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What kind of food do you feed your dog and/or cat? I always bought the grocery store brands but my cat constantly vomited all over and the dog kept getting fat. I switched to Blue (inb4paidshill) exclusively for both the cat and dog and it's been really great. It is super duper expensive compared to the cheap brands, which sucks, but it's the only food I have found that really makes a difference in my pets' health and daily behavior.

So tell me, /an/ , what do you feed 'em, and why?

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Anonymous 2015-10-03 15:31:59 Post No.1969043
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>>1969035
my cat gets purina complete from sam's club. no problems there.

I fed my puppy blue puppy when we got him at 8 weeks. both the vet and our trainer STRONGLY advised against it, as they had experienced an outrageous number of gastro issues stemming from the food. Had him on it for 2 weeks, 1/4 of poop was normal. 2/4 was on the "soft", not liquid side. 1/4 was actually red tinged.
Been using Wellness brand since and haven't had an issue. he has more energy now too

Anonymous 2015-10-03 15:35:20 Post No.1969046
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How is Blue Buffalo? It's what my parents feed their dog but I've read mixed reviews about it.

Anonymous 2015-10-03 15:50:46 Post No.1969057
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feed raw, or orijen, grainfree acana, etc.
not the mainstream shit (royal canine is still shit even if its expensive)

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Unexpected animal encounters 2015-09-24 19:52:39 Post No.1962630
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Unexpected animal encounters Anonymous 2015-09-24 19:52:39 Post No. 1962630 [Report] [View this topic]

Please share your animal encounters which surprised you / you didn't expect.

>today on my way to work, see a piece of grass
>oh wait its not even a grass
>it looks like a praying mantis
>praying mantises don't even live here (Central Europe), so it must be a locust or something(i'm an insect idiot)
>looked it up, and as it turns out they do live here

kewl
i thought they lived only in the Eastern-Asian region

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Anonymous 2015-09-24 19:56:26 Post No.1962632
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still OP here, another encounter

>going to work like 2 weeks ago
>pic related little guy runs away
>i stand there and watch its glorious tail disappear in the taller grass

i live in a flat lol

Russian Ferret Guy (ID: !rZgcu1S5Eg) 2015-09-24 19:59:34 Post No.1962638
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Russian Ferret Guy (ID: !rZgcu1S5Eg) 2015-09-24 19:59:34 Post No.1962638 [Report]

>be me at 12 years old in Russia
>baby moose puts head in my open bedroom window
>tell mother moose in window
>calls my liar and to leave her alone
>beg her to look
>she looks
>moose is gone
>get tied and tape over mouth for night
>next morning brother untied me and say the moose put its head in family room window
>I was right all along
fuck moose.

Anonymous 2015-09-24 20:02:07 Post No.1962640
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>>1962638
he was trolling you

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Kitten name 2015-08-29 17:19:44 Post No.1944100
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Kitten name Anonymous 2015-08-29 17:19:44 Post No. 1944100 [Report] [View this topic]

What should I name my new kitten? Pic related, it looks like that.

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Anonymous 2015-08-29 17:29:06 Post No.1944108
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Anonymous 2015-08-29 17:29:06 Post No.1944108 [Report]

Jaffa.

Anonymous 2015-08-29 17:31:09 Post No.1944109
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>>1944100
If that's what your kitten looks like it is too young to be away from mom.

Anonymous 2015-08-29 18:28:35 Post No.1944140
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>>1944100
Solare

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Brachycephalic dogs Anonymous 2015-10-02 17:55:47 Post No. 1968183 [Report] [View this topic]

Am I the only one that hates them?
They look disgusting to me and it offers literally no evolutionary advantage, in fact, it's a huge evolutionary disadvantage.
I hear so many people call them cute but I just can't see it.

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Anonymous 2015-10-02 18:12:24 Post No.1968193
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>>1968183
If a Boston terrier didn't have such a fucked up face it would be adorable

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You aren't alone OP, my shelter is filled with these type dogs and the girls here are always gushing over them, I just don't see it.
>dog is literally out of breath just walking around
>throw a ball, it chases and lies down
>looks like someone smashed it's face in with a hammer
>always seem to be stupid
I prefer a dog with a real snout any day.

Anonymous 2015-10-02 21:43:23 Post No.1968328
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>>1968183
>it offers literally no evolutionary advantage, in fact, it's a huge evolutionary disadvantage.
since being loved by humans is dog's evolutionary advantage,

and brachycephalic dogs are loved by humans,

it offers the only evolutionary advantage that matters to dogs.

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Anonymous 2015-10-05 13:34:29 Post No. 1970429 [Report] [View this topic]

I'm going to cancel my WSPA subscription if you can't convince me that animals feel pain.

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Anonymous 2015-10-05 13:59:52 Post No.1970438
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>>1970429
Bump due to gross insensitivity and vulgar request posted.

Anonymous 2015-10-05 14:15:25 Post No.1970444
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Anonymous 2015-10-05 14:15:25 Post No.1970444 [Report]

Why should I care about how you spend your money?
Just ask bugguy when you see him in this board.

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>>1970429
This ones for you OP.

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Anonymous 2015-03-23 22:05:18 Post No. 1832931 [Report] [View this topic]

Can we have a YLYL /an/ thread?

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Anonymous 2015-03-29 18:47:53 Post No. 1835929 [Report] [View this topic]

ITT: "What the fuck" creatures of the past and today

>Easy mode: Cambrian era
>Normal mode: Any other time period
>Hard mode: Today

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Anonymous 2015-03-29 19:13:19 Post No.1835940
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>>1835929
Do you mean weird-looking or OH GOD WHAT THE FUCK?

Cuz horsehair worms are the latter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcj0Srt8i6k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuwniltjkQY

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You'd be hard pressed to find a vertebrate stranger than Atopodentatus.

Anonymous 2015-03-29 19:17:44 Post No.1835942
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>>1835941
>Face is a vagina with teeth

Mother nature a bitch

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Anonymous 2015-03-20 12:28:52 Post No. 1830883 [Report] [View this topic]

Funny/cute animal GIFS

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>>1830883

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Anonymous 2014-11-23 15:09:47 Post No. 1769495 [Report] [View this topic]

What is the most delicious bug I can raise (easily) to use as human food?

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Anonymous 2014-11-23 15:28:36 Post No.1769507
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>>1769495
Probably crickets

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>>1769507
Crickets are shit. Cockroaches are the best.

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>>1769495
i've heard of people eating mealworms. they are cheap and extremely easy to breed. Local pet store will sell you a tub of 50 for a fiver or so. Let those pupate and turn to beatles, wait a few months and you'll have thousands.

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Anonymous 2014-10-26 14:08:52 Post No. 1753763 [Report] [View this topic]

ITT: post your pet, its name and where that name originates from.

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Anonymous 2014-10-26 15:16:26 Post No.1753793
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Roadrash and Pancake. Two cats I bottle fed after they were thrown from a car.

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Aino as given to my aunt as a part of a duo. She's a dainty little thing compared to her brother, who is a robust longhair who looks sort of like a curmudgeony old-timer. Because he'd had the luck of having born looking old he was named Väinö, after Väinämöinen from Kalevala, and his sister was named after the maid Aino from the same lore.

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Vivian.

Her name stems from Vivi, my favorite FF9 character. Vivi is what I call her for short, of course.

Here she's pictured in her cage at the adoption center I got her from. Couldn't quite figure out the intended purpose of the cat bed.

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Anonymous 2014-10-23 22:22:32 Post No. 1752318 [Report] [View this topic]

Can we talk about dinosaurs? My son is all into them and i never was so...

Dinosaur fact thread

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Anonymous 2014-10-23 22:28:14 Post No.1752320
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>>1752318
Pro tip. The elephant and the human in the pic are not a dinosaurs

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Pets dressed for Halloween Anonymous 2014-10-13 11:19:49 Post No. 1745268 [Report] [View this topic]

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>>1745268
That's neat!

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>>1745268
>>1745368
top kek

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Anonymous 2014-10-24 08:43:55 Post No. 1752565 [Report] [View this topic]

Fluffy animal thread

Welcome:
Fluffy cat
Fluffy dog

Invited:
Spitz dogs
Maine Coon
Norwegian forest cat
American Eskimo
Samoyed

Not welcome:
That bug that is made of poisonous hair

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