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Native Remedies, the leading online brand of herbal and homeopathic remedies, announces an expanded partnership with Abe’s Market, an online natural marketplace offering a wide variety of natural products.

This partnership brings the entire line of Native Remedies products, including its PetAlive line for pets, to Abe’s large selection of natural, organic and eco-friendly products, offering consumers an even better one-stop shopping experience.

Herbal and homeopathic remedies are exciting growth categories for our online marketplace. Abes Market sells only the highest quality products that meet our rigorous standards, and we are thrilled to be working with Native Remedies, a leader in this space, said Brian Tockman, Vice President of Merchandising amp; Operations at Abe’s Market.

Sellers on Abe’s Market include mompreneurs, former corporate execs, father-daughter teams, celebrities, and others with a passion for natural products. This too appealed to Native Remedies, a family-run business that began with a vision to help people find a natural way to mitigate their symptoms and build their long term systemic health.

“We’re excited to collaborate with Abe’s Market, a truly unique marketplace that we are proud to be a part of. It’s a company with a mission very similar to ours, supporting the natural approach to health for the entire family,” said George Luntz, president of Native Remedies.

Abe’s Market combines the feel of a local, organic market with the selection one would expect from an online superstore. Native Remedies’ full range of products now available covers complete family wellness, including children’s, men’s and women’s health, psychological health, weight management, learning and concentration and more. Additionally PetAlive, Native Remedies’ full line of natural remedies for dogs, cats, horses and small pets, is now also available at Abe’s Market.

Native Remedies delivers a unique dual-modality approach for complete holistic wellness by offering OTC homeopathic remedies for relief of symptoms as well as compound herbal remedies for natural support and enhancement of body structure and functions. This provides customers the tools to both manage and mitigate symptoms for immediate relief, while building up their systems for long-term wellness.

About Native Remedies:

Founded in 2002, with over 500,000 customers worldwide and more than 250 herbal and homeopathic remedies, Native Remedies is the market leader in specially formulated, compound natural remedies. All Native Remedies’ herbal and homeopathic remedies for people as well as PetAlive for pets are now available via http://www.abesmarket.com/

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The SPCA for Monterey County is holding a special adoption event Friday through Monday.

It will reduce the adoption fee on all dogs, cats, small pets, and exotics six months and older.

Dogs will be $50, cats are Pick Your Price, exotics are 50 percent off and small pets are $5.

Regular fees range from $35 to $290.

In an effort to find all adult cats loving homes, the SPCA is letting adopters choose their own adoption fee during the event.

All cats will be spayed or neutered, vaccinated, microchipped, and given a health evaluation. They will also come with a pet carrier, a four pound bag of cat food, one month of pre-paid pet health insurance, and lots more.

The SPCA for Monterey County is located at 1002 Highway 68, across from Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

Adoption hours are 11 am to 5 pm weekdays and 11 am to 4 pm weekends.

Information: 831-422-4721.

Homeowners see coyotes running around Clifton and they have some concerns for their small pets. The animals have been seen back yards and running across Ludlow Avenue near Cincinnati State. Local 12s Angela Ingram has more on what the Ohio Department of Natural Resources wants people to know.

One of the biggest tips is dont feed them. Make sure your garbage cans are secure if you know coyotes are in your neighborhood.

People whove seen them in Clifton say they havent been aggressive, but they are large. I was surprised to see them so healthy and I was surprised to see a pack, too.

A few years ago, local 12 caught a woman on camera feeding them — a definite no, no according to wildlife experts. We saw something run across the street and I was just like, is this a raccoon on steroids? It was just big and it went very fast and my friend in the car just said, expletive, are those wolves and I said, no they look like hyenas, but we knew they werent either one and these coyotes were just huge.

Experts with the SPCA say the animals are common in Ohio. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources says there a few basic rules to keep them out of your yard: Dont feed them, leave your lights on at night in your yard, secure your garbage cans, try to keep small pets and their food in the house.

The DNR says, in general, the coyotes want nothing to do with people. and, if we dont bother them, they likely wont bother us. Did they seem aggressive at all? No they were just running. They were beautiful and wild.

DNR also says the animals are territorial. and, they are canines, so there could be a confrontation with pet dogs. Thats why experts are recommending that you keep your pets in the house if coyotes are in your neighborhood.

DNR has information about coyotes on its website.

Q: We are trying to decide whether to put tinsel on our Christmas tree this year. Our cat loves to eat tinsel and we always assumed this was fairly safe (like eating grass). However, I read recently that tinsel could be dangerous to small pets, especially cats, if ingested. I also remember reading an article last year that said tinsel was harmless! What are the facts? Is tinsel dangerous or harmless?

A: Your confusion is understandable because, up until a few years ago, tinsel was thought to be harmless if ingested. The facts, according to most experts and the ASP-CA, are that tinsel, along with ribbons, string and yarn, can cause intestinal problems, including vomiting, intestinal blockage and constipation. Tinsel in particular can be dangerous because cats and kittens find it very appealing and love to play with it. The common wisdom is that you should try to keep tinsel, string, yarn and ribbons away from all pets.

Tinsel is not the only hazard pets can encounter during the holiday season. By far, the great majority of holiday hazards involve some sort of inappropriate ingestion; ie, pets eating or swallowing things they should not. The most common digestive upsets encountered in dogs are either due to overeating or a change in diet such as an inappropriate treat or table scraps.

To prevent problems during the holiday season, it is best to simply avoid feeding anything that your pet is not accustomed to eating. Avoid turkey or ham bones, which can cause gastro-intestinal upsets and obstructions. Also avoid nuts of all kinds, since they can cause intestinal obstructions if swallowed whole. Macadamia nuts are especially toxic.

Accidental chocolate ingestion, especially in dogs, is a common reason for emergency visits during the holidays. Chocolate should not be fed to pets because it contains theobromine, which is toxic to dogs and cats if fed to excess.

Milk chocolate is the least toxic, while baking chocolate and dark chocolate are the most toxic, with baking chocolate having about 10 times more theobromine than ordinary milk chocolate.

Poinsettias have had a long and controversial history of being considered poisonous to humans and pets. This belief found its roots in a news story published several decades ago that incorrectly reported that a child had died after ingesting some poinsettia leaves. This misinformation has managed to persist over the years. Poinsettias can cause irritations in the mouth or stomach if enough leaves are ingested, but they are not poisonous. By contrast, mistletoe and holly are very poisonous and can be fatal if ingested.

Decorative lights and electric cords also pose a hazard.

It is a good idea to routinely examine both indoor and outdoor lights and cords to check for bite marks, loose or frayed wires, or evidence of a potential short circuit.

Any small objects such as tree ornaments and toy parts can be easily swallowed by pets and cause intestinal problems.

By taking basic commonsense precautions and keeping a watchful eye, most pets (and pet owners) can enjoy a trouble-free holiday season.

Dr. Bernhard Pukay is an Ottawa veterinarian. Address letters to Pet Care, Ottawa Citizen, PO Box 5020, Ottawa K2C 3M4. Email: pets@ottawacitizen.com

Coyotes are in the news in suburban Boston again, this time the focus of a column that suggests we might start shooting them to reduce their numbers.

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Complaints about coyotes seem to be few in Milford, but surely we have them. Theyve crossed into every state east of the Mississippi by now. They eat rodents and small animals, but will kill and eat cats and small pets if they are hungry enough. Shooting them is against the law, and trapping them is too, in Massachusetts.

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Other animals seem to be irritating us more lately, it seems. Not sure why, but the place seems overloaded with chipmunks for some reason. They sure are cute, until they move into your home, as I discovered last year. Then good luck getting them out.

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Please vote in our unofficial poll: what is the most annoying creature out there?

HONOLULU — Hawaii is at-risk from the damaging brown tree snake from Guam.

There are no highly trained detector dogs searching for the invasive species, which has decimated bird and animal populations in Guam.

Guam has 15,000 snakes per square mile. The snakes have eaten a lot of the birds, frogs and small pets, said Rep. Barbara Marumoto.

Detection dogs kept the snakes out of Hawaii, but budget cuts put the program in the doghouse back in 2009.

We lost them at that time, said Carol Okada, with the Department. of Agriculture.

Without the super-sniffers, snakes can sneak into the islands on a plane or a ship from Guam.

This is a major, major threat to Hawaii, said Okada.

Because Hawaii doesnt have any snakes in the wild, the islands also dont have any predators to keep the snakes in check.

They could really devastate our poultry industry, egg industry and electrical supply because they get into transformers and create short-circuits, said Marumoto.

Because of the threat, Marumoto will introduce legislation this upcoming session to fund three detection dogs again.

The canines could not only sniff out brown tree snakes, they can also be trained to target other invasive species or banned aquatic life.

During the time without the dogs, Hawaii has seen a swarm of illegal animals arriving in the islands.

Weve been finding a lot more snake occurrences, a lot more people with unwanted pets. Those who deal with the illegal pet trade have taken advantage of our lessened resources, said Okada.

Okada hopes the detection dog program will start up this year because flights from Guam are expected to increase as military operations expand.

The federal government has already set aside a $300,000 grant for the brown tree snake detection dogs, but the state needs additional funding to stop other invasive species from getting in.

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While bruins are concentrated in the northern tier of the state, wily canines skulk from High Point to Cape May. Top spots for coyote hunters are Ocean and Cumberland counties.

Fish and Wildlife received 184 coyote nuisance calls during 2011, a jump from 110 in 2010. During the past five years, there have been two documented attacks on humans. A dog walker was bitten in Kinnelon in 2010, and a toddler was dragged in a Middletown backyard in 2007. Both victims suffered minor injuries.

We warn people who have small pets because coyotes have been known to take animals off a leash, says Burnett. If you see a coyote in your backyard, make sure you keep him moving through and call to report it.

ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES

Gray wolves lorded over the Garden State food chain, but they were hunted, trapped and basically eliminated to make way for homes and farms.

Now, coyotes have settled in and learned how to coexist with humans, unlike wolves, which are more confrontational.

These are highly intelligent, highly aware animals, says Sean Grace, director of the Plainsboro Preserve nature sanctuary. His fieldwork includes coyote tracking in Wyoming. They are here and have been here in every county in New Jersey for a long period of time, and how many people have actually seen a coyote?

The cagey Jersey creatures might actually be wolf hybrids. Eastern coyotes are larger than their western cousins, averaging 35 to 45 pounds, with thick, multicolored fur.

Burnett says the predators possibly migrated through Canada and swam across the St. Lawrence River from Ontario to New York before sauntering down to Jersey. The Empire State is home to some 30,000 coyotes.

Some may have been brought here in the 1930s and 1940s by people who traveled west, caught them and brought them back here, says Burnett. They may have been zoo specimens that were let go.

Grace believes the mammals were here before settlers arrived and they are now on the rebound. Hunters like Manny Cerca tell a different story.

The state trucked the coyotes in to reduce the deer herd 20 years ago, says Cerca, owner of the Bullet Hole, a Belleville gun shop and firing range. The automobile insurance cartel complained to the state because there were so many car accidents and they had to pay claims if someone hit a deer. The coyotes were live-trapped out west, driven here and released in Sussex County by the fish and game department. Now, its turning around to bite them.

In an effort to grow the small animal category, Absorption Corp. of Ferndale, Wash., has made its free Carefresh Critter College lesson plan for teachers downloadable at www.carefresh.com.

Geared for teachers of grades four through seven, the curriculum is designed to teach teachers to teach students how to care for small pets such as rabbits, hamsters and guinea pigs.

The goal of Carefresh Critter College to help grow the category by creating a new generation of responsible pet owners, said Shawn Dooley, Absorption Corp. chief development officer. The download makes it easier than ever for teachers to bring this interesting and fun curriculum to their classrooms. We encourage retailers to share the link with their local schools.

Looking for a way to comfortably tote your small pet without carrying a cumbersome pet carrier?

A new product called the Cuddle’n Carry shirt allows owners of small pets to carry their little animals in comfort, according to Grant Landis at Amicus Public Relations.

“With plenty of winter still ahead, (it’s) a great cold weather item for pets,” Landis said. “It is a cozy sweatshirt with a built-in front pouch to provide a warm, comfortable mode of transportation for any pet under 10 pounds.

Cuddle’n Carry allows the pet’s weight to be evenly distributed throughout the garment, more comfortable for pet and pet owner.”

The shirt doubles as a comfortable-looking sweatshirt.

The shirt allows most pets to change position freely, pop their head out to view the world or pull back in for a snooze.

For more information, visit cinderooz.com. The machine washable/dryable shirt costs $69.95.