Blog About Animals

Blog About Animals has reached it’s one month anniversary!

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.

Image source: http://www.party-photo-favors.com/dog_birthday_cake_recipes.htm

I recently brought you a cute little story about a family of Ducks visiting a newsagents (store that sells newspapers and magazines for US readers!) in Somerset, England.

Whilst discussing this with a friend, I was tipped off about an old news story of a seagull visiting a shop on a regular basis with more sinister intentions.

Ok… the headline i a little over the top but this story amazed me.

Sam, as it has become known by, is a seagull in the Scottish town of Aberdeen. This feisty bird developed a habit of wondering into a small store and stealing a bag of it’s favorite tangy cheese Doritos before running off, opening the packet and sharing it with the other birds. If you think it’s too crazy to be true then check out the video evidence that I found on trusty YouTube.

Seagulls stealing is not new news to me. In England they are huge, much bigger than any Gull I have seen in Canada, and these mighty, confident birds can be very intimidating. I have heard tales such as one pecking a 5 year olds eye out whilst stealing fries or stealing whole fish off the end of fisherman’s lines and flying off with the hook still in their mouth.

A funny comedian called Lee Evans has a great skit about the ‘Great British Seagull’. If you have a spare ten minutes. you have to watch it (it’s not just about gulls and does contain some bad language!). You may recognise him from a few movies, but he is much better comedian.