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Pet food storage is important if you buy food in larger bags like I like to do, which helps to save money on your pet food budget. So I wanted to buy something for cat food storage that would not only slip into a small place, but I had to find something that would keep the food fresh. Since the problem with larger bags is that the food tends to go stale if the bag is left open for too long. If you think cats don’t know or care if their food is stale, you’ll have to come meet mine. They know. They won’t eat anything that has been sitting out for more than a few hours.

Pet stores might have some containers, but my husband insisted that we go to a pet supply store to find a good container. I tried to explain that we should check at a discount store first, but he thought that the pet supply place would have the best solution. The store had several containers for pet food storage. One had a device that would measure the exact amount for the pet and deliver it in a small container for feeding. This was accomplished by setting the amount of food you wanted for the pet and then pressing a button each time you wanted to fill their dish. Gravity did the rest because the serving size came out at the bottom of the container. This deluxe container cost $75.00. My husband decided that he could measure the food himself and we moved on to look at other containers. He settled on a flip lid plastic container that had paw prints on it. This heavy duty plastic bin was still expensive for pet food storage, but it was the cheapest the store had available.

I’m kind of glad that we didn’t have to go to the pet store itself, because now that I’m an adult, I can’t say that they are thrilling to me. I don’t mind seeing the small animals in cages, as that’s the conditions that they are accustomed to. I do hate to see the puppies and kittens staring out at the onlookers with sad and begging eyes. The cages that they are usually kept in leave little to be desired. There aren’t blankets and comfy beds for them to enjoy. They have to sleep on the hard metal bottoms that their little paws fall through. I hate seeing that. It makes me want to adopt a pet, just to rescue them from their tiny spaces that they are trapped inside of.

It reminds me of our visit to the humane league, I was shocked at the amount of people that were there to adopt a pet. Some of them walked past all of the hopeful animals and left without saying a word. Others walked out happily carrying boxes with petrified new pets. We left that day with an adorable dog that won our hearts the moment he licked my hand. A week later, we were talking about all of the animals that had been in need of homes, and decided to adopt a pet, again. We brought home a tiny little kitten that grew up to be even more loving and well-mannered than my purebred. It was almost as if she knew that she had been rescued and was grateful.

Parrots can make a welcome addition to the family as well and are usually friendly pets but may not fit well with little children, as they have been known to bite and scratch sometimes. Those beaks and claws are very sharp. The African Grey Parrot actually likes to socialize with people and with other parrots. They can get lonely so it’s a good idea to place the cage in a room where there is human activity. Because of their level of intelligence, an African Grey Parrot can become bored and needs the stimulation of varied toys.

I visited a craft fair a while ago, and as I walked around the different booths I noticed that there were several displays of pet jewelry. Most of the crafters that create beaded items have branched into beaded pet jewelry. They sold sets of four bracelets so that the dog or cat could wear one on each foot. There were necklaces as well as beaded belts. I had to laugh and thought about getting pet jewelry for my husband’s hunting dogs. One of the crafters showed me a set of camouflage bracelets that were beaded with green, brown and black beads. I thought it would be fun to put them on the dogs, and I also bought two hunting caps for dogs.