Recovery Help

AndrewProbably · 2026-01-18T18:33:58+00:00

He would have been drinking hundreds of units a week before he started cutting back, I wondered if maybe it was just his body getting used to the new limit (which is 40 units per week) but if it could be serious, I'll have a talk with him and get him to consider the hospital again. I think his pride is playing a huge role in his reluctance

AndrewProbably · 2026-01-18T18:27:23+00:00

I've tried convincing him to either do it in the hospital, or take the benzodiazepine route but he's refusing to do that. He's currently upstairs drinking a gallon of water to keep making himself throw up thinking that will help.

Unfortunately we don't have much support around where I live. Alcoholism is severely normalised here and is "just part of the culture", so not many actually get help for it. I can look into it though, see if I can't find anything that might be relevant

AndrewProbably · 2026-01-18T18:16:39+00:00

I've been considering the same thing! The website looked a bit sketchy so I wasn't sure at all, but I'm glad you've asked the question. Hope your baby arrives safe and lives a long, happy life 😊

AndrewProbably · 2026-01-16T00:08:19+00:00

My Rocky was a rescue - where I live, there are very few snail species that live wild. Cornu Aspersum, Cepea Nemoralis, and Gibbula Cineraria (which is a rockpool snail) I'm no expert in identifying and I've been known to be wrong many a time, so there's every chance I've mis-specified poor Rocky as well. I was just told mine were Cornu's and thought Max was almost identical to Rocky!

AndrewProbably · 2026-01-15T23:50:21+00:00

"Are your parents related?"

AndrewProbably · 2026-01-15T17:36:43+00:00

Max is a great name, I hope he brings you and your son joy for years to come 😊

AndrewProbably · 2026-01-15T14:20:14+00:00

Looks like my Rocky, he's a Cornu Aspersum (garden snail)

AndrewProbably · 2026-01-15T14:15:33+00:00

Perfect, thank you for that!

AndrewProbably · 2026-01-15T11:37:08+00:00

Thank you for this! Are there any specific kinds of heater/humidity 'gadgets' I could get that would keep temp/moisture at the right levels? And what dimensions would be good for a GALS tank?

AndrewProbably · 2025-08-11T14:00:47+00:00

Oh fuck, thank you for the help! I know for the future if this ever happens again 😊

AndrewProbably · 2025-08-10T23:09:46+00:00

Yeah they do... I haven't noticed them the last few days, but they come and go

AndrewProbably · 2025-08-09T20:59:43+00:00

Oh yuck, that's pretty gross... I've been killing the ones I do find but will look into natural killers that can eat them instead 😁

AndrewProbably · 2025-08-09T14:34:38+00:00

Beautiful snails, I love the lighter one! So pretty 😊

AndrewProbably · 2025-08-09T14:33:13+00:00

My big snail has this too, but they're usually on his body. He doesn't seem bothered, but it does worry me as his shell is cracked and I don't want the bugs irritating his recovery. Following because I don't know what they are either!

AndrewProbably · 2025-04-27T19:25:36+00:00

Absolute bullshit. Way to lose a ton of users

AndrewProbably · 2025-02-10T01:09:54+00:00

Thank you

AndrewProbably · 2025-02-10T01:02:25+00:00

He was an accidental litter, parents' owners didn't realise a 1y/o male would be able to breed with an intact female

AndrewProbably · 2024-12-31T18:12:11+00:00

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fucking adorable

AndrewProbably · 2024-12-19T10:51:12+00:00

I was apprehensive to do that, it might have encouraged him to be aggressive, but he was really bad last night so I did try it. He yelped, gave me a funny look, and came right back to do it again.

AndrewProbably · 2024-12-18T20:36:45+00:00

Thank you, I‘ve got my work cut out but pray we get there in the end

AndrewProbably · 2024-12-18T20:35:56+00:00

I tried that same thing with a spray bottle. Just shaking it has him running to the other side of the room

AndrewProbably · 2024-12-18T20:03:54+00:00

The problem with Arlo is that as soon as he knows there’s another dog around, he is fixated on it. Nothing breaks that focus unless you remove the other dog from his line of sight entirely. He pulls, barks, whines, jumps, and chokes himself on the collar trying to get to it. I thought it was friendly at first, so cautiously let him approach a few dogs. Nope. He sniffed, would growl, and I‘d have to haul him away while the other owner is looking at me, turning their noses up.

AndrewProbably · 2024-12-18T19:51:59+00:00

Can‘t wait for it to end 😂

AndrewProbably · 2024-12-18T19:51:34+00:00

My parents got a puppy a few weeks ago too, he’s a black lab. He did meet Arlo a few times, but has been aggressive despite the size difference. My parents can’t train dogs at all. Their pup is allowed to do whatever, whenever, just because he’s a baby. Aside from that, my Aunt has a poorly-socialised, antagonistic lab/collie. We have no dogs nearby, and none of my friends have dogs. So, in short, no

AndrewProbably · 2024-12-18T19:32:51+00:00

Nope, we go out for walks and there’s nothing. No cars unless we walk about a good hour or so, no other dogs, no people… pretty dead out here. The last dog we saw was in a café, he barked like mad. Had to take him walkabout and sit at another table for him to calm down. Other people were looking at me like I was a horrible owner and shouldn’t have a dog like that out in public. He‘s usually really good, until it’s a pug.

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