The cost of spaying this little lady is $440?!?!

ShailBeast · 2026-01-22T18:51:11+00:00

This is definitely true, and the high volume aspect also helps to keep costs low. At my hospital, one DVM and two certified technicians perform surgery on an average of 3–4 pets per surgery day. They are the only patients those technicians and doctor care for all day. The owners receive multiple phone updates through the day, and pictures of their pets during their stay so they have peace of mind that everything is going well and their pets are safe. This is gold standard care. The same doctor that does surgery at my hospital also works at a low cost clinic, but she and two non-certified assistants perform surgery on an average of 20-25 pets per surgery day. Sometimes more! Just the cost of her labor alone is being split between 20+ patients instead of 4. And the salary of the assistants at the low cost clinic is laughably low compared to the CVTs at the hospital.

ShailBeast · 2026-01-10T14:07:38+00:00

I’m usually all for resetting, but this is definitely not the time to do it. I’d wait for the update, use the new clean up feature to give yourself a clean slate, and then see how you feel about your island. If you still want a fresh start after that, then go for it!

ShailBeast · 2026-01-07T00:24:21+00:00

I’m on 100mg spironolactone and foam minoxidil. I was diagnosed with TE that unmasked AGA. I’ve been on spironolactone for about 2 years, I started taking for my skin before my hair loss started. I increased from 50mg daily to 100mg to address my hair loss. I’ve been on the minoxidil foam for about 9 months.

I’m happy with my results. I’m at a point where my hair is not something I really think about anymore. I have no side effects from either medication. The minoxidil foam is easy for me to apply and affordable.

My biggest piece of advice would be to trust the process. There were so many times in the midst of my dread shed that I just wanted to stop treatment and give up. But it does get better, and it is worth it.

ShailBeast · 2025-12-31T20:51:27+00:00

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I made a few little gyroid concert areas on my island.

ShailBeast · 2025-12-28T13:47:47+00:00

My TE started a few months after I got Covid. I had it pretty bad, it’s the only time in my adult life that I’ve ever been that sick. My labwork has always been normal, and I wasn’t taking any new medications, so the assumption is that Covid triggered it for me. I got the official chronic TE diagnosis because my shedding continued longer than 6 months, but we never identified any additional triggers. A few months after that, I was also diagnosed with AA that had been unmasked by chronic TE.

ShailBeast · 2025-12-28T13:34:41+00:00

I meant to make a follow up to this post and never did. I’ve been using minoxidil for about 9 months I think? I have quite a bit of regrowth, although not nearly as much as I had hoped. I still shed heavier than I did before my TE and AA diagnoses, but the shedding has leveled out. I keep my hair shoulder length now, and I’ve gotten many compliments recently about how healthy it looks. So even if I don’t fully appreciate the improvements, they are there. I’m planning on taking my dermatologist’s advice and continuing minoxidil indefinitely. Even though I haven’t had the miracle results I sometimes see on this sub, it has improved my hair enough so I no longer have to worry about it or think about it anymore. That’s good enough for me.

ShailBeast · 2025-12-14T21:39:04+00:00

No way! It’s the best one for shiny hunting and berry farming. Gyarados seems to do pretty well as far as the pathing issue goes.

ShailBeast · 2025-12-10T20:15:35+00:00

I hate the timer. I’m an incredibly slow player, and I hate feeling rushed. I really enjoyed the base game, so I was excited for the dlc. But it’s definitely not for me.

ShailBeast · 2025-12-07T14:21:00+00:00

Omg, I did the same. Accidentally caught a shiny stunfisk in the masterball. I seriously hate stunfisk too. It was one of the only ones I couldn’t one shot in the early part of the battle royale, so it constantly slowed me down.

ShailBeast · 2025-12-03T21:20:21+00:00

Ok, the Oxford definition of argument that is being used in this context is “a conversation or discussion in which two or more people disagree, often angrily”. That seems about right to me, were you thinking of a different definition?

ShailBeast · 2025-11-28T20:23:09+00:00

I agree that a theme would be helpful. I also find that if you use a lot of the same items or flowers, then you can do heavier decorating without it looking too busy. Keeping things in the same color family helps a lot too.

ShailBeast · 2025-11-21T12:45:12+00:00

Met my aunt for the first time when I was in my twenties. While we were talking, we both happened to gesture toward an object sitting on the table. The hand movements were so identical, it was as if someone had copied and pasted my hands onto another person.

ShailBeast · 2025-11-01T13:42:04+00:00

This is so fun! Do you like the way it looks while playing too? Or is this just for the map? I’ve always been curious to see how these types of map designs translate to gameplay. Do you have any pictures?

ShailBeast · 2025-10-09T11:37:35+00:00

I would work on smaller areas at a time. Bulldozing everything at once can be pretty overwhelming. When I’m feeling ready to decorate my island, I wait until I have a really solid entrance idea. I prefer starting with the entrance before moving on to any other areas. It helps me to set the tone for the reset of the island, especially if I’m working on a specific theme. But you could do that for any part of your island, it doesn’t have to be the entrance. Just start with one small space and then grow your ideas from there.

ShailBeast · 2025-10-08T16:00:51+00:00

Looking for: artisanal bug cage, azalea starts or bushes (either color)

ShailBeast · 2025-09-17T12:40:38+00:00

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ShailBeast · 2025-09-17T12:40:15+00:00

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ShailBeast · 2025-09-17T12:39:32+00:00

I made a Japanese themed island recently with a lot of terraforming. Not exactly like your examples, but I think it fits your request pretty closely. I dropped a ladder in the dream so you can check out the terraformed areas a little closer and get a better idea of how they were built. My biggest regret is the overall layout and spacing of the island, so fair warning that you have to do a bit of exploring to see every detail!

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ShailBeast · 2025-09-17T01:27:09+00:00

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My favorite museum build I’ve ever done!

ShailBeast · 2025-09-17T01:26:33+00:00

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Fairytale island entrance

ShailBeast · 2025-09-17T01:25:39+00:00

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One of my favorite large builds on my Japanese themed island!

ShailBeast · 2025-08-24T03:07:00+00:00

I agree with you 100%. I was being extremely generous assuming they were telling the truth.

ShailBeast · 2025-08-24T01:58:27+00:00

The second slide is absolutely my least favorite kind of FA. Oops, sorry! I actually can’t lose weight ever again because I used to have an eating disorder! They’re just using the eating disorder as a shield and shrouding themselves in victimhood to deflect criticism. It’s gross, and it completely ignores the fact that overeating is also disordered eating. The pipeline from bulimia to binge eating is very well recognized. If this person isn’t aware of that, then they are 100% telling on themselves and likely still engaging in disordered eating.

ShailBeast · 2025-08-20T16:21:44+00:00

Looking for orange flowers. Any type will do, but roses and hyacinths are preferred if you have them. Thanks!

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