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Bought a regius python, gave her food for the first time, took one hour to swallow it
is it normal?

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So a "friend" of mine owns a turtle and there's something that I've been wondering. His tank has no basking area for the turtle to lay on. Is this stressful/detrimental to the turtle? Do they require a basking area to sleep or rest on? I'm asking 4chan because I do not trust his word

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What drink is your dog?

I believe my Foxhound is a smooth bourbon, or perhaps an Autumn Ale.

My Australian Cattle dog is more like a Red Stripe beer.

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My dogs face got swollen. Maybe got biten by a bug or smth. Thing is his nose looks all cracked and dry. Any recomendations?? Pics of his face bellow

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Man do you guys think it might be cruel to keep my cats indoors? I kinda want to just let them roam free outside. I mean yeah they might/probably will get injured and sick, but I would totally pick that over being inside all the time. Do you think I should at least offer them the choice?

I think my big hangup is that I live on the second floor of an industrial building. There are other cats in the other building that come and go as they please, but they go out of the dude's space (no problem installing a cat door, already have one inside my place between rooms) and then they somehow find their way to this open window and then climb down some diamond grating like 10ft and then jump to the ground and go off and do their thing. Then they climb back up the grating (seriously, this is very impressive to watch) and head on home. My cats would have no way to get from outside back to my place easily, they'd have to wait for someone to open the outside door.

This is really one of the big reasons I decided to go back to school, so I can start pulling in that mech eng money and be able to afford a real house with a yard that my kitties can play and hunt in.

Now I do take poos outside for field trips around the hallways and outdoors when she starts getting a hankering for it. I tried putting a harness and leash on her, but it's not really worth the hassle at this point. She just kinda walks around rubbing stuff and chirping at me, then eats some grass and rolls around in it. Then after a while I'm like "okay poos, time to go back in" and I just scoop her up and carry her back upstairs and she just chirps away at me all happy on the way up.

My other fuzzball, Sasha, is younger than Poos and has never really shown an inclination to go out, I hold the door open for her and ask her if she wants to take a field trip, but she doesn't like leaving her comfort zone I think. She's maybe ventured into the hallway twice.

For what it's worth, they both came from the streets.

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I own a Miniature Dachshund. Sometimes when one of my family members is holding the dog, he will growl and bark at other family members to stop them from approaching. My dogs also barks at visitors and tries to bite their toes. When I take him outside, he will start growling when others try to pet him. He always ignores other dogs he sees.
Is this normal behavior for dogs? If not, what can I do about it?

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What's the deal with cats and cucumbers?

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So, /an/, can you help me prevent yet another bad pet owner story?

It isn't my business since I don't live there anymore, but my parents just got a kitten. Neither have taken care of cats outside of childhood.
Firstly, they intended to have the kitten declawed. There is no way around this, apparently. Neither are good about daily maintenance and I get the impression they want the cat to use the dog flap instead of a litter box. Also, considering how obese and poorly mannered their current and previous dogs are, I worry the cat will end up the same way.
I'd like to say something, but even typing this out makes me sound really rude and condescending. Plus, my mama isn't the type to listen to facts or logic anyway- no matter where she hears it from.

What do you think would be the most effective thing to do?

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Funny ducko thread

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Puppies

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Anyone on here have experience with V.p.horni or monitor lizards and determining sex. Argus monitors are suppose to be easy, sexually dymorphic that is. Help please?

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Ask dog questions that don't deserve their own threads here.

Dog Kibble and Wet food ingredients/nutrition guide:
http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-reviews/brand/

Dog breeds:
http://www.justdogbreeds.com/all-dog-breeds.html

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>About six months ago hear cat crying outside apartment for literally 20 minutes.

>Finally go outside to see what the hell is wrong

>Tiny kitten runs out from under truck and literally climbs my body to get to my shoulder and purr

>Feel bad cause it's cold and other stray cats might kill it, so take it in

>Try not to get attached, but end up falling hard because literally such cuddly cat

>Fast forward to now and moving out of apartment and in with fiance and best friend roommate

>Best friend doesn't want cats, nor can I watch him because I have an out of town job now that requires me to be gone for weeks at a time

>Making the rounds of asking family and friends if they want a lovable snuggle bug and having to filter through people so he's taken care of right

Fuckin hate it guys, I really do. I don't have a hard limit on when I need to get rid of him yet, but goddamnit I hate getting this attached to things. I knew from the beginning there was a chance this could happen, I shouldn't have gotten so attached.

Considering contacting the local hospital to see if they have any programs for therapy cats. He's amazing with people, harness trained, loves the park because of all the people, and has never freaked out in the vets except for being a little nervous. How much of a long shot do you think that might be? I know he would be well taken care of it someone could give him a job like that.

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Cutest Animal compitition. 2015 is coming to a close lets have a competition to determine this year's cutest Animal. I'll start.