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Can I get a ID?
probably yellow sac spider
>>2028587
2006 American 1 cent piece
>>2028592
Thanks
My fat, blind, old man is getting put down tomorrow. I'm really upset. Post pictures of your adorable pets and tell me about them.
For christmas i went out to my parents old place and gave my leopard gecko a viking funeral.
13 years man. i miss yeah gex.
This is my buddy king zilla. He is a asshole and a picky eater and poops on me sometimes but for some reason I can't stay mad at his grumpy old man face. I love you you scaly asshole
Really sorry to hear, anon. I've been there and it's one of the worst pains you can ever feel.
Here's my cat Gygax. He's about two years old, and every day I'm grateful to have him.
>used to love fishing
>can't do it anymore because I don't want to hurt fish
what happened?
>>2022327
use to be the same way, then went to feeding the cat fish in my back pond and now i even have fish tank... 5 years ago i'd have said fish tanks are for 13 year old girls.
>>2022327
> what happened?
You grew a vagina
>>2022327
I love fish and fishing. It's just not for some after being a fish keeper I guess. It doesn't really hurt them unless you kill them.
Hi /an/,
Went out today and bought a Campbell's Dwarf Hamster (aka Russian Dwarf Hamster).
The little guy seems tame as anything, he's only young(ish) and was bought from a commercial pet store.
I've read online that you should be quiet and leave the guy alone for a day until he settles in, but from the word go he was running around his cage, peering out at us, really doesn't seem timid or shy at all.
My big worry is him getting wet tail or something if we handle him too soon, a few members of the family are just peering and watching,...
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>>2024742
Just give him a couple hours, he'll most likely be fine if he isn't too stressed out. Pet store hamster temperaments vary so greatly that you really don't know how they're gonna react.
Can I ask what you're keeping him in and what size wheel he has? Just checking, since maybe only 10-20% of hamsters are in appropriately sized cages.
>>2024745
It's a two storey plastic tank/ cage combo (50/50 transparent plastic and metal grill), total floor (ground and first floors) space I'd say is about 3-4 sq. ft. (4000 cm sq.) which I've read should be enough?
The wheel is around 15cm diameter (6"), by the looks of it he can run just fine without arching his back any.
At the minute he's just sleeping and occasionally rooting around finding more paper for his nest and drinking water, he seems pretty content, fed him a little bit...
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>>2024750
Yep, that's more than enough. Good job OP. Just give him a few hours; he sounds like he'll be fine if you handle him then. If you're still concerned about it, maybe let him crawl into his hand on your own if he's willing.
My cat started acting like crazy out of nowhere.
He was shaking and running away from people.
He won't let me grab him.
He is now hiding under a bed and extremely alert, doing owl-like movements with his head.
It came literally out of nowhere he was perfectly fine and then started acting like that.
No vet works today so I don't know what to do, help pls.
Pic unrelated, not him.
>>2027562
Catch him, throw him in a carrier, and find your local emergency vet. Sounds like he got into drugs or is having a literal anerism (stroke).
Nothing else you can do and you run the risk of your cat dieing.
>>2027562
Do you live with anyone else or have had visitors recently? He could have been abused by someone
>>2027577
No emergency vets where I live.
>>2027592
He was with me the whole time when this happened.
I think it may be kidneys again.
He was peeing blood a couple months ago and almost died according to the vet.
That time he was extremely sluggish though, now it's the opposite.
He is not peeing blood now but it's doing a weird "high pressure" noise.
Hopefully he'll be okay until I can take him to the vet the day after tomorrow.
What animal is heard, in the intro of this song?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SyVaLpa_vc
Pic unrelated to thread, but related to board.
>>2026819
Peacocks.
>>2026819
Peacocks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzWJuqG2F3Y
>>2026819
Those were just some of many of the vocalizations by one or more peacock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG3cJt4A_cM
My cat is in so much pain. I can tell he has major dental issues, but when I looked up the prices I almost cried. I can't afford it and the cat is mine now and my parents can't just shell out money for my animal. He is about 8 1/2 years old and still has so much life left.
I can't use care credit, I don't have a credit card yet (I'm a poor 19 year old college student). I don't know what to do.
He pees outside his litterbox if there is so much as a dryer sheet on the floor, he cries constantly, and shakes his mouth over and over and...
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>college student
This means you have bleeding heart wealthy classmates. Ask one to help.
You don't have to necessarily use care credit. There are vets that offer a payment plan. How bad is your kitty's mouth? I'd had two of my chihuahuas baby teeth removed when he got fixed and my Dobie had one of hers pulled after she broke it. The dobies was maybe $200 if I remember right. Do you have a job as well, or are you just a student?
>>2028029
I quit my last job due to horrible scheduling and not letting me go on a vacation I had planned for a while. So now I am looking. How long do you think I should wait after I start saving to get him done? Is waiting till the summer too long?
Thoughts?
And where are the links to the article and or study?
pics from the study
>>2027628
Hey guys, I uh, I don't know if this is the place to ask, but what is the healthiest senior cat food I can get for my pic related. She has all her teeth and is pretty healthy, lately I've been supplementing her dry food with wet food, specifically that expensive as shit Purina Pro-Plan grain free stuff. I'm looking at dry food brands right now and kinda want to go with a grain free option that mostly meat proteins and fats. What should I consider trying?
>>2027938
I should also mention she's strictly indoors so she doesn't supplement her diet with stuff she hunts.
Get off the dry, feed only wet. Stick with stuff that has little to no carbs. The brands I like are Weruva if your cat is overweight and Wild Calling if your cat is underweight/healthy weight.
She's adorable and thank you for taking good care of your kitty!
Unfortunately I don't know much about cat nutrition except that higher protein/fat content is better, with as much meat and as little filler (grains and starches) as possible; also supplementing some wet food as well is good just for the extra moisture to make sure she gets enough water.
Are my cats gay or is this just a good old dominance showing?
>>2027880
l-lewd
i don't honestly think animals are ever 'gay'
if they a deprived of a mate this stuff happens sometimes, no big deal
>>2027880
If they're intact (they shouldn't be) they might just be horny, But it's probably dominance. Animals are too dumb to understand anything but hormones and even if they did actually fuck eachother, what wouldn't they fuck if it smelled nice? they don't care.
>>2027880
What kind of vacuum is that? I have similar style carpet and am looking for a new vacuum. Does it work well for that carpet?
I LOVE BIRDS
I also love birds. I'm especially fond of hornbills.
Birds are pretty cool.
>>2027740
How does that horn work? Is it just a skin sac? Hollow bone? If I broke it, would it die?
One of the oldest confirmed dogs, a Border Collie named Bramble, lived to 27 years on a vegan diet.
Discuss.
>>2024157
Animal abuse desu
Vegan diets are doable for dogs. Not as good as a non vegan one though, but they can live.
Still is a stupid idea though. If you're vegan and want a pet get a rabbit or horse or goat or whatever instead of being stupid.
Vegetarian diets can be very useful to dogs with multiple food allergies. Dogs can get all needed nutrition from them. I still wouldn't do it unless I had to, my dog does fine on her meaty kibble.
A vegan diet would be risky. You can buy vegan kibble, but none of the brands have done feeding trials and its not guaranteed to have all the stuff a dog needs to thrive.
Pic Related
http://www.examiner.com/article/stolen-support-dog-leaves-la-owner-heartbroken-please-help-find-bronson
>>2027071
Who would want to steal that little cunt? he looks like a crack dog.
>>2027200
People who train fighting dogs often steal toy breeds for use as training aids.
>>2027213
This happens way less than people think.
>find baby salamander
wat do?
What do these things eat?
Return it to Geico.
>baby salamander
Baby salamanders are tadpoles.
That's a gecko in OP.
Let it go.
Not that you actually have one.
>>2025354
Is this a gecko or a salamander? or wat
Let me understand, you got the hen, the chicken and the rooster. The rooster goes with the chicken. So, who's having sex with the hen?
Roster means male chicken.
Hen means female chicken.
But you see my point here? You only hear of a hen, a rooster and a chicken. Something's missing!
