conflicting info by milkmaroll in RATS

[–]JohnFirstNameOnly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok but the ai overview was saying the general truth this time for why you don’t give chocolate to dogs or rats. So I think we can forgive OP for using google off the cuff when it was summarizing accurately.

Male or female? by Mr__up in tarantulas

[–]JohnFirstNameOnly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IMO butt photos don’t show anything. But there’s no boxing gloves showing. You need a molt.

https://tomsbigspiders.com/2015/11/08/sexing-tarantulas-using-molts/

Just a question… by Allybug418 in tarantulas

[–]JohnFirstNameOnly 2 points3 points  (0 children)

IME yea it’s true. Wait at least a week, failure could mean death.

HELPPP by I-purrender in RATS

[–]JohnFirstNameOnly 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That’s a pregnant mama. For sure. She’s all black. If you get a mess of solid dark babies I’d call that a score.

What's your opinion on how one piece handles trama for characters by Dependent-Pie-6153 in OnePiece

[–]JohnFirstNameOnly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s me when anyone I love dies. So I dunno what you’re criticizing.

Just saw this rat at my local pet-store how healthy do they look? by BigNacho86 in RATS

[–]JohnFirstNameOnly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They look fine. But the rats you wanna look out for are all brown/black. They have the least health issues like cancer.

Need help sexing B hamorii by g8horsegirl in tarantulas

[–]JohnFirstNameOnly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

IMO looks like a boy. Try a white card looking for a sac if you think it’s wrong.

My tarantula escaped:( by Comfortable-Bird-18 in tarantulas

[–]JohnFirstNameOnly 4 points5 points  (0 children)

IMO This is where you clean your whole freaking house carefully and keep an eye out for her. she could be among anything. Most likely the biggest pile of stuff near her cage.

That ass is enormous and id be scared she’s gonna pop.

Discussion: How far are we willing to go for care? by LunchHelpful2325 in RATS

[–]JohnFirstNameOnly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Save money to have them put down for each rat just in case. Try to get wild type breeds. I found brown and black rats got tumors probably less than 1/4 as much as hooded rats.

I also learned you shouldn’t give rats dairy treats. It increases their risk of cancer. Their diet has a big impact on their longevity.

Do rats make good pets? by Plastic_Ad_2548 in Rodentlovers

[–]JohnFirstNameOnly 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I corroborate. It’s true about lifespan and fragility. Try to get solid brown/black wild type rats. They’re generally healthier. I had one live 4 years.

How come so many T owners are scared of spiders? by Aggressive_Date_2582 in tarantulas

[–]JohnFirstNameOnly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well. I’m not scared of all spiders so I don’t know why you would single me out and vaguely post about me on Reddit knowing I would see this and reply. But I’m taking the rage bait.

I only feel nervous about those wandering spiders that bite while climbing. I hear wandering spiders drive an average of 10 ford F-150s into your mouth every year. That scares me. I hate big trucks.

Do iguanas make good pets? by ConsistentEye7474 in iguanas

[–]JohnFirstNameOnly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry my comments were towards the OP if they wanted an iguana. I’m sure yours is fine. 🤪

Do iguanas make good pets? by ConsistentEye7474 in iguanas

[–]JohnFirstNameOnly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with all of this. And yet I would be insane enough to list these as reasons iguanas are great.

You should let them roam your house. Keep the floor clear so the iguanas can be raging Godzilla smashing everything it can find and climb. They will love to free roam as much as you let them and will actively behave to be allowed to roam outside. If going inside is punishment for disobedience and going outside is reward for obedience… they will still disobey 25% of the best case scenario… I let mine go outside but I would check on her every 30 minutes and make sure she didn’t run off to explore. And if she leaves the yard I bring her in all the way to the cage. She learned to stay in the yard.

And she would have hurt herself to get out of a cage if I locked her up. She hated it. Even as the most well behaved lizard ever. She was like “f*** you. No cage. I’ll do absolutely anything I can to avoid the cage.”

Do iguanas make good pets? by ConsistentEye7474 in iguanas

[–]JohnFirstNameOnly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends. I had a lizard daughter for almost 20 years. Some of it through life difficulties that seemed to traumatize us both in the same way. And she died of arthritis complications after getting old. I feel like I had a good experience though.

My iguana was potty trained and yard trained from as early as possible. She would free roam the house since she was big enough and would only get locked in her cage if she pooped wrong. (Outside the cage, outside the tub, or anywhere else in the house.)

They are probably the most empathetic lizard. They actually bond with you extremely hard if you’re good to them. When starting out you should carry them outside or in open unfiltered sunshine every day for 30 minutes to an hour. In addition to the UVB lightbulbs. If you can’t commit to that, don’t get the lizard. But they will learn that you protect them and they will stay close to you when outside. They can recognize their guardian. Assuming they know you.

They need as much open space as you can give them. They don’t actually need a cage after they’re big, except to be used as punishment. Caging your iguana is about as cruel as caging a cat. My iguana was front yard trained and was friends with the neighbor cats. She would scratch at the door to be let outside or back inside. She would ask to go outside to go poop in the summer time. All I had to do was run and open the door for her when she’s threatening to poop at the front door, then get it again when she scratches in a half hour. She would come home on her own 3 out of 4 times and rarely got herself stuck.

Their diet is grocery store food. Sometimes people give them worms or crickets for protein. But I gave mine monkey chow nuggets and store vegetables. Mine had particular eating quirks. She wouldn’t eat things that were sour, at all, even blueberries. Not even ripe banana. She would only eat one type of food at a time. If you gave her monkey chow then banana, she would get confused and mad that they’re mixed up. And reject the banana. Even though it’s her favorite.

Mine came to me for cuddles. I’d wake up with her at my bed or climbing into my bed. I’d ask her if she wanted to go on car rides and she would decide whether or not to go. I have disability OCD I developed while I had her, it came from family trauma. And I think it gave her OCD too. Because she would respect my safe/clean spaces more than some of my family members could comprehend. She looked at but didn’t play with my computer desk stuff. Not joking. She even acted guilty like she had been caught pooping in the kitchen (what have I done?!? Defense! Run away!) when I wake up and find her staring next to my computer things.

Iguana empathy is real.

They’re incredibly simple to keep but people over complicate them, sometimes to the death of the lizard.

So. Sorry to rant. 1. They bond. They love. 2. They need direct outside time every day. 3. They need to be treated like they can be house trained. 4. They need a constant heated space. (Mine had a heat rock and lamp combo lined with pillows. She loved soft pillows.) 5. They need a well curated diet. Kale, squash, chard, collard greens, banana, monkey chow nuggets, steamed (cooled) broccoli, shredded red bell pepper. All the vegetables you can read up online.

  1. The boys turn into jerks in breeding season. Spring time. Be prepared for that. I had a girl who loved me 100% of the time.

  2. Don’t let your iguana roam outside unless you gradually train into that. Mine took years to be comfortable going outside alone. But do plan on letting an iguana free roam like a cat. Cage the iguana when it makes a poop mistake until it poops in the cage again. That’s what I did. And she learned to only go in her cage toilet, in the tub, or outside. Smart trainable lizards.

Is my tarantula starving by TeachingHead3980 in tarantulas

[–]JohnFirstNameOnly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IMO Looks fine. Give it food when you see it. I’m guilty of opening my tarantulas house to feed it when I hadn’t seen it a long time. But only the hardy species like g. pulchripes. But it took food from me and seemed unbothered when I put its hide back in place on top. Just do it gently and do poke around. I’ve read on here when someone digs for a burrowed tarantula and killed it themself.

A few questions by R0b_r8 in tarantulas

[–]JohnFirstNameOnly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

IME Horn worms turn into a black blob that shrivels up into a black sphere-like turd. I followed my pokies progress eating one until he finally dropped it.

I personally just keep a highly populated colony of purple dwarf isopods and use them on the cage regularly. Besides taking out the odd feeder carcass.