Archived threads in /an/ - Animals & Nature - 287. page

>>2347679
Yo anon brother dont sweat it. Animals are cool and autism is just an accelerated form of regular human mental functions.

>>2347679
yes
if you care more about animal suffering than human suffering you also have sociopathy

>>2347679
No. I love animals a lot more than people.

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>>2347222
It was a very fun experience, I kinda miss it.
Then again you can still access it, plus the newly merged boards, so it's ok

I came here from /c/ for /can/ and I was interested in the /an/ threads I saw. Right now I'm reading a thread about easy-to-manage pets and I'm surprised by how fascinating it is. I may even get a pet myself, it might be a fun hobby.

I'm really enjoying lurking and I probably wouldn't have come here otherwise.

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>>2347222
I had a lot of fun. I couldn't play more tits because the board was so cute and interesting.

>>2346537
Well first thing you need to do is stop shitposting you sad cunt.

OP any updates on what happen?

Adopt the cat!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ouT-xBGoZE

If you got a receipt for getting them fixed you can prove they are yours. Disregarding how much youre gonna get memed on for outside cat you could always explain to the people they are yours and if they wanna start some shit get the police involved

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>>2346264

I empathize with your position, but I am not sure you have a claim here.

I understand what the other anon said about receipts. But that is the abstract of law, not reality. In reality, you never took full ownership of the animals. It would seem more that you were caring for cats that remained feral and roaming.

That said, I dont know how they would adapt to becoming kept house cats at this point. I think its nice you have some cats to care for. But you may want to keep the situation as is and accept whatever direction it goes as being out of your hands. I also empathize with your space situation; this is one of the tense outcomes possible when people attach to roaming animals in small living spaces with close neighbors. The lines get a little blurry.

I am trying to decide about a similar situation. I wouldnt mind caring for a stray. But I have a neighbor who gushes food on numerous strays that are problematic. I assume the neighbor is incompetent, because he keeps feeding them as they reproduce. Its going from bad to worse. I will have noise to contend with and diminished natural wildlife.

I dont know my options. I dont what the protocol is for this. Am I to trap them and take them to a shelter? Is there some animal control option? Is it going to cost me?

Its frustrating. Its a little lake-side forest village, so the homes are small and most people dont actually want a cat in such small space. But they will feed them, and the population grows. I asked neighbors if there was some neuter and release program and no knew what I was talking about.

I guess I dont mind trapping them. But I cant afford to process a dozen or more cats at a shelter that will no doubt expect 'donations'. One is one thing, but there are a dozen minimum.

>>2346264
keeping cats outside is the mark of a shitty owner your best bet is to give them away to someone who can care for them properly where they can have an owner who isn't a shitty selfish asshole

>>2346092
brown recluse

>>2346104
you mean a spider attack? recluses dont live around here (in ct)

>>2346092

That recording is a bit faint, are you certain it is even fowl?

>>2343181
hope your dog has a terrible birthday!

Happy birthday pupper

happy birthday, nice bandana

>>2339732
Moar

Axel from Kingdom Hearts?

>>2347930
You really do remember me this time?

n-nice hair bro..

>>2347707
Get a better angle on the underside. Feet would also help most-likely.

what the fuck are you talking about, fuck off with that shit

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>>2347699
What about it was unclear?

I'm trying to determine the surface area of an adult lion's skeletal structure.

Its for a Dungeons and Dragons game, wherein my character is animating (via magic) the skeleton of a lion, and I want to coat the undead creature with metal to fortify it, but I'm wondering how much metal I'll need, so I'm wondering as to the likely surface area of such a being.

Any thoughts?

>>2347696
if we ignore porosity of both bone and skin the surface area should be similar to that of a whole lion.

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Ive thought about having a mouse as a pet, but i'm worried about losing it.

I don't really like cages. I'd really love to have a pet mouse that can roam around the house freely, like a dog.

is that feasible though?

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i hope he got the seeds eventually

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>>2347669
I've kept reptiles for years. For some of my monitors, until I'd weaned them to pre-killed, they would only take live - so I fed them live (well, livish).
Point being: I had two little mice in a tub - it was quite large, and they had some things to hide in/under - that I was holding a day or so to feed one of my animals. Apparently it was too hot... Or too cold... Or too loud... Or too fucking something... And they got agitated, stressed out, and I didn't realize it.
The one responded to this by killing his compatriot and eating most of his body over about a 12 hour period from the tail up.
Lovely little animals though, really, just lovely.

>>2347670
>is that feasible though?
You'll end up accidentally killing it, or it will end up accidentally killing itself. They're very fragile when it comes to human-scale force, and one accidental step in the dark or just leaning back in a chair at the wrong time, equates to a dead mouse (which you either have to scrape off your foot or whose corpse you must dig out of your sofa).
If you're not a complete retard, its escape shouldn't be too much of a problem.

such obvious bait

>buying a breeders puppy

Get a mutt at the pound for 100$, itll have a fraction of the health issues and love you more than that 2000$ purebred ever will for getting them out of that shithole.

>>2347637
>all mutts are healthy and in no way can inherit genetic health issues from the breeds its crossed with
>no one ever adopts a dog and posts here about how it's constantly sick since the adoption and their shitty shelter vet keeps saying its fine

>>2347509
I'd be more than happy to kill your cat for you, op.

>>2347535
ow the edge

I came close to doing it with my own hands when he fell off a chair and had a seizure for like a minute. He still has some time left, but I hope I'll at least be able to take him to the vet. I really don't want such an emotional scar and final memory from him. I'll still do it if I have to, to ease his suffering.

Have you done a survey in your area for vet prices? They're generally very considerate.

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>>2347486

>>2347488
>>2347486
brown recluse for sure

>>2347490
I don't get it, like the spider? What does it have to do with the feathers.

>>2347375
The planet earth series is good too

Planet earth 2 is good as fuck

>>2347407
I've only seen the cities episode and the island one