#pet trade just

[system-of-a-feather]

Man I'm in no rush to make the decision or anything, but a lot of the time lately, I've come to think that I don't believe I am in a place in my life where I can - for the long run - provide the lovebirds with a long term home that provides them with the life I think they deserve. I provide a good one, and definitely one better than either of them had in the past - but I know there are people with a more stable life style, more space, and what not that could probably give them a better life than I can.

The issue is, finding a new home for a parrot that is actually GOOD and honest about it and not just planning to use them for breeding or re-sale is horrifying. As far as I'm concerned, while I am not happy with the quality of life I can currently provide for them, I am also aware I am probably a better and safer option than most people I could probably find to potentially rehome them to - and I would rather give them a "below what they deserve and could have" life than risk having them thrown back into the hell that is being in the pet trade or owned by someone who can't care for them.

They're fine and happy and all and there aren't any *issues*, but I do know things I would like to be able to provide them that I simply can't at the moment or necessarily can in any relative soon future.

And it honestly just upsets me how hostile and dangerous the pet trade is for parrots. I'm also not going to pretend we don't have trauma relating to the pet trade as well and I'm just ":/"

Cause I love these lesbian lovebirds, I really do and I want the best for them. If I knew I could find them a home that could do better than me, I would pay someone to adopt them. The issue is though, lovebirds are probably one of the most common "breeder" birds and a non-negligible part of me would rather die than see them thrown into that life.

I choose to not think about it too much cause its not a current issue I have to make, and the truth is - I'm just being a mother hen about my birds cause again, there isn't anything *wrong* and there isn't an issue, I just... ya know, want the best for them and currently, I think I am the best for them.

I just honestly really wish I wasn't cause I know I could be doing a lot better and it's honestly just sad.

[sleepnoises]

painting my neopets

i think you can tell which character design i came up with when i was a ten year old with a lot of free time on my hands

[watchthekittycatcher]

I can't tell you how refreshing it is to see a Minecraft server whose spawn is actually nice. Where the houses and roads are well-designed and well-lit, and there aren't creeper holes left right and center. It's cool to see this game being played by a group of people who actually care about how the things around them look and who actually maintain their surroundings.

[allthepandasintheworld]

nothing will be funnier than the fact that as a cult member, narinder is shorter than lamb (i think it's just bc all the followers are shorter than lamb, by design, but it's still funny to think about)

[crossbackpoke-check]

Why I Am Not Coming In To Work Today [abridged], Jess Zimmerman

part one | part two

[quirkle2]

my fav pets from cs :) [please zoom in . pl ease]

[designs belong to chickensmoothie]

[answrs]

[glowingkorbat]

my guesses for NCUC rollout (NOT FACTS this is Fully speculating just based on the AMA and general history of tnt nonsense)

NC Mall will crash relentlessly the first week or so (bad)

there will be different UC Styling sets (not just one item) and they will be accessible only by mystery capsule, meaning you’ll have to either buy multiple capsules to get the specific one you want or you’ll have to trade other users. Capsules will be at least 350NC (very bad. Will cause new levels of userbase backlash that will probably go ignored)

Styling sets will connect to your pet permanently. Existing UCs will have it pre attached. New UCs will have to acquire their desired set and attach it to their pet in a NC Mall substore hosted by the lutari silhouette we got a preview of. Once attached it can be toggled on and off but cannot be removed, and it will stay attached when pets are trading or adopted out (generally good. Keeps some of the PC trading functioning [people who don’t want to spend real money willing to trade names for UCs], saves users from needing gift boxes when transferring UC pets between their account. Does mean you need to purchase more style sets though since you can’t swap them from one pet to another on a whim)

new artwork will generally be nice looking but some will be considered general downgrades and the whole forced change will still be met with vitriol (neutral)

well named pets and aged pets will be the primary pool and status symbol. Probably more name for name trading in general if UCs are easy to access (neutral)

As confirmed via discord, pets will not have to be pre painted with your desired UC colour to have the style set applied. Faerie, Grey, and Darigan paint brushes will deflate as they are now essentially buyable with real money but non-UC colour paint brushes will remain high. (Good for managing paint brush inflation, bad for the ethics of suddenly being able to essentially pay real money to paint your pet)

hundreds of users will quit due to disliking new art or disliking that their (sometimes) hard earned status symbols have been reduced to nothing. Two thirds of those users will come back, because after a certain amount of time on this site no one ever really quits Neopets. (neutral)

[roguemonsterfucker]

My cockatiel Bandit is molting right now and he looks so nasty 😂

If I didn't know what was happening, I'd be panicking thinking he's sick. Shoot, even though I KNOW what's happening I still am worried about him. 😂

On the plus side, I managed to get some of his shed feathers before he destroyed them so now I have a few intact wing and tail feathers from him for my collection. 👀

I always say the reason I have birds is so I can collect their feathers. It's a joke, of course. Mostly.

[i-c-u-p]

looking at chicken smoothie salt blogs as a casual player

[selfcontainedunivcrse]

thinking of seren. my little guy. they have problems

he's a little shopkeeper and sells modded artifacts to dubiously vanilla players. he's doing severe customer service and also lying about most of it, because a lot of modded items are (practically) just decorative junk that means nothing. Yeah, this shards of uhh ... viridium.. ... it's very rare and valuable due to its. .. magical properties.. which it has... because it's green... and used in protective charms. Surely you want to buy it. Please

he also at least at one point sells Exotic Pets. Look. They're ender-cats, a totally real thing, which you've just never seen because you've never been to the end. I've been to the End. What do you mean neither ender-aligned creatures nor cats are supposed to have carapaces, you've just never seen anything outside your narrow worldview [This is an endermite.]

[yoohyeon]

u are the sweetest 💖💖💖

No you !!!! 🥺💖💕💗 I hope it will get better soon ily 🫶

[tisafinedayforsimping]

Jesus christ event trading on Chicken Smoothie feels like being some sort of dignitary having to balance trades with foreign countries

[draconicsplendor]

It’s wild to think that my fully domesticated, loving, sweet and wonderful lapdog is hard to care for sometimes and then some people will just have pet tigers. Like bestie put it back. It’s malnourished and terrified and probably wants to kill you

[furbyevils]

[AVAILABLE]

Hey guys!! I'm looking to trade one silly Series 1 Ouiouis for the last Series X Ouiouis I'm missing :3

I have the lil Lemon left!

[W] : Blinding Corona (Sun)

Please message me here, Discord, or on Twitter if you're interested!

I can also add artwork if you're interested! I can provide examples (most are Toontown related haha)

[stunt-lads]

5 am lore drop for my dog:

When she farts if she can hear it AT ALL, doesn't matter how quiet, she will run or otherwise try to hide from the sound and it is the fucking funniest thing