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    • KarmaBumK
      KarmaBum @Tez
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      @Tez said in Pets!:

      How did you pick your cats / dogs. WHY?

      Chester came from Long Beach.

      Norman came from Inglewood.

      that's why they're so gangsta

      I don’t remember WHY I got Chester, except that I had just gotten my 2nd COVID shot, and it all seemed to make sense at the time. He is the dog of my heart, so it was clearly meant to be.

      We got Norman because our CKCS passed away, Chester is very much MY DOG, and my husband was feeling a little lonely and jealous. So now we have a potato dog.

      On Dragon Wings · https://pern.gaslightswitch.com · pern.gaslightswitch.com port 4201

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      • SnacknessS
        Snackness @KarmaBum
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        @KarmaBum Inglewood always up to no good.

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        • juniperskyJ
          junipersky Administrators
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          Lost mama was found. (Her name is Miss Mouse).

          A swift drive an hour away to get her.

          She wakes me up at 3:30 yelling. She had gotten wedged between the litter box and the toilet. Get her unwedged. She doesn’t want me to stop petting, but at 4:30 I go get her some food. She eats and settles down.

          I go back to bed.

          Come in at 8 am.

          Three babies are there all dried and nursing.

          Hour later another is born.

          Two hours later realize another baby is breech and isn’t coming out. With some intervention (my shelter directors giving instructions via video because neither of them can leave their kids to come help) baby is born, but doesn’t make it.

          Miss Mouse has 4 perfect little babies and she is a GREAT mama.

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          • kalakhK
            kalakh
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            So, I have this dog.

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            She has opinions.

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            And she is ridiculous.

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            She was very smol. Mother and laptop available for size comparison.

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            She had a truly enormous family. 13-14 puppies, something insane like that, and she was the clear runt. Her brothers liked to pull her around by the tail and it was very rude. Her owner lived a number of hours away, so at first all we had were videos to pick from. There was one for each pup, but this little monster kept photo-bombing, bouncing around for attention and generally making a nuisance of herself. She was the last of the litter to be chosen, possibly because she was a headstrong little shit far, far, far too smart for her own good.

            She is now 12-ish and has life threatening seizures, so there’s no knowing how much longer she’ll be around, but no one has properly informed her that she’s an old lady now.

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            It’s also really hot, so she’s shedding madly.

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            • AriaA
              Aria @kalakh
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              @kalakh She is perfection. Also, have some ridiculousness in exchange.

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              If anyone knows how to reboot a dog, that would be aces. Benny seems to have crashed.

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              • Duke WhiskyD
                Duke Whisky @Aria
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                @Aria said in Pets!:

                If anyone knows how to reboot a dog, that would be aces. Benny seems to have crashed.

                Error 503 dog currently not avaliable

                Current Projects:

                Twitch -> https://www.twitch.tv/dukewhisky

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                  Testament @Aria
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                  @Aria Shake a treat bag, that usually how you cause a force-start.

                  I don't know what I'm doing. Poke at Seven Nations sevennations.aresmush.com port 2021

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                    eye8urcake @kalakh
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                    @kalakh Has your vet checked for a serious calcium deficiency and looked at your little old powder puff’s thyroid function? I assume yes, but decided after a mental tug-of-war to post this anyway because my dog, at age 15ish, started having seizures that traumatized everybody (including the cats) about 3 years ago and our vet found out something-something-thyroid was draining her calcium to horrifically low levels and after a 3 day visit she was sent home with temporary anti-convulsive medications and orders to give her 2 Tums a day.

                    Two. Fucking. Tums.

                    You’ve likely already had this looked into but I couldn’t sit back and not suggest it, so hopefully it’s not rude or overstepping bounds or looking like I think you/your vet don’t know what they’re doing.

                    She’s a cutie pie and these photos of her made my morning, so thanks 🙂

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                    • kalakhK
                      kalakh @eye8urcake
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                      @eye8urcake said in Pets!:

                      @kalakh Has your vet checked for a serious calcium deficiency and looked at your little old powder puff’s thyroid function? I assume yes, but decided after a mental tug-of-war to post this anyway because my dog, at age 15ish, started having seizures that traumatized everybody (including the cats) about 3 years ago and our vet found out something-something-thyroid was draining her calcium to horrifically low levels and after a 3 day visit she was sent home with temporary anti-convulsive medications and orders to give her 2 Tums a day.

                      Two. Fucking. Tums.

                      You’ve likely already had this looked into but I couldn’t sit back and not suggest it, so hopefully it’s not rude or overstepping bounds or looking like I think you/your vet don’t know what they’re doing.

                      She’s a cutie pie and these photos of her made my morning, so thanks 🙂

                      I’m relatively certain that’s one of the things that were checked a few times, but I’m afraid it’s not easy to confirm or to test again (and don’t worry! I deeply appreciate things like this). They’re definitely stress related seizures, though, they have all had extremely clear triggers with the exception of one a few Christmas Eves back, but we think that was the result of a considerably long walk + flashing house lights. Unfortunately, one of those triggers is going to the vet (lol, of course), and the last time we took her she started seizing about five minutes into the trip, ended up having something like twelve over the course of an hour or two, and ended up at the pet hospital for two days. They’ve got worse, with expanded triggers, since she first started having them, but that was quite a few years back (she was…7? I don’t remember).

                      She’s got a very nice traveling vet now, and on her current medication regimen hasn’t had one since, so I’d mostly just be worried about the blood draw.

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                      • juniperskyJ
                        junipersky Administrators
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                        Another foster for our rescue has a pregnant mama giving birth RIGHT NOW.

                        And since I mostly (except for the sad traumatic ending) missed my Miss Mouse giving birth, I’m watching the live stream avidly.

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                          eye8urcake @junipersky
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                          @junipersky said in Pets!:

                          Another foster for our rescue has a pregnant mama giving birth RIGHT NOW.

                          And since I mostly (except for the sad traumatic ending) missed my Miss Mouse giving birth, I’m watching the live stream avidly.

                          A change of your name to KittyDoula just might be in order soon.

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                            Nynrose
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                            Kittahs… a video from 2 years ago and a picture from this morning:

                            https://imgur.com/gallery/wR1cWjm

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                            • juniperskyJ
                              junipersky Administrators
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                              My favorite pet supply store owes me 3,730 reward points and since mama kitty is eating 6 cans of high quality wet food a day, I’ma gonna need them to give me those points before she eats me out of house and home!

                              types karen like email but it is done with the best of intentions

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                              • AriaA
                                Aria
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                                This morning, Benny and I were playing a rousing game of Crazy Dog, which mostly involves exuberant wrestling and an attempt at viciously murdering both of my hands for daring to tussle his face fuzz.

                                In the middle of said game he freezes completely still, gazes up at me with big, soulful brown eyes full of sweetness and love, and right as I start making cute noises and lean in to kiss his snoot…

                                Sneezes right in my face.

                                Twice.

                                really

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                                • TezT
                                  Tez Administrators @Aria
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                                  @Aria That is DISGUSTING but also I am fascinated by the edited gif. It is distracting me from everything you said. I keep watching as the dude turns and the line on the edge of his face blurs and disappears.

                                  she/they

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                                  • helveticaH
                                    helvetica @Aria
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                                    @Aria dogs sneeze during play to let others know they’re happy and it’s not serious aggression. Darcy does it so much when he’s rough housing and it took me forever to realize he’s probably overcompensating because he’s a scary wolf creature

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                                    • TezT
                                      Tez Administrators @helvetica
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                                      @helvetica omg that is FASCINATING and ADORABLE and this i why i can’t do dogs. EVERY BIT OF THEIR HAPPINESS IS DISPLAYED IN MUCUS AND DROOL.

                                      Your pics are real cute tho. And dry.

                                      she/they

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                                      • AriaA
                                        Aria @helvetica
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                                        @helvetica said in Pets!:

                                        @Aria dogs sneeze during play to let others know they’re happy and it’s not serious aggression. Darcy does it so much when he’s rough housing and it took me forever to realize he’s probably overcompensating because he’s a scary wolf creature

                                        Ohh, I’m not actually upset. I’m not at all upset. I thought it was hilarious, even as I announced “Seriously, dude?!?”

                                        But just know that you’re staring into a trap right now.

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                                        • juniperskyJ
                                          junipersky Administrators
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                                          Just the bestest of mamas.

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                                          • RozR
                                            Roz @helvetica
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                                            @helvetica please tell darcy i love her

                                            but, like, gently. i don’t want to scare her

                                            she/her | playlist

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