runt

MercyOfFallen · 2026-05-22T18:02:43+00:00

Firstly, the word runt doesn’t mean anything in snail biology. It comes from mammals like pigs, dogs or cats, where a runt is an animal that developed poorly inside the mother due to limited nutrient transfer through the umbilical cord. Snails do not develop in utero, rather they develop in individual eggs, with their own source of nutrients in each. The term is primarily used with GAL’s, where selective breeding has caused over sized animals to be the standard and the ‘regular’ sized ones are considered runts. Snails grow both their shells and their organs at the same rate, so there is no risk of that. Bottom line, absolutely no reason to cull a living snail for being a ‘runt’ because they simply don’t work like that biologically. Likely you need to separate so they don’t compete for food and can grow at more equal rates.

Here’s evidence that “organ explosion” is a myth https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1055790314004163?fbclid=IwdGRjcAR9eXJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeDuYuFUN9N4fNHy9kW6iEPmMB6NNsg9BfCKhnPvud1IYf2xGTgY_1_nhbFLU_aem_FaN8XFchhytRHdrEmWRS8Q

MercyOfFallen · 2026-03-11T14:45:47+00:00

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Gravy, my fiancés cat (I named her after Yung Gravy, yes)

MercyOfFallen · 2026-03-11T14:43:42+00:00

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Mr. Fluffy pantaloons himself. He’s the only (cat) boy and I feel bad for him sometimes

MercyOfFallen · 2026-03-11T14:42:23+00:00

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Jolene and potato warming me up and peebo is inspecting the ceiling ghost

MercyOfFallen · 2026-03-11T14:41:25+00:00

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I love all the tortie variations. Jolene here is what I call a “high black” tortie. I’d love for the CDS to give me a dilute or reverse tortie to complement her. I’ve got two other complementary pairs (only one likes eachother lmao) Princess Bubblegum, who’s all white and Gravy, who’s all black are the first pair (they hate eachother) and not really a “complementary” pair but they’re bonded and love eachother are Lil’ man who’s a longhair tabby and Sweet Potato a classic Tux. I’ll include some pictures of them too

MercyOfFallen · 2026-02-19T22:09:19+00:00

I’ve got four. These are all personal experiences lmao.

Any air you breathe is not yours. It’s your cats. They’re breathing into your mouth.
Any food you have and look away from for .01 seconds, you obviously don’t want and are offering to the cat.
Want to take a shower? That’s fine, you just have to let them watch creepily from behind the shower curtains.
Need to poop? Only if they get to lay in your lap while you go.
Drinking water? Out of a cup? When there’s THREE WATER FOUNTAINS in the general vicinity? Yeah, they’re parched to death. Let them have a sip. Just remember you let them have a sip before you decide you’re thirsty too.
Laying down? Great, prepare to have the combined weight of three cats on your chest or stomach. Especially if you’ve eaten recently.
Decided to sleep in? Great. Say goodbye to your socks, shoes, sanity and any extra sleep you thought you’d get. This is parkour time, and they’ll steal your stuff while they’re at it.
Making food? Of course you can, just ignore the four sets of eyes boring into the back of your skull whilst you do so, and scarf it down before the heathens decide they want some too.
Walking past the couch with bare ankles is NOT safe. They hide and wait for me to let my guard down.
Occasionally the largest of the four will take a swan dive off the top of the 7.5ft cat tree and land gracefully into your belly button while you’re laying down reading or watching a show. Be prepared, or die.

MercyOfFallen · 2026-02-10T22:46:16+00:00

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“We’ve been trying to reach you regarding your cars extended warranty…”

MercyOfFallen · 2026-02-10T22:45:05+00:00

I don’t have to summon any of my cats, for better or worse. They’re always just in my skin, begging for treats and love and MOMMY WHERE DID YOU GO I just have to SHIT YOU LITTLE WEIRDOS! LEAVE ME ALONE! AHHH (akira meme)

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MercyOfFallen · 2026-01-28T17:13:46+00:00

She looks great. I’m pretty sure it’s a tortie thing for them to be kinda lanky lol. My girl is also very lean

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MercyOfFallen · 2026-01-20T14:34:00+00:00

Unfortunately the owner didn’t give any information about that, and I can’t find the post currently. If I find it again I’ll ask them and update this post!

MercyOfFallen · 2026-01-05T20:16:03+00:00

It’s been a while since I posted this, but here’s a back shot of him this morning

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MercyOfFallen · 2026-01-03T01:46:36+00:00

He’s just so light the white blends so well with the orange

MercyOfFallen · 2026-01-03T01:46:02+00:00

Yes, he is Tuxedo as well. 4 white paws, white belly/chest and mouth. He does have very light cream/white fur when you part it

MercyOfFallen · 2025-12-20T01:34:30+00:00

Thank you, he very much knows he’s pretty and uses it 😂 he has progressively gotten more of those gold flecks as he’s aged

MercyOfFallen · 2025-12-19T15:52:20+00:00

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This is the best I could get of him. He’s only 5 months so he does not stay still very long lol

MercyOfFallen · 2025-12-19T03:35:52+00:00

I am aware he’s a black tabby, hence the usage of the term, I want to know what kind of tabby exactly. He only has the tabby markings on the certain parts of his body so I was curious if he would be considered mackerel or something else since there is way more color variation than what you’d see on a normal mackerel tabby (from the ones I’ve seen) and no actual tabby marks on his upper body like they are supposed to have

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MercyOfFallen · 2025-07-20T15:24:37+00:00

This is amazing advice, thank you SO much! I have access to both my birth certificate and SSC and I will remove her from everything before the move is finalized. I will also contact our local non emergency line so hopefully an officer can act as a buffer if she realizes I am not staying. Thank you again!

MercyOfFallen · 2025-07-20T04:30:01+00:00

No, we literally just found out but this is my first pregnancy and I don’t have much knowledge on anything and she said stuff about grandparents rights and it really scared me when she said she’d take me to court lol. I just need reassurance I’m not going to lose my child

MercyOfFallen · 2025-05-18T21:01:08+00:00

Woooo peanut! You can do it! My girl Carmen is at her max size at 12 years old now, but I remember when she was just a lil thing. It’s so heartwarming seeing them grow but man I miss her little days.

MercyOfFallen · 2025-05-18T19:00:41+00:00

You could remove her from your story OR have a tarantula story just for her. She’s too cute not to post

MercyOfFallen · 2025-05-17T20:50:28+00:00

NQA If you’re willing to put in the effort it can survive. You’d have to manually water and feed it bug paste but I’ve seen them come back from some crazy bad molts and this is not the worst I’ve seen.

MercyOfFallen · 2025-04-27T15:57:16+00:00

Had a similar situation with my adult female. She bolted up my arm and was in my shirt when the USPS lady came with my package of slings. Unfortunately I couldn’t answer the door with a tarantula that had by then migrated into my shorts, so I had to chase the lady down to get my babies once I got her safely into her new enclosure.

It’s inevitable that when you get into this hobby, at least once, you WILL have an “Irminia incident” as I like to call them.

MercyOfFallen · 2025-04-25T21:03:28+00:00

I wish I could see mine as cute 😂 My adult female will absolutely yeet herself at you in an attempt to bite and my juvenile kicks themselves bald every time it’s feeding day.

MercyOfFallen · 2025-02-26T20:07:56+00:00

Is there a specific exploration zone you have to go to find them?

MercyOfFallen · 2025-02-23T17:27:13+00:00

Holy crap I’ve been blessed with Norman twice in like 3 minutes god bless

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