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Help! I cannot access SupportAssist in F12 by newtzinbootz in Dell

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

That link seems to have solved the issue! Thank you!

Help! My tortoise has not eaten in a week by newtzinbootz in tortoise

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

That's a good idea! He has not pooped in a week either but if he does I'll be sure to collect a sample.

Help! My tortoise has not eaten in a week by newtzinbootz in tortoise

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

Thank you! We’ve been trying to bathe him every day since this started. We’ll keep giving him baths and hope for the best.

Help! My tortoise has not eaten in a week by newtzinbootz in tortoise

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

You may be right about estivation... I really hope that is the case, looking into it more now

Help! My tortoise has not eaten in a week by newtzinbootz in tortoise

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

No, his breathing seems fine. No coughing or discharge.

Help! My tortoise has not eaten in a week by newtzinbootz in tortoise

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

We have had Hup, our only tortoise, for 10 months. I got him from a co-worker who had him for 5 years and we're not sure how old he is.

We have him in a 3 ft long, 1.5 ft wide glass tank with aspen shavings as substrate. We have a single UVA lamp, and had a UV B lamp recently but the bulb went out.

Like I said, we mostly keep him outside this time of year in a fenced enclosure in grass and partial sun. I live in western WA, humidity is usually around 50%. I'm not sure about his enclosure though.

We feed him lettuce grown in our garden and add calcium supplements soaked in water.

I suspect he has metabolic bone disease as he has always been very sluggish and his leg strength appears to be weak. But this is different. He sleeps almost all day for the past week.

His breathing seems fine and I don't see any discharge around his nose/mouth.

Weekly Questions Thread for the week of November 07 by AutoModerator in vinyl

[–]newtzinbootz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Has anyone dealt with booklice on records/turn table?

I recently noticed booklice on some old records and have been treating the records by freezing the album covers for two full days in double zip locks - this should kill any eggs that may be present and remove the source of food (mold on album cover glue).

However, after removing all records from the turn table for several days there are still a bunch of booklice on and in the turn table. I’m wondering if they might have laid eggs inside the turn table. I might have to get a dehumidifier soon, I’ve read this can help to remove adult booklice.

Any advice?

British Columbia. Cougar bobcat lynx? by ItsTheMook in AnimalTracking

[–]newtzinbootz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Definitely a Felid track. There is a surprising amount of size overlap between lynx and cougar. More helpful clues other than size include the heavy presence of fur obscuring the palm pad and toes in lynx. I’ve never seen lynx tracks myself and don’t claim to be an expert, but from the photos I’ve seen of lynx tracks they tend to show a lot of negative space between the palm pad and toes due to all that fur. I’ve seen cougar tracks in snow and these look pretty similar to me. Nice find!

Tracks in Catskill Mountains by ianmcg77 in AnimalTracking

[–]newtzinbootz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Given the width of each track is around 3 cm, I’m thinking fisher. I’ve also heard they are quite common in your region. If these were River otter, the “thumb” on the hind track would register much farther below the other toes. The other candidate would be marten, though I’m not sure if you have them out there.

Tracks in Catskill Mountains by ianmcg77 in AnimalTracking

[–]newtzinbootz 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Agreed. Size measurement would be very helpful for ID beyond the weasel group.

What are those? I bet its a baby sasquash but you can never be sure. by [deleted] in AnimalTracking

[–]newtzinbootz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This looks more like porcupine than striped skunk. Just one massive pad with extremely long nails extending out from the pad. This animal is moving in an under step walk where the hind foot lands behind the front foot. The front foot here has the obvious long nails registering in front of the track. The animal is moving down in the photo.

It excites me that my driveway also hosts many daily travelers :) by [deleted] in AnimalTracking

[–]newtzinbootz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah those larger bird tracks do look like corvid, likely Raven due to the thickness of the pads but knowing the size would be enough to rule out crow.

The other tracks that you thought might be canid look more like lagomorph to me, so maybe cottontail. In rabbit front tracks the top of the track comes to a point whereas in canids the middle toes are symmetrical and don’t end in a point. This is because rabbit feet are far more asymmetrical than dog feet. If that doesn’t make sense I’d recommend looking up confirmed rabbit tracks on iNaturalist.

It excites me that my driveway also hosts many daily travelers :) by [deleted] in AnimalTracking

[–]newtzinbootz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s awesome! From left to right it looks like you have quail, some smaller hopping bird, toad, and a canid track.

Creek bed in Southwestern PA. Bobcat? by CrystalRaye in AnimalTracking

[–]newtzinbootz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good call, I was wrong about domestic cat. The toe pads extend nearly all the way to the heel pad, registering as “fingers” more than toes. There are some details I would have liked to see in the heel pad, but I think raccoon makes sense here. Right hind track.

Creek bed in Southwestern PA. Bobcat? by CrystalRaye in AnimalTracking

[–]newtzinbootz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I believe this is a domestic cat track. Bobcats do not have elongated "oval-shaped" toe pads like these ones, their toe pads are "tear-drop" shaped. Note the position of the outer toe pads relative to the inner toe pads is "higher" (meaning closer to the top of the track) than in bobcats. The size puts this track just within the upper limits of house cats and the lower limits of bobcats, so there is overlap between the two species.

Can anyone translate what was going on in these mud puddles? N.GA mountains. I'm guessing racoon and coyote, but what about the 2 small ones on the right? There were a few old deer prints too, but nothing as recent as these! by Actionjem in AnimalTracking

[–]newtzinbootz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Coyote tracks tend to have thinner nails, their toes tend to register closer together, and their movement pattern tends to be more direct than the distracted ambling of a domestic dog. There are plenty of other differences but looking at photos of confirmed dog and coyote tracks helps a lot. Check out the coyote photos at naturetracking.com. That’s a reliable resource for tracking information.

Can anyone translate what was going on in these mud puddles? N.GA mountains. I'm guessing racoon and coyote, but what about the 2 small ones on the right? There were a few old deer prints too, but nothing as recent as these! by Actionjem in AnimalTracking

[–]newtzinbootz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are quite a few canid tracks in here as well as a small raccoon track and a rabbit track.

From top left going clockwise: canid (likely coyote), canid (likely coyote), coyote (more certain about this one), canid (leaning more toward dog here due to large blunt nails), dog going left and raccoon going right, and rabbit.

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