I think the picture shows you just how happy I am

I never expected the blog to do so well. Sadly I don’t get to spend all day on it but none the less the first months statistics have still been impressive.

At time of writing we have had:
Page Views: 3,020
Unique Visitors: 2043
Subscribers: Currently 27, this varies a little.

Now I think they are pretty impressive stats for the first month of any website so I just wanted to extend a big thank you to all of you readers.

We have seen things such as a dog in a tie, a thieving seagull, a pet saved by a TV show and recently the very sad story of the stingrays at Calgary zoo, just to name a few things.

The next month I hope to try and make sure I post almost daily and get many more entries for Bloggers’ Pets. Plus I will be offering sign up to a mailing list where you will be able to get exclusive content and deals on pet and animal products.

The advertising on the site needs to be looked into. I want to make money from this site so that I can dedicate more time to it.

I would like to ask you wonderful people a few questions to help me push this site forward.

What do you think of the current layout? Too much advertising, just right etc etc.

Where do you shop for pet / animal supplies, do you use online retailers?

What features would you like to see added to the site?

Would you prefer more picture / video based posts or more informative animal articles?

Anything else that you would like to add?

Thanks again, I look forward to seeing your comments, Forest.

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I’m actually a vegetarian, so do not condone burgers of any sort, especially panda burgers! You can see how sad it was to be made into a burger…

I actually worked in a pub kitchen earlier this year and one busy lunch I was chatting away with my boss making up the orders. I placed the slice of swiss cheese on this burger and when I went to put the top of the bun on I jumped back at the instant sight of a face in the burger!

I thought it looked like the Joker, It was because we were having a conversation about Heath Ledger dying (RIP) whilst I was making this burger, as it was the day the news broke. However general consensus was that it was a crying panda.

If you want to see another great food / animal look alike check out the Basset Hound Chicken Finger over at The Junk Drawer.

Do you have any interesting food / animal look alikes?

According to the BBC pygmy hedgehogs are are new pet craze in the UK. I must have left the UK before this started!

Until I saw this news story I had no idea what a pygmy hedgehog was, and apparently there is concern over it.

You can see the BBC video here: Concern over prickly pygmy pet

These very cute little animals are being bred purely for the purpose of owning as a pet. From some brief research they seem to hail from Africa (I will try and look inro their origin in a future article).

Animal Welfare groups such as the RSPCA are concerned that these high maintanced animals may become trendy and that normal un-trained people will not have the skills to give them the care they deserve.

The breeder in the video says she understands the concerns but I still feel that many people will buy these and, maybe not give them the care that they deserve.

Personally I think owners of high maintenance pets should be screened and registered. I used to own a bearded dragon and did not need to register but in my first few months of ownership I definitely, accidentally, mistreated the poor thing. In hindsight, I feel, I should have taken an online test or some kind of certification to make sure I knew how to look after it.

What do you think about this? Do you own an exotic pet?

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