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I never had it but I do have two cockatiels in my house and bought an air filter as a precaution. I also vacuum the house regularly.

I volunteer at a parrot sanctuary which has anywhere from 20 to 30 large parrots in the building at any time. The owners have been diagnosed with bird keeper's lung before and they've basically had to place air filters in just about every room. They also keep the doors and windows of the building open as much as possible and have outdoor aviaries for the birds to spend time in and play in during the day. The air filters and having the birds outside for a significant portion of the day probably help a lot in cutting down on feather dust.

>>2359815
Do they have it permenently or any kind of chronic damage resulting from it? How has it affected their lives?

>>2359831
From what I recall, they suffer from a chronic form of it and it's definitely left its mark. The owners are an elderly couple who have kept parrots for over a decade so their body is already not in great shape at their age. The most obvious symptoms are their overall low energy and breathing issues (I've seen them use inhalers for asthma from time to time). Their symptoms have apparently improved as they started taking more measures to reduce feather dust. However, they seem a bit frail even for their age and have to rely on volunteers a lot to do most of the physical work around the building. Not to say they don't contribute at all though since they help prepare fresh food for all the birds every day. They just aren't the healthiest-looking people even for their age unfortunately.

>>2359552
If you were to eat an unfertilized monotreme egg what like would it be?

>>2359591
They have almost no yolk in their eggs, so an unfertilized monotreme egg would be mostly empty.
they're also really small and remain attached to the mom in the case of the echidna.

>>2359656
If you pull of her egg would she die?

>>2359494

My girlfriend loves to zoo, and she always makes me go. So I bought her a $500 friend of the zoo pass, so now she's a donor, and gets in with however many friends she wants whenever she wants, and private tour with the keepers.

It sucks. I thought it would mean she could go without me, because going wasn't a big deal and was free, but it ended up forcing to go more often.

I only like the reptile house.

>>2359494
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UI0eXr7DQc

which zoo, op?

>>2359360
Do you mean a golden retriever?

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Shiba inu? Quite energetic and active, so they need a fair amount of exercise, might get a bit noisy due to decent guarding instinct, otherwise seems like a friendly, healthy, solid dog of handy size.

>>2359386
Thats the one!
how do these do with cars?
thanks anon.

>>2359331
>it is truly a privilege

You better appreciate it then.

My village is one hour from the Alps and 30 minutes from the sea.
Best region ever.

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>>2359331
Yes, though I'd love to move to a coastal fog desert

How big is it?

Sort of looks like a juvenile brown marmorated stink bug

Stink bug.
Don't touch it unless you want your fingers to smell worse than shit.

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sorry didn't see you there

>>2359031
Had colony of these in my backyard that would return after each spray. Interestingly they learned not to fuck with me and would allow me to mow and walk right past. I think the poison tamed them. Or made them poisoned zombies.

"hello would you like a delicious sugar water, or maybe some chicken"

Bees are harmless just let them bee

>>2358977
That was stupid.

>>2358972
If you noticed the bees I'm sure the people who work there will notice them too.

>>2358907
That's not a Terrarium.
That's a jar with dirt and random shit thrown in.

>>2358966
let's see yours then.

>>2358966
>that's a jar

What do you think the first terrarium was, precisely?

>>2358699
Nice foot faggot

>>2358699
Space weed from the planet nigger faggot

>>2358699
Brown recluse

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>>2358506
Goats are the shit

>>2358514
would u a goatt???

>>2358506
if only they could live on land more easily and have a longer life span

although if they could do that they'd probably take over once we go away

Probably good for her desu

>>2358480

I don't know man.
They have spiky legs and shit, I hope nothing bad happens.

Little bitch wouldn't fucking let go as if her life depended on it. I even threw some cheese (which she loves) and she completely ignored it.

Are you 12?

>>2358449
>How do I dispatch a captured mouse cleanly and humanely?
I usually wrap it in some kitchen paper then a plastic bag and hit it with a brick as hard as you can against the floor.

>>2358449
Attach them to an helium balloon

>>2358449
.22 air gun to the back of the head just behind the spine

Uhhhhhhh

>>2358385
That's llegal.

>>2358385
Eat them.

Duh

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>>2358206
>>2358208
Take a guess. It rhymes with this.

I'd call the fumigator OP.