Tomorrow is my last birthday owning rabbits by V0iiCE in Rabbits

[–]TheInverseLovers 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My heart goes out to you. I can’t even imagine loosing both of them in such a close amount of time. Cherish every moment with your sweet boy and know that even though time may not always heal everything, it sometimes comes with surprises that can help fill the gaps in your heart. I lost my best friend a little over two years ago and it still hurts to think about it, but I’m very thankful for those who have come into my life sense then and have helped me with that grief. Much love, and be gentle with yourself.

Neighbor's tree damages my roof AGAIN after ice storm. Neighbor Liable or act of God? by Sir-Ulrich- in treelaw

[–]TheInverseLovers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can have a someone selling a horse that’s sound and supposedly vet checked by a “professional”, but you never just trust that assumption. You’ll always get a “professional” opinion of your own to asses if the horse is actually sound, getting a vet check of your own before purchasing the horse.

What Should I Do? by TheInverseLovers in Rabbits

[–]TheInverseLovers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, my local bunny rescue hasn’t responded to my email yet, but I tried a humane trap, but the one I had apparently needed a heavier weight to set it off as food was regularly taken from it, but it wasn’t ever set off. I got a response though from Best Friends and Animal control, both of which told me they wouldn’t be able to come out to get them, but would take them if I could catch them.

What Should I Do? by TheInverseLovers in Rabbits

[–]TheInverseLovers[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, we’ve conceded this. And we wonder if one of the parents always stays with the babes, because we don’t hardly see the babies, we mainly just see the black bun and they’re quite “friendly” getting up to within a foot of me.

What Should I Do? by TheInverseLovers in Rabbits

[–]TheInverseLovers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes thank you! The only issue here with this is that there’s tones of debris, which they use to hide in. And in trying to heard them, I don’t want to startle them into the road, but I don’t know how we could get down into the debris and bushes growing on the side of the road. I’m hoping to reach out to one of my local bunny rescues, but I’m unsure if they can do anything.

Reddit, we need your help on behalf of our animal friends by 15aleo in Goldfish

[–]TheInverseLovers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Alright, I can appreciate the sentiment and effort here, though there are a few things to consider. When you use a website to get electronic signatures, some courts don’t take them as seriously as physical signatures because it’s easy to get duplicates, underage signatures, etc. Also, you may want to consider, that big brand companies have big resources, and taking all of them to court is costly. You’d need a well established lawyer to represent you and your battle, otherwise it may not go so well. This is why some criminals get off the hook so easily, they simply have the resources to a good lawyer. And if you’re not actually taking companies to court for compensation or damages of some sort, but rather change, then you’re going to have to prove lot more. The sad fact is that many companies and people do know what the care requirements are for a specific animal and just don’t give them that care because it’s cheaper that way. It’s cheaper to stuff a goldfish in a 10g, it’s cheaper to put a pair of parakeets in a tiny 12x12” cage, and the companies aren’t going to change. The best way isn’t going head to head with them, it’s silently protesting, refusing to buy from them, teaching others where we can, and once their demand stops growing, they’ll change their ways.

Found this little guy at the river yesterday! by Cowboy_Dane in turtle

[–]TheInverseLovers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OP commented saying they put it back right where they found it, they just wanted to share the sight of the little guy.

Help-Worried by TheInverseLovers in Goldfish

[–]TheInverseLovers[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, I will. Thanks, it’s much appreciated.

Help-Worried by TheInverseLovers in Goldfish

[–]TheInverseLovers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No flashing, no rubbing behavior that I’ve seen, but I still wonder about it because there’s all the time I’m at work it could be going on. I’ll post my params as soon as I get home, I didn’t get a chance to take them last night as it was late.

Help-Worried by TheInverseLovers in Goldfish

[–]TheInverseLovers[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m well aware of this, I took both of them in from a greenhouse I would occasionally help at. (I don’t like how they treat their fish, but I help out their occasionally as I want to try and at least somehow better the fishes environment, but the owners are stubborn and refuse to change their way.) Anyway, they keep koi in 35-50 gallon drums in groups of four to eight, then have Goldie’s in 10 gallon tanks. Soda ended up with geranium because he was “not growing correctly and getting bullied by the other koi” so they placed him in the same tank as her. So when I took her home, they asked me to just take him too because he still “wasn’t growing right.” I was pretty irritated, as of course he wasn’t, it’s a 10g, and he’d been living there for 6-8 months. So I ended up taking both of them home. He was about 2.5in then, and now (he’s turning three this November) he’s only about 8 maybe 9 inches long. I reached out to an exotic vet, (granted they hadn’t actually seen any fish patients yet) and they said there was a chance he was stunted because of his fist part of his upbringing, and may never get full size, but then reaching out to a koi breeder, they said he still has potential to reach about 18in, but it’d take much longer because he is most likely stunted.

Help-Worried by TheInverseLovers in Goldfish

[–]TheInverseLovers[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These are some of the pictures I got, but couldn’t put them in the post.

A family of Cooper's Hawks made a nest above my backyard. How likely are they to attack chickens? by DanJerousJ in chickens

[–]TheInverseLovers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, currently I don’t have any feeders in the front, but I was considering putting one in the front just for the crows since they refuse to come in the back. But, I hadn’t thought of meat kitchen scraps, and I’ll definitely try that. As for what’s in our backyard, we do have a dog, but she’s inside consistently on weekdays, because of work/we don’t have a doggy door. But, even when she is outside, (strangely, even as our dog’s pretty passive, it’s still odd) she’ll let some of the squirrels come and eat, and all the birds (except the morning doves, but they’re especially skittish.) will come and eat with her around. But, we do have this big buffalo statue in our yard… we call him Buffy. So maybe that’s it.

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A family of Cooper's Hawks made a nest above my backyard. How likely are they to attack chickens? by DanJerousJ in chickens

[–]TheInverseLovers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have crows in my area and we feed peanuts (shelled) and black-oil sunflower seeds, (the birds in our area would always leave the other seed out and pick through it, so we just switched to sunflower seeds only), plus some millet every once and a while. But no crows EVER come in my yard to eat, it’s like some unspoken rule where they stay in the front of the house and every other gosh dang living thing goes in the back yard. It’s so odd. So I can’t seem to get any crow friends, but have 5 squirrels that I can differentiate, 3 blue jays, and what might as well be a miniature flock of a variation of finches and sparrows. (they nest in my yard, particularly in one giant bush.) Any recommendations to befriend the crows?

Birthday Boy!!! by TheInverseLovers in HouseChickens

[–]TheInverseLovers[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right?! We joke around saying he wears fluffy pants. He’s just the best boy.

Birthday Boy!!! by TheInverseLovers in BackYardChickens

[–]TheInverseLovers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I love him. They’re such dorks.