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1stGear posted:So tortoise owners just have a live animal in their fridge for two months out of the year, huh. There's a couple of other reptiles that some keepers recommend hibernating just to mimic their natural cycles but as far as I know it's 100% optional. Kinda cool we can replicate that environment in our homes tho.
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MagpieConcept posted:There's a couple of other reptiles that some keepers recommend hibernating just to mimic their natural cycles but as far as I know it's 100% optional. Kinda cool we can replicate that environment in our homes tho. How do you .. ease them into it? Do you just drop them in a Tupperware box with airholes and put it in the top shelf?
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1stGear posted:So tortoise owners just have a live animal in their fridge for two months out of the year, huh. I know someone who owns a tortoise and in the decade they've had it, I don't think I've ever seen it hibernate or stored in the fridge.
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I was just heading out this evening to the supermarket, when I met a little family leaving the same place. Dad with pram and baby, Mum with very small toddler a few feet back. The toddler (no more that 18 months old) saw me and said "hi" and waved, then said something in Ukrainian to her Mum about my dog. I defaulted to talking to baby mode and pointed at my dog and said "doggie!" to the little kid, and she laughed and said "Dowwie", and then her Mum had a big giant smile. There have been a bunch of gross anti-furriner marches around here in the last few days, and I really feel like it is important to let people know they are welcome.
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1stGear posted:So tortoise owners just have a live animal in their fridge for two months out of the year, huh. SLEEPY TORTOISE Do Not Eat!
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Rust Martialis posted:How do you .. ease them into it? Do you just drop them in a Tupperware box with airholes and put it in the top shelf? You ease them in! First turning off their normal basking lamps, then using controlled fridging to slowly bring the temps down til you can stick them in your normal fridge. You also wanna add dirt or paper towels for insulation like they do in the vid. Reptiles r cool. I hibernated one of my garter snakes for a winter - and it didn't seem to have very much difference compared to the other, non-hibernated garter snake I owned. so I just didn't do it regularly since it didn't seem to matter either way for them, lol.
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Not sure if it was posted here, but a Turkish firefighter had rescued a cat form the earthquake rubble, and the cat just refused to leave him https://twitter.com/livialamblet/status/1626405340517466112?s=20 Well, now they are living together https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1626669243348443139?s=20
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Wanna hear something nice? In the last few weeks, some absolutely trash people have been trying to drum up hate against refugees/asylum seekers/migrants in Ireland. Despite a lot of publicity, their protests have only gathered 50-100 people each time, mostly the same trashy scum, they've even managed to collect Tommy Robinson AKA Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, far right scumbag and convicted fraudster. They gather to shout insults at vulnerable people in protected housing. Today, there was a rally to voice support for every one of those groups, and tens of thousands of ordinary people turned up to make themselves heard. Right-wing trash are loud, but they aren't popular, they only wish they were.
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Elias_Maluco posted:Not sure if it was posted here, but a Turkish firefighter had rescued a cat form the earthquake rubble, and the cat just refused to leave him I could see a few reasons why the cat wouldn't want to leave his side. Also you have to love the bike helmet and ski goggles. Tough hombre.
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Pookah posted:Wanna hear something nice? Lol, like when the Proud Boys have a rally, and like 30 show up. And are outnumbered by 10 times as many decent folk.
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Pookah posted:In the last few weeks, some absolutely trash people have been trying to drum up hate against refugees/asylum seekers/migrants in Ireland. An Irish anti-immigrant group recruited an English nationalist for their rally? loving traitors. To get things back in a nice direction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB3TzVIK7kM Kavak has a new favorite as of 02:28 on Feb 19, 2023 |
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man I wish people wouldn't put obvious false stories like this on twitter dude was clearly adopted by the cat
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"Hello, all you happy people."
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We've done it! We've found the most boopable snoot in the world! https://twitter.com/CincinnatiZoo/status/1627352354059087872?s=20
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Rico is a known quantity, and is definitely sets a high bar for boopability
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Many cats have an instinctual fear of ceiling fans, with the speculation being that their blades look like the wings of birds of prey overhead. So that kitten could be hypnotized by the spinnies, or it could be freaking out.
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ILL Machina posted:Rico is a known quantity, and is definitely sets a high bar for boopability Yeah, that tweet took a while to load, so I had time to guess who they were talking about, and I just knew it was Rico the giant-snooted porkypine 
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feedmyleg posted:Many cats have an instinctual fear of ceiling fans, with the speculation being that their blades look like the wings of birds of prey overhead. So that kitten could be hypnotized by the spinnies, or it could be freaking out. Many cats are actually just reincarnated Koreans and understand that fans are out to kill them.
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Inceltown posted:Many cats are actually just reincarnated Koreans and understand that fans are out to kill them. Many Koreans are reincarnated cats, which is why they run around like maniacs in the middle of the night. feedmyleg posted:Many cats have an instinctual fear of ceiling fans, with the speculation being that their blades look like the wings of birds of prey overhead. So that kitten could be hypnotized by the spinnies, or it could be freaking out. I think you made this up.
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Nah, my cat was deathly afraid of it too and the vet said that was likely why. I mean she could be wrong obviously. Being a doctor doesn't inherently make you an expert on animal psychology but it does seem pretty plausible
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it's absolutely a thing. I flap trash bags or towels in the vicinity of my cats when I want them to knock it off. Freaks them out completely.
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My stupid cat is terrified of whenever someone shakes a trash bag open, although I'm not sure if it's the sight or the sound
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I'm less incredulous of the behavior than the explanation. Cats are scared of lots of things, after all.
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Antivehicular posted:My stupid cat is terrified of whenever someone shakes a trash bag open, although I'm not sure if it's the sight or the sound I've had a bunch of cats who really have the sound of rustling bags, but also ones who don't give a poo poo at all and one little weirdo who loves licking plastic bags at 2am
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I once had a cat that fought a door and lost. Repeatedly. He was, of course, an orange cat.
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MikeCrotch posted:I've had a bunch of cats who really have the sound of rustling bags, but also ones who don't give a poo poo at all and one little weirdo who loves licking plastic bags at 2am One of my cats loves crunch testing bags in the middle of the night. The other is deathly afraid of shoes but only when they’re on my feet
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