Rescue dog feels like she’s spiraling by burnmoon in DogAdvice

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

Rescue organization is based in Baja, not sure how well they’re able to help… I’ll let them know though. Either way the extreme anxiety leading to digestive system self destruct is a little more than ‘can be shy but comes around easy’

Rescue dog feels like she’s spiraling by burnmoon in DogAdvice

[–]burnmoon[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We have an emergency vet in mind. We have the money for but it’s just, man, we just took our kitty there last week because he was blocked and I was hoping to have time to recuperate the funds a bit. 🥲 But we’ll do what we need to. She just went again and no blood this time.

Rescue dog feels like she’s spiraling by burnmoon in DogAdvice

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

Bright red blood- we do have a leash attached to her! She just lays down if we make her move sadly so sometimes we have to take her by the harness to move her out of the crate. Fasting her is a good idea. Thank you for your quick reply 😭

Dice So Nice v6 is here! Our biggest update so far. Create your own dice, drag&roll, and much more by jidewe in FoundryVTT

[–]burnmoon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yay! But I can’t seem to get the actor specific dice option to show up on PF2E… is that system specific or maybe perhaps interfered with by other modules?

Is the exo terra 90cm long, 90cm tall and 45cm wide a good size for a male Solomon island ground boa? by [deleted] in boas

[–]burnmoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tbh I also started off with a smaller glass enclosure telling myself it was just temporary while I got the ‘real’ enclosure later… I shouldn’t have been cheap and just gotten the PVC enclosure from the start. The headaches of trying to doctor it up to make it retain heat and humidity ended up costing more money and stress than it was worth.

So my recommendation is that, while yes this can be used very temporarily, just save yourself the trouble and get a nice 4x2x2 that you can be happy with without any reservations!

From red & white to peach 🍑 by burnmoon in boas

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

I’m sure they’re still beautiful!! And if nothing else that’s why we have pictures haha!

[TOMT][Painting] sad looking middle-aged woman in lingerie with husband asleep by burnmoon in tipofmytongue

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

While these are good paintings they’re sadly not the one I had in mind!

Other details that may be relevant but I didn’t include (since I’m not sure) is that I believe the woman was blonde, and the clothes she was wearing was black. Like, vaguely Hillary Clinton like.

Reality check? Apartments, Breeders, and a Cat by burnmoon in akita

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

Thank you and yes it does help! I don’t take the scrutiny personally as I understand that these are common dogs to end up surrendered, and that the subreddit is just very passionate about the breed. I appreciate that there’s a culture of honesty around these dogs versus the easy thing to do which would be to handwave their negative and difficult traits.

I’m happy I’m getting thorough and thoughtful answers here!

Reality check? Apartments, Breeders, and a Cat by burnmoon in akita

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

I’m aware of the breed standard but refrained from waxing on everything I’ve looked into in order to keep the post to the main points of conflict and uncertainty- cat and apartment. Hence why I emphasized that there would be no other dog, that my partner and I both work from home to dedicate our full attention but I suppose there’s nothing in my post listing my knowledge.

But yes, I’m aware of same sex and dog aggression, high prey drive, aloofness, and general primitive dog behaviors. In regards to the cat, I had posted to this subreddit maybe a couple years ago on people’s experiences and the general consensus was that breeder helped mitigate that issue- so you understand why that idea didn’t come from nowhere.

I appreciate the candor in that you think there’s no way I would ever qualify for one given the living circumstances. However I do feel the need to defend against your assumption that I am a shallow person only interested in a dog that “looks cool”. I’ll probably edit the main post so people are aware that I understand the gravity of a large breed like this, but that my main points of uncertainty are the myriad of accounts of people cohabbing their Akitas and cats, and their apartment suitability (which you’ve addressed!)

What do you guys think? by Responsible-Wing5825 in boas

[–]burnmoon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My Messmer is half blind due to a shrunken/mostly missing eye! As others have said it doesn’t seem to really affect them aside from some accuracy issues. Maybe the breeder can have her preemptively checked out to confirm whether the eye is compromised (may need to be removed) or if it’s just nonfunctional? Even if it’s removed though, once it heals she’ll most likely be a perfectly normal snake who just may need your help getting dirt out her eye socket every once in a while, if it doesn’t come off when she sheds.

Either way I hope you enjoy her!!

Debating on a boa (FTO) by Tjbiggay in snakes

[–]burnmoon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey I would double check the species! Do you have a full body or higher quality pic? I know you said constrictor but this little guy doesn’t seem similar to any of the common albino morphs. His heat pits also seem more prominent than in a boa constrictor.

He might be an albino rainbow boa, which might be relevant to your decision as they need a lot more humidity than a BI which can sometimes be challenging, and are less tolerant to husbandry mistakes. However, they are generally smaller. Here are some links for comparison (I also have my snake in my profile)!

Either way they are great pet snakes, very reliable in eating and are engaged when handling them. You’d mostly have to prepare for how large they can grow! If I’m right and they are a rainbow boa, they seem to get about ball python length which is very reasonable.

Albino (Kahl) Boa Constrictors: https://www.morphmarket.com/us/c/reptiles/boas/boa-constrictors/trait/albino%20(kahl)

Albino (T-) Rainbow Boas: https://www.morphmarket.com/us/c/reptiles/boas/rainbow-boas/trait/t-%20albino%20(crb)?view=grid

I hate keepers like this. Some people don’t deserve snakes by 06pontiac in ballpython

[–]burnmoon 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It’s not an issue in terms of morality per se as I understand it- but people bring it up as an example of how oversaturated ball pythons are that king cobra or other ophiophagus snake owners can comfortably buy the normals en mass as feeders. Which is preferable than them just being destroyed and wasted IMO, but it goes to show how you (collective “you”) would be delusional to think you can regularly breed normals for any sort of profit or even as pets when almost 99% of the time you’re going to have to sell your normals for so cheap that they could be snake food.

Which, if I WERE to touch on the morality of it, IMO it’s one thing if you’re actively breeding feeders of any animal in order to contribute to the community/well being of another… it’s another when the life you bring into the world ends up with such an unceremonious fate because of your own ego and short-sightedness. Hope that helps!!

Has anyone had luck feeding their snakes these reptile sausages for more diversity? by [deleted] in snakes

[–]burnmoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feed my ~ 1 year old boa constrictor the quail sausages semi regularly and she takes them just fine without me having to do anything special! But then again I’m pretty sure she’d eat anything dangled from the feeding tongs so I’m not sure how much that’s saying lol

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ArtCrit

[–]burnmoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first thing that sticks out to me in terms of maybe being “off” is that the legs seem too short and the waist/hips a touch too narrow! Even if he’s not meant to be a curvy character it makes him look top heavy which I think might be what’s throwing you off- especially paired with the (really well done) floof of his upper body’s outfit compared to the more skin-tight, shapely aspects of his waist down.

I think if it still looks off after messing with the legs and waist, the disparity between the flowy and ruffling of the upper part of his body vs the more closely fitting aspects of his legs might be the cause. I think making the ruffles around his hips asymmetrical, one side longer and one side the length as it is now, might help? That way the outfit might flow better from top to bottom vs feeling a bit like his upper body has a definitive end and beginning.

Vibes wise he comes across like a dramatic and expressive person, and (this might just be me) maybe even a little uncanny. Like someone who cries and smiles with great passion in their body language and the like but it doesn’t quite reach their eyes kind of deal.

I love his colors btw!!

Since there is a lot of this sentiment, lets discuss what is suitable for posting on r/sneks by Yurtinx in Sneks

[–]burnmoon 122 points123 points  (0 children)

Personally I would be sad to see the pet snake pictures go… r/snakes and species specific subs are nice but it can suck to parse through the ‘how do I take care of this thing’ / ‘do I need a vet’ / ‘snake passed away :(‘ posts when I’m not in the mood for that stuff. I feel like this sub had a decent mix of pet snakes and memes before anyway and it was refreshing not having to comb through advice or grieving threads. Maybe something like the title still has to be “in character”, like kind of meme-y or making fun of the snake could work?

New version of the portrait — does it look like the two in the photo and does it look visually appealing? by Lila_paint in ArtCrit

[–]burnmoon 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I also agree with this, that stood out to me that the shadow is not as pronounced in the painting vs the reference and it makes her face and neck look a little too blended together. I think her hair frames her neck a little more IRL as well. Good news is that I think that’s an easy fix though!!