Hey, /an/,
Is there some kind of service that one can call to get the strays in one's neighborhood spayed and neutered, and also preferably medical attention?
There's this tiny mother cat that mr and my neighbor have been feeding wet food who looks like she has worms and isn't particularly healthy as she's really really tiny, and it breaks my heart to see her so weak. Her kittens might also have some kind of health issue but I'm as of yet unsure.
Pic is of two of my cats.
>>2183962
Ask fire dept about spay days but you have to capture the feral beasts yourself.
>>2183976
Capturing them myself is fine, I've done it before, I just need a service that won't charge me for it as I'm pretty tight on cash with bills and pets of my own.
>>2183979
Ask them.
fuck all you reatards
sincerely, /out/
>>2183937
take that back
So, I've been considering getting a puppy from Canada anf bringing it to the US, and I just found out about this bullshit.
http://www.cdc.gov/importation/laws-and-regulations/dog-confinement-agreements.html
The tl;dr is that anyone trying to bring a dog into the US that doesn't have rabies vaccination must be confined until 30 days after vaccination. Even if it's not rabid and you can prove the parents had vaccinations and the doghas no chance of carrying rabies. The agreement makes it so you can't take the dog out of the house unless it's on a short lead and a muzzle.
So this throws a wrench into my plans since I really wanted to train the dog as well as I could. I wouldn't be able to socialize the dog with other dogs as easily and get it outside as much. Does anyone have any experience with this? I have a feeling there wouldn't be any, or at least much, enforcement of this for a private individual confining a dog to a home, but I gotta be sure.
>>2183790
Just drive it across the border. No one really cares enough to enforce those laws on the ground.
>>2183800
I considered that, but it's still a big risk. I've never even been across the border so I don't even know how it all works.
Why can you not just get a puppy in the states?
Zika has spread from Uganda and Brazil to numerous countries across the globe. Florida is hit hard and California has reported cases.
Is it ethical to send our best athletes to the source of a disease which causes brain damage in-utero and is sexually transmitted?
Imagine Zika as the yellow lines in pic related after the closing ceremony of the Olympics 2016.
>>2183661
Athletes are pretty useless now a days.
>>2183661
No worse than the shit infested waters they are trying to compete in. Should have thought about this before they decided to hold the olympics in a 3rd world country.
Yes its ethical and totally worth it, if not who is going to distract all the worlds sheeple?
Hey /an/, I have a dilemma.
I adopted a cat last year from a friend of a friend who was leaving the country back to her home country. The cat is 2+ years old, male, fixed, and completely unsocialized. I've been unsuccessfully trying to socialize him for a year to my other 6 cats (all adopted, all socialized). He was picked up off a highway as a kitten, and has had no littermates. His previous owner didn't know how to teach him to play and hold his strength, so he bites and is very twitchy. He's sweet and loves to sleep on the bed, and is otherwise perfect.
I've done the sock exchange, the feeding through the door, the positive reinforcement, all the cat guru book shit. He keeps attacking my other cats, ignoring their social cues, and biting me. He's just a literal cat autist. They purr and roll over and try to rub on him, and he just freaks and attacks. I've tried to get him rehomed, but the irresponsible bitch let him run loose and he found his way back to me with a lame paw. I have him in isolation now but I can't keep him for another 10 years like this.
What should I do? I'm trying to find him another home, but an adult male street cat with personality issues isn't exactly popular or easy to home. Animal shelters in my country are extremely overcrowded, and euthanasia is not done for religious reasons. If I can't find another home for him, my options are:
>home euthanasia (CO2 or Nitrogen)
>setting him on the street (with a lame paw)
>setting him at a temple which would feed him
>keep trying to socialize him
Is it even possible at this point?
This is unrelated but what country are you in? Thailand? India? Am I completely off?
Oh wait. Is it Isreal?
>>2183638
Thailand.
What are you doing ot socialize him. if he's been on the streets for a long time, he isn't going to flip some switch and become a home cat. you have to intervene a little bit and show him that other cats coming up to him doesn't mean he'll get hurt.
I found this spider in my bathroom and so I caught it. I'm kinda into spiders so I'm wondering what kind it is. Someone pls help me
>>2183414
Im guessing juvenile wolf or grass
Brown widow
Image of too poor quality to determine accurately. What region do you reside in, and how has the recent weather been?
what are some small pets that will chill on my desk? besides pic related
Burbs
Especially at night, when they are drowsy. Max comfy
>>2183388
What is a burb?
>>2183413
Tiny dinosaur.
Chi Pap Master Race
Lets see some cute puppies
I think my little princess is some mix of chi, pap, and spaniel.
She is a very silly girl.
>>2183226
adorable
Who are chis anyway? Terriers? On their own, ancient breed?
cowe
hello cowe
pls post rabbut
HAHAHAHAHAHA IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY A PIG AND ALSO YOU SPELLED COW INCORRECTLY XDDDDDD SO MUCH WIN!
>>2183105
haha it's funny cause you're an autistic retard
Has anyone experienced a dog becoming aggressive with age? Is this a thing?
My family's dog used to occasionally growl and snap, but now that he's 10 he's started to violently bark whenever we try to get him to do something he doesn't want to.
He has regular and recent vet checkups, is in good health and is not in pain.
He just fights for dog rights. Dog lives matter, no dog should be a slave.
this is probably anthropomorphizing, but elderly people are often grumpy too, so maybe? but are you sure he's not in pain? animals are often good in hiding pain.
i was about to make a thread about this, my dog has become almost uncontrollably dog aggressive in his old age. i think it's territorial because it's only with dogs on our block.
I work at a shelter and an ACO just brought this fish in. We have no clue what kind of fish it is or how to house it. Please help
>>2181751
A raggedy fishus
>>2181751
Looks like a fucked up Oscar. Put the poor guy down, use clove oil to do it, most humane way.
>>2181764
I wouldn't put him down.
I've had a lot of torn up cichlids, they usually recover fully.
Can't really tell his health from one pic, but Oscars are pretty resilient.
Can we have a thread for instant crustacean pets? I was real interested in these as a kid. I had sea monkeys and triops and have been thinking about buying them again. I only just recently saw that there are a bunch of different species of fairy shrimp, which are larger and some more colorful than the sea monkeys I had as a kid. I even saw a triops kit on Amazon that claimed to have transparent triops, which sounds sort of neat. I'm thinking about setting up a small tank for some larger fairy shrimp.
>>2181702
i can't see brachiopods anymore without thinking of South Park's Sea People.
Let us know how it goes and where you bought them from, cuz I've been looking into it as well but am kind of broke for now.
>>2181738
Years ago, I bought one called the Triops DLX kit. It has one of those small kritter keeper cages and I ended up with about 5 healthy ones. I moved them into a 5 gallon tank, but eventually they died and I had none left because the filter sucked up all my babies. Stupid mistake but that was a long time ago. A competent fish keeper can keep these healthy indefinitely, but they should have fine substrate for them to lay eggs in and a proper filter or bubble rock that won't genocide them all.
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Continued from >>2175540
Discuss anything aquarium related here, including inhabitants, decor and issues.
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We all make mistakes, so don't put anyone down - rather be helpful.
Chances are, you made a similiar mistake when you were starting out.
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>Cool Youtube Channels:
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Dennis Wong
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Filipe Oliveira
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Oliver Knott
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>Building your own shit/ Fish&Plant talk
King of DIY
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Dustin's Fish Tanks
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Wayne's Fish World
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Aquarium related documentaries (German & English)
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Lupdiesel - Shrimpkeeping/Breeding
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>>2179943
regarding your Carbon Dosing - for me it worked rather well.
I have a heavily planted 13,5gal and already had co2 injection. After switching the lights to LED there was a big algae bloom, but then I started dosing Easylife Easycarbo, which is basically Flourish Excel for europe.
My current daily dosage is 4,5ml and I did experience enhanced growth aswell as algae dying off.
My advice would be to start dosing slowly using a syringe, beginning with 1ml (according to tank size) and to gradually increase the dosage.
Overdosing can kill your aquatic life so it's very important to be exact.
I woke up this morning to find my Bolivian guarding a clutch of eggs! I'm not sure what to do.? Should I leave them in or move them to a bare 20 gallon?
Well all but 2 of the new platys died in my tank, I did everything but medicate. None of my fish that have been in the tank are having any problems. Gonna take my water in on Tuesday but until then I'm gonna do daily 20% changes to make sure my corys, neons, honey gourami and the 2 surviving platys are okay.
Hi /an/ can someone tell me what is this? Is it venomous?
I work in building administration, and several spiders have appeared recently.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZDeBLvqK9I
>>2180410
A trapped spidus
Advice for first time kitten owner
>>2178007
Op here, will be adopting a pair of kittens.
Have done a lot of reading on care and behavior, but was looking for some real life advice.
>>2178007
Stomp on them
Are you me?
We're going to get a pair (our first) tommorow.
I'm terrified cause it's a big commitment I'm afraid I might regret one day. @-@ I dunno.