back. Don't Be surprised if you find them a sleep in them too Ferrets love soft dark places to sleep.

PAPER BAG:

Take an empty paper bag and crumple it up a little toss it on the floor. As we all know ferrets can't resist investigating everything they hear or see, soon enough they will start poking around inside of it see what trouble they can cause in there.

BALLS:

Roll a toy ball past your ferret and he will chase after it. Balls with little noise-makers inside will definitely get his attention.

SQUEAKY TOYS:

Squeaky toys can be found cheap and will instantly interest your ferret.

OLD STUFFED TOYS

Almost everyone has at least one or two old stuffed animals they no longer really need. Ferrets love to cuddle with them and drag them around. If you do not have any you can always find some fun ones with rattles in them or crinckle very cheap usually around fifty cents at yard sales or even at resale shops.

THE NUMBER ONE THING TO REMEMBER IS YOU ARE YOUR FERRET'S FAVORITE TOY!

MEET MOLLY...SHE'S A GREY SPECKLED PONY

Meet Molly. She's a grey speckled pony who was abandoned by her owners when Hurricane Katrina hit southern Louisiana. She spent weeks on her own before finally being rescued and taken to a farm where abandoned animals were stockpiled.
While there, she was attacked by a pit bull terrier and almost died. Her gnawed right front leg became infected, and her vet went to LSU for help, but LSU was overwhelmed, and this pony was a welfare case. You know how that goes.

But after surgeon Rustin Moore met Molly, he changed his mind. He saw how the pony was careful to lie down on different sides so she didn't seem to get sores, and how she allowed people to handle her. She protected her injured leg. She constantly shifted her weight and didn't overload her good leg. She was a smart pony with a serious survival ethic.

Moore agreed to remove her leg below the knee, and a temporary artificial limb was built. Molly walked out of the clinic and her story really begins there.

'This was the right horse and the right owner,' Moore insists. Molly happened to be a one-in-a-million patient. She's tough as nails, but sweet, and she was willing to cope with pain. She made it obvious she understood that she was in trouble.

The other important factor, according to Moore , is having a truly committed and compliant
owner who is dedicated to providing the daily care required over the lifetime of the horse.

Molly's story turns into a parable for life in post-Katrina Louisiana . The little pony gained weight, and her mane finally felt a comb. A human prosthesis designer built her a leg.

The prosthetic has given Molly a whole new life, Allison Barca DVM, Molly's regular vet, reports.

And she asks for it. She will put her little limb out, and come to you and let you know that she wants you to put it on. Sometimes she wants you to take it off too. And sometimes, Molly gets away from Barca. 'It can be pretty bad when you can't catch a three-legged horse,' she laughs.

Most important of all, Molly has a job now. Kay, the rescue farm owner, started taking Molly to
shelters, hospitals, nursing homes, and rehabilitation centers. Anywhere she thought that people needed hope. Wherever Molly went, she showed people her pluck. She inspired people, and she had a good time doing it.

'It's obvious to me that Molly had a bigger role to play in life,? Moore said. 'She survived the hurricane, she survived a horrible injury, and now she is giving hope to others.'

Barca concluded, 'She's not back to normal, but she's going to be better. To me, she could be a symbol for New Orleans itself.'


Molly's most recent prosthesis. The bottom photo shows the ground surface that she stands on,
which has a smiley face embossed in it. Wherever Molly goes, she leaves a smiley hoof print behind. Forward this and share it with all of the animal lovers that you know.

Find out more about Molly and her Amazing story Here

Story Confirmed by Snopes

Home Made Ferret Treat Recipe

If you are like us you are always looking for fun Ferret Treats. Especially if you have picky ferrets like our Houdini. Here is a Fun and enjoyable treat Recipe for your ferret to try. We hope your ferrets enjoy this treat as much are ours did!

It's definitely a fun recipe to cook up and treat your little friends.

Ingredients needed

2 tablespoons lard
1 tablespoon Ferretone® or similar nutritional supplement
2 cups any commercially prepared dry ferret food
2 eggs
1 jar (about 6 ounces) any banana baby food
1 pound ground beef (uncooked)
1/2 cup raisins

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Heat a large frying pan or skillet over medium high heat. Add the lard and Ferretone® to the pan and mix them together as they melt.

2. Once the lard is liquid, add the dry ferret food. Fry the dry food until it is moistened throughout and fragrant. This may take a few minutes. Stir the food well as it fries, to make sure it cooks evenly.

3. Once the dry food is cooked, transfer it to a medium sized mixing bowl. Add the eggs, baby food, ground beef, and raisins. Mix well, either with your hands, or by using an electric mixer on a medium speed. Mix until all the ingredients are consistent and even.

4. Prepare a meatloaf or loaf pan by greasing it with margarine, oil, or non-stick cooking spray. Then transfer the mixture into the prepared pan, and gently pat it down into an even layer.

5. Place the loaf pan into the preheated oven and bake it for about 45-60 minutes, or until the meat is browned and cooked through. Keep an eye on the meatloaf, for the last 15 minutes or so of baking time, as it may have a tendency to suddenly burn. Note that, because of the kibble content, it will look a lot darker than regular meatloaf - the dark color should be distinguished from burning.

6. When the meatloaf is done cooking, remove it from the oven and allow it to cool significantly. Once it is cool enough to handle safely, slice into thin slices, and serve to your pet. Makes 1 loaf, or about 20-25 servings.

Hamster Agility

Who would have thought playing with your hamster could be this much fun!!! There are many hamster lovers everywhere who are now setting up little hamster agility courses for their best little friend and having a blast with it!!! From Bar jumps to tire jumps, teeter totters, A frames and even Pause Tables. How adorable and what a great past time to do with your little friend.



Find out more about building your own jumps or even buying these fun jumps at Hamster Agility.com

Make Your Own Cat Treats

Here's for all those kitty lovers out there. Make your kitty a treat they will LOVE.

Kitty Biscuits

You will need:
1 cup of whole wheat flour
½ cup cornmeal
½ cup wheat germ
½ cup dried catnip*
1/3 cup canned tuna, drained!
½ cup of the juices from can
1 egg, whisked

*optional you can replace the ½ cup dried catnip with 1 cup dried catnip

Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees.
In a bowl combine DRY ingredients and mix well
add the remaining ingredients which will leave you with a fairly stiff dough.
Mold into ball shape, and throw this on some wax paper, or a cutting board.
Roll out to about ½ inch thickness, and cut into shapes! You can use plastic cutters and make them in unique shapes of your cat's favorite toys.
Bake on an un-greased cookie sheet for 25 minutes.
Keep them stored in a tight plastic bag, in the fridge.