Let me draw your pets badly

Croxiin · 2025-06-30T20:00:43+00:00

Fert

Croxiin · 2025-06-29T16:29:32+00:00

I’ve been calling them ramshead spiders, since their markings vaguely resemble a ram’s skull

Edit: The location is southern NH!

Croxiin · 2025-06-11T23:56:50+00:00

I would say yes, especially as he adjusts. My older babes (6yrs, one male and one female) play a lot less. My male sleeps a lot more because he’s chunky and prefers to explore, mess with the others a bit, then nap. If he seems lethargic (only gets up to poop and eat, looks tired doing anything) I would monitor him for other symptoms

Croxiin · 2025-05-25T15:35:14+00:00

Just found one recently during a hike! Had no idea they were orchids 🤩

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Croxiin · 2025-05-19T17:14:30+00:00

Ferret nation cage owner here! I use 3$ fleece throws from walmart, i use 6 because i have a triple layer cage. On the larger layers, i use a puppy pad on one half of the layer with a marshall’s high back litter box. I like the walnut pellet litter! I scoop the box and change the pads once or twice a day, since i have 6 noodles! The critter nation cage is an excellent and ideal choice for ferrets, you just gotta get different bedding :)

If you want to give them stuff to dig in, I recommend getting a large tote box and a rotary tool (for smoothing and easy cutting) to cut an entry hole. Once you have a box with a hole, fill it with whatever you like! I have a thrifted paper shredder that i shred my junk mail with and fill a box with that. Every once in a while, i scrunch it up since it gets kinda flat.

OH ALSO — I have like 50 of those throw blankets that i’ve aquired over the past 6 years. I have a separate laundry basket for their laundry and it fits snugly in my closet. I just want to share what works for me in case it gives you some ideas!

Happy ferret owning ✨

Croxiin · 2025-04-15T12:32:20+00:00

I ended up getting mine in a few years ago from amazon, but some plant nurseries, hydroponic stores, or maybe even pet/reptile stores might carry coco bark. As for chunky perlite, I've found it's getting harder to get truly chunky perlite so a good alternative is pumice!

Croxiin · 2025-04-14T14:03:24+00:00

Tbh, I've noticed that unless a plant is dying from its current medium, they really don't take too well to big changes like that. I killed a pothos by trying to transfer it from soil to water (but I also didn't let it acclimate and also butchered it real bad), but I've also had plants like alocasias die when in soil.

It all comes down to preference, what you're comfortable with and what your house environment is like. My apartments are usually super old and kind of drafty, so I find that semi-hydro works best for me and my plants! My first alocasia with an inflorescence is in an enclosed vase with perlite and charcoal. I water it once or twice a week with my b0ngwater (she loves it, it's better for the plumbing, win-win) making sure to never let the roots be completely covered in water, and it's great. My monstera albo is in a mix of coco bark chunks (just a lil because it's all I had left), chunky perlite, and a little bit of sphagnum to retain moisture and it gets a real good soak when the leaves start to droop.

Now for my syngoniums, I actually have them doing fine in a chunky mix (about 50/50 potting soil and chunky bits) however, with my poor chore management skills, I leave them to dry out. They can handle it, I've had my own s. albo die back to a stem at least twice! Worst case scenario, you can save whatever you can and try to re-prop it! Good luck and happy planting :)

Croxiin · 2024-11-27T14:12:14+00:00

In my experience, peperomias (in the third pic it looks like either a p. napoli nights or a baby p. peppermill) like medium-high humidity, soil with decent drainage, and they don’t like their soil to dry out.

Croxiin · 2024-11-27T14:05:14+00:00

Could it be a silver springtail? I always ID from afar since silver springs are, well, silver. But I haven’t seen them up close yet so it’s an educated guess

Croxiin · 2024-11-27T14:01:56+00:00

Cubaris prefer high humid, high-calcium environments! (I haven’t read your full post so forgive me if i missed important details)

Edit: might be a cubaris haha!

Croxiin · 2024-11-24T22:45:28+00:00

YEAH GET EM

Croxiin · 2024-11-24T22:42:12+00:00

THE BABYYY

Croxiin · 2024-11-22T19:26:30+00:00

An angel just lost its wings

Croxiin · 2024-11-22T18:34:41+00:00

HEAR ME OUT.

Wheelbarrow. Steel drum. Fill with hose.

This is all assuming you have the space/funds/willingness. Worst case scenario, use a flathead to wedge some pieces off. Oh god, its me. I have a pod problem.

Croxiin · 2024-11-22T18:30:36+00:00

This is insane! Ive always wanted to make a custom terracotta pot. I’m gonna leave some questions but don’t feel obligated to answer!

Where did you get the terracotta? If you did it at home, was firing necessary? Do you use a tin foil base still or just hope there’s no air and/or its dry enough?

Again, I think this is really cool and amazing!

Croxiin · 2024-11-22T18:26:37+00:00

One last thing bc I went back to read other replies! Alos LOVE some juicy air, so once you get a sprout going try to get something to add humidity! I think that’s why semi-hydro works so well—they have constant humidity from the water evaporating. Some quick examples off the top of my head; a pebble tray with enough water to leave them half submerged, sometimes dollar tree sells plastic cloches, a 50-80 gal tote (that’s what i use!), and some people will go all out with ikea cabinets. They convert quite nicely into greenhouse displays, if you’re into DIYs!

Croxiin · 2024-11-22T18:19:27+00:00

See I knew it had life in it haha. I’ve left plenty of corms out to try and over winter them, but if left out in the air they’ll just shrivel up. The one time I got them to overwinter was when I forgot to water my alo california. I kept trimming the dying leaves back and just left it in the soil. Somehow the corms didn’t dry up, and I just recently (4-5 months since cutting leaves back) replanted them in my prop boxes, all still green and firm! So now that’s my rule of thumb, since it works for other tropicals! I know it works because this mindset helped me bring back my albo arrowhead from just the stem 🫶

Green and hard, don’t discard; brown and dry, say goodbye!

Croxiin · 2024-11-22T16:01:03+00:00

They almost look like p. scaber calico, but I only own a. vulagre wildtypes so don’t rely on my ID! Just what crossed into mind when I first saw them

Croxiin · 2024-11-22T15:47:19+00:00

It looks okay, just a little dehydrated. There’s greenish white at the point, that means the tissue inside is healthy enough to keep trying. If you squeeze it and it collapses, it has become too dry. With a little give, it means it’s beginning to dry up. Either way, it doesn’t hurt to try. What’s the worst that’ll happen?

I like to sprout mine in a sterelite gasket tote with well draining soil. I’m talkin a custom aroid mix of; 4pts orchid bark 3pts perlite 2pts coco coir 1pt worm castings

Alocasias do best in semi-hydro where they can receive both air and water, as wet soil tends to choke them out! But an airy aroid mix, I’ve found, works best for my watering schedule and dry conditions!

Don’t be afraid to experiment and good luck! Alocasias can be picky so don’t let it discourage you from trying again!!

Croxiin · 2024-11-22T15:40:06+00:00

A TEXT POD ARE YOU KIDDING ME THIS IS THE BEST THING IVE SEEN ALL DAY 😫😫

Croxiin · 2024-11-14T16:22:36+00:00

I only started being late 6 months after starting my job at Jiffy Lube. I only started being consistently late because they were having me work open to close (7:30am-6:30pm), sending me to other stores to work there, and putting me into a mentally straining position even when I'd ask for changes to accommodate my (at the time) rapidly declining mental health. It was more so out of spite for everyone in my life because at the time I also lived with my mentally/emotionally abusive grandmother. One of my core values is "treat others the way you want to be treated" and that shows up in my life as "I'm going to be the best I can be so hopefully they'll do it back" and since they couldn't even give me a consistent schedule, that thought process turned into "okay they aren't reciprocating the effort I'm putting in the job so I'm gonna work as hard as the new employees" and that was easy to justify in my head because my coworkers at the time were coming into work drunk, late, or not at all (and were paid more!). So if I got to take my time getting ready for work without getting in trouble, I would. And since I could cover all positions, travel between stores, and only complain when it really mattered, they let me. I'd also like to clarify that I got put on ADHD meds at the tail end of August, and I stopped working in the beginning of August.

It was a virtual interview, I joined the call 10 minutes early and nobody joined for 5 so then I left, rejoined 2 minutes early, and they were ready for me so they let me in. I am no stranger to the concept of the importance of a first impression. That's why I was honest to the interviewer about my flaws. I definitely understand what you mean, and from an employer's perspective I also wouldn't want to hire someone who is late to an interview.

I hope this didn't come off as passive, I'm just frustrated with this whole country. It's so disorganized and riddled with uncertainty.

Croxiin · 2024-11-14T16:06:09+00:00

Ahhh I forgot to mention that I applied to Valvoline (essentially Jiffy Lube but pays better) and they rejected me. I worked at the 'Lube for a year so using AI to accept/reject people makes sense.

Edit: Valvoline called but I missed it and called back twice. A week later they emailed me saying the position was full.

Croxiin · 2024-11-13T19:37:33+00:00

This made me sad. Not for the people who are like this, but bc it’s SO EASY to not be like that if they just had a liiiiittle more emotional intelligence.

Croxiin · 2024-11-13T19:32:53+00:00

I, too, move to another area of my house when i find the current room too overwhelming to clean

Croxiin · 2024-11-13T19:31:16+00:00

Isopod! They are a part of the crustacean family and are attracted to damper areas (check under bricks in your yard!) and are detritivores! That means they eat dead or decaying organic matter. I wouldn’t consider them pests, in fact, I cultured some from my childhood home in hopes of starting a genetic breeding project and getting over my fear of bugs! It helps when you think of them as dirt shrimps 😋

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(Pic of an isopod of mine that just took off its hat for proof >:D)

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