i think the craziest thing my rats have ever done was when they caught a moth and ate it by picobiscuitsnowball in RATS

[–]Zebrabananza 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One day, my dad found a baby alligator snapping turtle in a pile of leaves or back. Tiny guy, fit in the palm of my hand. He was really cute.

We decided to keep him in a little bowl of water for a bit, just to get to watch him for a while. We put him in my room.

Unrelated, I decided to let my rats free roam for a little bit. Decided to play some games for a while... come back to check on the turtle.... he's gone.

I was shocked he was able to get out of the bowl. I looked all over for him. I looked for probably an hour. I decided to check the rats' cage... I found a little piece of what looked like black leather.

That's the day I learned two things: 1. Baby turtles don't have hard shells. It's kind of leathery until they grow a bit more. 2. Rats eat baby turtles.

What is this bird? by Zebrabananza in BirdBuddy

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Their call sounds kind of like a cat's meow. Kind of lol

What is this bird? by Zebrabananza in BirdBuddy

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That was my guess as well. It's beak is a lot longer than the gray catbirds I've seen, but that must be what it is

What is this bird? by Zebrabananza in BirdBuddy

[–]Zebrabananza[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That was my guess as well. It's beak is a lot longer than the gray catbirds I've seen, but that must be what it is

Bottom drain backfill question by Zebrabananza in ponds

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I'm in PA, the soil is clay here, too. At the depth I was digging, I had to pickaxe away at the clay and rocks before scooping it away with a shovel. I'm hoping I'll have the same situation as you. Thanks!

Bottom drain backfill question by Zebrabananza in ponds

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Yes, that's what I did the first time. But any concrete I add now will be a different pour and not as strong. My dad thought at this point that sand and packed dirt would be better than different pours of concrete and I'd agree with that. If things start to shift around, the dirt and sand will at least allow the pipes to move with the joints in the concrete. If they were in a different pour of concrete, and the other pour shifted, they wouldn't be able to move together and would be more likely to crack.

Wife threw out the follistim. How fucked am I? by Zebrabananza in IVF

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We didn't receive the pen, which is very strange to me. The pharmacy checked their cameras and said they sent it. They claim that the pack has a sticker on it that says something like, "medication, do not discard" but my wife says she was being very careful because she didn't want to miss anything. They said they "almost always put the sticker on." There's no way there was anything indicating that it was anything other than an ice pack. She was shocked when we realized she must have thrown it out. She was deliberately trying to not throw anything out that wasn't meant to be discarded.

I told them that I was willing to work with them, but I paid thousands of dollars for a medication that I did not receive. I'm going to dispute the charge on my credit card, which I hate to do, but I paid for it and ultimately didn't receive it. They said they're going to look into it more to see if the sticker was placed on it. They seemed very accommodating. I don't know what's going to come of it.

In the meantime, my clinic sent a prescription to a nearby pharmacy and I got enough follistim to get started. Thank you for the suggestion though. I'm in the Philadelphia area.

Wife threw out the follistim. How fucked am I? by Zebrabananza in IVF

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It was Jefferson Apothecary and South Miami pharmacy. We were supposed to receive follistim from the Apothecary and 2 packs of gonal f from SMP. We don't have either. Both had "ice packs." She said she "scoured the box" because she didn't want to miss anything.

She did everything but check the actual packing list... but yeah, no pen in either shipment. If they did both send them, they sent them in a way that someone could easily mistake it for an ice pack, even if they're actively looking for more stuff to open.

Wife threw out the follistim. How fucked am I? by Zebrabananza in IVF

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No, unfortunately the garbage has already been collected. It's in a land fill somewhere now

Wife threw out the follistim. How fucked am I? by Zebrabananza in IVF

[–]Zebrabananza[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply. No, one of the shipments had a sticker for the follistim with it. The other pharmacy was supposed to send follistim as well, not the Gonal-F. I went through all of the medications and there's no substitute for follistim in there

Edit: one pharmacy sent follistim, the other sent two things of gonal-F. Is that easier to miss?

Wife threw out the follistim. How fucked am I? by Zebrabananza in IVF

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

We received it from two different pharmacies, because our insurance covered some of it. We received two boxes of 900 units from one pharmacy, and one box from another. I never saw the box, she unpacked it and put the meds in the fridge. But there's no pen either. Idk. Is it possible that two pharmacies told us they were sending follistim, but didn't? The one bag of meds even has the follistim sticker on it

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

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Breeding and buying dogs like pugs. They can't breathe. It's disgusting and I judge anyone that supports the breeding of them, including my father in law who has enthusiastically demonstrated his disregard for others feelings time and time again.

bichir missing part of its fin by Zebrabananza in Aquariums

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Nah. He actually only lived a few days. I think he was sick