I saw this article and thought I'd share it with you guys. It's a really inspiration tale of overcoming depression with a furry friend. You can read it here: h ttp://bipolar.about.com/od/copingresources/a/joy_catsrescue1.htm Cheers - Amanda

Ok so recently I added a new addition to my Degu family, my fourth one, whom I got from one of my friends. She told me no one in the house paid attention to it and she thought I would like to take it. She told me it was a boy, so I put it in the cage with the other males. When she first brought...

My depression seems to be getting worse every day. I have been thinking some seriously horrible thoughts(Don't want to say it on here) I have been staying home alot still and just watch tv and maybe go outside 1-2 times a week and thats about it. I'm crying atleast 2-4 times a day. I was finally...

I'm new to the forum but this place has helped me before on various questions so I thought I'd turn here for help. This post is a bit long, but I'd really appreciate the read through and help. Thanks in advance. A few months ago, we had to separate our two female rats (both about 10 months...

ok I have 10 gerbils now (1 male, 3 males, and 1 male 5 females those are how the cages are seperated now) my spotted lilac male was in with his son a spotted black until april 1 he died and now he is all alone so here are my options, go out and buy another gerbil, put his daughter in with him...

Hello everyone, I'm new to this forum :) I thought I'd start out by posting about an issue I'm having with my kitten. This is my first pet so I am still trying to figure out what is normal behavior :confused: He used to snuggle up to my either my partner or myself every night when we first got...

Does anyone go thru bouts of depression? What do you do to help yourself? Do you let others help or do u try to get thru it on your own? What makes you depressed? Why do things go good for a while then always seem to go the other way...over and over again? It's so tiring. Do you ever feel...