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My cat's been only peeing every other day or so.
I made at appointment with the vet but they're booked up until Thursday. Is there any kind of food or cheap over the counter project that might help her?
Wet food
>>2153625
They can do this pretty easily.
Wet food is the right answer like anon said. Cats soak up moisture well.
>>2153630
>>2153628
Not OP but my cat doesnt eat wet food. To the point where he needed to be hospitalized once because he didn't eat for the first 8 days we had him. We tried turning him to it slowly but if his food is even the slightest bit moist he wont touch it and would rather starve to death. Is there any fix for other than just shoving it down his throat?
Hi everyone!
Does anyone of you keep snails? I want to start to get some for food production. Thinking about keeping them outside in Cage about 2mx2m in size maybe larger. Any experiences on the whole thing? Most important stuff to look out for, what Kind of species to use, etc.?
I'm from the mid western part of Germany if that is of any importance.
Any help is apreciated!
id suggest going to restaurants and collect there veg scraps for food. also watch for foods with copper, copper can be poisonous for many species of snails. they will reproduce just like rabbits so for edible snails id buy a few coolers with some holes in the top.
>>2153615
have fun with salmonella
>>2153649
They're not eaten Raw. So no worries :)
What's wrong with this stray cat's paw, /an/? He doesn't look like in pain though.
>>2153504
When cats get very old, they begin to lose the ability to retract their claws. The claws grow thicker and brittle as they age to a point where they become too thick to retract and harder to shed by itself. Or, if a cat isn't able to shed their claws they can overgrow and not completely retract. I feel like the latter wouldn't be common for a stray cat as back claws are often shed or broken off in climbing, running, jumping and fighting which is vital for survival. You're probably looking at a cat that...
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>>2153563
Oh ;_; thanks anon. I thought he's still young.
Might just be a birth defect
Just got our first tegu, he is calming down after his car ride. Got any cool names?
Also don't worry, his enclosure will be finished later tonight.
Aeon.
Slippy
Rothschild.
as a hobby i breed mystery snails. the black snail was only in the tank for 12 hours before he mated with both my ivory mystery snails. caught him in the action for both unfortunatly only was able to get photos of this time
heres the ivory snail laying eggs a few days later
Snails are disgusting
>>2153270
So are people who don't consider all animals amazing and beautiful by default coincidentally.
>>2153003
From the looks of it, not really. Also, is it supposed to be that fat?
>>2153003
probably just a little shocked
>>2153003
think he bit his tongue
Guys, I need advice. So, I put my new betta fish in a 3 gallon tank yesterday, and today I decided to feed it. The problem was, it wouldn't eat. After consulting google, I learned that betta fish have to get used to their tank before they will eat, and that usually takes a few days.
As a person with severe anxiety disorder, every worst case senario popped into my head. It could starve, and I'm extra worried because my betta is an adolesent, and is still growing. But if I leave the food in the tank, it will pollute the water. But I am cycling my tank, so frequent...
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>>2153002
What is that and is it relevant
>If yes
But why
>If no
Leave
>>2153004
If your parents never did "Here comes the plaaane!! Nyooooom" to get you to eat squash or whatever the hell, they didn't love you
Why? Any ideas?
>starts to grow
>goes where there is sunlight
>suddenly higher than all the little shrubs
>start growing strait up
Maybe they were affected by heavy winds when they were small, or gradual soil movement over time? Trees can look pretty gnarled and dumb when they've had to adapt to being pushed around and moved
>>2152861
If so, why such thing isn`t common?
>>2152887
Probably you`re right. I found out that there was a tornado 40 years ago.
What is your opinion of positive only dog training?
>>2152761
you're only rewarding them when they do something you like.
which means you're withholding that reward the rest of the time. Withholding a reward for bad or neutral behavior isn't really positive training, now is it? In fact keeping that delicious reward away most of the time is pretty negative behavior.
so yeah, you should probably just call it passive aggressive training. Let's be honest.
>>2152761
How do you feel about getting someone hooked on cocaine so you can take it away from them if they don't follow your orders?
>Withholding a reward for bad or neutral behavior isn't really positive training, now is it?
yes, it is, absolutely
last time, it was a baby dolphin, a few days ago, a blue shark had to die because of stupid "people" dragging it on the beach and take a photo with it. And now I read of pic related?
what the actual fuck
why do some people do some shit like this?
>Look at this animal! What a novelty!
>why do stupid people do stupid things.
geez I wonder.
>>2151976
Did you forget the baby bison that was 'rescued'?
Roman coliseum style, both have had their balls mutilated so they're pissed off, who wins Pachycephalosaurus "packy" or bull, roughly same weight bull is at most 200 lbs heavier
>>2151661
>both have had their balls mutilated
you'd have to go shoulder deep inside a dinosaur to find his balls.
>>2151663
That's why he's so pissed off
>>2151670
Fukken kek
![Lion_vs_gorilla[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/5w81Lik.jpg "Lion_vs_gorilla[1].jpg")
Who would win in a fight between a Gorilla and a Lion.
gorilla has big tough hands
lion has teeth and claws
lion bite one hand
but gorilla have other hand
gorilla beat lion to death with free hand
brown recluse.
Whoever wins, we lose.
What is this and why am I seeing so many as of late?
For reference, I live in central Minnesota.
>>2150881
Some kind of
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillidium_vulgare
maybe.
>>2150881
I'll take really hard questions for $400 Alex.
>I've been seei-
What is a potato bug?
>>2150886
It's a wood louse you fucking donut
This thread is here to discuss and provide information about the history of life on earth.
Post interesting facts, pictures of fossils and anything else related to extinct paleofauna.
To start things off, I'll just list some interesting specimen and say a few things about them:
The first one (pic related) is Quetzalcoatlus, which is the biggest known animal to ever take to the sky. It's part of the group Azhdarchidae, which is one of the few pterosaur groups to make it to the KT boundary 66mya. You'll notice that it's covered in a hair-like...
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this one is Dickinsonia, the most prominent of the Pre-Cambrian "Vendobiota", who mostly resemble water-filled mattresses of different shapes and sizes. They represent one of the first multicellular organisms in the fossil record. The strange thing is that no one is quite sure what these things are. We don't know if they're animals or plants. Some paleontologists actually believe they belong to a different type of organism entirely.
>Pikaia
>Late Cambrian
even though it's just a few centimeters long and looks like a worm, Pikaia is tremendously important, since it's the possible common ancestor to all vertebrates (or very close to that).
>Yi Qi
>Late Jurassic
this is a very basal Paraves (which is the base of the evolutionary line that leads to birds) and was found in China. It retains many features of a classic reptile (jaw with teeth, unfused fingers, ...) and has a particularly interesting wing, which is made up of a membrane that's spanned up between the fingers.
Rate my aquarium
0/10 not fit for algae
Triggered/10
>>2147844
0/10 chipped away at my soul.
