A Petcam Can Put Your Mind at Rest If You Worry About Your Animals

     If you are worried about how your four legged children are doing at home while you are at work, watch them. All you need is your trusted personal computer with a webcam attached to make your own petcam. A stand alone webcam will also do the trick.

Pet lovers sometimes worry about going on holiday and leaving the pets in the care of a house sitter. They are often not sure how the animals will be treated and whether the food or water bowls are empty. Keeping a close watch, even if you are far away, is quite possible. Maybe you will be invading the privacy of your pet's world a little, but what the heck, you are doing it for the right reason. Setting up your watchful eye is not difficult either.

Another advantage of being able to keep an eye out is of course to protect your furniture. If you have more than one animal you can see which one is chewing the corner of the couch while you are away. Your old computer that does not quite keep up with the software of today will be ideal for this purpose.

If it is a laptop, so much better as it is easier to move around. It is also easier to place a laptop on a high place where the pets won't reach. If you do not have a web cam, you can pick up a used one at a more than reasonable price these days. Even a new one won't cost you a lot.

All you need to do now is choose the right spot to place the webcam. Put it near a place where the pet or pets visit often. Their food bowls may be a good option. Just make sure to hide the cam in a safe place or it may become a dog toy. Place it on the windowsill behind the blinds if you want or hide it behind a pot plant. If you have a wireless connection, you can place it anywhere you like. Just make sure that the lens will be able to give you a clear view of the area where the action takes place.

Another thing you will need is a website. They are free and easy to set up these days. Now you can set up the webcam software to capture images every few seconds and upload them to your site.

The upload is done via FTP or File Transfer Protocol, which is very commonly used. You should be able to find someone who can show you how to use this quite easily. Most software applications of this kind will keep track of the time when the image was captured. You will see that displayed on your website as well.

That is all there is to it. A petcam makes it easy to keep an eye on your pets. If you miss them too much, or you are worried that you may have forgotten to fill a water bowl, go to the net and check. You can even show off your dogs and cats to your co-workers. The good thing about today's technology is that you can access the net from your web enabled phone as well. Being in a place where you can't get to a computer, like having lunch in a restaurant, is no problem. You will still be able to see your pets.