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GO AMERICA
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Hey /an/, my sister called me with a question and I couldn't find an answer. Her cat's breath has randomly started smelling 'soapy'. They haven't changed his diet recently and I think if he was eating soap, his mouth would probably be foamy or something more obvious. Has this happened to anyone?
Anonymous
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I've never lived with cats, but they seem like pretty sneaky bastards. Chances are he's eating/licking soap or something similar to it.. I'd tell your sister to keep a close eye on him to find out.
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hey /an/ i need some innovation and experience here. the situation is i have breeding pair of south american cockatoo cichlids who are doing very well. they recently had a sucessful batch of eggs that produced about 10 fry, now they fry only become visible after about 5 days or so and are herded and taken care of by the female but she only does this for about a week, it all started to go wrong, the pair started courting again and decimated the fry, it seems the female will only look after the fry for about a week and then resume her mating cycle. so the question is to you /an/ what can i do to save the little fry, i dont have another tank to put them in otherwise i would, also how would i catch the fry, they are tiny and fast. As always any help or advice will be greatly appreciated. Pic related its the male
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>>987094 no.
you would need to put them into an egg tumbler, otherwise they wont hatch.
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Breeding boxes will only work worth a shit with gravid female livebearers. If you put two cichlids that are trying to mate in one you'll end up with no spawn and a dead cichlid. To save the fry what you need to do is make it harder for the parents to notice their first spawn. plant the shit out of your tank with a lot of dense, leafy plants that are easy to hide in. Add a lot more caves and drift wood for cover. Another thing: You have TWO fish in a fifty five gallon tank. Once the parents have more fry they think "these little fry are the only threat to my next brood. Let's kill em" and your fry are gone until the next batch. But if you had a school of, say, lemon tetras or danios then the threat is much larger and spread out in the parents' minds: "Kill him! And him! OH and him too! FFUUUUCCCCKKKKK SOO MANY FISHHH!!!!" when their aggression is spread out, then no single fish is ever really hurt by the attacks, and peaceful schooling fish won't go after your fry. I think this would be a hell of a lot more interesting than a tank divider, because you get to see their natural behavior this way. In a 55 you could get a school of 10 or so danios or tetras with room around the bottom for a clean up crew (no plecos they'll steal your eggs) like a few ottos and cories. WAYY more interesting and active tank than two fish and a divider.
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>>987124 thanks very much good sir, only i have a 55 litre tank not a 55 gallon, big difference but i can see there is still enough room for atleast 5 tetras or 4 glass catfish and 4 tetras due to the glassys being pussys.
thanks again for the advice.
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>>987345 glass cats need to be in schools of at least 6, preferably 10+ they school very tightly.
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>>987410 hmm how do you think 10 would then or would they just get killed buy the male cockatoo
Anonymous
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cats get up trees but dont know how to get back down. whats up with that? my story coming.. with pic of my kitten(:
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>>987251 ive always been curious about how much of cat behavior was in-born vs. learned. thats cool.
>>987243 that is the coolest looking thing ive ever seen XD
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My cats are semi-outdoors cats. One of them decided to climb a tree once. He figured out how to hold the tree and sort of hunch/hop/fall down a few inches and grab again to get down. Not very graceful, but it worked for him.
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my cat jumps off the tree because he is a badass motherfucker
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Had to rescue one of my own from up a tree once as well. She would get up and down pretty much every tree on the yard but that night she hadn't come back and I got worried. Went out calling for a long while and then she began to answer back, so I eventually found her up a tree on the neighbor's yard. It took me two hours to reach the tree through the property wall and climb up and down holding her.
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Cats do know how to come down from a tree - they don't always know how to climb down backwards. If you leave a cat up in a tree long enough, even the ones that never learned how to come down will come down. Imagine, if all domestic cats that ever got up a tree never knew how to get back down, there would be all these tiny bleached cat skeletons in tree branches/under trees all over surburbia.
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flowers vegitables herbs when to plant what to plant how to do it
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imma /cgl/ /co/ lurker and this board seems more animal oriented....is their another board i can lurk to learn more about gardening, botany, plants in general
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>>987423 /an/'s biggest problem is that it's slow. Some people do talk about this shit, but there's a lot of passing /b/tards posting cats or whatever.
Try /ck/. They do homegrowmen threads fairly often.
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I brought my new 8-week-old kitten home two days ago. I separated them instantly, the kitten in my bedroom and the cat in the rest of the house. The kitten didn't take any time to adjust. He started eating, drinking, and using the litter on his own within the hour. Because he was adjusting so well I brought him out to meet my cat. They hissed and batted at each other lightly a bit but that was done quickly. Today is their second day together and my older cat is cleaning and gently playing with my kitten. There hasn't been any growling at all. I still keep the kitten in my room at night and keep them around me or my room mates when they're together, but they seem so good together. When would it be okay for them to be left alone together?
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>>987339 Ha, yeah. Those aren't my cats, though. I wish!
Anonymous
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If they two seem to be getting along, there's nothing you should worry about. They really have no intention of pretending to be okay just to fool you. :)
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itt: cutest pic of your cat
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Adalon !cla0aHFoM2
Her kidneys are failing, she spent 3 days hooked up to an IV at the pet hospital last week. :/
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My cat loves playing with me ^_^
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Allie-G, this is how she greets me when I come home. All the other pictures I have of her just show off her lazor eyes. :p
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When was the last time you saw an Owl in the wild, not a Zoo, not as a pet, a real deal Owl, in the forest.
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About a week ago I was in Ireland and I heard one. I had this "Oh shit, and Irish owl" excitement and I looked hard for it. Never saw it :(
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There's one nesting somewhere in my backyard. At least I think it is. I see that big ass mofo every night. I thought it was a bird out at night at first, but it can't be. It's huge and has a different flight pattern than any bird I've seen. And the noises are some scary shit, cause my daughters room faces the backyard. Twice a wee she comes screaming into my room because of the monster outside.
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sometimes is see owls. their was this big ass one on our mail box, scared the fuck outa me...had this creepy stare....there not that uncommon here in georgia but theyre not like just walkin around like squirrels
Anonymous
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a long time ago, i actually caught an owl by sneaking up on one . i think it was a juvenile though i let him go a day later
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I saw a Great Horned Owl in Balmorhea State Park in Texas when I was on a SCUBA trip. He was peering over the top of the tree curiously at everyone walking by.
The Black /Co/mr/a/dette !125yThb17s
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Anyone have any experience with these? I've heard them praised by other irl dog owners I know and Ein's getting to be a year old soon and I don't want him jumping on people anymore and pulling on lead. Most people around seem to be okay with him jumping because he's a small corgi so people think he's the cutest little shit on 4 legs, but I wish to raise a well behaved pup hence why I made the investment. So, any tips, tricks, advice? Dog training general. Pic related but that's not my corgi
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hes nipping and licking cause you never corrected him or taught him otherwise. dogs dont understand no one likes getting nipped, or excessively licked. nipping is a common problem in most herding breeds. have you tried telling him him "no"? or ignoring him when he does nip...and only giving him attention when he isnt nipping or licking?
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If we're on the subject of Dog training, any one have experience with Pugs? I plan on getting one since I've always wanted one since I was a kid. Just found out my uncle raises Pugs and would let me have one. Are they hard to train, or are they good bros?
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We used one with our dog for a while and it was helpful. It's just a tool that has to be used the right way, and not good for a strong dog that tends to lunge full force. It's not a substitute for properly training your dog to heel correctly, but it can be a part of that learning process.
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I used a gentle leader with my roommate's pit bull. He wasn't a jumper or a jerker; he would just go to the end of the lead and strain ahead as hard as he could (not surprising since my roommate never really walked him...ever. And he's built like a brick shithouse lol) Although it took quite a bit of practice (and a TON of treats and "oh good doggie" etc) he learned to walk with me and now he just uses an easy walk harness. The gentle leader requires technique and timing so don't expect to put in on the dog and the behavior to instantly stop.
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anyone have that picture of the polar bear and dog? like they look like they love eachother or some shit. i cant really remember much else about it