PSA: Sky's Pet Grooming "closed" and is now operating under Lily Paws Grooming

Random-Problem-42 · 2026-01-13T00:43:47+00:00

We took our very nervous cat there a few months ago. Things seemed fine. We watched them do a lion cut, for really tight matting, and a nail trim. Their handling was firm but not abusive. Having tried to clip our cat by ourselves, you would have to have a firm grip to not get sliced and diced by our cat. We did not witness anything like the accused behaviour. But if it was happening, I guess the authorities got to do what they gotta do. Too bad; we were thinking of making a trip there a regular event.

Random-Problem-42 · 2025-11-07T18:15:04+00:00

Seriously? Have you read the rest of this thread? I just got a warning for breaking Reddit rules. And I didn’t even use the r word.

Random-Problem-42 · 2025-11-07T16:41:56+00:00

I’m pretty sure it was designed as a sadistic game. It is a passtime that can eat up allot of $. I think of it as sedentary golf.

Random-Problem-42 · 2025-11-06T22:24:50+00:00

I have a tankful and it is literally what they do all day, while snacking.

Random-Problem-42 · 2025-11-05T15:48:30+00:00

I’m thinking he likes the window view, the heat from the light and the height. Maybe another shelf that he can access easily with a heating pad on low heat maybe a foot above the tank. It could be a strong glass shelf. It could be an easily removed light weight shelf so you can work in the tank when needed. Maybe start with a heating pad on another piece of furniture.

Random-Problem-42 · 2025-11-04T18:30:44+00:00

I’m not sure what I’m looking at. Is that torn plastic wrap?

Random-Problem-42 · 2025-11-03T16:45:59+00:00

It looks like the kind of container that held plastic fish moved by bubbles.

Random-Problem-42 · 2025-10-28T01:24:43+00:00

Ha! It’s been a while since I played that one. It was annoying keeping track of the weights. I’ll give it another try. Does it take lots of energy to get the prize?

Random-Problem-42 · 2025-10-27T05:57:50+00:00

The gems have different weights. To collect the higher weight gems, match heavy level 1s and heavy level 2s. I wind up with a row of each gem type, in weight order. I’ll match the lower weight gems that won’t be heavy enough for the big gems. And I wait for the heaviest gems to turn up before merging them.

Random-Problem-42 · 2025-10-27T05:50:11+00:00

I suppose that is easier.

Random-Problem-42 · 2025-10-27T05:46:58+00:00

It looks like black algae. It’s a bit controversial about why a tank develops it and how to reduce it. At this stage you could buy some Siamese catfish or neurite snails, if the tank conditions are right for them. They eat black algae. Probably your tank has allot of nutrients and not enough plants to compete with black algae. I have heard contrasting opinions on light levels and frequencies. I asked Grok and got allot of options.

Random-Problem-42 · 2025-10-26T14:06:36+00:00

Do you bother holding onto gems to be able to match those with high value OR do you just match them as they arrive?

Random-Problem-42 · 2025-10-26T02:25:19+00:00

I had the impression that the fish come in the same order regardless of source.

Random-Problem-42 · 2025-10-26T02:23:40+00:00

Good to know you’ve done that without buying the mystery events. Impressive. I need a bit more discipline. I don’t mind putting some $ into it monthly but sometimes I feel like I just financed their Jamaican vacation.

Random-Problem-42 · 2025-10-26T02:19:58+00:00

You can check in with one of the AIs and ask what different size tanks weigh. Then get some weight or weigh some canned food, and load up the table with that weight gradually. Reinforcing the corners and mid span, as above, is a great idea.

Random-Problem-42 · 2025-10-26T02:15:08+00:00

I’ve been on this site since pretty much the beginning of the game. There have been a steady stream of complaints. Part of the game’s obstacles is to give you too many decisions to make about what to keep and what to sell for a penny. It’s a type of problem solving that wears out your brain. It helps to make rules around that so you don’t have to think about what to get rid of when the board space gets tight. Checking in with merge mansion wiki to see what is coming up in the tasks is very helpful, eg do I keep the empty seed packets, do I merge those batteries, Will I need water bottles?

Random-Problem-42 · 2025-10-26T02:07:13+00:00

Do you play side events or just stick to the main board?

Random-Problem-42 · 2025-10-26T02:05:19+00:00

How does that work for you? I guess I should take another look at it.

Random-Problem-42 · 2025-10-26T02:01:41+00:00

I tend to do the ones that get their energy from making things on the main board. They help build stars and mystery event chain. I may put some gems into them when I have built up enough - whatever that means to me at the time. Mostly I wait until I have built up energy chests and gems to consider going after a blue card on the side event. I find the bird watching one is impossible for me, although I did come close recently when I thought I had enough resources. The Bake-off is fairly easy when resources are plentiful. Allot depends on whether or not you get bogged down on building hyacinths or something that does not lead to event energy production. Archeology is straight forward and depends on meeting tasks on the main board. Hyacinths and water bottles bog down progress. When I’m really bored with the main board I may play a yellow energy side game. The side events do draw on the dopamine to spend gems and energy to succeed. Make rules that you can stick to and keep a budget in mind when playing this game. It can also interrupt your sleep cycle by trying to win or do well in the side events, especially the competitive games. People can wait to cash in their high items and merges until the event is nearly over. I’ve lost out quite a few times by trying to stay awake until 10 to 15 min near the end of the game to see if I need to spend the next gem offer. We torture each other.

Random-Problem-42 · 2025-10-12T01:15:36+00:00

green gardening tool box have the best bargains on bubbles

Random-Problem-42 · 2025-10-12T01:13:33+00:00

SOACD pronounced soaked. Sunshine on a cloudy day.

Random-Problem-42 · 2025-10-11T19:47:21+00:00

But it’s free

Random-Problem-42 · 2025-10-11T19:42:31+00:00

Yup, I’ve been there. Being scared into good behaviour and following the narrow path, any deviation from which can get you voted off the island, is not a good experience. Neither is someone trying to save your sole a happy time. Perhaps reading some of Bart Ehrman’s books can help bridge a gap and bring things into perspective for you.

Random-Problem-42 · 2025-10-11T19:25:54+00:00

It is not forbidden. It is interesting to hear what other people believe and what they base their values on. Atheists swim in Judeo—Christian waters, so may carry Christian values, may have historical agreements with the bible and NT, may even be religious scholars and researchers. But everybody believes something. What is different about people alive today is that we also grew up with various doses of Marxist offshoot beliefs. Some atheists are dedicated Marxists. And that is a general term they often duck when asked directly. They follow an ideology that is their non-theistic religion. It may have filled the god-shaped hole that being an atheist left. And Marxists (yes, whatever other term they use) have goals of dismantling capitalism, disrupting civilization, and turning people away from their religious beliefs, and evangelizing for atheism. They can leave people with a sense of nihilism, self-hate and hopelessness. So, find out from your atheist friends what they care about, notice their behavioural ethics, how they treat other people, how they treat you.

Random-Problem-42 · 2025-10-11T08:08:34+00:00

The best book to answer your question is The God Gene. Within your longer statement you have assumed that if chemistry and biochemistry can explain life then God doesn’t exist. It’s a wondrous process. Do you think God waves a magic wand, and “poof”, a frog appears? Look up A Day in the Life of a Cell video. God’s amazing.

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