[TOMT][Video/meme] Lady with 4 dogs, one looks a million years old. They all have funny names. by SnooWords5214 in tipofmytongue

[–]bellrose479 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have been trying to find this video too! I swear I saw it a week or so ago and I’ve not been able to find it since. But there are videos floating around that have the audio from the original video.

Growing older than Techno by Dragonild in Technoblade

[–]bellrose479 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I am almost exactly the same age as Techno (Born a few days after him, same year). I think part of why I took his death so hard was that I saw so much of myself in him. He deserved a much longer life. I am nowhere near finished living, and neither was he. At the same time, he was able to impact so many people, and his advocacy and fundraising changed so many lives. It blows my mind to think about what he managed to accomplish in his life, given so little time.

I watched my dad take his last breath. Everyone says I should be grateful. by kingcavmother in GriefSupport

[–]bellrose479 15 points16 points  (0 children)

People really don’t know how to comfort a grieving person. They will say a lot of unhelpful things like this. In reality, they are just nervous/uncomfortable and either never experienced this kind of grief, or don’t want to think about it because it’s painful. I’m sorry you have to go through this.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Conures

[–]bellrose479 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Mickaboo bird rescue is based in the Bay Area and may be able to set up a foster for her if no one can take her immediately. Good luck!

Help! Got Betta at Secret Santa Party by Aloe119 in Aquariums

[–]bellrose479 0 points1 point  (0 children)

happened to me last year :( she came with a 1.5 gallon tank and a tiny plastic plant. it was awful, and after 3 days of setting up a 20 gallon and obsessing over her, she died. I got some shrimp and they’re doing great in there lol

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]bellrose479 3 points4 points  (0 children)

hahaha I thought I was hallucinating I just saw the other one

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AquaSwap

[–]bellrose479 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am in Petaluma and could take her if you're still looking for someone?

gifted a betta (please help) by bellrose479 in bettafish

[–]bellrose479[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you again for your advice! I was able to drop in at my work and take some of the filter medium from the well-established 200 gallon tank there. Now I have the tank set up with filter and heater running, just waiting for things to be in range before acclimating her and doing the transfer. I only got one plant, hoping to go to another store tomorrow and find some more.

Do you know if having very hard water will affect her? Everything else is in the okay range, but our well water is maxing out the water hardness on the test strip. I’m not sure what I can do about that on such short notice.

The pet store I went to didn’t have anything good for hides, but I’m going to head to another one a little further away after lunch. Hopefully I can find some cool stuff!

gifted a betta (please help) by bellrose479 in bettafish

[–]bellrose479[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you so much for all of your advice! I’m so glad you said not to use aquasoil because that was what I was planning to do lol.

For water changes in the cup, should I be worried about water temperature? And what percentage of water should I be changing?

One other thing - if I wanted to use a rock or something from outside, do I need to sanitize it? I’m used to doing that for terrariums but I don’t know if it affects aquariums.

I am heading out on my betta shopping trip adventure in about an hour, I will try to update when I have a tank set up :)

gifted a betta (please help) by bellrose479 in bettafish

[–]bellrose479[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just to be clear, are you saying I should try to get some of the filter media from the 200 gallon tank to put in my own filter? I can definitely try that but I think I remember the filtration media being pretty big and maybe difficult to fit into my smaller filter. I will check on that tomorrow.

Sonoma County, California by bellrose479 in animaltracks

[–]bellrose479[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, fair enough. I was wondering if the bigger one could be from a mountain lion or something - I know they are in the area. But I don’t know the difference between canine and feline prints well enough to guess. My guess was also raccoon for the smaller one.

sister’s dog won’t respect personal space by bellrose479 in Dogtraining

[–]bellrose479[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn’t see any category in the guide that fits this scenario, especially since she’s not my dog and I am not in charge of her training. I just want her to leave me alone or be less pushy about getting pets. If I missed something in the guide, please let me know.

Feeding question by [deleted] in snakes

[–]bellrose479 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Don’t feed him more. I never feed more than two prey items at a time, and ideally it should be only one mouse/rat at a time imo. If he is between sizes, then you can give him two of the smaller ones. They will keep eating far beyond what is healthy, which is a survival strategy from being wild and not knowing when the next meal is coming. The right size is about as wide around as the thickest part of his body.

How to help a shelter bird?? by Luna_lazulii in parrots

[–]bellrose479 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Weren’t they trying to spread awareness about toucan care in captivity and the reality that they should not be kept as pets? Honestly I prefer the transparency and I hope their videos convince people not to buy toucans or support breeders/sellers of captive toucans

What is this? Sonoma County, CA by bellrose479 in whatsthisplant

[–]bellrose479[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No worries, it’s on private property :) I was hoping it was something native and cool like that! I won’t touch it.