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>>2294935
Closer

The only impressive thing about your terrarium is that you made it out of a piece of furniture meant for something else. Your glass appears dirty, I don't see any ventilation, and your set up is basic, cramped, and unattractive.

A cool idea but poorly executed. Not interior decorator enough. The antlers are pathetically strewn about. If you do something like this then make it custom furniture or at least a thrift store flip so you can make it decently sized. It would look better popping out that top shelf and untilizing all that wasted space above your tiny TV.

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thinking about getting rats again

this cage is for sale on leaf craigslist for $200
>Less than a month old - large and very clean comes with national geographic food bowl and large silent spinner wheel
3 levels

don't get how it's 3 levels but looks pretty nice anyway

should i lowball? or is it a good deal

My rat's brother died so now I have his lone brother, but he's already three years old. I'm not sure whether I should get him more buddies or just wait until he dies but I also don't know if I want more rats at this time. I'd find him a new home but he's on medication for a skin condition that's possibly contagious so I'd have to wait for when/if it clears up either way. I feel so bad for him even though he hangs out with me all the time.

>>2294810
Always offer lower but I don't think it's worth it. It's not three levels either unless they took out another shelf.You'll want to cover the wire bottoms too. I find that they're really easy to cover with linoleum. Easy to clean and not expensive.

Personally for $200 I'd just go with a ferret nation.
https://www.ferret.com/item/ferret-nation-habitat-model-182-double-unit/650431/
This is less than $200 and you get free shipping. It's much larger. It's a good deal for never used.

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Alcohol helps.

Sorry for you loss OP

I always had the chance to personally bury my pet, and it helped me handle the loss knowing I was helping them one last time

Keeping a picture around helps too, just so that when you think about them you have something to hold on to

>>2294751
I'm sorry to hear that, op.
My little guy passed two weeks ago, and from then until I was able to get his ashes back, I was a complete wreck. But a few days ago I was able to bring him home and even got an urn for him --a sleeping cat in a basket-- and having that by my bed, where he used to sleep, has helped me.

So my advice would be to find some semblance of normalcy. It won't be the same, but having a routine that you normally follow can, if nothing else, take your mind off it for at least a little while, and help you cope with the loss of your friend. With that, finding a way to honor your friend can help as well. Be it a funeral, an urn, or whatever it is you feel best with.

Above all, if you find that you need a moment at any point, take it. And don't let anyone tell you how you should feel about your pets passing.

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>>2294692
can you raise one from a baby and not have it rip your face off?

>>2294693
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c36UNSoJenI
Maybe. Badgers are a lot smarter than a dog or cat.

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>>2294693

I've been a vulture since before vulture culture was a named thing. Years and years ago, when I was a little kid, I'd go along the beach collecting the bones that washed up there, and seagull feathers (this is legal in my country.) Sometimes, when I was hiking on farms, I'd come across beautiful sheep skulls, but I also found sheep skulls in a couple of unlikely locations.

Sometimes I'd make necklaces out of bird skulls and the little vertebrae of fish and small mammals.

I haven't been really into it lately, but I've still got my entire collection packed away somewhere. I am, however, beginning to dabble in taxidermy.

I have no idea how to help you, though. I don't know squat about Arizona or the laws there/. If it's legal, you can look at picking up roadkill and cleaning it yourself.

>>2294580
>vulture culture
Is it about collecting bones specifically, or just dead, inert animal things? My dad had a couple animal skulls and a lot of taxidermy when I was a kid. I don't know where most of it is anymore.

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>>2294580

time to go >>>/out/ brother. it's the right board for this thread.

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Please advise.

The most common, pleb tier boring as fuck cat.

Congratulations.

Brown tabby AKA wildtype.
Not a breed.

>>2294485
looks like a brown recluse to me

>>2294489
It taste killed my throat.

>>2294485


Did you die? If yes, how painful/unpleasant was it? What else lies beyond this life?

>>2294220
Cute snek

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Just wanted to thank all the anons that regularly contribute to this general. Its a mainstay for me and love it. Always comfy. Gunna dump some pics of muh tank in gratitude

Potty train your dog op holy shit it's not that hard.
Take it out every 1-2 hours depending on age to do what it needs and continue doing that all day until it's bed time.
It'll get the idea and stop shitting in the house.

I've never raised from a puppy but I've also never crated. I adopted my current dog at 2, quickly potty trained him, and keep him properly stimulated when I am home with 2 walks a day and sporadic play time as well as leaving him with toys and the occasional rawhide when I'm gone. Properly stimulated dogs are good, happy dogs while bored, understimulated are destructive and unhappy.

Try more stimulating toys and games as well as more tiring outside time such as going on runs or long fetch sessions

>>2294196
I have literally been doing that from the very first day we ever brought him home at 8 weeks.
He still goes inside if I'm not watching him 100%

>>2294167
>dolphins were my favorite animals when I was a kid
>found out later they are are a bunch of cute, sadistic rapists

What?

>>2294171
true

>>2294206
Ahaha good one

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>>2294206
an is worst board

This may not be the case, but if you're leaving food out on the counters, they could be the larvae of nats. I had a case of these on my kitchen counter and they looked like dried/undercooked rice in my opinion. Didn't affect my dog or anything really. All I did to get rid of these was thoroughly wash and bleach the surfaces they were found on (be careful what surfaces you bleach), and they never reappeared. I'm not sure if this helps any, but I thought I'd give you a tip!

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>>2294111
Thanks! It's freezing cold in here so I haven't seen any flying bug in a long while, but I'll keep an eye out for that.

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bump just in case
(won't bump anymore after this)

>>2293946
they run away unless you're alone and they're starving

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>>2293946
We need to go back.

>>2293946
They offer spirit visions in exchange for anal sex.

Sometimes they skip the visions.

just go catch one

>>2293619

They don't live in Canada, or I would.

>>2293619
literally drive to the south and stick your hand in the water. You will come up with a crawdad.

Nigger killer

cucumber

Ben dover get it? Cause its a dove