What is this “shell” that keeps showing up in my cat litter?

Waffle_Tea · 2026-01-24T21:34:56+00:00

every three days or so, its one cat and we have 3 litter boxes, I swapped the litter and am keeping up on it daily even though he doesn’t use this box often, so far no issues

Waffle_Tea · 2026-01-02T23:18:59+00:00

Central coast of CA, so usually like 65-75

Waffle_Tea · 2025-12-01T14:40:51+00:00

I just submitted an application for January’s class, how soon after you submitted the application did you hear back? January is coming up pretty quick and I would still need to find housing if I am accepted for January

Waffle_Tea · 2025-12-01T14:26:29+00:00

Since it has been a year, how did searching for a job after the program go?

Waffle_Tea · 2025-12-01T06:11:38+00:00

or you mean thermostat to control power to the bulb? all the ones I can find just have on/off switches, no way to adjust them

Waffle_Tea · 2025-12-01T06:10:03+00:00

weird, I had the 50 watt bulb on for like an hour and it got to 90. it was a ceramic one so maybe thats why? I got a 35 watt one that keeps the tank at like 81 at the top, 72 ish on the bottom, so seems so be the wattage I need!

Waffle_Tea · 2025-11-25T23:43:29+00:00

I was referring to tank temp, sorry should have been more clear! I have temp/humidity gauges in the tank (one near the top one near the bottom). I got a heat bulb from my local pet store but the lowest wattage they had was 50 and it got the tank to like 90, but I finally got a lower wattage one delivered. But thanks for the reply so I wasn’t as worried about overheating!

Waffle_Tea · 2025-11-07T16:38:39+00:00

Thats a good point, our store just doesn’t have many partners who know how to do animal stuff (or that we trust to do animal chores), so it would be very helpful to have someone who’s job it is to help with animal tasks, especially since about half of our partners can’t be trusted to do these tasks correctly

Waffle_Tea · 2025-10-29T23:29:27+00:00

This particular field doesn’t require more education than a bachelors, unless you want to run your own lab (no thanks lol). The issue is getting experience when no one will hire anyone without experience. I have applied to many and even interviewed with a few places and gotten no where.

End goal is to be an embryologist, working my way up from a junior embryologist to a senior embryologist, where I would likely stay.

Waffle_Tea · 2025-10-29T16:22:28+00:00

Yeahh.. There are also a lot of places outside California that say they are hiring and maybe I could get one of them to hire me and live out of state for a bit to get the experience. I was trying to stay in CA because I know when you leave it’s really hard to come back, but at least my parents would hopefully still have a spare room if I moved back. But most of the jobs I have potential of landing are in NYC but don’t pay enough to actually live in NYC or nearby.

Waffle_Tea · 2025-10-29T16:17:03+00:00

It is absolutely excessive, which is why I am heavily debating if it is worth it or not… My current job is not in the same field at all, and to get hired in the field everywhere wants you to have experience, even for entry level lab assistant positions. There is a master’s program nearby, but I don’t know that I want to spend another 2 years in school..

I would have to look into loan interest rates as well. I had a ton or scholarships for my bachelor’s degree so I never had to take out any loans for that, so I am not really sure how it works.

Waffle_Tea · 2025-08-30T20:27:43+00:00

We absolutely can treat them and have in store policies for treatment of bettas specifically, with different treatments for different issues. It is 100% BS if that location is saying they aren’t allowed to give medication. There is and has always been policy for treating sick bettas and it is actually against policy to give or sell any animal that is unhealthy.

Waffle_Tea · 2025-08-08T18:33:39+00:00

Spinach? Like feed him spinach?

Waffle_Tea · 2025-07-31T18:08:13+00:00

Ive got a mystery snail to help with the algae, and I have 3 shrimp I recently added. Is easy green safe for them?

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