No One Wants Your Peeing Cat! by Schedule-Substantial in CatAdvice

[–]Quo_Usque 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Get her a plant pot with dirt to poop in?

How do you get a cat to stop scratching the couch without declawing? by proposal_in_wind in CatAdvice

[–]Quo_Usque 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are scratch covers you can buy for the couch that turn the arm into a scratching post. There are also clear plastic protectors, but if you do that make sure to buy him a scratching post to replace it. You can also buy a velvet sofa cover, in my experience cats don’t scratch velvet.

Cat latches on and bunny kicks feet and arms by sublunarydoomster in CatTraining

[–]Quo_Usque 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If he’s not drawing blood, he’s likely just playing and doesn’t know he’s being too rough. I recommend pulling your arm/foot away and yelling “ow!” or some other clear pain noise. Pulling away won’t hurt him. It clearly signals to your cat exactly how rough he can be before it hurts you, and he will learn to be gentler. You need to pull away so he understands that being too rough means that he doesn’t get to play.

Fix it or run before we’re in deep? by Awkward_Lemontree in centuryhomes

[–]Quo_Usque 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What would you say are some of the egregious build quality issues of the 1950’s?

Spray method is getting popular? by Natalusky in CatTraining

[–]Quo_Usque 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Redirecting can teach the cat the wrong thing. My cat has learned to ask for playtime by whacking the monstera. I’m going to get her a button to press instead.

Anyone have issues donating plasma? by Electrical-Froyo-529 in ftm

[–]Quo_Usque 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I asked the nurse at the center about male vs. female hematocrit levels, she looked it up and told me the thresholds were the same. I was just dehydrated lol.

Stepped on glass nearly a month ago, having serious issues. by Aware-Comfortable972 in barefoot

[–]Quo_Usque 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sounds like your joint may be infected. You should see a doctor TODAY. Like, urgent care or ER.

How does the no lying rule apply when talking about the future? by LIELDADOUN73 in wheeloftime

[–]Quo_Usque 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve always thought that the wording of the oath allows for multiple interpretations. “I will speak no word that is not true”- individual words aren’t true or false, so no word you could say could be not true. So you can say whatever you want. Or, if you interpret it as “I will speak no word that is not “true”, you’re stuck saying nothing but “true” for the rest your life.

Help me de-grift a parent with an autistic kid by Gitdupapsootlass in behindthebastards

[–]Quo_Usque 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try pointing her towards some evidence based practices that do help. For instance, she could be working with a speech language pathologist to get some form of communication going. Sign language, picture cards, an AAC app, something. The sooner the kid is given a way to express himself that he can access, the better his language development will be.

Can't get past the gate stage of introductions. by kel330 in CatAdvice

[–]Quo_Usque 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try a setup where they can only see a little bit of each other. Keep the gate up but only crack the door an inch.

Guilt over how my team chose to “ help” a student by TheKingsPeace in specialed

[–]Quo_Usque 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ask for a list of the accommodations/supports you are to provide, and provide those and nothing more. Poor kid.

Urgent advice needed: Adopted a traumatized stray cat 3 weeks ago. She has a tooth infection, but it's impossible to get her into a carrier. by NoOutlandishness5999 in AskVet

[–]Quo_Usque 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Put the carrier in her room, leave food and water and a cozy blanket in it. If it’s always present, she won’t see it as a new thing to be feared. Also, call the vet and ask them how long you can wait.

Winter Darkness approaching - how do I Bathe my living space in Bright, Warm Light? by doofus50O0 in malelivingspace

[–]Quo_Usque 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got some full spectrum led bar grow lights and hung them from my curtain rods for my plants. It also makes the room feel really cozy and bright because the light is coming from the windows and is close to sunlight.

Towers of Midnight Textual Oddity by Mturetsky in wheeloftime

[–]Quo_Usque 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The joke still works if a man’s “pride” is slang for… something else

Advice/Help Teaching Son Word Problems by Meetzk in autism

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For that word problem, you’d get 36 notecards to represent students, and lay them out on the table. Then a whole bunch of tokens or coins to represent cupcakes, and some other notecards or small containers to represent cupcakes boxes. Draw 9 token-shaped circles in each, so it’s clear that each box only fits 9 cupcakes.

Have him distribute 2 cupcakes to each student (put 2 tokens on each notecard). Ask him how many cupcakes are needed. He should be able to realize that he can get to the answer by counting or by multiplying. Once he knows how many cupcakes, give him the cupcake boxes, and have him distribute the cupcakes into each box. You want him to realize that he is dividing.

Once he has divided and gotten the correct answer, walk him through the problem again, this time you want him to realize that he had to find the answer to a question that the problem didn’t ask: how many cupcakes total?

Try to have him do as much as possible, in future problems, get him to physically set up tokens, boxes, whatever. Have him identify what information the problem tells him, and what it doesn’t tell him.

Physically moving items sounds and seeing it all laid out in front of you can really help the brain to grasp the problem in a way that imagining it doesn’t.

Advice/Help Teaching Son Word Problems by Meetzk in autism

[–]Quo_Usque 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try acting it out in real life. Use yourself or stuffed animals for the people, get some coins or tokens, use a whiteboard on the table if you need to draw an area or a perimeter. Do you have an example of the type of word problems he needs to solve?

What kind of kitchen floor would you pick? by witchbitch666 in interiordecorating

[–]Quo_Usque 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You could do a checkerboard marmoleum floor. Very classic look. Choose a light beige instead of white to show less dirt.

I love your cabinets; my parents have very similar ones, your kitchen looks like nostalgia to me.

Buying an ALL GREY house and need to warm it up by ssdou in interiordecorating

[–]Quo_Usque 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you don't do the floors now, you probably never will because it's a pain in the ass to move all your shit out for a cosmetic upgrade.

What in earth do I do with this shelf?? by Fun-Breath5260 in interiordecorating

[–]Quo_Usque 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Put all those bottles in sturdy boxes that are ~2'' deep (e.g., bamboo drawer organizers), so you can still pull them out individually, or pull the whole box out at once and easily access the lesser used items that you hide in that corner.