Pet

If you’re an animal lover, then one of the updates to Stardew Valley in 1.6 will make you very happy indeed. You can now have more than one pet on your farm and it’s actually not too difficult to do. Here’s how to get a second (or further) Pet in Stardew Valley.  You get your first pet very early into the game, once you earn 1000 Gold. Marnie shows up at the Farm brandishing an animal (either a cat or a dog, depending on which you chose while making your character) for you to adopt. Until now, this would be your only pet…

Beth Mauder/ZDNETIf you're like me, you have pet hair dust bunnies throughout your home. My two super-shedding dogs and cat work really hard to keep my floors covered, but my Roomba j7+ is a brilliant robot vacuum from a highly reputable, trustworthy brand. I can't recommend it enough, especially since it's dropped below $500. Deals are subject to sell-out or expire at any time, though ZDNET remains committed to finding, sharing, and updating the best product deals for you to score the best savings. Our team of…

Lucid released a helpful new feature for pet owners called Creature Comfort Mode. The feature is similar to Tesla’s Dog Mode and is now available for free on every Lucid Air through a software update. Lucid Air gains Tesla Dog Mode-like feature If you’ve ever been on a road trip and had to stop to pee, you know how helpful Tesla’s Dog Mode feature is. Lucid is now offering a similar feature called Creature Comfort Mode for all Air electric sedans. Available via an over-the-air (OTA) update, the…

A juvenile Gila monster named Winston is a key suspect in the death of his owner, who is currently suspected of having had a sensitivity to the lizard's toxic saliva.The Colorado man passed away on 16 February just four days after being bitten by the reptile, potentially becoming just the second person in the past century to have died as a result of Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) venom."That's a very unusual consequence of a Gila monster bite," University of Northern Colorado biologist Stephen Mackessy told CBS news…

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research.Have you ever been out on a walk and as you take that next step, you feel the slippery squish of poop under your foot?It’s not just gross. Beyond the mess and the smell, it’s potentially infectious. That’s why signs reminding pet owners to “curb your dog” and scoop their poop have been joined in some places by posted warnings that pet waste can spread disease.On supporting science journalismIf you're…

The long-anticipated 1.0 release of Last Epoch is coming in very short order, on February 21, and one of the update’s most important additions are the Warlock and Rogue Falconer class masteries. In a pre-launch blog, the developer explained what makes these build options such a big deal. On Steam, developer Eleventh Hour Games detailed the upcoming Warlock and Falconer, adding to Last Epoch’s whopping 13 unique class masteries. These are, more specifically, not character classes as such, but sub-masteries belonging to…

Our furry friends are adorable, perfect little angels in every way except for one: they can leave one hell of a mess. Thankfully, the Roborock Q5 Pro is available from Amazon and Roborock starting at $319.97 ($110 off), which is an all-time on the excellent midrange robot vacuum.Thanks to a pair of dual rubber roller brushes and 5,200 Pa of suction power, the Q5 Pro sucks up pet hair and dirt from carpets impressively well — so well, in fact, we named it our top robovac pick for families with pets. Although it can’t empty…

Have you ever been out on a walk and as you take that next step, you feel the slippery squish of poop under your foot?It's not just gross. Beyond the mess and the smell, it's potentially infectious. That's why signs reminding pet owners to "curb your dog" and scoop their poop have been joined in some places by posted warnings that pet waste can spread disease.As a small-animal primary care veterinarian, I deal with the diseases of dog and cat poop on a daily basis. Feces represent potential zoonotic hazards, meaning they…

Last updated: February 6th, 2024 at 11:39 UTC+01:00 Samsung has announced it has created a unique space for pet owners, coffee lovers, and prospective Galaxy S24 buyers at Starbucks, The Buk Hangang R Branch, in Korea. The so-called Galaxy Studio Pet zone at Starbucks includes different spaces for visitors to try out various Galaxy S24 features and AI tools alongside their pets. One area, called “Agility & Track Zone,” allows visitors to capture Single Take photos of their pets as they cross obstacles on a track.…

As It Happens5:59Artist trains rats to take selfies to make a point about social mediaWhen Augustin Lignier built a photo booth for rats, he was really trying to point the lens at humanity.The French artist trained two pet store rodents to take selfies in exchange for sweet treats. But over time, he says, they started doing it purely for the pleasure. He says it's not unlike the way people engage with social media — at first for the likes, but eventually just to trigger a flood of feel-good chemicals in our brains. "It's…