#dead animal mention

[ohnothehedgepog]

I remember seeing on posts that Bill left Ford some rats in the shape of his name heavily implied as a gesture of love. My headcanon for how he came to settle on doing this out of affection was observing a stray cat leaving a dead rat on Ford's doorstep.

Ford, being the nerd he is, was gushing about how that behavior was a sign of love, that it meant that the cat wants to look after you. This totally made sense to Bill, and what could be more loving than one dead rat? A bunch of dead rats! In the shape of your loved one's name!

[omg-snakes]

Hi! I have a question about feeding my 3yr old corn snake. Hes 340g and ive been trying feeding him every 14 days. But I cant seem to find mice that are big enough and he acts hungry all the time lately. Are rats ok once in a while or should I just give him more than one mouse all the time? Thanks!

Hey, friend!

Rats are okay and strongly encouraged. Corn snakes often do act hungry when they don't actually need more food, and they can beg themselves into obesity so be mindful of that. If his body condition is good or if he's a little lean, then he might be actually hungry.

A snake that size and age should be eating about 35-ish grams of food every 10-ish days, which is a large (but not jumbo) adult mouse or a large pup/small weaned rat. You can also offer two mice that add up to 35 grams, an extra-small chicken chick, or a small quail. Once or twice a year you can also offer ONE quail egg (they're very rich; just one is enough.)

Variety is the spice of life, so switch it up as often as you are comfortable doing!

Really, corn snakes probably shouldn't be eating only one species of prey their entire lives. We do this in captivity for our own convenience but, like, it's definitely not natural. We don't do this with any other animal we keep. Dogs and cats have different flavors of canned food and multiple types of meat and veggies/grains in their prepared dry foods. Insectivorous lizards (should) get different types of bugs on rotation. Even fish get more species variety in their food than snakes!

I should mention that corn snakes in captivity have become a little bit like "chicken nugget kids" where they are so used to eating one type of food that they might be hesitant to try new things at first, especially when it comes to rats. I suspect rats are less yummy-smelling than mice to the snake palate. You may need to poke a little hole with a pin in the head of a thawed rat to expose some brain. Brains are mostly fat and fat = flavor, so that's usually enough to convince a neophobic snake that what's been placed in front of them is, in fact, delicious food and not a weird warm fuzzy rock or a dangerous but strangely unmoving predator.

I hope that makes sourcing food a little easier going forward, and that your buddy is happy and well-nourished!

[whalehouse1]

Bruce: Damian, I’m sorry, but Titus has passed away.

Damian: May I make a phone call father?

Bruce: Whatever you need to do.

-Two plane trips later-

Damian: Father, we’re back.

Bruce: Hello Da-Is that Titus!?

Damian: I have access to Lazarus Pits. What did you think I would do?

Tim: Aw, would you do the same for me?

Damian: No.

[ishipmyotp]

Vulture culture people. I buried a dead possum at the end of November in lawn soil, once it warms up, when can I expect it to be decomposed enough to take its bones?

[artxisxinxmyxsoul]

He totally tries the ice cream later. I believe in slightly-feral, adventurous-eater Aziraphale.

Anyway listen so far we haven’t seen Crowley eat anything, so my hc for now is he eats the same way my snake does. Once every two weeks, when he’s completely alone and feels secure, he has a nice big rodent and then immediately goes into a food coma for 3 days. And until Neil shows me I’m wrong that’s what I’m sticking with.

Also, sorry if this grosses anyone out. I’m a snake mom so frozen rodents don’t bother me, but I’m sure it’s not everyone’s cup of tea. 😅

[the-crystal-femmes]

Pearl is a little unhinged. She told me that she'd like wearing a dog skull on her head.

[onefey]

me, trying to get my dog Away from the dead rabbit whose guts she is eating:

honey in her honey brain: you know what mommy would really love right now? Some Kisses

[fr0zenballs]

Testosterone AND prey drive/prey cravings is driving me crazy

I'm craving protein like an insane man

I WANT A STEAK OR A DEAD RABBIT OR A DEER OR SOMETHING PLS PLS PLS

[trillium-bee]

It's got a dead bird in my tote bag season

[howtodrawyourdragon]

Not this children's book mentioning the words "murdered", "corpse", and dead deer. Of which the blood currently paints the snow red. That last part is also mentioned. And drawn!

[toadsrbutch]

love being in an interview and going “oh yeah! I actually have experience handling deceased animals, for a previous job I had to pick up dead birds to test for West Nile virus” and the person interviewing me going “oh, that’s definitely experience people don’t usually have”

[thatweirdocryptid]

Soo uhh, I kinda wanna name my deer skull I resently got-

[ishipmyotp]

Update on the possum saga: if I can't keep it secure in the pot with the makeshift cover I intend to make, I'm probably gonna try just getting a pot from the dollar store and boiling it in my backyard

[sonseulsoleil]

living in the mountains is like. you know your neighbors will help you out of any bad situation, but they don't know you're trans and you never want to tell them. there's a bear that you see so often you've given it a name in your head. sometimes the house smells like rotting flesh and it takes three days for you to find the dead mouse. the wildflowers are breathtaking. it's so quiet, especially in the winter when the snow absorbs the sound. there are so many stars, the night sky is stunning. the power went out again.

[inkpun]

[livinglycan]

Might make a tag for rbing gore, dead animals and talking about my more violent throughts. Minimum blood probably won't be added but if it makes me lick my lips or get hungry it's probably going there (if I decide to make one because I often forget what trigger tags to put)