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So anyway, I cornered the thing, took it back to my apartment, put it in the sink with some hot, shallow soapy water and let pigeon-friend soak his or her feet for about 30 minutes.
I wrapped him in a towel and got to work with some tweezers and nail scissors slowly and carefully removing them from his toes. These things were hard as rock so it took me about 90 minutes.

Turns out apparently its something that can happen to birds that spend a lot of time on the ground (pigeon looked like a fledgling). Poop and mud and dirt can begin building up on its feet and calcify.

I wanted to ask whether anybody else had seen this before and if I'd decide to ignore it instead whether they would have come off on there own eventually?
There isn't much information about this on the internet, but damn they were wrapped around its poor little toes pretty badly.

This board never ceases to amaze me.
>Imma save this disease ridden pest!
You should've licked the poop balls off.

>>2107142

I don't think pigeons are pests. They're very intelligent and make great pets when domesticated, and they mate for life. Humans carry more disease than pigeons do.

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This is the last one
It's around 4cm from toe to toe and around 1,5cm from the abdomen to head

No he's dirty.

Sometimes, four of my dogs sleep with me.

It is nice but i can't sleep well as they occupy half of my bed.

>>2104960
sometimes my cat does until he attacks my toes and then he goes flying.

I don't let dogs, kids, hamsters, fish or salamanders into my bed though. The wife I allow most of the time.

>>2104781

outdoor cars

indoor cars without proper ventilation can lead to death due to carbon monoxide

>>2104781
Oh anon, what have you done?

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oh my god OP can't tell if genius or freudian

a cat. they're super popular, it's pretty weird you don't know.

>>2104753
This

It looks Siamese but it could be just a tabby.

>>2104468
...keep them inside?

>>2104495
Better yet youse a troll i think. Don't have anymore animals as you seem inept at keeping them alive.

>>2104495
my wife is hysterical, doesn't want them inside the house... she loves to play with them but doesn't like when they pee or poop or cry or need food or cleaning.

Meowth

Chubbs Peterson

Biscuit

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>>2096292

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why no love for best life form

plant are nice. i'm growimg

potato flowera

The people that don't know this, will never know. Stubborn, close-minded people that watch the drama-infused news on TV daily or had some personal experience with a Collie everyone said was a pit bull.

Stupid people will always be around. Just consider us lucky that there are a lot of people who know the truth.

>>2108469
It's the tail not the jaw. Those suckers can clear off a coffee table when they get excited.

https://www.avma.org/KB/Resources/LiteratureReviews/Pages/The-Role-of-Breed-in-Dog-Bite-Risk-and-Prevention.aspx

>Owners of dogs that are identified by the community as ‘pit bull type’ may experience a strong breed stigma,44 however controlled studies have not identified this breed group as disproportionately dangerous. The pit bull type is particularly ambiguous as a “breed” encompassing a range of pedigree breeds, informal types and appearances that cannot be reliably identified.

>>2103114
grow up

>>2103116
y-you too.

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>>2103114

If I owned a dog, I would cry twice as hard if it died. All the pets that I had were my parent's property though.

But I do understand your loss, it is like losing a relative you once had.. Even if it had the mental capacity of a 5 year old.

What would be required to achieve a marine/freshwater tank that can stably run water change-less? I'm curious, hypothetically.

>water changes are about removing nitrates
>de-nitrifying bacteria remove nitrates and convert it to Nitrogen
>use a deep sand bed or fuge with a massive anoxic environment to cultivate de-nitrifying bacteria and cycle it until it can remove nitrates

What else would be stumbling blocks and why isn't it this easy?

>>2106527
Look up "Walstad Method"
It's the closest thing you'll be able to find to low maintenance

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Holy shit need help, /an/! What do I do at this point? Three days ago it was fine. Two days ago I had fish swimming kinda irregularly. Today I have my school of corcats swimming near the top of my tank. In a matter of three days I went from everything is fine to oh fucking shit. Water change did just about nothing as of 6 hours ago. API Ph Lower kinda helped?

Do I do a full water change or what?

>TL;DR Ph level too high

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yes

>>2098274

Yeah if it was 2013.

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>>2098387
Can we 2008?