Critter Updates

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VCA Provides Free Pet Boarding For Tornado Victims
Six VCA Animal Hospitals in tornado-damaged Oklahoma are offering free boarding for dogs, cats, birds and pocket pets whose owners lost their homes or were evacuated Monday, May 20, 2013. VCA is the latest pet industry company to come to the aid of tornado victims. Petsitting.com, the Petfinder Foundation and distributor Henry Schein Inc. also have launched projects. ... More>>

Critter Memories Contest What is your favorite memory of your small animal pet? Share it whether it happened years ago or minutes ago.  More>>	Calendar of Events See events for hamsters, rabbits, guinea pigs, ferrets and others; tell us about your small animal event. More>>
Banfield, Others Helping Pets In Tornado-Ravaged Oklahoma Banfield Pet Hospital, ThunderWorks, American Humane Association and American Dog Rescue Foundation are pitching in to help pets. More>>	Hedgie-Con 2013  Many events and lots of fun are planned for this hedgehog show in La Plata, Maryland. More>>

SmallAnimalChannel.com is your one-stop destination for small animal pet information. In addition to news and exclusives, it pulls content from all the small animal products at I-5 Publishing, LLC, including Critters USA magazine, Ferrets USA magazine, Rabbits USA magazine and the magabooks in the Popular Critters Series (Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, Rats and Rabbits). Additionally, it's home to Ferrets magazine online. As part of the umbrella of pet websites at AnimalNetwork.com, SmallAnimalChannel provides the content that guinea pig, hamster, ferret, rabbit, chinchilla, hedgehog, rat, mouse, sugar glider and gerbil owners need to know about their pets health, safety and more.

Dive into the world of small animals in our species profile section. Today's small animal pets include more than 40 breeds of rabbit, 13 breeds of guinea pig, five species of hamster, plus ferrets, chinchillas, gerbils, hedgehogs, mice, rats and sugar gliders. Our profiles provide at-a-glance info about each small animal pet's life span, diet, size, temperament and more. For a more personal approach to small animal pet species and the black-footed ferret, check the Critter Blog Archive.

Got a question about your small animal pet? You've come to the right place! Our veterinary expert answers four questions each month about small animal pet health conditions for educational purposes. Browse the archive of past small animal health questions and answers, and you're sure to learn something new! More>>

For nonmedical questions, we have experts to answer your questions for rabbits, ferrets, hamsters, guinea pigs, gerbils, chinchillas, hedgehogs, rats, sugar gliders and mice. Dealing with an aggressive rabbit, hand-taming a hamster and housing a rabbit with a guinea pig are just a few of the topics covered in the archive of questions and answers. More>>

Critter Insider

Hamster Health Center
Hamster enthusiasts take note! The Hamster Health Center is packed with hamster health information. Need a list and brief explanation of hamster ailments? This is the place. Wondering what could cause a hamster to sneeze, itch stop eating, lose hair and more? It explains that, too. Plus, get tips on finding a hamster-savvy veterinarian. More >>

Notes From An Exotic Small Animal Vet
Jerry Murray, DVM, of the Animal Clinic of Farmers Branch in Dallas, Texas, shares small animal pet health information and writes about life as an exotics vet in his biweekly column. Murray has been a veterinarian since 1991. More >>

Critter Corner Cartoon
From housecleaning chinchillas to exercising hamsters to finicky rabbits and more, the Critter Corner cartoon by Jeremy Vickneswaran features small animal pets doing things to make you grin. Vickneswaran also creates the Ferret Side cartoon for Ferrets magazine. More>>

Critter Caption Contest
Silly photos, strange photos and cute photos abound in the SmallAnimalChannel Critter Caption contest. If you've got what it takes to submit a witty caption, check it out. If you just want a laugh by seeing the previous photos and winning captions, check it out. If you want to do both, you guessed it, check it out! More>>

Club Critter
Create a profile page for your small animal pet, including an avatar, make a scrapbook, visit and comment on the profiles of other Club Critter members, strive to be Top Critter or Critter of the Day. And that's only a few of the perks you enjoy as a Club Critter member. It's free to join. More>>

Critter Contests
Each month SmallAnimalChannel features a fun, new contest. See the latest one in the Critter Updates section above. Click here to see the winners and entries for past critter contests, including A Critter Mother's Day, Saintly Critters, Halloween Costume, Critter Holiday Poetry and more. More>>

Critter Product Spotlight Archive
From time to time, SmallAnimalChannel features a product for small animals for a month and does a giveaway. Announcements will appear here. Meanwhile, check out what small animal products were featured in the past. More>>

Small animal pets like ferrets, hamsters, guinea pigs and rabbits are terrific, but people have many other pets and animals in their life. If you share your life with other types of pets or just enjoy reading about them, be sure to check out the information all about pet birds, reptiles, fish, cats, dogs and horses at our pet infographics page. More>>