There have been a number of comments and edits to the question What is the best kind of pet to give as gift? . It originated as a suggest by @JoshDM in chat a day or two before it was posted. We all seem to agree that it is important to have the answer here. How to write the question, has been...

I had a male betta fish for a long time, and was told by the people at the pet store that I could put in a pleco fish (aka an algae eater), because it would stay near the bottom. Since, he claimed, the betta would spend all his time near the top, the betta wouldn't notice the pleco and they would...

My cat loves to climb on my desk at home. Problem is, he is constantly knocking things off (he broke a cup and a couple other things this week), and messing up stuff on my desk, bumping my monitors, etc. I have tried spraying him with water to get off my desk, I have tried scolding him, I have t...

If a dog has to eat meat to survive then why would someone who religiously abstains from meat have an animal that requires it to survive? Especially when they don't need said animal anymore than they need a t-bone steak. I've always wondered if this is a glaring inconsistency in their moral phi...