Hey /an/, could use some advice.
I adopted this guy from some old fuck who didn't seem to care for it. He seems friendly enough. Anything I should know?
That's a furby it is a toy
Ideally you should wait til after midnight, feed it and then give it a bath
>>2286657
Don't get it wet.
Keep it out of the light.
Don't feed it after midnight.
Don't let it molest a Furby.
This year for Christmas, Santa gave me a dead cat. Guess I was on the naughty list?
Pic related, it isn't mine but it looks close. We were literallly in the middle of opening presents and I had just been petting my little dude. He goes to jump off the couch and kinda falls on his face, then he gets some kind of attack and he starts panting real bad. He can barely walk and after a minute he just lays down panting with his mouth open. We took him to the emergency vet and he sort of recovered but when they had him in the cage he was really angry and couldn't stop drooling. Wouldn't even let us pet him, didn't try to hide in the corner like he usually does.
We decided to euthanize him, he was 18 years old I think, and he'd been having medical issues for a while, he was all skin and bones even with the treatments he was getting for thyroid n stuff. I really didn't want to euthanize him but my family was all gung-ho after he had his attack (I feel like it was some kind of stroke or seizure?)... they didn't want to see him go through that again. In the end I went with my inner autistic/sociopath tendencies and let them do him in because in many ways it was the easy way out.
I didn't like the little guy very much, he was a pretty dumb cat. I'm real close friends with my other cat so trust me when I say the cat that died was dumb. I didn't think I'd miss the little fucker very much but goddamn it if he wasn't the fluffiest little cat I've ever met back when he was in his prime, before his fur got matted and we had to shave a lot of it off. I'm petting my other cat and all I can think about is how he isn't fluffy like the dead one :(
Anyway how were y'all's Christmas? Santa's truly a miracle worker, I think he just about timed it that they euthanized my kitty as the clock struck midnight. Anyone else lose a pet on a holiday? Birthday maybe?
Sorry to hear that , anon. I hope you're fine. Luckily, I didn't lose a pet on a holiday nor birthday but it doesn't matter when you lose a pet , the pet that you lost matters the most because you will miss it =(.
Merry Christmas , anon and I hope you will have a good day.
>>2286616
It wasn't you, op.
Cats are avatars of witches, maleficeint spirits, and demons. So on this holy day it was only natural it dies, especially considering its weakened state.
Enjoy a more sanctified home, op.
>>2286616
One of those; insolent.
Is it true that dolphins will grab you with their prehensile penises and drag you to the watery depths into a rape cave to gang rape you until you die?
>>2286473
>>2286473
Yes, there's a few videos where they are caught humping human swimmers/divers. There was even an experiment where a female scientist lived with and jerked off a male dolphin on a regular basis.
>>2286473
Yes it's actually been documented.
Guy attacked by his own cat
https://video.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t42.1790-2/15719340_1616955315277737_2123222885278416896_n.mp4?efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InN2ZV9zZCJ9&oh=43cd6b097b12a0195fee80addf414633&oe=585F4920
>>2286423
>allowing a miniature superpredator into your own home
His fault for being an idiot.
What a pussy
he looks like the typical modern cat dude.
I only lurk here through clover when I'm taking a shit
>>2286327
You're welcome anytime, dude. Do you like it in here?
>>2286327
Does your cat watch you poop?
>>2286327
my nigga
>doggo's being put down later
>doggo
you have to go back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVXJmfd3cmg
>>2286060
Merry Christmas
Can anybody identify this plant for me?
I live in QLD Australia.
Thanks
>>2285880
Christmas cactus or Schlumbergera spp
I was thinking about getting a dog when I move back home from college. I really want to get a Doberman, but I am hesitant about the adoption process in general. This would be my first dog I'd adopt, let alone a big animal other than fish or reptile. I almost feel like if I told the adoption center this they wouldn't give me a dog because I have no experience. But I'd still like an animal companion.
Will adoption centers ask me if I've own any dogs before? Will they deny me adopting a certain breed or dog because of my lack of experience? I know this sounds really silly, but I don't know anything about owning dogs other than from textbook.
>>2285696
And even though Dobermans are my favorite breed, I meant this question in general about all dogs.
>>2285696
Firstly theyre dogs.
You do not adopt them, you purchase them.
They are not human, they are not your furbaby or any of that other bullshit.
Go to decent breeders and see if they are wanting to retire any adult dogs or have any litters planned.
Ask yourself what attributes you want in a dog then come back here and we can all advise what breed or mix would be best suited.
I had Dobermans growing up and wont own them now due to their temperment, theyre now just neurotic show dogs.
>>2285704
Yeah to me they are dogs but to an animal adoptive center they might be more than that and I don't want to seem neglectful in anyway.
Are Dobermans really tempermental? Do they bite or ruin stuff or is that because they don't have enough energy released?
Post anything that inspires you.
>A cool fish tank.
>A nice story.
>Webbums.
>A place you want to see.
My new parakeet Tater Tot.
Let's have some fun /an/
How would you speculate organisms would look on distant and alien worlds?
And before anyone says anything, no I don't want to ask /x/ because of the genuine loons there.
>>2285222
One time I came up with a parallel earth of sorts where hallucigenia descendants took over. There were balloon-like flyers, and plesiosaur-like swimmers, not to mention the many forms of land-dwellers.
There was also this gas giant where the "flying rod" bauplan evolved naturally.
What's always weird to me is that scientists use water as a method of deciding if a place can have life. But what if it's different on another planet? What if like, everything ran on sodium?
>>2285243
I was mistaken, it wasn't a gas giant. It was a planet like Venus, with a habitable upper atmosphere.
Post pictures of your animals!
Gf's doggo
Bostons rule!
Post pics of your catters/puppers when they were babies and what they look like now.
I'll start, this is Polly as a kitten...
>>2282909
...and this is her now (4 years old).
>>2282912
Still gorgeous, friendo.
>>2282909
Chloe when she was 4 months old
>the toxoplasmosis parasites cats give you can make you slowly go crazy and fearless
>but they also make you more attractive to women
Does that mean that having a cat will get me laid?
a dude having a cat is one of my main deal breakers
it's up their with being abusive to people in the service industry
i've abruptly ended dates with men i've been extremely attracted after learning they have a cat, it's a huge turn off
>>2281102
>t. a """girl"""
>>2281103
>girls don't use the internet
are you retarded or something?
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Make sure to include these things in your post before asking because we can't help you if we don't have the full picture:
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-any and all inhabitants + how long you've had them
Links:
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>>2280875
>>2280446
Play sand is natural sand far more often than pool filter sand is. It's been well-documented that the jaggedness of artificial sand can lacerate cory barbels and render them vulnerable to infection, especially in dirtier water.
>>2280925
Either one can be natural sand or crushed rock. If it's that well-documented, I wouldn't mind reading a source.
Choose:
>One bird of prey species for its hunting i.e. its success rate, methods, evolution, etc.
>One bird of prey species for how it looks.
>Your favourite bird of prey.
>>2286759
>Hunting
Harris hawk - hunts on ground and in groups. mfw dinosaur.
>Looks
Harpy Eagle
>Favourite
Don't really have one.
>Hunting
Eurasian Eagle Owl
>Looks
Bearded Vulture/Secretary Bird
>Favourite
Barn Owl
>>2286759
>Hunting
I don't really know
>Looks
Gyrfalcon (White with black spots , based af)
>Fav
Steller's sea eagle.