I want to get some flea/tick prevention medicine for my mini-dachshund, and I would like to use the same brand I used on my dog back in the States. I know there is similar medicine available here, but I'd rather use the brand I'm familiar with (and can get cheaper than a lot of the medicine here ( Read more... )

I'm hoping to adopt a cat or two really soon, and every time I take a look at the pet food aisle, I get completely overwhelmed! As we all know, Japan is not the best country when it comes to the humane treatment of animals, so I'm afraid that if I buy a Japanese brand, it'll be 90% pencil shavings or whatever. But are the super expensive brands ( Read more... )

I love animals, and always get really depressed when I go to Japanese pet shops. It's always really terrible to see how often they are kept in tiny cages where they can hardly move, and rarely even have a toy or two to keep them occupied. I only hope they all get adopted soon, but I still would rather not support chains that don't actually seem to ( Read more... )

Hi! I searched back through the tags and found a tiny note about this 4 years ago, but I was hoping for some more advice. Our friend's cat just had kittens and we're adopting one. In a few months they are old enough we would like to get him/her spayed/neutered. I read that some cities subsidize this, but does anyone know anything more? My Japanese ( Read more... )

Hi guys, it's me again. :) A couple more questions ( Read more... )

I posted last week about moving my cats home with me, but I also have two bass guitars that the post office won't ship because they're over a meter long. I don't have a high budget, but I don't want to just get rid of them. Does anyone know of a service that will ship instruments? I don't mind if they have to go by boat. I'd rather send them by ( Read more... )

I've been doing research on how to get my two cats back with me to my home country, but I was wondering if anybody here has done this and has any advice, recommendations, companies they went through, anything that might help. I'm in Tokyo now, and I'm moving to Michigan in the US. I know how long it is, and I'm really concerned for their health ( Read more... )

Edit: We found her a good home! She'll have an experienced owner and a little girl to play with. I'm glad it will turn out okay.

Not sure if this is okay to post or not...
I found a tiny kitten crying outside work on Monday. I can't keep her (we already have two cats) and so I'm looking for a home. She is a calico bob-tailed female, about 8 weeks old ( Read more... )

I might be moving out to Japan (specific location not sure yet, it's a teaching position) and I absolutely need to bring my Chihuahua. He's really sweet and quiet.

Be honest, is this almost impossible?

I'm not talking about immigration ( I know it's a pain ) but I mean like finding an apartment and what not ( Read more... )

Hey everyone! A question about pets. I'm a die-hard ferret lover, and I'm toying with the idea of getting a ferret soon. However, in this hypothetical situation I probably wouldn't get one until I was back in the US, because my current Japan apartment doesn't allow pets (plus ferrets are like ¥30,000+ here, and a third of that price in the States ( Read more... )