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system-of-a-feather · 11 months ago

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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.

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blackbackedjackal · 13 days ago

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You have to just like, actively not give a shit about animal welfare to own a pet fennec fox.

#the pet trade for them is just #a special kind of awful for an animal that's as sensitive as they are #jackal's journal

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sleepnoises · 1 year ago

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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

#spiders tag #whoknowsi (right) was my lab pet for a long time and was originally a white grundo.#wondergleam (left) was my lab pet for a shorter time and is just very stylish and mean #i have caved and gotten another aisha to zap... they can all trade collars

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watchthekittycatcher · 8 months ago

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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.

#sdmp #the HOA joke is whatever but it does actually contribute. spawn looks NICE. all the houses look NICE. accidental explosions are REPAIRED.#this isn't some anarchy bullshit where random players just roam and break stuff and steal from afk people #the sdmp EXPECTS YOU to play the game and to be overall cooperative with everyone #yeah people poke fun at each other and do shiesty trades but they don't kill pets and burn down houses. it's just not that kind of server #and i really enjoy that

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allthepandasintheworld · 3 months ago

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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)

#cotl lamb #cotl narinder #cotl fanart #narinder #narilamb #doodles #digital art #i am forever salty that in my first playthrough my follower narinder didn't roll goo dtraits #and by good traits i mean he is not pettable #i am so mad #the only positive trait he rolled was the sickness giving faith one which is just like the most useless trait ever #at least be an unrepentant sinner or something!! like jeez #bro just really likes getting sick i guess. hate it here.#let me pet him!!! let me pet him....#kissing is not enough. that is not good enough for me. in fact #if i could trade the kissing for petting i would do so in a heartbeat #also has someone done the 'look ma look at that weird fuckin cat' vine yet #anyway guess what game has consumed me body and soul lately?#and guess who is my babygirl

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crossbackpoke-check · 2 years ago

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

part one | part two

#me when everybody is posting the maple leafs sad narratives and i am furiously generating this like HOLD ONNNN HOLD ONNNNNNN #honestly i could've been SOOOO MEAN about this because i saw this poem & alexandra got the preview on the poetry blog #where i just reblogged the first half of this poem point blank with the tags #kyle dubas #toronto maple leafs #& got yelled at aksdaksf & it literally only didn't go on this blog bc i usually write more & then it was percolating & i looked up the poe #& it was only the FIRST PART i'd reblogged i didn't know there was more & then brain immediately went brrrrr ok time for an edit.#this is a long one lol & i also have no idea if it makes sense to anybody but me but because y'all know me i will always overexplain so!!#my reasoning for the reasons obvi kyle. that's a given i hope he's doing well i hope he & his family r good but man is not coming in to wor #the second edit took me a stupid amount of time bc i am nitpicky but also i learned how to do the layers & transparency from the claude edi #that actually y'all don't know about lmao but i lost my mind when i saw how perfectly those pictures align i was scrolling getty & was like #ok december i'm gonna do a headline one (in my brain with the november/june quote about choosing to die again) w/ maple leafs playoff odds #how they say at winter break you know who's gonna be in the playoffs & who'll win & they thought they had a shot but it's mitchie overlaid #the 2003-04 team who'd last won a playoff round with the atlantic division stats from dec for 22-23 & how long it's been & dec headlines #i wanted breakup/recent/never loved to be a recent trade acquisition somebody who bounced around & somebody else so i almost had simmer #brodie & zar but then i wanted to make murray for breakup at any time &i forgot zar & him were on the pens together &it hit me like a truc #bc there's a photo of the two of them EXACTLY the same so close it's scary of this one but them as pens so they had to be it & i did always #know never loved again was mitchie. sorry. also mitchie in the penalty box the last game but i couldn't find footage of it & this one works #no i could not find a photo of tyler bertuzzi fighting a leaf for a dog looked at me yes i tried.#i almost made the bunting photo jt but instead it's 'bunting a rat etc' anyway the one i really feel unhinged about is dead pets bc at firs #i was gonna make it the handshake line & look to see if the leafs had drafted anybody on the panthers (dead pet former draft pick)#& they had & it was carter verhaeghe & i couldn't get a good pic of matthews & verhaeghe but it's fine bc i thought about the mo/luke schen #narrative (in which they are a perfect d pair long lost) & schenn was drafted by the leafs & that line fits jut trust me. also how i feel #about the kniesy luminous line that one possessed me it had to be kniesy idk why. i almost put gussy as girls are too pretty though ALSO #did u like my joke. daylight SAVINGS time on the goalie. thank u. also my photo magic on the jt (me very poorly editing in him as an isle)#OK ALSO HOLD ONNNNN there is a part two but i have to wait for the Content i want it will come out as soon as [redacted] or sooner #if i get bad at waiting &everyone will pretend like it is always the way it will be once i have the photos i want. speaking of did the leaf #simply not take a team photo this year?? it Does Not Exist for me i have tried very hard to look for it also i'm excited for part 2 #one of them is named oh you're so unhinged for this one & the finished product is you're unhinged in ways you didn't even know u were sorry #liv in the replies

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quirkle2 · 2 years ago

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

[designs belong to chickensmoothie]

#qkdraws #i know this isn't gonna get a lot of notes so reminder: reblogs r very appreciated #chicken smoothie #bit of an oddball here !#if anybody doesn't know what chicken smoothie is;#it's a fun little pet-collecting site :) u adopt little sillies n trade them with other users. it's nice #i've been on cs since 2013 and have thankfully collected some of my dream pets in the process :]#the velociraptor's name is valon and i love him dearly #the cool lookin purple wolf is a shima longtail and her name is mal :)#when i first joined cs she had been my dreamie for Years #and when i finally got her i was like . the happiest 12 year old in existence #anyway i still love her very much . i cherish her she'll prolly always be my fav #the pumpkin pie with a face on it IS indeed a pet #i got him very recently actually . he was also a dreamie #and i gave my trading partner like . my entire stock of rares that i had saved up over the course of my 10ish years of playing #as well as like . C$1000+#basically sold my soul for that guy GVEYAIGV #idk why i like him so much he's just . so thoughtless and silly #the other three wolves at the top aren't particularly rare or in demand i just like them #the grey one with the blue accessories and the floating crown is shilao . he is gentle and silly #the one next to him w the scarf is ren . he is jaded and withdrawn but shilao brings him out of his shell etc etc #they sit right next to each other in my pet groups and i have labeled them ''GAY LOVERS'' . bc they ARE #and the cool glowing one is just a staff pet that looked badass i love him #anyway apologies for the random doodles of a game but im assuming not many people know of #i just enjoy them :)

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2024skin · 11 days ago

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I'm not interested in keeping an anaconda but I did get curious about anaconda husbandry and from my research I've concluded that a lot of articles on proper care for captive snakes will toe around the fact that if you want a semi-aquatic 15+ foot snake, you need to be prepared to invest thousands of dollars into it. I read one article that was basically like "[green anacondas] prefer enclosures with submersible baths, but filtering and sanitizing the water in these tanks can be so challenging and expensive, it's safer to make an enclosure without it" how about if you can't afford to filter a water tank for an aquatic animal larger than yourself, you should not be keeping that animal????

#i have been to many a zoo and never have i ever seen a captive green anaconda that wasnt submersed in its pond #and every enclosure had a pond that could fit 15 feet of snake inside of it #bc.. this is how they live. they are waterpilled bathmaxxers #you should basically expect to filter their tank the same way you would filter an aquatic frog or turtle tank #except on a much larger and more water intensive scale. and if u arent prepared to do that then u probably arent prepared for an anaconda #like. there are multiple other giant snakes in the pet trade that prefer land dwelling to being in the water #reticulated pythons are at least semi-arboreal and burmese pythons are terrestial #of course all snakes can swim and all of them benefit from a bath in the tank #but you cannot convince me the common watersnake and the green anaconda have the same water requirements as a hognose and reticulate #like i just wont buy it. a snake that gravitates towards water for hunting and and chillaxing is not going to be content #with a water bowl. give that thang a pond

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answrs · 8 months ago

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#s2g I'm starting a collection of these at this point #the worst part is that it's wishlist locked #not locked at all? forgivable. user might not even know it's an option.#but wishlist trades only? you SAW! AND THEN BLATANTLY! CHOSE! TO! IGNORE! THE NOT-FOR-TRADE LOCK!!!#NO ONE IS GONNA OFFER A SKELEBUN FOR YOUR 2023 PETS JUST LOCK THE FUCKING GROUP #chickensmoothie #chicken smoothie

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glowingkorbat · 10 months ago

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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)

#loud glowing #I’m just running my mouth and theorizing. I hope I’m wrong about some of these #thoughts? I really love hearing the range of responses to this decision #as someone who is overall neutral #(have a few lower tier UCs that I didn’t grind overly hard in the PC to get since two were adopted and one was a short trade chain)#(spent too much fucking money on customizing my other pets to bother making them UC)#(feels bad for people who’s trading hobbies or pet art are greatly affected but overall I just love when Shit Is Going Down on Neopets)

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i-c-u-p · 2 months ago

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looking at chicken smoothie salt blogs as a casual player

#chicken smoothie #original #you guys are so nuts like how is the community so dead and so ANGRY at thw same time #i log on check the pound do a meticulous soul read on someone trying to figure out what song 'reminds me' of them #then im out #idk idk even in 2021 i could never get to this level of rage #i need to hyperfix again i guess bc i started t and i suppose i now have the Capacity to get that angry #the maddest ive been recently was at myself for not making sure i had a dupe of a summer event pet i traded away (i didnt 💔)#and im not sayinf this as a holier than thou way its just crazy how many salt blog submissions there are compared to actual normal posts

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roguemonsterfucker · 9 months ago

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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.

#as a kid i was obsessed with collecting feathers #come to learn collecting wild bird feathers is actually illegal lol #so i had to get my own birds 😂#just a PSA: I don't endorse keeping parrots as pets #they don't make good pets for most people #they aren't domesticated and really aren't well suited for captivity #a majority of my birds are rescues #that were already in the pet trade #i don't support breeding parrots as pets #if you want a bird as a pet look into domesticated species like pigeons and chickens and i think some finches #or look into rescuing parrots in need of homes #they live so long that they often are traded around a lot #okay i'll get off my soapbox now

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selfcontainedunivcrse · 4 months ago

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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.]

#have you played the game well?#He is clocked quickly as a shady merchant. He Is a shady merchant.#But it's not really a place people stick around for long and he DOES identify as a sorcerer. Weird wizards with weird goods. Shrug #Sometimes this is offset by Vwoop asking SO NICIES to do buisiness irt books . Do you have volume four of Do Not Read (Annotated)#I'll trade you a novelization of the potato war :3 AND a near full collection of the l'cast transcripts #It copies books in its spare time. There are other books. It's just obsessed with drmsmp #Also they have a pet endermitecat called Sniffles. Sniffles is like one of those cats made by breeders playing god #But Vwoop loves them. Seren... tolerates them ...

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yoohyeon · 2 months ago

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u are the sweetest 💖💖💖

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