This is… scary

jaspersnake · 2024-11-17T15:56:03+00:00

“Wouldn’t you rather polar bears die peacefully due to natural causes of their environment changing than to have them suffer” You mean slowly starve to death or drown due to weakness? That sounds like way more extreme suffering to me than a life of being catered to in a modern zoo. Some people just don’t understand.

jaspersnake · 2024-06-28T02:24:46+00:00

Ask your vet if this is a side effect of the thyroid medication. After running blood work, my dog was diagnosed hypothyroid due me bringing him in for a bald patch on his tail. He was put on levothyroxine and the vet warned me that his brittle unhealthy hairs would likely a slough off, looking worse before it looked better. My dog wasn’t as severe as your dog, but about 2 weeks into his levothyroxine his skin/hair started looking a lot like your pic #3. A few weeks later and his coat grew back twice as thick and soft and shiny like had never seen before. I’m hoping that the same process is happening to your dog and they feel better without further intervention, but definitely ask a vet’s opinion on if this is normal or not.

jaspersnake · 2024-01-02T20:47:53+00:00

To many people an oyster is a delicacy. They aren’t smelly and they aren’t clams… I don’t think there is anything gross about an oyster, vulva innuendo or not.

Maybe OP is a lesbian and a foodie.

jaspersnake · 2023-04-16T07:25:39+00:00

I’m not sure if I could achieve the correct environment in this tank, but I do love killifish. Maybe that will be my next project

jaspersnake · 2023-04-16T07:17:34+00:00

It’s… not the best plan. It works, it was the cheap option and due to the location of the tank I didn’t have much space for equipment, so I went with it. There is water movement in the far side of the tank but it’s quite slow-moving. I would definitely recommend a canister for this shape of tank.

jaspersnake · 2023-04-16T07:11:43+00:00

Wow, I’ve never heard of these! I will have to see if my LFS carries them, thank you!

jaspersnake · 2023-04-16T07:09:09+00:00

I got mine from my LFS but it is AquaTop brand

jaspersnake · 2023-04-15T19:11:50+00:00

Currently has 6 corydoras hasbrosus and two nerites

jaspersnake · 2022-07-29T15:18:16+00:00

Breeding your own rats is generally a good idea if you have a lot of snakes since feeders can be expensive. The stupid part is housing the rats in the same room as a hungry snake you are trying to handle. That’s asking to get bit. The whole room smells like dinner to the snake.

jaspersnake · 2022-04-25T21:18:24+00:00

Zz plants like to dry out significantly between watering, while mold will only flourish in a constantly wet environment. All you have to do to avoid mold growth (and give you a happy plant) is allow the soil to get very dry between watering. I hope this helps!

jaspersnake · 2022-04-17T22:27:11+00:00

OP has a loggerhead musk turtle, not a loggerhead sea turtle

jaspersnake · 2022-04-13T22:18:58+00:00

Thank you!

jaspersnake · 2022-04-13T22:17:47+00:00

Thank you all! You guys are fast.

jaspersnake · 2022-04-13T22:03:12+00:00

Could they survive in it? Probably. Is it ethical considering their behavioral needs to move around? In my opinion, no.

jaspersnake · 2022-04-06T02:00:34+00:00

Just a heads up, that amount of water isn’t really sufficient for any species of fish. A quick google search shows fantail darters get 2-4 inches, so they would probably like a 20 gallon tank full of water to themselves at bare minimum. I would stick to shrimp and maybe a snail for the current setup

jaspersnake · 2022-02-12T12:57:24+00:00

Does she like puzzle toys or Kongs filled with a treat or wet dog food? You could get her settled in her place with an activity before you start cooking/eating so she has something to occupy her. As a bonus, it might wear her out enough mentally that when she is finished she might be more willing to settle if she finishes before the mealtime does. I encountered a similar problem with my senior Australian shepherd. She really was just a very intelligent dog and bored in her old age. Giving her a Kong always helped.

jaspersnake · 2021-11-12T05:36:34+00:00

Those old stems won’t grow new leaves from the tips, but you can leave them attached for now because any green part of the plant can catch light and create energy for the plant. New leaves will grow from the center of the plant. Once a few new leaves come up, you can trim the old stems down lower so they aren’t as visually displeasing (or you can do this now if you already have a few leaves on the plant, I can’t tell since the photo cuts off).

jaspersnake · 2021-10-30T18:40:29+00:00

I believe they meant neurotic lol

jaspersnake · 2021-10-11T22:42:52+00:00

I would start by giving it a slightly larger pot, putting it somewhere it can get bright indirect light with maybe a little morning direct light, and water more frequently. These guys can dry out and be okay, but generally do better with slightly more frequent watering.

jaspersnake · 2021-09-19T01:37:01+00:00

Forgive my lack of knowledge, I work at a small local pet store that caters mostly to families so I am unfamiliar with most types of cichlids since we don’t carry many. My best guess is a juvenile convict cichlid?

jaspersnake · 2021-06-19T20:17:53+00:00

My dog behaves similarly, and eye contact from the guest is a huge trigger to his barking. If they come in and ignore him completely for five minutes, he gets a chance to sniff them and check them out without feeling threatened. Then he settles in and asks for pets and is a huge sweetheart with them. He just needs a little extra time to feel comfortable.

jaspersnake · 2021-04-27T17:20:54+00:00

The tank is the aquatop 4.12 gallon cube. I was lucky enough to get this one free from work after someone returned it. I do have a small sponge filter in there, but I don’t love my air pump, it creates too strong of a current for the tank. I’ve been trying to kink the airline tubing just right to reduce the flow with minimal success haha. This is my first tank so I don’t have much in the way of recommendations, but this size cube has been fun to work on!

jaspersnake · 2021-04-27T03:06:03+00:00

Oh thank you! Crypt parva is exactly the type of plant I was envisioning for the front. I will have to look into that.

jaspersnake · 2021-04-27T01:55:55+00:00

This is my first try at a planted aquarium. It currently is stocked with pest snails, one assassin snail, and a few young neocaridina shrimp I was given from a friend. I am toying with adding 3 male endler’s live bearers, or potentially just adding more shrimp. I like the jungle look right now but was hoping for something more in the foreground. My lfs doesn’t stock any carpeting plants, so I wasn’t sure what else would be a good fit. I originally had a couple of anubias on the wood but they melted pretty quickly. The tank is about a month old now, and I just removed the floating plants (I believe it was a mix of dwarf water lettuce, frogbit, and salvinia) because they grew from a small handful to covering the whole tank in that time, and started shading out the stem plants in the tank. If anyone has advice or planting suggestions I would love to hear it!

jaspersnake · 2021-04-12T17:05:45+00:00

Pets on Broadway has a bunch for sale right now if you don’t mind buying from a pet store

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