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I have a muted calico cat, who is 6 years old. She has never been sick before, but is really ill right now. She recently killed a mouse, I'm not sure if the mouse had anything to do with these problems, but there is something serious wrong with her. I have an appointment for the vet but can't get her in for a week.
Symptoms
>loss of appetite
>loss of weight
>appears to be sweating
Any ideas on what could cause this? Thanks.
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>>2095633
>>appears to be sweating
uhh...never heard of that one.
>Any ideas on what could cause this? Thanks.
Being honest, brace yourself for the possibility of putting your cat down. Loss of appetite and loss of weight are pretty much two awful indicators in any animal.
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>>2095643
>uhh...never heard of that one
Her fur feels damp and she is hot. Its as if she is sweating.
>Being honest, brace yourself for the possibility of putting your cat down. Loss of appetite and loss of weight are pretty much two awful indicators in any animal.
That's what I'm afraid of, thanks for the honest reply though.
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>appears to be sweating
Thfuck? Cats can't sweat. So unless she's just drooling all over or pissing herself then I have no idea what the fuck that could be.
Call a different vet, find an emergency one.
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Well I just caught a baby rabbit.
I've had rabbits before SK I know for the most part what to do. But
How do I gain its trust?
Gender identifing?
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>>2095501
The first important thing would be identifying whether it is actually a rabbit or a feral bunny.
rabbits are naturally lone wolfs and won't form any bonds.
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>>2095501
And so the "lol I found a baby rabbit/bird in my yard and put it in a box, what do?" threads begin
Wild rabbits are notorious for being one of the least survivable animals to raise in captivity. You being there stresses them out majorly, especially with that one being as old as it is. You'll just kill it by trying to keep it.
Judging from the looks of it, it's old enough to have left its mother an gone out on its own, or at least old enough to not need its mother's milk. Just let the little guy go back where you found him, unless you found him on a road or someplace dangerous. In that case, find a safe place where there's no present danger for a wild bunny and let him go there.
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>>2095504
Well I live in the middle of nowhereish. I get what you're saying. I'll probs do that.. But it worries me cuz there's just way too much coyotes where we live and I got cats and dogs all over the yard. And hotside my property is just open desert. Idk where she/he would go
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Aggressive cat question 2016-04-05 22:17:28 Post No.2095495
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Its a lengthly question, I need to give a bit of background before I ask.
I've had many cats in my lifetime, my step mother is a legit cat lady so I've seen the good ones and bad ones, but my new cat I got for myself and my girlfriend has behaviour I never experienced.
The cat was born in October, a stranger posted a litter of strays to give away, I got one for my girlfriend in December. The cat was never handled and very hand shy, but she warmed up to people very quick.
The problem, randomly when your petting the cat, or not petting her at all. As long as you are near her, she will take notice to your hands/arms and for no reason at all put her ears back and become extremely irritated. Her tail will twitch, sometimes she will make a low pitched moan of displeasure, and then she will dive at your arm or hand and bite very aggressively, usually shakes her head like a shark trying to rip off skin, then dives away from you. Five minutes later she will come back like it never happened, start purring and looking for attention.
Ten minutes ago I was petting her for example, she was happy and purring, then she bit my hand quite hard, I said NO , BAD, and just left her alone. While talking to my girlfriend she stood there pissed flicking her tail and when I wasn't expecting it dove roughly 3 feet onto my arm and bit me then took off. SHe is now beside me purring by my head cleaning himself.
I've read about aggression caused by over stimulation, but a lot of times shes not being pet or bothered at all. And she seems to do it more towards my girlfriend then myself.
I've tried different suggestions I've read online to break the behaviour, some are contradictory. It was so bad in the beginning with her we had to lay around watching tv with a squirt bottle to defend ourselves. It's gotten less serve but it's still a piss off. suggestions? Experiences?
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that cat's going to be a feral asshole forever. youre better off releasing it to coyotes cause you got yourself a shit pet. otherwise just dont touch it. it's never going to love you
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>>2095495
I'm being conservative here when I say the correct solution to this cat's behavior is euthanasia.
You won't be able to fix it to an appreciable degree. It may stop attacking out of familiarity, but it's never going to be a "pet"
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These dags are idiots. People literally tame full on wild cats, so don't put your kitty down. Make sure she has lots of places in the house to hide and also a litter box in a few places. Play with her more with toys to lower her energy. Never play with your hands cuz it'll encourage her biting. Don't let her attack you - use the spray bottle or just pin her still when she does. Don't hit her or hurt her but make attacking you a negative thing. Even just yell really loud when she does and she'll probably bolt. If it's still an issue you might wanna consider getting a medium dog that can keep her company and tire her out but also take her crazy shit. Make sure the dog won't kill her though. Also if she isn't spayed or fixed if it's a dude, get that taken care of. We all know sex feels make everyone crazy.
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Wild onions or no? Just dug them up from a dark patch of the garden.
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brown recluse
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>>2095382
this, burn your garden down
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>>2095370
Do they smell onion-y?
They look kinda like crocus bulbs to me.
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Do either of these look like good breeders?
I want to get one of these two types of dogs, or an original german shepherd. But I prefer the longer coated ones.
https://www.breederinfocenter.com/awpcp/show-ad/106/beautiful-registerd-king-shepherd/north-carolina/united-states/king-shepherd/
https://www.breederinfocenter.com/awpcp/show-ad/1537/large-german-shepherds-bred-as-family-companions/gettysburg/pa/usa/shiloh-shepherd/
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>>2094971
Though I hate the very concept of dog "breeds" and breeding, you have to applaud those who are doing something to try to rescue lines ruined by AKC, inbreeding, and retardation.
It's sad, but in 2016, it surprised me to see any german shephard without roach back.
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>>2094984
Do they look like good breeders?
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>>2094984
What causes roach back in German shepherds exactly? I know it's due to inbreeding but what exactly has hapened to the skeleton and what health problems does it arise?
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Spider story
>waiting to take a bus home
>browsing my phone to pass the time
>notice a small spider crawling up the sleeve of my jacket
>I watch as it crawls to my shoulder
>suddenly stops moving
>then scurries fast as fuck to the inside of the hood of my jacket
>I try to get rid of it by placing my finger in front of it
>nope.jpg
>spider ignores my finger and continues to lounge in my hoodie
It eventually crawled out, but then made it's way onto my backpack
>spider claims my backpack for its own
>slip backpack off and try to get it to leave by gently prodding it
>useless.exe
>I then notice a very thin, shiny thread coming from its abdomen
>little shit is trying to spin a web on my backpack
>logic kicks in
>flick the spider off of my backpack
>it lands on the concrete
>it scurries away, probably to find another backpack to conquer
>godspeed, little guy
Pic related, it's the kind of spider it was
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You're lucky that brown recluse didn't bite you, Anon, they're highly poisonous you know.
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>>2094816
>wear yellow polo shirt often because i rock yellow
>yellow crab spider takes up residence under the collar because yellow polo = dandelion why not.
>no matter how many washes it goes through he just keeps trucking
>in class
>someone smacks my back
hey man you had a spider on you the same color as your shirt!
>th-thanks
spider bro knew the risks when he signed up as camouflaged collar cop
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>>2094820
Actually not a brown recluse but okay
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Bratty Rottweiler Help Please 2016-04-03 22:25:20 Post No.2094034
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Bratty Rottweiler Help Please
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I have an issue with my rotty. Shes the youngest of my 5 dogs and is the most outwardly dominant. One of our dogs who is also the oldest female is losing weight and i think the rotty could be responsible. could anyone give any advice to rectify this? we have a male but he doesnt seem outwardly dominant. the rotty claims all the food as hers and im afraid of her eating herself to death.
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bump for help
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>>2094034
feed them separately? it might seem like more work but if you give a shit about your dogs it's probably worth it. if you feed her alone and she's rejecting it, or eats and is still losing weight, she might be sick. it's probably worth it to just take her to the vet before doing that just to rule it out.
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>>2094034
Buy a shotgun, put all of those monsters down, and get a fucking cat. Dipshit.
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So I decided to get some sea monkeys as office pets. What are some tips for long term keeping? Also where can I buy replacement packets? I'm having sort of a hard time finding them online.
I've been watching some videos also and people say you're supposed to aerate water with a pump that the kit is supposed to bring but mine didn't bring one, what's an alternative?
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>>2093950
they keep their populations alive pretty well by themselves, just get dead ones on the bottom out every once in a while.
every fish store should sell artemia eggs.
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>>2093950
>what's an alternative
A straw.
Why Sea Monkeys though? Fairy Shrimp are superior in every way.
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I live in Puerto Rico so the speciality stores here are super limited. We have petsmart and petco (I think)
How do I remove the dead ones? They're so small.
post ur puppos
this is my puppo
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that's a cute pup, man.
my dog's dead but i'm adopting in August.
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>>2093932
>owning a pitbull
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I have a male cat who's hitting cat puberty and he's pissing on all my shit comstantly. What can I do to prevent his pissing spree while I arrange his neutering?
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>>2093229
play more wavves or best coast
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Diaper
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>>2093229
Remove pennis
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sad to say but, post georgeous extincted animals to start a sad day
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your mom
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rly nigga?
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Okay, /an/, give me all your pics of foxes doing cute things. Note: this is for foxes DOING cute things, not just foxes BEING cute. So just a picture of a fox doesn't belong here, unless it's actively doing something cute.
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Don't have any fox pics but that's a totally adorable picture.
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How the hell could primitive cavemen hunt the massive, powerful mammoths?
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>>2085726
by stabbing them to death, or tricking them into running off of cliffs to death, or by getting two of them really pissed off and making them run into each other at full force to death
Mammoths weren't the smartest creatures.
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>>2085726
They were most likely almost as intelligent as us and intelligent animals are Far more predictable when it comes to behavior than the unintelligent ones. Practice made a perfect technique they figured out using their weakness as herd animals. We used to be extremely in touch with animal behavior and use it to our Advantage
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>>2085726
Strength in numbers. Also, pointy things. Persistence. Patience.
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Mustelidae (Long Mammal) general. 2016-02-28 18:54:45 Post No.2072167
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Mustelidae (Long Mammal) general.
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Mustelidae threads must not die /an/. For those who don't know
For those who don't know what a Mustelidae is, they are known commonly as the Weasel family, but include animals such as otters, honey badgers, wolverines, and of course ferrets.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustelidae
Post your favorite slinkies here.
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Damn, I fucked up the OP post. Oh well. Gonna dump some of my otter pictures.
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Also, if anyone knows of any documentaries focusing on mustelidae, share that info. There's a couple good ones on YouTube. One is "Raising Sancho" about an orphan giant otter, and another is called the Otters of Yellowstone, which follows a family of otters for a year at Yellowstone.
There's also a good one on Netflix about honeybadgers, but I can't remember what it's called.
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These aren't documentaries, but these YouTube channels specialize in otters.
>Japanese dude with two pet Asian small clawed otters
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoEPrNozmzUU1Uwuq8UGFuA
>Japanese aquarium that posts a good deal of videos of their Asian small clawed otters, as well as a few their sea otter.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZReVjLno1RDp27Km5ZyOBA
>Different Japanese aquarium that post videos of their two African clawless otters and their Asian small clawed otters. This one might end up making you feel bad though, because the enclosures are not very big and don't look very comfortable. I hope they get taken out for walks and such like the otters in the above channel do.
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheFutamiseaparadise
>Some chick from the Philippines who post videos with English subtitles about the orphan Asian otters she raises. Also has videos of Pangolins.
https://www.youtube.com/user/webdiva888
>A shop in Japan that has two Asian otters.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCejRMnKrtAISomV2nbzU9MQ
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Why are harnesses a thing?
Are they a meme accessory?
You won't get control over your dog with this shitty belt
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They're for dogs that are already trained not to pull.
Alternatively, they're used specifically FOR weightpulling.
Unless you mean front clip harnesses, and those just fuck up dog's front legs.
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>>2095755
I thought they were to stop you from choking the shit out of a tiny ass dog.
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>>2095755
I've seen so many dogs that pull their owners while wearing these things.