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In honor of the Mercury‘s Pet Issue, we asked readers to send in their best pet photos of their pets—dressed up like another type of animal! It was a difficult and adorable process to whittle it down, but this Three-Toed Box Turtle dressed as a Pterodactyl ultimately stole our hearts. Winners Allyson Barlow and Drew […]

HERE’S THE THING about having a pet: It will die. If it’s a dog or a cat or a fish, it will probably die long before you do. Which means, if you loved your pet like a member of your family (and you do, right? Because why the fuck else would you bother keeping a […]

IT‘S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE that Portland loves pets more than people. Admit it: When you see a lost-looking and disheveled person walking around downtown, what are you going to do? Most likely you’ll studiously avert your eyes, quicken your step, and flush it immediately from your mind, because whatever’s going on with them is not worth […]

“You have to kind of take a pinch of flesh around its neck, and shove the needle in, and then squeeze the bag,” explained my friend Scott when I was temporarily tasked with injecting fluids into a housemate’s terminally ill cat. Scott, a single tech writer who would end up “juicing” his liver-damaged cat Zeke […]

I KNOW WHAT you’re thinking. You’ve finally reached a point in your life where you are at least passably financially stable, your housing situation permits it, and the desire has struck: You want a dog! Okay, great! So you’re gonna head on down to the pet store for a brand new, shiny baby puppy, right? […]