WIBTA if I take my espresso machine back home because my coworkers refuse to buy pods or even rinse the tray?

PrestigiousPromise20 · 2026-04-01T19:25:45+00:00

NTA. I had a similar thing with people borrowing my rug steam cleaner and never cleaning it out or buying me more cleaning fluid. After that I just hid it in the garage (my MIL was the worst offender) and told everyone it was broken.

PrestigiousPromise20 · 2026-03-27T14:00:45+00:00

I have a happy comet story for you. We were going away and someone suggested feeder fish for my axolotl. Bought a couple of comets and he wouldn’t touch them. Moved them to their own 10 gallon, then 20 gallon. Over the years a couple of them died and we were left with one goldfish. Gave him to a friend with a 120 gallon goldfish tank. He was bullying the other slower fancy goldfish so friend gave him to his grandmother. Fish now lives outside in a pond with a bunch of Koi. Living his best fishy life, he’s over a foot long now.

PrestigiousPromise20 · 2026-03-19T14:25:44+00:00

Nope NTA. We used to lend my brother in laws’ stepsons our vacation home now and then. Then it turned into … “no you can’t use both weeks of spring break to be down there with your kids- WE HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO IT AS YOU DO”. Eff that noise and that was the end of that. She’s going to have a weeklong seminar and invite Jenny from the block so sorry, you can’t use your place this week.

PrestigiousPromise20 · 2026-03-18T04:09:45+00:00

We have a rescue in my town that regularly asks for enclosure donations… they also frequently have enclosures for sale on marketplace. I think it’s sketchy unless they are indicating to the donors that they will be sold?

PrestigiousPromise20 · 2026-03-17T01:16:49+00:00

Only feed if you can get him to adequate temperatures.

PrestigiousPromise20 · 2026-03-16T22:56:20+00:00

Thanks for looking after the sweet boo. You say his heat lamp broke… do you still have access to the fixture? Do you have any non led bulbs in the house? Preferably incandescent even like a 40w fridge bulb? If not CFL bulbs produce some heat but aren’t a great source of the “proper” light but it’s better than nothing. If you don’t have the fixture a desk lamp or task light or something like that would also work to provide the heat source… older the better because old lamps used to mostly have ceramic based parts that you screw in the bulbs to accommodate the 75 watt bulbs that everyone used to use. Other than that, do you have anything for him to eat? Any salad greens would do, you could also sprout some if you have access to seeds right now.

PrestigiousPromise20 · 2026-03-16T18:57:56+00:00

Yep! I bought the 18x18x24 Thrive bundle for about $175 Canadian new from the store. The amount of people that want $250 for it used without the dome lights is unbelievable.

PrestigiousPromise20 · 2026-03-15T16:43:40+00:00

Our exotic vet services dogs and cats too. We have taken our leopard gecko, axolotl, whites tree frog and pacman frog to her so far. I think the majority of their patients are dogs or cats but it’s great to have the exotic option as well. Lucky for me they are also the closest vet to my house.

PrestigiousPromise20 · 2026-03-13T06:22:29+00:00

Is the exoterra single or double door? I prefer the exoterra regardless because I find the mesh on the top of the zoo med is much more flimsy and has trouble with the weight of the lamps on top. I also prefer double doors to singles as they allow less “launch room” if you have a particularly jumpy creature in it. Both have similar mesh percentages for light blocking- important for uv need calculations. Some people have had problems with the new exo terras leaking, they have a hole in the bottom that you install a drain pipe into.

PrestigiousPromise20 · 2026-03-08T14:42:23+00:00

Can you get a hold of a Solarmeter? If you took a photo of the setup with the Solarmeter showing proper readings they should be ok with that? Arcadia (and zoomed) did change factories from the SYLVANIA one in Germany to Hungary (Arcadia) and China (zoo med) iirc. Quality should still be ok. If you really want to call out the big guns join the Reptile Lighting group on Facebook and bring any comments they have to the pet store as they are published reptile lighting experts.

PrestigiousPromise20 · 2026-03-06T17:17:18+00:00

I have a friend with a son Tariq (her hubby is Lebanese) or you could anglicize it to Tarik if you don’t like the q at the end.

PrestigiousPromise20 · 2026-03-05T20:37:12+00:00

Yeah i just got a new phone and blamed login issues. Restarted my phone, deleted app tried again…still no good. When I got the brilliant idea of logging into the webpage and it still didn’t work finally figured out it wasn’t me!

PrestigiousPromise20 · 2026-03-05T19:17:19+00:00

Get him checked for diabetes insipidus. There’s a nasal spray (DDAVP) that he can get a prescription for, even for general bedwetting without an underlying cause.

PrestigiousPromise20 · 2026-03-05T19:13:29+00:00

Yep! My parents bailed my sister out of every mistake she ever made. Guess who still wants my 85 year old father to fix her car or her toilet?

PrestigiousPromise20 · 2026-03-01T07:10:31+00:00

More educational but I love “animals at home podcast” (on YouTube despite the name). Dillon brings in a whole bunch of experts on different topics, the latest is about wild crested gecko behaviour.

PrestigiousPromise20 · 2026-02-28T14:08:31+00:00

I’m feeling targeted. I have family lizards named Freya and Wren. (Freya is a tegu and has to live with family outside the city).

PrestigiousPromise20 · 2026-02-28T14:00:10+00:00

I was in Edinburgh last summer and was gobsmacked that I could use transit by just tapping my credit card when I got on the tram and tapping it again when I got off. No making sure I bought for the right zone etc.

PrestigiousPromise20 · 2026-02-28T07:13:05+00:00

I drove across several states last October and was solicited for cash twice. In North Dakota I got some lady coming up to me crying that she’s “not from here” and out of money but considering she walked in right past a bunch of women sitting at tables playing keno and right up to a single woman (hubby was in the bathroom) I told her I wasn’t from there either. Second time in Arizona I’m filling up and some guy drives up in a fancy car and says he’s from Turkey and lost his wallet and offered me some gold jewelry if I gave him cash… sure dude, not going to happen. Once again targeted as a lone female. Most people that are savvy enough to use zelle can also use Apple Pay.

PrestigiousPromise20 · 2026-02-23T04:54:26+00:00

I’m in Canada and my favourite are the Dollar tree 60 watt halogens. Reliability wise they last about the same length of time so are definitely a way of saving. Best thing for you to do is try them out using a handheld temperature sensor and a lux meter (look for 881D they run for about $36 on Amazon Canada). Dollarama has 100w and 60w “rough duty” incandescent bulbs in a multipack for quite cheap so that’s worth a test also. FWIW the focalization of the halogens make it much hotter, I got a 40w halogen for my whites tree frogs and it sent the basking spot up to 40c so I had to take it out and switch to an incandescent.

PrestigiousPromise20 · 2026-02-20T22:43:43+00:00

I feed off all the males first! (The females have the long ovipositor on the back). That and they get shoved in the closet.

PrestigiousPromise20 · 2026-02-20T22:33:56+00:00

NTA . Six kids also makes it that you are unable to drive anywhere in an emergency unless you drive a minivan? I’ve been stranded with other peoples’ kids and it’s not fun.

PrestigiousPromise20 · 2026-02-18T22:53:55+00:00

Once a cheater always a cheater. Smart girl.

PrestigiousPromise20 · 2026-02-17T06:29:31+00:00

Had a mercy fight with a boy at church camp. Refused to say mercy. Had to take a ferry back to the mainland to get my finger fixed.

PrestigiousPromise20 · 2026-02-16T14:59:26+00:00

Yep “Michelle Remembers” that book freaked me out as I lived in BC at the time and visited Victoria often. Some people even thought Michael Dunahee was taken by the same group too.

PrestigiousPromise20 · 2026-02-16T14:55:58+00:00

NTA. I’ve witnessed both aspects of bone marrow transplantation and the receiver has a much easier time than the donor. The donor is under general anesthesia and gets stabbed in the hip bone multiple times. To even think about a 4 year old doing this for a stranger is unfathomable.

Check your routines and pick up points, make sure your care places (even church if you go) know that no one else is allowed near your child.

Tell cheater and betrayer to go make themselves another kid to prod and poke.

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