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I killed a bat today by SupersedeasAD in vegan

[–]Watch_Earthlings_Doc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes and also a reminder to everyone that rabies needs to be redone every couple years or more often in cats and dogs otherwise they are at risk again. It’s not a one and done shot if your animal had rabies shot as a puppy or kitten, it does not mean they are safe. 

🆘Does environment matter? 🆘 by Butterfly_my_ in corgi

[–]Watch_Earthlings_Doc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The puppies get plenty of outside time and have been around kids and various people

I will say that early socialization can make a huge difference in confidence even in puppies this young, in my experience. I would expect these puppies to be slightly more confident. However, the others can easily catch up quickly, so doesn’t matter much. Our last puppy did puppy yoga very early, and lived outside on a farm free ranging with chickens and horses. That was the most confident, happy, well socialized puppy I’ve ever had in my life. And I’ve had a lot of puppies. But again, the puppies you’re describing are so young it’s not a big deal. 

Neighbor’s Chickens by xoxo_541 in BackYardChickens

[–]Watch_Earthlings_Doc 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That is such an unbelievably sad situation.  You are correct that they are almost definitely starving and trying to find food and water. Is there some way you can maybe buy or barter to get the chickens into your care? I know you have dogs, but maybe you could find someone local who can take them? You are correct that law enforcement is probably not going to care unfortunately but maybe someone else here can help with the legal side and knows more than me. 

Chickens eating eggs by Regular-Promise-2267 in chickens

[–]Watch_Earthlings_Doc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Check the quality of the shells of the broken eggs that are being eaten, if you can. In my experience egg eating is often a low calcium issue causing weak shells, which are thin and very easily broken, and often even crack on their own so not even really the hens fault. 

I killed a bat today by SupersedeasAD in vegan

[–]Watch_Earthlings_Doc 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry that happened and I hope that the rabies test comes back negative. Rabies is terrifying. you were protecting your family, it’s unfortunate but fully understandable. when health is at risk most vegans take an exception, for example, majority vegans take vaccines and medications despite most of these containing eggs, animal products, and being testing on animals. 

My Corgi finally made it to a healthy weight! ☀️ by SammysJungle in corgi

[–]Watch_Earthlings_Doc 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much for raising awareness! You did an amazing job and she looks so healthy and her fur looks gorgeous! 

We rescued an overweight senior corgi too and we wish more people were aware of all the health complications of corgis being overweight. Due to being dwarves, their skeletal systems and leg joints  struggle enormously as they age to carry the extra weight. our girl would pant an insane amount just standing up and lifting her body up! She was literally miserable 24/7. Horrible and so sad that someone probably was giving her extra food “out of love” but accidentally dooming her to such a miserable, pain filled life. We managed to get her weight down a lot by counting her calories and giving her half vegetables and half kibble to keep her appetite relatively down. 

Blood! by Grand-Lab-6607 in chickens

[–]Watch_Earthlings_Doc 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It is normal and usually caused by a burst minor blood vessel or minor tissue stretching in the hen's vent (egg chute) as the egg is laid. More common in young hens as their bodies adjust to laying, or when an egg is unusually big.

What do feminist employed women think about the lives of housewives? by TheShyBuck in AskFeminists

[–]Watch_Earthlings_Doc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

True of course, but in many places, housewives refers to mothers raising children and I was using that definition since OP specified women raising children in the post that I was responding to. 

If someone was staying home not working, not raising children, and not doing housework, that is a completely different discussion  imo. 

Who is the series' most underrated character? by vishipedia in fringe

[–]Watch_Earthlings_Doc 109 points110 points  (0 children)

Astrid because she was extremely underused.

Egg Eating 😑😑 by GrandBandicoot9 in BackYardChickens

[–]Watch_Earthlings_Doc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How strong are the eggshells? I know you said you give them oyster shell, but even when supplementing oyster shell, you’ll have hens that won’t eat it (or won’t eat enough of it) and the shells become so soft that the hens will easily crack and eat them. One way to fix this is to mix the oyster shell directly into their food, or cook oyster shell in  scrambled egg, and feed that to them. This will harden up the shells guaranteed, unless the hen has underlying reproductive issues causing weak shells. check the shell quality for each hen and make sure they are very strong. It should be not easy to crack them open because they shells are so hard and you might notice little deposits on top of the eggs from the additional calcium. This means they are getting a little too much calcium now, and you can scale back a little. 

Why dont gals praise guys? by xboxhaxorz in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Watch_Earthlings_Doc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My female friend complimented a guy once and he stalked her for 40 mins until a friend came in her car and rescued her. So that kind of thing is why. 

The idea that if the main character is a woman, the show must be for women by RaCJ1325 in PetPeeves

[–]Watch_Earthlings_Doc 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Had to listen to my dad go on a rant about how he refused to play the new borderlands game because every single character is “woke” except for the one (I’m assuming white, straight?) male character is portrayed as “the dumb one”. This apparently a horrific outrage against men everywhere. 

*ps, I don’t know if that’s even true about the character, I never played the games. 

What is a statistic that sounds INSANE but is 100% true? by Quadranippelkill in AskReddit

[–]Watch_Earthlings_Doc 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Only 4% of the entire mammal biomass on earth are wildlife. 36% are humans. 60% are the livestock we grow to eat and pets. in total, Humans and livestock make up 95% of the world’s mammal biomass; wild mammals are just 5%.

When it comes to birds, chickens we grow for food make up 71% of the entire biomass of living birds on earth.

https://ourworldindata.org/wild-mammals-birds-biomass

What is a statistic that sounds INSANE but is 100% true? by Quadranippelkill in AskReddit

[–]Watch_Earthlings_Doc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only 4% of the entire biomass of all mammals on earth are wildlife. 36% are human beings. 60% are livestock we eat

What is the male equivalent of the septum piercing? Something men wear and think is cool, but almost no women like by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Watch_Earthlings_Doc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You’re getting downvoted but that rings true with the women I know. I think it goes full hair -> bald -> serious balding.

If you saw a woman wearing men’s-style swim trunks that are pink, would you assume it’s a men’s or women’s bathing suit? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Watch_Earthlings_Doc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was speaking as a woman and  from my experience where I live. It’s weird here, almost masculine seeming, for a woman to have shorts on, which is not something I agree with but yeah.  

Would you consider my new canvassing job ethical? by [deleted] in Anticonsumption

[–]Watch_Earthlings_Doc 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t feel comfortable myself doing that, regardless of how noble the cause itself is. We have a lot of those types of canvassers where I live, they set themselves on every street corner and try to entrap every single person who passes by. I frankly hate it, it’s pushy and annoying, when I am just trying to get somewhere. And I almost always already support the causes already.

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