#fish abscess

[headlessandhellbent]

Fergus update.

I think my boi is getting ready to pass. He was hiding a lot under one of his bridges, and now the past three days he has been in one corner resting on the ground and only swims for air and to circle around his resting space. His tumor is looking rather vein-y and something has shifted because now instead of all the tumors on top of each other he has a huge dent in the middle of his abscess. I'd estimate within the month he will pass. I'm just praying it is quick and painless, and nothing like the burst tumor PERRL had to suffer through.

I've come to terms with Fergus' passing a long time ago, infact when he grew his first lil tumor very soon after me adopting him a little over a year now... But I admit that while I love all my fish... Fergus is THAT fish for me.

I have him in about 7.5/10 gallons, but if no improvement overnight with today's water change and IAL I'm going to lower it down to below 50% of his 10 gal tank. He's got that beginner death gasping going on and his body is looking quite ragged compared to his usually blinding dragon scales...and I already spent half the day crying about it in bed today.

He just looks so fucking miserable all of a sudden, therefore I am miserable in solidarity.

If anything, please send positive thoughts for a painless and timely passing. I'm not going to play dumb and wish that Fergus makes a full recovery because that's stupid and unrealistic.. but Fergus is one of the best fish I've rescued and deserves an honorable warriors death or something.

Oh Fergus, my heart is breaking.

[spongebob-connoisseur]

Moldy salad lookin ass baby💞

[followthebluebell]

My ragdoll recently went for a bath (parents are really anal about cleanliness so taking the cat for a bath every 4 months was the compromise) and the groomer said that her anal glands were really blocked up and that we should be doing it regularly. That's fine, but we can hardly see the glands with all the fur and the little vixen won't let us hold her for more than 2 minutes (this isn't even for doing care stuff. That's just for funsies). We've tried using the purrito method but she absolutely despises it and nearly clawed at my face, despite having a very tight grip on her.

Do you have any tips for 1) managing the fur around there so at least we can locate the glands and 2) tips for making it less uncomfortable for her?

ok, first absolutely contact a vet to see if her glands ARE blocked up. Anal gland issues generally come with some pretty distinct symptoms that you would notice: butt scooting, a foul odor (it smells like rotten fish), cat licking its behind WAY more than necessary, difficulty pooping, etc, etc.

These glands are located INSIDE the body. They're normally not visible on cats. The most you can typically see is the little openings on the rectum. When everything is working properly, the glands fill up with a thick liquid that's squeezed out when the cat poops.

Impacted glands happen when this fluid isn't squeezed out, like if it gets thickened, an abscess develops, or something similar. Sometimes some very sensitive cats get impacted glands if their food is changed because their poop isn't solid enough to squeeze the glands. So typically, the first solution isn't to jump straight to squeezing the glands (these glands are very small and require sticking your fingers up the cat's butt so... uhh... yeah, you can see why we'd all like to avoid this). Often times, the first measure is to just change the cat's diet.

anyway, that's a lot of words to say 'please contact your vet first and follow their advice'.

[r1mmvhub]

✄ no. 4 in e minor. largo

tw: +18, pwp, addiction, anal sex, coprophilia, oral, drugs character: sanzu haruchiyo/fem!reader summary: under the influence of narcotic substances, sanzu and his girlfriend see… everything, giving rise to new feelings and sensations.

art by kichi_4th & nikiomoart

«after some time, joseph noticed that mary, who was betrothed to him, would soon be a mother. and joseph planned to let her go, giving her a letter of divorce. when he decided to do this, an angel appeared to him in a dream and said: «do not be afraid to receive mary, for she will give birth to the holy spirit; and she will give birth to a son, whom you will name jesus (that is, the savior), since he will save people from sins». – joseph recognized this dream as a suggestion from above, and accepted mary.» (the birth of jesus christ. the worship of the shepherds. matthew 1:18-25; luke 2:1–21)

sanzu spreads her legs wider, settles right next to the tender, shaved bosom and the oppressive childish pain of the heart goes away, the holes of the stomach are sewn up with a machine gun while the tongue slides along the skin of the inner thigh. the girl relaxes and exhales, simultaneously injecting a drug into the swollen vein and quietly releasing air from the vagina, accompanied by a characteristic sound. the gentle touches stop and the vibration of laughter passes through the body, shuddering for just a couple of seconds, and they return to today's goal of hedonism, which they share together and keep for so long.

the active muscle outlines the female genitals, first passing through the inner folds of the lips of the vagina, pulling the delicate skin, giving itself more space. inhaling the musky scent, almost a fish with urine, which was more exciting, moving closer and nuzzling her pubis more; already wet, ready, enjoying just one thought, the girl inhales tobacco and immediately washes down a laxative tablet with water covered with dust.

the mouth sucks in the girl's juices, the tongue strokes the clitoris, and the booming «mmm» is immediately passed by a strong vibration on a bundle of nerves. the tongue is replaced by a finger that easily enters the vagina. the nail irritates the walls inside the girl a little, but she does not want to focus on it, slipping off the chair, bending with a sudden crunch in the back area. haruchiyo's free hand immediately picks up the woman's body.

and she bends over, sighing weakly, puts her hands back and spreads her buttocks, opening her anus, while her knees tremble slightly from lost satisfaction in the vagina. the penis enters the girl's ass, fingers tease two delicate points of the body: a brownish-pink nipple, skirting the bump and fine wrinkles, outlining a halo with a fingernail, sending kisses like sheep, nasty-sloppy, slobbery, right on the moles and small wounds of the back, a new herd of goosebumps; and the clitoris swells, the girl actively rubs against other people's fingers bending his legs at the knees from weakness and excitement. the middle finger and index finger enter the womb, stretching the uneven walls, while the pace accelerates, the anal and rectal tissues gently tear.

ᅠdrug addicts crush each other's abscesses, drink green pus from wounds, and choke. and they see norihiro sekitani's creatures: a down boy crossed with a pig, spewing beaten boar heads from his mouth; a spider—like disabled baby with reddened hematomas all over his head, bulging empty eyes, torn off the skin of his jaw, eating his brother, barely a year old, in a pool of venous blood; a giant, two-meter-tall, fat cockroach, with active whiskers, twiggy paws, (oh, a miracle!) a human cock fucks the living head of a pensioner with black eyes, yellowish skin, and a regurgitating mixture of semen and acid belonging to the stomach (from such a living cockroach with a modified penis, he trembled, hammering his dignity deeper into the anal of the girl); a meaty something made up of completely different parts of the body of the wrong person, not what kind of animal (the head consisted of a sheep's skull wrapped in slimy flesh, with members instead of normal jaws; an unidentified neck, thick, fleshy, sinewy; instead of a body — a heart with severed veins and a swollen left atrium; as well as only three thin, long arms slapping the floor with loud pops), moved crookedly from side to side, bumping into the main characters of the whole sodom under a wild crocodile; on the table, waving her arms, — growing straight out of short, lush hair — was the severed head of a woman, whose nose was (just like a pig's) hooked on a collar hook, specially designed for bdsm games, fixation for nostrils, and her eyes were filled with either dirt or oil, and, most disgusting in her opinion sanzu, — is a mutilated male jaw instead of a female one, actively moving back and forth; a girl with a cow's head, with only red, red skin left on her skull, in an old-fashioned dress, with crippled hands with only two active fingers, zealously rips out one of her little hands with a bone and instantly devours it; another disabled-boy-is-a-nightmarish-creature walking around with the meat creature described above on with his two ugly arms bent at the elbows, he stares with active eyes at the copulating drug addicts while they squint, cockroach antennae shake on his head, and instead of legs he has a pair of upper human teeth with bloody gums, which snap shut with every "step" he takes. and there's a lot of stuff like that.

the stench spreads throughout the room while the girl screams in pain of pleasure and defecates on the bed, smearing not only herself with shit and urine, but also his cock. from this, the clouded mind from hard drugs is not going to recover, desperately succumbing to the accumulated shit. sanzu settles right in front of the women's thighs, spreads her buttocks and catches excrement with her tongue, choking, subjecting her taste buds to disgusting tortures in the form of a terrible taste, terrible bitterness (comparing it with alcohol of 1000 samples). the guy tried very hard not to throw up, but in the state of the most terrible trip it was impossible to restrain himself, which caused the vomit to pour onto his girlfriend's ass, dirtying the already dirty sheet. saliva mixed with feces and acidic water drips silently, and the girl under sanzu stirs, turns around and catches his penis with a weak hand, which is not completely covered with her secretions. it smoothes along the entire length, smearing the main element of coprophagy, picking the opening of the urethra, driving a little feces into the hole. with his other hand, he grabs his scrotum, kneads and pushes his penis down his throat, ignoring such a thing as shit. she holds back the urge to vomit, makes nauseous sounds, but interrupts them by actively gesturing with her balls and right at the base of her penis with her hands, helping herself to orgasm with two bodies at once. sanzu suffocates in a filthy room teeming with all the described monsters, beginning to copulate with each other, arranging bloody orgies, also pleased and smeared with all human secretions. he catches an orgasm and cums in his girlfriend's throat, thrusting into her one last time. didn't have to wait long for the girl to throw up, right on the penis.

a couple of drug addicts are kissing in the shower, mixing an impossible solution from their saliva, passing their tongue over their teeth, while at this time nightmarish creatures continue to desecrate other people's sheets, giving birth to love and worldview.

«elder joseph and the virgin mary came to bethlehem; but the future mother of the savior of the world could not find a place in the hotel: everyone was crowded with those who had come to register; and she placed herself with her companion in a cave where shepherds were driving cattle from the pasture. It was here, on a winter night, that christ was born. the blessed virgin wrapped him in swaddling clothes herself and put him in a manger.

«the shepherds saw a multitude of angels; and they heard their solemn heavenly hymn: «glory to god in the highest, and on earth peace, good will among men!»

the angels sang about the peace of the soul, about the peace of mind that believers in christ will achieve when they come to know god, the purpose and meaning of their lives.» (the birth of jesus christ. the worship of the shepherds. matthew 1:18-25; luke 2:1–21)

[raimi]

I need some help getting stuff together for D&D tonight so I have SOMETHING for my players. (Cat got put down today and the other cat has an abscess so I'm dealing with medical stress that's messing me up.)

Last session, The Sea's Feast (an annual seafood festival essentially) got messed up because only one of the fishing boats that went out actually came back, and instead of the expected fish they had a giant monstrous lobster that the PCs ended up having to fight after it broke out of the rope holding one of its claws shut. Afterwards, the fishers from the surviving boat asked the PCs to come out with them the next morning for protection, since they're obviously skilled at fighting. (Staying at home isn't an option because this is a coastal town that uses the ocean as a main food source.)

This session, the PCs will be out with the fishing boat. They need to keep the fishers safe, and also do what they can to make sure the fishers actually come back with food. I want to give them a combat enounter that they can fight with them in a boat and the monster in the ocean. They're currently first level.

I also want to give them some sort of clue that something's going on UNDER the water. They'll probably run into the remains of the other fishing boats, but no bodies as everyone was pulled underwater by monsters. They're probably all (or mostly) still alive through some sort of magic.

I also don't currently have the names/basic profiles of the fishing team they'll be going out with. There are five of them, all humans, and the captain is a woman.

So. Anything anyone can throw out for any of this would be greatly appreciated.

[kedreeva]

I picked up some additional rosies from a nearby pet shop, since I wanted to get them a head start on the pond this summer. I added them to the 50g, and they have integrated with the ones from last year, though most of them are much smaller. I know that they're considered feeder fish, and I know there's a bottom line to uphold when feeding fish that only cost like $0.20, but they are always basically emaciated at every store I've ever seen them at.

My tanks have pretty strong currents, so some of them struggled for the first day or two, sticking to the shelf that's mostly blocked up by plants and equipment. But I noticed today that almost all of them had moved out and are in the center area of the tank, where the current is strongest, schooling up. Tonight when I went to feed them, I started with the 4 still in the soft corner, making sure they got a bunch (the snails will clean up anything they miss), and when I went to feed the rest, they had all emerged and come to the front and top, waiting. It's only been about a week of regular feeding, but they're already learning body outside tank = food time, and I just find that very endearing.

They're also utterly unafraid of the net... I had to remove one that had an abscess forming, and they didn't flee. There's a million places to hide in this tank, but they just kind of chilled or even swam right up to the net. I wonder if that's been bred into them.

[natandwandaseries]

So as you all know, Ivy is my rescue dog and editor. I had to rush her to the ER yesterday when she suddenly had a wound on her stomach that was bleeding badly. We hadn’t even gone outside yet and I didn’t know where it came from.

There is going to be some gross stuff coming

There was an abscess that has burst, and I was given the option of an exploratory surgery where she would be awake but sedated to clean it up and maybe see the cause. The cause was far worse than myself or the vet could have anticipated, and resulted in an emergency surgery with intubation.

Before I got Ivy, she was spayed after having her puppies. The vet who had done her original surgery used fishing line for her internal stitches rather than dissolvable stitches. This fishing line had been in her for four years. The fat and muscle around the fishing line was necrotic and had to be cut away. The fishing line was removed and dissolvable stitches are in its place, same for her external wound.

There were no symptoms before the pool of blood on Tuesday morning. But Ivy is now okay and recovering at home with lots of meds, ground turkey, rice, and love

[fanarchoslashivist]

Do you need any help with the surgery? Do you have a fundraiser post I missed?

Although overtime at work isn't available anymore I luckily have so far been able to manage this by selling a lot of my furniture and donating plasma. I haven't made any posts about it, I don't feel very comfortable asking for money when I'm still able to earn it myself and there are a lot of people on here who need help for their daily necessities. I'm also very fortunate that while it's an expensive procedure with some risks a non-dental-related abscess isn't very time sensitive and we were able to put it off until I could earn the money and she had received her vaccine + booster.

If you would like to help I do have an amazon wishlist for pet supplies. I would appreciate some help with food and gauze. This is a list used more to bookmark frequent necessities and gift ideas for my family since they never know what to get me, I'm not asking anyone for what's on the list, but I am currently out of rabbit pellets and fish food. We're making it through with a 50lb bale of hay from tractor supply and my salad garden.

[satinoflowers]

The Spicelands (acoc/trw OC)

About four months ago, before the trailer for the ravening wars was announced, I insanely, coincidentally, wrote some lore about the Spicelands for an insane, coincidental fanfic that also took place before the crown of candy events. Just wanted to share in celebration of the new season, I am so so SO incredibly excited. 

The basics:

The people of the Spiceland are a small hunter-gatherer society who vaguely resemble middle-paleolithic greece. They live in modest shelters and tree structures, a very open society with little to no governing and law. They frequent the southeastern corner of Calorum, for two reasons- the first is that they are near the coast where they get about half their food supply. The second is their religious icon, the center of their society, and the source of all life for all Spices- the Great Pepper.

The Great Pepper is a monolithic bulb that grows right in the heart of the Spicelands. It has has great leafy stalk of varying textures, a long stem that wraps around the bulb twice before spindling out in lecherous stalks that wind around tree roots and through the ground for the entirety of Spiceland, roots that dive deep into the rich soil surrounding it, and of course the bulb itself. An abscess has been carved into it, by the ancient ancestors of the Spices, but the inner seeds and chambers are visible only to those who venture inside. 

Every single person in the Spicelands originates from the Great Pepper- it is the mother to all. That is, there aren’t any biological parents in the Spicelands, and the Pepper itself is every genus of spice and every genus of pepper all at once. Similar to real life, the spices are differentiated between the parts of the pepper they come from. For example, a character named Bayley is from the leaf of the pepper (Bay leaf), and a character named Cayen is from the skin of the pepper (Cayenne pepper). The naming convention of the Spices is that each person is named “Bayley of Leaf” or “Cayen of Skin”.

The only differentiation from this naming convention is the Cardamother (haha get it), who is religious leader/”queen” of the Spicelands. They aren’t traditional rulers in that they lead birthing rituals (by Brennan's words, you can’t really get into the genetics of food) and ceremonies for the Pepper, though they do manage delegation of jobs, preparing for winters, and judicial duties if applicable. Additionally, each Cardamother will typically have a few appointed spices to manage different fields if needed, such as education or fishing. It’s exceedingly rare for Cardamom as a genus to be born from the Pepper, and once one is born, the old Cardamother is sacrificed to make way for the new one once they are of age. 

Okay. That’s the general lore for the current society, here’s some history.

-The colosseum and the origin of the Spicelands

There aren’t many remnants of the people who once lived in the Spicelands, most being near-ruined limestone buildings and a few crusty tomes- and the Colosseum. The Colosseum, which has degraded into a semi-circle around the Great Pepper’s southern side throughout the centuries, is the largest structure for miles. The Cardamothers have told their people that the Great Pepper grew it itself from its rich soils, erecting it to defend against a prophesied white dragon that would one day rise from the sea. The common folk trade tales of great wars and a hero named Vinarof who slayed a thousand evil demons made of cream.

But the small faction of scholars and librarians that the Spicelands possess say that the Colosseum was built by an old people named “Soledium of Calor” (soh-leh-dee-um; ka-lore). They were the people who once lived there, and they were an intelligent, ancient, society that mysteriously disappeared decades ago. The ancient tomes describe an apocalypse of sorts, some impending threat that caused them to leave- or perhaps die out. Either way, scholars believe that their disappearance/death led to the healthy soil that now allows the Great Pepper to thrive. It’s hotly debated whether the Soledium possessed some substance in them that made the soil fertilized enough to grow the Pepper once their bodies integrated into the ground, or if they were poisoning the land and them leaving cured it.

Whether the Soledium of Calor are perceived as heroes or villains for this depends on the individual scholar- but either way their interesting genetic makeup and translation of their name is the same. “Soledi” as both a derivation of “sol” for sun as well as an anagram of “soiled” for the soil that was able to propagate, “dium” for the god that was born, and “calor” as an early derivation of the name of the continent Calorum. 

(Footnote: this analysis is from the point of view of a spician scholar, and is not necessarily accurate. I included my etymological chart thingy so my meaning is a bit more clear)

That’s it! I do have a giant whiteboard with a family tree for Candia and the Dairy Isles, as well as some characters… but I think I’ll wait for the next season(ing) and some more juicy juicy lore.

[thepipsqueakery]

Meet Guppy! This little lady is one of the roughest cases we have had this year. She came in two weeks ago weighing about 1000 grams and honestly I didn't think she would make it. There was pus pouring out from behind and around both eyes, she weighed less than half of what she should have because her teeth were so overgrown, her molars were growing into her cheeks, and she smelled a bit like rotting fish. I've held off on posting her because I honestly wasn't sure she would make it even 48 hours, but luckily I was wrong. Guppy is doing a lot better even though she doesn't look a lot better. The swelling around both eyes has gone down although there is still a significant risk we will have to remove at least the right eye. She has doubled in weight since having her teeth trimmed and she eats with gusto. She's on antibiotics and multiple pain meds and I think she has a chance of pulling through. She still needs major dental work on her molars, probably at least one enucleation, a procedure for an abscess on her jaw, and eventually her incisors extracted but I think we can give this sweet girl a good chance at living a good life. Saving Guppy is a huge undertaking for all of us at The Pipsqueakery and we couldn't even attempt it without your support. It's because of all of you we are able to give these hopeless cases just enough hope to squeak by to better times. It's because of you that Guppy gets a chance and plenty of pain control while we give her that chance! Please consider donating because this sweet girl has a long long way to go and needs all of our support if she's going to get there. ❤ Venmo: @ThePipsqueakery ❤ CashApp: $ThePipsqueakery ❤ Zelle: 574-993-2235 ❤ Paypal: Paypal.me/thepipsqueakery ❤ Facebook: www.facebook.com/thepipsqueakery and use the donate button ❤ Patreon: patreon.com/thepipsqueakery ❤Amazon Wishlist: http://a.co/fEKocKc ❤ Chewy Wishlist: https://www.chewy.com/g/the-pipsqueakery-inc_b69832307 ❤️ Mail a check: PO Box 1627 Bloomington, IN 47402 https://www.instagram.com/p/CovSrC_uMUB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[insanelayne]

MAX: Leaning against the sink, I looked at my half-dead reflection in the mirror, fogged up from my breath.

the fuck did you do?

The dim light aged my face, showing all the flaws of my sunken face, bloody from my nose. I leaned under the stream to wash my face, to come to my senses for a second. Flashbacks of the previous night flashed before my eyes: Mitch's last breath and my detached reaction. I felt like crap.

- How do you stand yourself, Max? You torment everyone like a festering abscess. - I am ready to share with you the grief that I brought myself. Someone will be saved. - I get it, you are an angel. - Yes sir, my friend. Prepare for the worst.

My love for her is a weight that is dragging us both to the bottom, and I am a fucking egoist who will not let her either go down with me or rise into the air. She is small like a fish, she is gasping for air, and I am like a siren, dragging her. I don’t even need to say anything, she is following me herself, and this scares me. And no matter what kind of asshole I am, I will not let her go.

The snoring on my neck, the naked body, glowing with heat from the ppm in my blood, excited my imagination. I had been thinking all night long that it would be better to fuck this beauty all night long than to do what I did. All I want to do is rip her clothes off, piece by piece, remove the chitin that has formed during my absence, peel off her skin, crawling with bloody fingers into the most secret places, reaching the depths of her soul. I want to get into the very insides, shake out all the doubts that she has lived with since she got involved with me again. Mon ami, greet me with loud moans, I will lick your wounds clitorally. I just eat pussy, other people need food.

GIE: I noticed that Max was shaking slightly, his expression was distant, thoughtful. It was as if he was not here at all, although just a couple of minutes ago, being inside me… I know all the tricks and phrases he uses to get what he wants. His manipulations worked… before, when I looked at him with my mouth open. But times have changed, and so have I. I need him, I need him every day, while I breathe, but I need my healthy self more.

MAX: A little time has passed since the reunion, the credit of trust is still at zero, and there is nowhere to get it from. Even though we live together, she is busy with her own affairs, studying and meeting with friends, and I am busy with mine. Having met at night, we fuck and go to bed. Doesn't this seem forced? I'm a little afraid that she doesn't know what she wants.

As soon as we left the house, the nagging started. I didn't understand if she really wanted this or if she didn't fucking need it anymore. Why then? For what? I know for a fact that I want to be with her, but I see confusion in her eyes. Suitcase in the trunk, I stretch out my hand and look into her sad eyes. Are we going?

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[sehodreamsthoughts]

I just saw taeyong performing a surgery on his fish and I remembered when there was this dog I had that got an abscess and since I couldn't afford the constant treatments (I was 17 please give me a break) a doctor taught me how to use pads to drain it and I religiously taught this in every class I had when they asked me if I had a special talent.

[cassandrawallac]

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[forestchat]

A LOOK AT LIFE

Well after all the health things I’ve been through my wife decided it’s her turn.

I sent her for a few days to the UK to see friends and whilst she was there, she had an irritating spot play up. Now this has been around for ages but as the doctor said it wasn’t anything to worry about she didn’t. However, on arrival home and feeling under the weather she checked it and found a nasty – what she thought was a boil.  So off to the doctors and it turned out it was an abscess which they cleaned it put her on 500mg antibiotics and she had to have it dressed every day for a week.  The result is, they are happy with everything and she no longer feeling under the weather and only has to go for a new dressing on Monday. The antibiotics are finished and seem to have done the job.  But there is a good side to all this. The hospital sent her appointment for her eye operation…same day I see the Neurologist, how’s that for timing. But apart from that at the moment life’s good up here.

GROCKEL TIME

Suns out temperature is hotting up and the visitors are arriving.  We have twice driven along the coast but now we will give it a miss as there’s too much traffic and too many people.  Think it must be our age as we prefer to visit the coast when its less crowded.  But Cambrills has some excellent fish restaurants and the restaurants along the front are always full especially at weekends.  We go to a small café for coffee in the autumn/winter. Its lovely just sitting in the evenings drinking coffee and watching people and the world go by.  

Whilst on the subject, I know Barcelona and other cities are having a go at tourists, but it’s the drought that’s causing the problem.  Some of the cities and large towns do not seem to save the rainwater. We have seen scenes of water raging down streets washing cars away. These situations mainly occur because the houses are built on barrancas – old riverbeds or runoffs.  They seem to take the view theres plenty of water in the rivers so we’re ok. But they forget it doesn’t work like that.  We’ve been in a bad drought for a few years now and the reservoirs are very very low.  Yes, there is snow on the Pyrenees but once that’s melted no more water until winter.  Barcelona has a desalinization plant but it seems from what I’ve heard and read its not enough.  Self-preservation can be a bummer at times, and it seems we are in that mode here. So when they and others need to conserve the water they have been – according to the TV – blaming the number of tourists for excessive use.  But there are other factors involved, like the number of tourists that arrive on the floating cities called cruise ships.  Now there I have to agree with the comments.  These ships put into port and empty their septic tanks and take on water.  It is an unfortunate thing but the only way the water and tourist problem will be solved is if THE PEOPLE are educated on the use of water.  We shower like this.

Step 1) get under the shower and just get wet. THEN TURN OFF THE WATER!

Step 2) rub shower gel all over and scrub

Step 3) turn water on and rinse off.   Really simple no wasted water. We have had a conservation of usage ever since we’ve been green and had to rely on rainwater for the house use.  So, you would think the above suggestion would be the thing to do, NO! because you’re dealing with people and there are always those who will do what they want to the detriment of others. Exactly how to deal with the problem is a real dilemma. But someone somewhere will find the answer just when and what it is remains to be seen.  Right here endeth the lesson.

Other than this we have been busy in the garden but that’s for another story.

M D Bosc - Author

[his112midterm]

 Model reconstruction of the Templo Mayor, Wolfgang Sauber, (National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City).

Templo Mayor

The Great Temple located in Tenochtitlan, sat in the center of the city. With two grand stairways leading to the top of the temple, where two sanctuaries would be found.¹ Stairs so long if not accustomed to would result in tumors and abscesses, as described by Díaz del Castillo.² One of the sanctuaries was dedicated to Huitzilopochtli, the god of the sun and war. The other served Tlaloc, the god of rain and fertility.³ Inside their sanctuaries were two giant tall figurines. The one on on the right was of Huitzilopochtli, having a "broad monstrous face", and his body covered with precious stones. Holding a bow in one hand and a bow in the other.⁴ The other statue of Tlaloc was of a half man half lizard, whose body was said to contain all the seeds in the world. In front of them was a "techcatl" a round stone used for making sacrifices.⁵ Rituals were a daily occurrence in this temple, resident priests maintained the worship of the two gods by praying, burning incense, offering blood, and rarely sacrificing a human.⁶ Offers were made for Tlaloc to prevent drought, that he would send his rain for their crops. His offerings consisted of shells, fish, and sculptures of aquatic creatures. In contrast to Huitzilopochtli whose were skulls and sculpted knives. A contrast between the god of Fertility and the god of war.⁷ Huitzilopochtli's victims sacrificed on his side would have their hearts taken out, and thrown down his stairs. Landing on a statue of his sister Coyolxauhqui, which signified their weakness being thrown on a "defeated woman" This comes from the story of Huitzilopochtli killing his sister as revenge for attempting to murder him before his birth.⁸ Human Sacrifices kept Huitzilopochtli "satiated and happy".⁹ The Templo Mayor was extremely sacred to the Aztecs with its placement in the center of the whole city linked to the creation of Tenochtitlan. When Huitzilopochtli guided the four priests to find a nopal cactus tree which would signify they had found their home. That tree was said to have become Templo Mayor.¹⁰

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