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Back in the day (like 4 years ago LOL), it was more commonly repeated that ball pythons were picky eaters and fasted for no reason.

Overweight ball pythons are more likely to fast.

But back then no one believed ball pythons could get fat because "they will fast themselves before they become overweight"

And if that all wasnt the most counter intuitive BS I've heard from the BP community idk what is

Many of the breeders who repeated that sold all their breeding animals and left in the last few years because "people like you are ruining the hobby" and by that they meant people who dont value puppy mill breeding over providing actual good care for their animals. I cannot say I miss them or that I felt guilty for a second.

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Tumblr owners be like “oh, nothing crazy! We just wanna make a few changes, maybe include some premium options, you know. :)”

We rioted when the background color changed from blue to blue, Mr. Tumblrman.

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Finding out that bettas with their "I will murder you, your children, anything that breaths, and this rock for no reason" attitudes are closely related to "if you look at me I will cry. I will die before I stand up for myself" gouramis made my day. I feel there's sitcom material right there

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me bathing my dog: ohhhhh does she like the water!!! is it waaarrrm!!! ooooo shes gonna be so cleeeaaaan shes a clean little goorrrl gonna smell so goooood!!!!!

my dog in the tub looking like a sad wet rat:

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Simon has dropsy

I’ve been so busy with packing to move I haven’t been able to spend as much time with my animals and I completely missed the first symptoms. I noticed the lethargy and poor eating so I put him in a breeder net and did a water change, but it’s bad. His scales are so far up he looks grey, and he only comes off the bottom if I touch him. I’m going to try salt baths and some anti bacterial meds I have but the outlook isn’t good 😞

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Uhhhg these guys are so pretty! I’m so sad my line failed, the deltas are so pretty 😭😭

Who doesn't like a nice blue guppy ?

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@the-kitten-emperor Yeah no sorry that’s just flat out wrong. Bowls stress them out and are extremely bad for their health because

1. They don’t heat consistently

2. The circular shape stresses them out and makes them feel exposed

3. No pet store sells a 4-5 gallon bowl (the minimum size to keep a stable cycle)

4. They do need water flow to stop harmful bacteria from growing (stagnant water is always bad, there’s a reason they jump out of puddles in the wild)

5. In a proper sized tank the water flow will not be strong enough to stress a bettas. Or even better, sponge filters create very little current and are ideal for low current fish or fish fry

6. Bettas are carnivores/Insectivors meaning their diet is entirely protein based and their waste is extra good at producing ammonia and breeding bacteria. In a traditional tank or pond this isn’t an issue because it’s diluted by the volume of water and the flow of water. Bowls don’t have a very large capacity and the circular shape doesn’t allow for proper water flow (the same reason they don’t heat properly) and ESCPECIALLY with out a filter causes areas of ‘dead water’ where toxic bacteria and compounds collect.

I’m sorry but please don’t spread half informed pet care if you haven’t done your research, and especially if you don’t have/haven’t had the animal in question. I personally have five bettas a few of which are over two years old (a minor miracle considering they’re pet store fish) and have raised several from fry to adulthood (betta fry are notoriously picky and fragile) and I barely feel comfortable giving advice for anything more than the basics.

Bowls are entirely inappropriate containers and any serious betta keeper or breeder would tell you the same. Betta/goldfish bowls are a marketing trick by pet stores to get more people to buy fish (look they’re easy, just put them in a bowl and done!) and then buy more when they inevitably don’t live to their full life spans. A betta from a good line will live up to five years, even the worst bred carnival goldfish can live for a decade or more, but the inadequacy of common husbandry kills them at a young age

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“Oh that animal doesn’t LIKE you it just TOLERATES you” …..So? If that’s the most a non-social organism can feel towards you isn’t that just as special an honor as whatever it is you think affection means??

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My dude, is it so bizarre to want as many people to adopt dogs/etc. Whenever possible /and/ be in favor of better, healthier breed standards? They're not mutually exclusive. I know not everyone in the world is going to adopt. It's not realistic to believe otherwise. But I still promote the idea that adoption should be the first choice, unless you're getting a service dog because you're literally saving lives, but I also think breeders should create healthier dogs for people who do buy them.

Nope, it's not but apparently the dont shop adopt diehards cant understand that 🤷‍♀️

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horses are inherently funny because they come in so many sizes. like draft horses

this looks so fake. this horses skull is bigger than the dudes entire torso. this horses NECK is thicker than the dudes entire BODY.

and then at the opposite end of the spectrum you have shit like this shetland pony which ALSO looks fake

what the hell happened to this thing who bred this line of ponies to be so ridiculous

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Wtf? What is wrong with people??? Hotdogs are crazy unhealthy for people never mind snakes

This just in:

Hotdogs are not an appropriate prey for your snake.

Not even as a first meal to get them eating for the first time.

The fact I even am saying this with seriousness right now is bewildering. The fact that people are actively doing this is astounding.

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Do you think brachycephalic dogs are fine?

Let’s all just take a long look at the following two images. The top one is how a healthy dog should look. 

Brachycephalic breeds such as in the second image include dogs such as the French Bulldog, American Bulldog, Pug, Pekingese, Shihtzu, Boxers, and more. You may have heard smack about them previously or not at all, or you may be fully on the brachycephalic bandwagon still. I just want to refresh everyone’s memories a bit on why these are such horrible breeds and why they should not be continue to be bred. I have seen, every day for almost 3 weeks straight, dozens of deformed brachycephalic dogs being AI’d, being monitored during pregnancy, and having puppies delivered by C-section. I am sick of seeing this, and so this post is born.

Brachycephalic dogs commonly (and by commonly I mean almost every single brachycephalic dog) suffer from a syndrome called Brachycephalic Airway Syndrome. This syndrome involves the following, to varying degrees:

1. Narrow nostrils and overgrown bones within the nasal cavities (or, in other words, normal sized bones in a horribly shortened face) which obstructs airflow.

2. A trachea (i.e. windpipe) that is too small.

3. Everted laryngeal saccules (stage 1 of laryngeal collapse*) which can obstruct airflow.

4. A soft palate that is too long and obstructs airflow within the larynx.

These deformities translate into the cute, snorting, snoring, wheezing, overheating dogs that we all dote on. However, as if that’s not enough, these dogs can also have a multitude of other problems such as enlarged tonsils, vomiting and acid reflux, *full collapse of the larynx, jaw malformations resulting in dental malformations, skin disease, eye disease, heat intolerance, and inter-vertebral disc disease. They often require corrective surgery at a young age, and even then are not going to be completely healthy.

In other words, they’ve got it real bad. And people are still breeding them even when they are showing clear signs of anatomical and heritable abnormalities.

These dogs suffer unnecessarily just by being alive. Please don’t support their breeding, and don’t talk about them like they’re normal and healthy. They are not.

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I give scrambled eggs to my rats maybe once or twice a week and they go nuts for it! It’s literally their favorite food, they’ll nyoom for the eggs and ignore literally anything else. Carrots? Nah. Grapes? Nah. Baby food? Nah. Strawberries? Nah. Nuts? Nah. They want EGG

Every once in a while, Ember enjoys some scrambled eggs (microwaved and without spices) for breakfast!

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You’re so valid

It’s 2019 We Seriously Need to Stop Using Fish as Party Decorations

I got texted by a friend late last night and they were super worried bc they went to a party where the host used feeder goldfish as decorations in little bowls! I felt so sad for those poor fish!

I offered to take them and they drove me 4 little goldfish to me late at night and I quickly set up my 36 for them to quarantine in for the time being!

(It’s not much but it’ll do for the time being, and I’ll deff be going out to buy them some silk plants today)

The poor things are so tiny I have to crush up pellets for them!

Unfortunately when I checked on them today one of them didn’t make it through the night, but the other three are still trucking along! I’m gonna give it some time before I try naming them haha.

But seriously it’s 2019. Why is it still seen as ok to use living animals as decorations? Especially if you don’t have any plans on what to do with them afterwards? Goldfish need a lot of space and heavy filtration and a bowl smaller than my hand is not fit for anything to live in. Idc if they cost a couple of cents each, they’re living animals that can hurt and suffer and need proper care. It boils my blood that people think it’s ok to do this

Cheers and hoping these three do well in the coming weeks!

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So who’s gonna be my sugar daddy so I can have more aquariums

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I have had one of those open backed bord boxes on my window for 2 years now, and a Chickadee finally moved in! Very proud of my little man!

:D congrats!

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