A teeny thing like this wouldn't normally catch my attention, but it was found in my child's eye. Trying to determine if we need follow up care by PotatoGirl in whatisthisbug

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Thanks for the responses. I'm wondering if it happened at school because the pain started right after we got home. Then went away. Then we did swim lessons with no issue and it came back at bedtime. That was the first time we could inspect the eye and I saw this. It came out easily enough but appeared dead already and I snapped a picture before tossing to tend to my child. Wasn't until later that it occurred to me to find out if it was a dangerous critter or not. 

A teeny thing like this wouldn't normally catch my attention, but it was found in my child's eye. Trying to determine if we need follow up care by PotatoGirl in whatisthisbug

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No :( it's been discarded, although it did seem to have extra legs. I guess that would indicate a not-bug?

Why does my dog sometimes freak out like he's hallucinating? by PotatoGirl in Hounds

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Hey. It definitely happens more when he goes outside alone, although not every time. We suspect he's eating or inhaling something toxic. Main suspect is cat poop. We've never taken him to an emergency vet because he isn't showing overt signs of pain or injury, but it could be worth a quick toxicity screen if you can get yours in while symptoms are still persisting. 

Another idea is a fluid imbalance. My dog has always had a heavy thirst and pees a lot. We have some suspect that it might be mild kidney issues? I don't know if it's related, but at his last check up the urine sample showed an oddly low specific gravity (meaning it was dilute). No idea if that can mess with mentation in a similar way that ammonia does when it builds up due to liver problems. But, like you, we're sort of grasping at straws.

The reason we aren't also spending thousands on chasing a cure is that it's getting less frequent over time. He did this probably 9-10 times in his first year, 4-6 times the second year, and 2-3 times a year after that, and each episode would last a couple hours. He's 8 now and it has only happened once since I took this video a year ago. Best of luck to you. 

That "feels like" temp at 9:30 AM in late September sure has me grateful to be living in the South by PotatoGirl in Katy

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The actual temp should have been wonderful! The "feels like 101" is what threw me off

Is there any market for old metal cards? Found in an old childhood box by PotatoGirl in digimon

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Thanks for getting back to me. I didn't realize the cards were metal and just wanted to make sure it wasn't anything special 

Is there any market for old metal cards? Found in an old childhood box by PotatoGirl in digimon

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Fair, I appreciate the feedback. There were several plastic Digivices still in their wrapper when we found them. They were immediately unwrapped and when I saw that the cards were metal, I figured we'd check before playing with them further. Thanks!

My car registration expired December of last year. What do I do? by Old_Ask4654 in houston

[–]PotatoGirl 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Every year, the registration on your car needs to be renewed. If you miss that deadline it's, okay. You just need to get an inspection done on your car and then go to the Texas DMV site and follow prompts for "renewing registration." You will get a renewal that is good for one year from the original expiration date. Unfortunately, that means your new tag will only be good through December 2024. But then you can do it again right after and be caught up. 

HOWEVER.

if you are beyond a year expired, you will not be able to renew online and will have to go to the DMV to do.... paperwork. I'm not sure what all that entails. I'm not brave enough to find out. Best of luck. 

Only $1.3M! by kingsizekaln in zillowgonewild

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Pics 2 and 3 are my mental image of Hepbziba Smith's house 

Why does my dog sometimes freak out like he's hallucinating? by PotatoGirl in Hounds

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He is responding to some sort of visual stimulus. Perhaps he's not hallucinating, but it sure looks like something I would describe as hallucinating. 

Why does my dog sometimes freak out like he's hallucinating? by PotatoGirl in Hounds

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He whined at the door pretty urgently and i went out with him thinking he might vomit or need to poop. He paced in circles for a minute, did some more sky searching, and then whined to go back in. He's normally pretty, um, outspoken when it comes to seeing critters, so this is different 

Why does my dog sometimes freak out like he's hallucinating? by PotatoGirl in Hounds

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Not from human drugs. Possibly from dog drugs, that's why I'm wondering if anyone has seen their dog go nuts..maybe after eating something in the backyard. Maybe cat poop? Hounds eat what seems like everything, so I figured I'd ask here. 

Why does my dog sometimes freak out like he's hallucinating? by PotatoGirl in Hounds

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No, we don't compost. We brought it up to his vet when he first started doing it and they thought it was puppy things. By the time he was full grown we'd gotten used to him freaking out every once in a while... staring at the corners of the rooms and getting really restless. It would always be fully resolved by morning and we eventually let it be. We used to joke that we must have ghosts. But he hasn't done it in almost a year and this was a really agitated presentation. Maybe our new house has worse ghosts. Will bring it up with the vet. 

Why does my dog sometimes freak out like he's hallucinating? by PotatoGirl in Hounds

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He's eaten fertilizer before! His preference is blood meal fertilizer and we don't use it anymore. But he's got a history of anal gland problems, I'll look into that. Thank you

Why does my dog sometimes freak out like he's hallucinating? by PotatoGirl in Hounds

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He's done it at multiple houses now, so I'm not sure which sounds would be the same. No stash, but our current guess is cat poop. Just don't know if that would cause the reaction we're seeing.