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/Plant/: 2016-05-22 17:13:13 Post No.2127714
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The plant general: Bamboo edition
I am become bamboo, the destroyer of gardens.
Welcome to /plant/, the resident plant general thread. This is a magical place where anons buy plant seeds from suspicious dealers in China, where next level veganism starts gaining a foot hold and where I still haven't gotten my Sarracenia Rosea.
/Plant/ is for the discussion of plants (obviously). Horticulturists, hobbyists and botanists welcome! Questions about plants? Want to show off your two inch dick-I mean plant? Maybe you want to start growing? Well come on over to /plant/!
Introducing a new caresheet with every thread
This thread: Drosera Capensis
>partial sun to full sun
>greater than 50% humidity for dew formation
>water retaining medium, I recommend 1:1 mix of perlite and sphagnum moss
>keep plants in about 1/2 inch of standing distilled water
>water with dH2O only
>no dormancy required
>after 1-2 years, wonder why all of your carnivorous plants have D. Capensis growing in them
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I fucking hate bamboo.
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I can't decide whether I want to rip these plants out of my garden because they're seeding themselves all over the place or keep them.
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I just felt like sharing a picture, perhaps more, of my puppy. (: He is only 3 months old.
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Me on the right
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You're my puppy? xD
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Fuck off slut
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killing ants with borax, sugar, water, honey 2016-05-31 23:08:06 Post No.2135250
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killing ants with borax, sugar, water, honey
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I am trying to kill ants with borax, sugar, water, honey here is my setup
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what do you guys think
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>>2135252
I think my ways easier and cleaner but whatever floats your boat
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>>2135250
Diatomaceous earth negro
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Thank you Jesus. Gorilla be dead and sheet 2016-05-31 22:40:07 Post No.2135236
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Thank you Jesus. Gorilla be dead and sheet
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My name is Michellle Gregg ok I'm the min of the beautiful child that ACCIDENTALLY fell in the ugly gorilla arms. The baby daddy was not there with us "he's black"
Anyway all you neckbeards need to stop the hating and sheet.
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I hear ya sister. I accidentally dropped my kid in the cheetah exhibit at the Cleveland metroparks. Everyone made a big deal out of it because I work at a daycare. But I'm like, excuse me, just because I sometimes do stupid things doesn't mean I'm a bad person, OK?
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JESUS CHRIST SOMEONE SHOOT THAT GORILLA IT'S HOLDING THAT DEFENSELESS CHILD
HOLD ON LITTLE KID
ANON IS HERE
ANON LOVES YOU
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Anyone else find it ironic (but not really) that the parents look exactly like the gorilla?
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Working At/Owning A Pet Shop 2016-05-31 21:40:50 Post No.2135201
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Working At/Owning A Pet Shop
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>Part 1
So, about 13 years back, a little pet shop opened up in my town. The owners were an older couple, really sweet people. They took very good care of their animals and kept the environment clean, etc. Well about 10 years after they opened, they had to sell the place (I can't remember why, either financial or they just wanted to retire), and they ended up selling it to some lady.
Now, this lady isn't a bad lady. She's very nice and friendy, but in the time she has had this petshop, she has ran it into the ground.
The place is filthy, the heat is always too high, the animals have bare minimum care and are often too crowded in their cages. She's got two dogs and a cat that she just lets sit on top of the mice and rat cages, etc etc, you get the picture. I've actually called animal control on her three times in the past and they either never went to do anything about it, or the animals are just barely getting the care they need to be humane. I don't know.
Well, recently when I went in with my mother-in-law to buy some crickets, I over heard them talking and the lady was saying how much negativity she was getting from the old owners about how she was running their shop into the ground, and that she was tired of it and seriously considering throwing in the towel.
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>part 2
Well, up until this point, I had thought the old owners completely sold the place and had no say in the matter. I wasn't aware that they were still in the picture.
So, here's what I need help with /an/.
Should I look into taking out a loan at the bank and possibly buying this little shop? I wasn't best buds with the owners before, but I went in their pretty frequently and they basically saw me grow up. I also absolutely love working with any kinds of animals, and I hate what this shop has become. I would love to bring it back towards what it used to be, with a clean healthy environment and happy animals.
Problem is I don't know how profitable it would be, and I assume I would need some other source of income. BUT, this is my dream job and I'm chomping at the bits trying to decide if I try to contact the old owners or not. I would LOVE to do this, but I don't know if it's worth it as far as how much time I will need to invest, and if it will eventually be profitable or not.
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I'm definitely not an expert, but I say go for it. It'd probably take a lot of time out of your day, and I'm pretty sure that pet shops aren't very profitable, but if owning a pet shop is your dream and you really love animals you should. You should be aware, however, that it will probably lead to disaster if you aren't good at it, don't love animals enough, can't handle the extra work, etc.
Ultimately, I'd say that it's a great idea, but you should look before you leap.
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>>2135203
i don't think running a pet store is a one person operation. you would definitely need someone to help you with the finances. i don't think the current owner is letting the place become such a mess because she's cruel. maybe she's incredibly careless but it's also possible that it's just a lot of work.
i think i've heard that most businesses aren't profitable in their first year of operation. maybe this wouldn't apply to you since you'd be taking over but it's something you should consider.
finally, expect to become disenchanted. when you spend 60 hour weeks cleaning up animal cages and miscellaneous managerial work it can be overwhelming and unsatisfying.
try to ask as many questions as you can from the mom and pop regarding how running the business was for them and how they expect it to be for you. maybe the market's not good anymore in your area or something
i'm not exactly a business expert myself so i just listed my personal concerns were i in your position. if anyone knows better and disagrees with anything i'm saying or wants to supplement with more information please go ahead
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what the fuck is this on my dogs ears ???
he got in to a brief scuffle with another dog yesterday so at first i thought it was just a scratch from that, or blood that dried up..
but i think i remember him reacting to the pain before the scuffle (that ear is very sensitive to the touch, only that one ear is affected the other is normal) so that makes me question if its mites, infection, etc etc
>>in b4 we're not your personal vets
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Take her to a vet nd get rabid inj ,nd get that cleaned seems infected yo,also get sme antibiotics.
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Ear mites. You need to get meds and be super diligent about using them and cleaning those ears out.
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>>2135035
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Why do most animals smell like shit? 2016-05-31 11:22:05 Post No.2134853
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Why do most animals smell like shit?
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Evolution telling you not to eat, fuck, or cavort with live wild animals
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yet people still do anyway
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that's because certain people smell like shit also. pic not related.
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Why are baby geese cute but adults such boisterous assholes?
also posting pictures I took at the nearby wetlands park.
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So a few years ago my family and I went on a camping trip for a week and when we came back my cat had brought down all of my little brothers stuffed animals from upstairs and lined them up in front of the door. Has anyone heard of a cat doing this? It was so strange
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>>2133494
It was trying to bate you to come back. By reminding you of the things you love.
I dont know this for sure.
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it put them in a line, raped them one by one and made the others watch
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>>2133494
Anon, I ... don't think your cat is a cat.
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WHEZZZOOOOWHEZZZOOOOWHEZZZOOOO 2016-05-29 16:50:43 Post No.2133316
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Cicadae Apocalypse 2016 Thread
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I found a newborn, blind kitten on the 22 of April, and since then I've been taking care of it.
I've been nursing it, feeding it, keeping it warm, playing with it since it's first days here until today. It had no one but me.
It started to walk, play, eat on it's own, it grew fond of me - always went whereever I went around the house, it even started to sleep on my clothes and in my bed.
The problem is that it didn't want to use it's litter box, even though I trained it, and it made a mess around the house, which I always had to clean.
This morning it pooped behind the couch, I said that I've had enough, I kicked it a few times, then took it and placed it in a nearby yard where there are lots of cats. It's been more than a month now, should be OK outside on it's own, I figured. Besides, the people around here always feed street cats.
I went to check on it after 30 or 40 minutes, it hadn't moved an inch and was just about to start crying for help. So I took it and brought it back home, despite the beating I gave it earlier.
The kitten was cold, so I started to warm it up with clothes and botteles full of hot water. This went on for a few hours.
It tried to walk but couldn't, had trouble breathing and couldn't keep his head up. I examined it, but there were no broken bones or any trauma that I could find.
I took the kitten in my arms, it was suffering, couldn't move much, struggled to breathe, I started to cry and apologize, then I pinched it's little nose in after a few seconds it stopped breathing. His heart stopped a few minutes after that. I performed CRP, but it died.
So I cried, and apologized, and prayed that, wheever it has gone now, I hope that she finds someone better than me. I burried in in a forest, under a tree.
I have always thought to be a lover of children and animals, and what I did proves to contrary. People like me should be chemically castrated and not allowed anywhere near children or animals.
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Don't be so hard on yourself, chap. In fact, I'd recommend you go get another baby kitten. Who cares if you have another outburst? It's just a shitty cat. That's my professional opinion, of course.
As far as chemical castration? Sounds kinky, but I'm an old fashioned physical type of guy.
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>People like me should be chemically castrated and not allowed anywhere near children or animals.
You're not wrong.
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Name a worse animal.
>shits everywhere
>loud
>isn't afraid of cars, will just stand in the middle of the road
>isn't afraid of people, will just stand in the middle of the sidewalk
>walks its gosling across the road at an average speed of ten inches an hour and sends traffic into a gridlock
>need a permit to kill them for some reason, even though they are just rats with wings
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Cats, starlings, dogs, mosquitoes, garden chafers and children.
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>hating on starlings
Classic bugguy.
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there's a starling plague in my city every year.
that they shit everywhere isn't the bad part,there's so many that there isn't enough food and space to sustain them all so there's corpses everywhere rotting away in the sun.
fuck starlings.
Share tattoos your have of your pets or any animals. Pic is of my cat Loki and her beautiful face on my leg.
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That's a cute dog you got there
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Why did they make her a hippie?
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Because I like hippiecats
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Anyone here own a skunk?
How are they as pets?
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my dad used to have one.
he said it was meh.
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>>2132236
I would like to have a domesticated skunk. Illegal in my state though. Fucking lame.
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Russian Ferret Guy (ID: !rZgcu1S5Eg)
2016-05-28 10:42:48
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Prone to obesity and diabetes, can get seizures fairly easily for being fed wrong, they are never full so you HAVE to portion their meals every day, always. And they will throw a tantrum for more (which is stomping and huffing). They are stubborn as dicks and will get mad at you (not mean) if they don't get their way
They are not biters but can, they use the litter box really great but not as good as a cat. They love love love being held, hugged, snuggled, and pet everywhere but the tail. They bond to you as close as a dog.
They will dig, a lot, so carpet is very bad for pet skunk. Also my girl dug a hole in the wall one night because she could smell a hornets nest in it and she ate them.
Found this big guy tied up outside. Anyone know what breed? We think he's got pit in him, maybe some lab.
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I'm thinking lab.
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>>2131415
Was he perhaps found near some wreckage with only one other mercenary?
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>>2131415
Tied up where? How long did you notice him tied before you took him?
You might've just stolen someone's pet.