🦝︴pet-pics

[main topaz]

I love her

[crude rune]

Giving me that “give me some food” side eye

[unique hazel]

more like dare to touch me and you'll know the meaning of "death from the ankle down" 😅

[unborn shard]

Lol

[high jasper]

25 mins into her first pool day

[main topaz]

So careful about getting in on a slippery pool deck 😭 what a good girl.

[silent goblet]

Your dog looks so cute

And with no worry in the world and living the best life lmao

Like she just looks so happy

[main topaz]

Thank you! I do my best to appease her

[lusty vale]

Very pretty and happy girlie.

[unborn shard]

Top is da best

[lusty vale]

He’s lovin’ that elk antler

[unborn shard]

Only the best for him

[lusty vale]

Of course

[unborn shard]

My best bud enjoying the sun with me

[lusty vale]

Pretty doggo

[stone walrus]

Overrun with nuggets

[main topaz]

What's the dark rooster? Reminds me of a dorking

[left quail]

Hold

[stray tapir]

Nice cock

[worthy holly]

🤨

[stone walrus]

Black and silver maran :^

[main topaz]

Oh my gosh I've never seen that morph before

I had a blue, a lavender and a blue copper at different times

[stone walrus]

Yeah tbh I had no clue they existed until the breeder mentioned he had them so I gave it a shot. Ended up being the prettiest bird in our flock as well as our only rooster

[eager burrow]

Nice Cock

[nova yew]

Running from the feds

[quasi anvil]

Expectation vs reality

[stoic granite]

Anyone want some kitten pics :)? Theres 4 of em even tho she clearly looked like she was gonna have atleast 7 🫣 but they are some big kittens anyways

[main topaz]

Uhm yes. What kind of question is that?

Gib us the kippens!

[lusty vale]

Babies!

[lusty vale]

He just flopped on me

[sonic timber]

He isnt my pet just a friendly stray cat

[stray tapir]

Bro you just got adopted

[civic sail]

Our slenpy boys

[main topaz]

I love them 5evr

[stray tapir]

This is Ricky

Ricky is an absolute dick

But he can answer yes or no questions

[unborn shard]

Noic3

[nova yew]

His goals are beyond my understanding

[unique hazel]

eyes are nutritious, it just wanted to remove the protecting armor 😏

[nova yew]

Mf thinks he’s a raptor 😔

[stoic granite]

Calves and kittys :D

Oh and now the mom is here

[unique hazel]

well, micro raptors existed and were around that size if i'm not totally mistaken 😛

[main topaz]

We need more calves!

[main topaz]

Cockatiels are smaller than the current supposition of weight and height for microraptors - but honestly they have the heart of a tiny Dino so I mean, same diff

[stoic granite]

Here :) oh forgot to reply- anyways

[unique hazel]

well, one could write them off as a tiny breed of micro raptors, just like pugs etc still count as dogs rather than rodents 😏

[main topaz]

I meant to post this in reply, to show you my duo

The budgie has since passed, but the tiel is rehomed and living with an ex coworker back in the states

[nova yew]

Microraptor was about the size of a small chicken! :) aspiring paleontologist here :D

[main topaz]

Now... are we talking bantam, game or small standard bird

Or serama

😂

Because one of those is a tiny chicken and the rest have small size and smaller size variations

[nova yew]

Oh lord idk, Probably a little bigger than a bantam? I've seen those s I think that would be the most accurate

[main topaz]

Here's the girl being an absolute gremlin in the brook near us

[unique hazel]

being a gremlin? looks mighty chilled to me xD

[main topaz]

For notation, Serama are about the size of a 10z can of soda

[nova yew]

Yeah way bigger than that XD

[main topaz]

No no, she's a gremlin. Trust me

[main topaz]

I like that the silhouette is all "hey hi howdy neighborino"

[tropic wharf]

I need birbs

[main topaz]

I think everyone needs birds 🙂

[tropic wharf]

A good morning alarm

[main topaz]

English budgies are fairly simple, and terribly affectionate

[main topaz]

False. They are all hours alarms. If something is wrong they alert the flock

[tropic wharf]

Lmao

3 am, LET ME OUT

[tropic wharf]

Even better

[unborn shard]

but they is expensive

[main topaz]

This depends on your bird of choice

F.i. chickens and ducks and generally turkeys aren't expensive birds

Quail are also great birds, as are fancy pigeons

Budgies and the American Budgies are probably the cheapest (unless you get real fancy with breed specifics like the hagoromo)

[spark latch]

We raised bobwhite quail for a while.

[main topaz]

But once you start broaching past green cheek conure, you start seeing dollar signs left and right

I've acknowledged I'll never have one of the macaws I want

Not with a price tag minimum of 15k wt least

[spark latch]

For a bird?

[main topaz]

Yeeeup

It's an unfortunate side effect of the bird being uncommon, on top of wild population declining - so the prices jump on the breeding trade population

It's stupid, but I understand the grift

There are some listed online for like 7 or 10k, but generally scams

[main topaz]

The most handsomest.

any of his Gharial babies left, or are they all placed?

[terse eagle]

Still have two

[main topaz]

Aw. I hope they place, soon!

[unborn shard]

Man, Pyrenees are such great dogs

[unborn shard]

I wants to pets it's face

[fresh lotus]

She is adorable

[unique hazel]

looks like she just wants to keep chilling there tho and is that a bone or a bottle at the step below her? 😏

[civic sail]

love themb

I'm pretty sure Kenzie (the blue budgie in my pic) can actually perfectly understand the things I say to him. Like nearly 100% of the time his reactions to them are perfectly in line with what I say to him, so much so that I'm legit convinced lol.

Flynn (the cockatiel) is a chonkasaurus who keeps going into Kenzie's cage during free flight time, to try and steal as much food as he can. A few days ago I walk up to the cage as he's doing this while Kenzie sits inside, staring dejectedly at Flynn as he stuffs his face. I just look at Kenzie and say "You know you don't have to take that from him, right? You can tell him to F off. I'll back you up."

This bird looks at me. Looks at Flynn. Looks back at me. Looks back at Flynn. Then pecks the back of his head and starts screaming at him.

So I kept my word and scooped Flynn up to remove him from the cage, much to his chagrin

So yeah. Now I assume that when I'm talking to Kenzie, I'm talking to someone who actually understands me. It's less like talking to a pet and more like talking to a kid at this point and I've just got to live with that.

[main topaz]

Birds are freakishly smart

Archimedes, my budgie, was very good at perceiving what I would say. Ecto, the tiel, really not so much

she had one braincell I stg

[lusty vale]

Sleepy fuzzy noodles

[rich valve]

Tiju 🙂

and Sora

[unborn shard]

what kind of lizard of tiju? I've never seen a lizard like it.

it's so cute

[main topaz]

(Looks like a Madagascar day gecko)

[fresh lotus]

Bone

[unborn shard]

sick

[unborn shard]

best buds

[crude rune]

I want to squish it and give it kisses and never let go

[rugged trail]

This is Miko. He's a Mittelspitz. Apparantly popular for hunting some places but this one is a ball of fluff and snuggles and a devourer of stuffed toys.

[rich valve]

giant day gecko

hes still a teenager

[tropic wharf]

Dog

[stray tapir]

Dog

[crude rune]

His eye omgggggg

[lunar granite]

I can thrive here

Mojo

[unborn shard]

neat

[main topaz]

The teefs in the zoomed in one haha

[stray tapir]

Mid yawn 😂

[unique hazel]

totally stoned even after waking up 😅

[pallid sparrow]

These r the best pics of my dogs

[dense plinth]

Dog with her friends

[stray tapir]

Did you clone your dog?

[stoic granite]

She has turned into a old toothless lady 😅

[main topaz]

What a refined gummy lady

[chilly wadi]

Lovely!

let me see if I can find a photopgraph of my dog on pc.

Will look in a bit on my phone, currently at work.

[dense plinth]

Nah

[chilly wadi]

this is him haha, pictures taken by my dad except for the one standing in the water @main topaz

[main topaz]

Oh God hahaha

He looks so dribbly with all that hair 🤣

Also yeah, looks like 15-20kg tops

What camera does your dad use for photos? Because those are great shots

[chilly wadi]

Pff I am not sure about that, believe he uses a Nikon not sure what kind, and a 600mm. Not sure which lens either lol.

[main topaz]

All good haha, I'm super beginner with photography - but I very much appreciate a beautiful shot

[chilly wadi]

No way he's 15kg I've caught fish weighing that and they were heavier then him

[chilly wadi]

Nice! Welcome to the club I make wildlife photographs myself.

[main topaz]

Not much in lieu of wildlife in my immediate area, the 5 Roe deer I've seen in 5 years have been so scattered and on accident 🤣
I stick to plants, bugs and my dog for the time

[chilly wadi]

lovely

[unborn shard]

she still is very distinguished, even without teeth.

[unborn shard]

she has quite the hole there

[main topaz]

So that is in the dog park, and someone has dug a bunch of new anklebreakers

[unborn shard]

hmm yeah

How many are there?

[main topaz]

and because the city refuses to upkeep the park (stupid Kira, the arsehole pitbull whos bitten people a kid and other dogs - has broken one of the fence posts lunging at a dog, so the whole thing sags into the walking path), there's a bunch of overgrown weeds and ribbon grass hiding half of them

5 or 6 in the immediate area Keeonah is in in that photo

at least 6 more hidden in the grass

[unborn shard]

damn

[main topaz]

yeah, and I mean, I get it - dogs dig

[unborn shard]

Is there are a way to make the city go and work on the park?

[main topaz]

Keeonah LOVES to crawl into that one and become a lil crab, defending her pit

but also if dogs are gonna dig, at least make sure everyone can see the danger

My friend Sara's dog, Eileen (a west highland white terrier) is like 12 years old, pretty deaf and half blind

she was trotting up to us and just disappeared because she didnt see one and trotted into it 😂

bless her soul, the lil things like a baby hippo, just solid, and it wasnt a severe drop (10") but still

[main topaz]

No idea, tbh. I'm sure folks could call - but when they're doing so much elsewhere idk if the park is high in their priorities

Personally I'd mow it all, and then take a tiller in, in the open areas, and 'mulch' up the earth

[unborn shard]

Tiller may be good but if it rains right after there'd be a bad problem.

Tilling some of it then putting either grass or gravel on it would be, at least I think, a good plan

like sod maybe

[unique hazel]

gravel isn't exactly a surface you'd want dogs running and playing on tho

[unborn shard]

true

[main topaz]

Yeah, the gravel wouldnt fly

and realistically, the amount theyve dug up

and how much it's rained here

like, I stg April had MAYBE 5 dry sunny days

[unborn shard]

quite wet

[unique hazel]

grass would be trampled within days as well, so i'd use either just dirt or sand

might not be ideal but at least cost efficient and won't put their paws at risk

[unborn shard]

Dirt would be good. I bet some areas though could do with with grass though. Grass is pretty cheap to buy (at least in the bag of seeds)

[unique hazel]

would require the area to be closed off for weeks tho otherwise it won't even grow

[main topaz]

Eh, the area with majority of the giant holes is all dirt tho

so like, mow where the small ones are, the ankle breakers

and churn up the dirt where the big ones are

It's most cost efficient and no need for replanting or re seeding

[main topaz]

Not just closed off, but sod tarped as well, to prevent the birds eating the seeds haha

[unique hazel]

yea, seriously, the only viable way to get grass into a highly frequented dog park would be on rolls and that stuff isn't exactly cheap and still requires a few days to actually stick

[unborn shard]

It's called sod

but yeah you'd still have to block of a portion of the park for it for a bit

[main topaz]

They'd dig right through sod haha

the people who frequent the park literally give no fricks about their dogs or anything

[unborn shard]

I used some for my dogs in their pen and it took before they dug it up. It just has to stick before it's going to get used.

[main topaz]

I literally cant take Keeonah there when tohers are in the park because before we even reach the gate, all of them come barrel assing to the fence and start their clown fiesta of barks and snarls and god forbid Kira's in the batch, she sets them all to fence fighting in a heart beat

usually I can get Keeonah to greet and meet a dog if its just one

the owners just sit there smoking and drinking beer that they leave all the trash for on the two benches and dont recall their dogs

the worst of it was one time Keeonah was trying to defend me

and I picked her up and physically moved her, and one dog was so crazy trying to fight that it got its jaw stuck in the fence

[unborn shard]

damn

Isn't there are rule that you can't bring aggressive dogs to the park? I know that's a thing around me.

[main topaz]

Yeah. Yeeah there is. It says it right on the sign I think, to keep your dog under control

but the idiots just let them run wild and crazy and because they're all n a pack, they hype each other up

[unborn shard]

Ah but nobody is there to enforce it huh?

[main topaz]

so like if the chihuahua goes off, then the labs are snarling

then the pits

and the husky

and weimerainer

its dumb

[unborn shard]

I bet

Is there another park you can take her too?

[main topaz]

Nah. We go past the park and I take her to the swimming parts of the brook if it's nice enough

And we go walk through the woods

Just heard snoring

[unborn shard]

lol

[main topaz]

she refuses to start her spring molt

she's still all winter fur haha

[unborn shard]

ah

My dog just started shedding

[main topaz]

lucky

[unborn shard]

Am I though? I have enough fur to make a beard and glue it to my face now.

[main topaz]

yeah but once begun is half done

...at the rate this ho be movin

its gonna take her til my birthday

[unborn shard]

I see

[tropic wharf]

my dog used to sleep like that when he was like 1-2 months old

i could find the pic

brb

[main topaz]

Aw haha

[tropic wharf]

omfg i found it

it looks sooo dumb

bro im just casually finding baby pics of my dog

@main topaz

[main topaz]

LOOK AT THAT BAKED BEAN

[unborn shard]

oh mah gawd

[tropic wharf]

can u believe that thing bit my hand open to the point that blood was almost flowing out of my hand

[main topaz]

Yes

[unborn shard]

I wants to cuddle and squeeze it

[main topaz]

puppies have razors for teeth

[tropic wharf]

it didnt feel good

[unborn shard]

yesh

my pitty mix

[tropic wharf]

casually just blood flowing down my arm

[unborn shard]

had absolute razors but she lost them

for chonkers

[main topaz]

Did your dog eat her teeth too?

Keeonah swallowed almost all of hers

[tropic wharf]

idk what happend to my dogs teeth

i suppose he swallowed them

[unborn shard]

yeah most of them. We've got a couple that she didn't swallow.

She has like a couple of teeth that she still has to lose but they're going to come out any day out

[tropic wharf]

how old is she?

[unborn shard]

Hmmm

[main topaz]

8 months now?

[unborn shard]

let me ask my mom. I don't really care about dog ages so I don't know.

[tropic wharf]

my dog is 1 year old by the end of the summer

[main topaz]

...Keeonah's 10. 😂

[tropic wharf]

my cat is 8 or 9

cant remember

[main topaz]

Ansel will be 3 July 2..4th?

[tropic wharf]

looks like a bigger version of my cat

what breed?

[main topaz]

None breed

[tropic wharf]

lol

looks like my cats breed

british shorthair

[main topaz]

his moms a marble tabby of street cat heritage

his dads a monsterous black and white fluffy thing of street heritage

honestly, his face is different, its a bad angle

lemme find a better image

[unborn shard]

She is 5 months old

She is going around the house carrying it

[unique hazel]

ouch, whenever i see something like that my own teeth start to hurt >_<

[unborn shard]

Lol. I'll let her carry it as long as she doesn't chew on it.

[unique hazel]

at least get a rubber coating around the rim^^

[tropic wharf]

the fur looks almost identical to my dogs lol

[tropic wharf]

holy shit thats alot of cato pics

[unborn shard]

That'd only entice her to chew on it more and even take the rubber off of it.

[main topaz]

there's more, those are just the best ones to show off his cheekbones and jaw structure

your cat has rounder cheeks hehe

[unborn shard]

She doesn't do it that often, soon as I find her friggen bone she hid she'll stop carrying it around.

[unique hazel]

well, it at least would prevent some serious teeth problems if she ever get's spooked while carrying it around

[main topaz]

"Father I must chew. find the bone. please."

[unborn shard]

bottom left is the best

[main topaz]

he's a total spaz

[unborn shard]

your right huh

she has black skin around her lips that make her look like she's goth

[main topaz]

When Nonah was a pup, she hadnt grown the fur on the front of her lips on top and bottom

and it looked like she had dark lipstick on, in 💋 shape

[unborn shard]

One has me in it and not comfortable showing my face.

[tropic wharf]

goth girl dooog lmao

( no offence )

she looks very cute

[unborn shard]

Thanks. I think it's a vibe. Mom talked about maybe having a goth name for her before she decided on lilly.

[tropic wharf]

i found another baby pic of my doog

[main topaz]

😭

[tropic wharf]

this was when we were checking out the puppies

[unborn shard]

so precious

[tropic wharf]

i told my mom i want that one because he was different from others

he was smaller than others

almost doesnt have a tail 💀

[unborn shard]

rut of the litter

[tropic wharf]

and has a brownish fur

all the other ones had full black fur

[unborn shard]

Don't they dock their tails? Or is it now in their breeding?

[tropic wharf]

not a pug

[main topaz]

pugs dont get docked though?

[tropic wharf]

like he literally doesnt almost have a tail

[unborn shard]

French bulldog yeah but I though they docked tails?

[tropic wharf]

i suppose yes if they have tails

[unborn shard]

They do. They'll have long tails sometimes short tails if they're docked.

[tropic wharf]

not when the dog has a little ball of fur for a tail

[main topaz]

Huh... Never have seen a pug need a tail docking

[unborn shard]

They'll dock tails or ears when they're only a few weeks old though because the nerves aren't developed yet.

Honestly I hate it, but what can I do?🤷

[main topaz]

some breeds I understand the necessity of it

but a healthy crop not that gnarsty 'look at this mutilation' version

[tropic wharf]

do you guys want a live dog pic?

like a pic of him rn

[unborn shard]

yesh

[tropic wharf]

aight brb gotta go find him

[unborn shard]

send one

[unborn shard]

Same. I just don't get the ears though.

[tropic wharf]

omg the pic looks so dumb

[unborn shard]

the heck is the point of this?

[unborn shard]

so cute

[tropic wharf]

yus

the first pic attempt he ran into my phone

[unborn shard]

lol

[unborn shard]

found an article about it.

Was interesting

Mostly talking about how it's a cosmetic thing and brings no health benefits

Usually done to make the dog more imposing which doesn't help with their bad wrap.

I can understand though for a guard dog

but for those who do it just to make your dog more scary is kinda dumb.

[main topaz]

The only health benefit I can think of

is like, re: great danes

[unique hazel]

animal abuse at it's finest, that's what it's all about

[main topaz]

if they have thing ear leather, even shaking their head too hard can give them hematomas, damage them irrevocably

[tropic wharf]

wanna hear a story about my dad and his old dog?

[main topaz]

and give them the same thing boxer (humans) get when they get punched in the ear too hard

[unborn shard]

oooh okay

[main topaz]

So.. thin leathered dane ears, clipping is adventageous

but only enough to remove the weight

not like, high and tight skinny bean military clip

or abomanations liek that pit up above

[unborn shard]

I would be concerned though of your dog getting ear infections more easily and just gunk getting into their ears easier.

[unborn shard]

yes

Do elaborate.

[unique hazel]

i'd be more concerned about them losing an important tool of communication, but yea, health risks come right after that

[unborn shard]

^^

yeah

[tropic wharf]

basically

my dad and his friends were chilling outside

my dad went to check what the dog was doing alone in the house

my dad found the dog chewing on his nokia

the dog broke it

[unborn shard]

lol

[tropic wharf]

my dad pushed it away

and the dog launched at him and bit his nose in half

[unborn shard]

damn

[tropic wharf]

he still has the scar

doberman btw

[unborn shard]

ahhh I see

[tropic wharf]

these devils

i remember him saying that it once attacked my older brother too

like launched at my brothers arm

[unborn shard]

I met a lady at an cancer center with some really well trained dobermans.

[unique hazel]

and another mutilated dog, great >_<

[unborn shard]

I asked her a bunch of questions about the breed and training and it basically came down to the breed requires a lot of training and aren't an everyday house pet.

[unique hazel]

so do basically all bigger dogs with a lot of energy

[unborn shard]

They are in that group of dog breed really is meant to look scary and used in dog fights and used as guard dogs.

[unborn shard]

yeah

[tropic wharf]

ig my dad didnt train his doberman enough lol

[unborn shard]

Yeah

I really wanted a doberman at one point but the expenses of owning one and the amount of training I didn't have time for made it out the question. Deff a breed I wouldn't get.

[tropic wharf]

my boston terrier is really friendly

its just that if u make him angry he will bite

[unborn shard]

yeah

[tropic wharf]

and he doesnt like when u lift him many times

[unique hazel]

like literally every dog

[unborn shard]

Respect your dogs space and make it so they don't really have a reason to bite or attack you.

[tropic wharf]

most of the times im at fault for getting bit

but the other times

my dog stole something

i try to take it out of his mouth

i get bit

[unborn shard]

My mutt has a thing with ears so I try not to touch his ears or rub them excessively.

[main topaz]

Ah, resource hoarder

[tropic wharf]

yes

[unique hazel]

still your fault for not training it well enough tbh

[main topaz]

My ex used to grab and tweak keeonahs ears to discipline her when he was being kind

[unborn shard]

I just pinch them on the butt.

[tropic wharf]

hes under a year old?

hes young and will bite sometimes

[unborn shard]

Works sometimes. I try not to use painful methods, mainly it upsets the dog and me.

[unique hazel]

that's where the training as to who's got the say should be nearly completed

[unborn shard]

Common in puppies. Still smart to get some training in. Like saying ow loud and high.

It's how dogs will gauge how hard to bite when playing.

[main topaz]

False. Dogs should train their whole lives - the training can always be improved and they can always learn

[unborn shard]

I do it with my dogs and they're quite good at learning not to bite hard. Except Lilly sometimes forgets but she is a puppy.

[unborn shard]

^^

[unique hazel]

i'm talking about them learning who has the say in the house, not that there's no further training after that, literally the most basic training should be completed before they reach 1 year old

[main topaz]

Even today, knowing how Keeonah is around other dogs and needing to feel like she has to protect me, Ive been integrating 'Watch me!!' excitedly while offering her a treat when she responds. At this point theres 3 dogs who she reacts to if you arent quick enough

[unique hazel]

since the longer you wait with that fundamental part the more likely it becomes that you'll end up with a spoiled brat that won't listen at all

[unborn shard]

and if you train an dog then after the training is done and don't reward them for good behaviors and just expect them to do things they will stop doing it. They aren't getting rewarded with pets or treats for doing something so why should they keep doing it?

[main topaz]

This depends on the breed - Bostons are a terrier and they are nicknamed terrorists for a reason. Stubborn little shxts

[unique hazel]

all the more reason to get that training in as soon as possible

[main topaz]

they, among other smaller breed, require twice the real training time

[unique hazel]

the earlier you start the easier it is in the long run

[unborn shard]

That is true but you shouldn't ever stop.

[tropic wharf]

my dog mostly listens to my mom but i think hes getting better at listening to me and my other family members

but whenever my dog manages to steal a napkin he wont give it away easy

its like a treasure to him

[unique hazel]

well, once they know who's boss when it counts you can train them for other stuff, sure, but normally you won't have to continue training them in that specific part, similar to getting them potty trained

[main topaz]

I dont disagree with this. But also, that he's just under a year doesnt surprise me that he's still learning.

[tropic wharf]

and what if it takes my dog longer to learn? its not like me or the dog is at fault

[unborn shard]

I get that. My pitty mix does the same thing. I just have to grab her though and tell her to drop it and she does.

[unborn shard]

No, it just means it takes longer to learn something. I'm still trying to get my older dog to learn lay down. He gets the down part but doesn't stay down and that's a work in progress.

[tropic wharf]

my dog can sit and lay already C:

[main topaz]

I shifted keeonah away from jumping by teaching her hugs

[tropic wharf]

its just that he has to work on listening

[unborn shard]

-_- gud 4 u.

[main topaz]

she jumps upwards and balances long enoughf or you to put out an arm

[unborn shard]

My pitty knows to sit and lay down already but my mutt

[tropic wharf]

but not without a treat lol

[main topaz]

and she links her legs over the arm and leans into you

[tropic wharf]

wanna know the funniest thing my dog sometimes does?

because he has a shorter body

[unborn shard]

AWESOME

I did the same with my dog.

Now he only "Hugs" with consent

[tropic wharf]

when he stops really fast his rear legs lift up with his bum lmao

[unborn shard]

lol

[tropic wharf]

and wanna hear something very funny aswell?

my dog once was chasing my cat right?

[unique hazel]

nose braking, eh? xD

[tropic wharf]

the cat stopped really fast

dog couldnt stop fast

dog ran straight over cat

lol

[unborn shard]

lol

[tropic wharf]

its like the thing u can do on those trick motorcycles

brake with the front brakes and the behind wheel lifts up

[unique hazel]

you can do stoppies on basically every motorcycle, it just comes down if you can handle it or not xD

[tropic wharf]

yeah stoppies

thats what they were called

[unborn shard]

Hogging the futon

[tropic wharf]

cute

[tropic wharf]

we are going to go visit my grandma in the countryside

oh theres so much room there for my dog to run around

[unborn shard]

it's a kinda big futon, not that comfy but it fits in my room.

when it's folded I have room to exercise

[lusty vale]

He’s pouting because we couldn’t go for a walk today because of the rain.

[stiff grove]

that's unfortunately not true. All nerves are there, all pain is felt.

[stoic granite]

Happy kitty and a Quail

[main topaz]

QUAIL QUAIL QUAIL!!

One of my favorite non-typical bird pets

Pigeons are probably first non-typical bird pet

[worthy holly]

I want quails

[main topaz]

I want a giant runt pigeon.

like, come on.

[stoic granite]

Pigeons are gorgeous, if i would ever get any thing other than quail it would be peacocks 😅

[main topaz]

Yes! I love peafowl

I love their yelping sound haha

[main topaz]

ooh, lovely babies

is the tortie full of attitude?

[hollow moth]

Oh yeah...

Too much

And the fluffy one only has one braincell

[main topaz]

Thats all orange cats tbh

is fluffy a boy`?

[hollow moth]

Yes

[unborn shard]

he wants more

[lusty vale]

No doubt, these bois are full of energy

[unborn shard]

Are you sure? When I asked the vet about it they said that's why you only can do it when they're a few weeks old. It's also the same for sheep.

[unborn shard]

Yesh

what's the pitty's name?

[lusty vale]

His name is Harley!

[unborn shard]

Very nice name.

[lusty vale]

Thanks

[unborn shard]

Is he yours or a friends?

[lusty vale]

He’s my dad’s. I bring Jaeger over for play dates to keeping him socialized and to help burn off all that energy

[main topaz]

Hello Ansel twin

[unborn shard]

ahhh I see

[magic seal]

This is Tommy. He is a chunky boy and he is creepy af.

[main topaz]

I love Tommy. I require him for snuggles

[stiff grove]

Yeah it's not true for sheep either. Or piglets. But there are many economic reasons to keep the myth of "babys don't feel pain yet" around. E.g. Germany and France recently banned the castration of piglets without anesthesia and the transitioning process for farmers is difficult, because it's expensive.

Docking and cropping is always painful and no matter if "it was always done this way", in most cases there is no scientific evidence to benefit the practice.
If you have a dog breed with ear problems, the problem should be solved by breeding, not mutilation.
Sorry for the rant.

[main topaz]

You're allowed to have the opinion

My literal only stance for it is when dogs ears get repeatedly damaged by having thin thin skin etc, or like this one dog I saw who kepts scratching his ear and inevitably split it.

the vet he went to made the decision to crop it to stop it being split open again and again

I absolutely cant with folks who declaw their cats

[unborn shard]

I understand. I stand on when an animal might need it. When you don't do it to sheep it makes it a lot harder to shear so it's just easier to dock tails. For the most part a lot of animals don't need. It's like breeding pugs to have flat faces and making them have medical issues with breathing.

[lusty vale]

Sunbathing

[unborn shard]

lol

[main topaz]

I call it sunspotting for my dog and cat haha

[eager burrow]

Why does he look like hitler

[tropic wharf]

wtf are you on lmao

[eager burrow]

Look at the black mustache

[tropic wharf]

wouldnt call it hitlers mustache

[eager burrow]

Well

[main topaz]

I wouldnt even call Hitlers mustache lets call it Charlie Chaplin's instead

[magic seal]

Idk he weird

[stray tapir]

Typical American saying anything with a small mustache is hitler

[eager burrow]

Exactly

[main topaz]

Lets just stop bringing him up

[eager burrow]

Ok

[spark latch]

No he doesn't.

[main topaz]

You might wanna move these, grizzie

[unborn shard]

thanks

my brain is foggy today

[main topaz]

All good. I'm back to bed, wanted to grab a drink and make sure the fan was off in the living room

[dense plinth]

Before Ian everyone freaking out and dog just sun bathing

[tropic wharf]

Dog @main topaz

[unique hazel]

must resist to boop that nose 😏

[unborn shard]

she loves the tummy rubs

[unborn shard]

I WANT TO PET YOUR PEEGS

Do they partake in foot out friday?

[main topaz]

He really do. I love it

[unborn shard]

Does he like face rubs or belly rubs more?

[main topaz]

He likes when I bongo his back right above his tailhead

I can do that for like 2 mins straight

[unborn shard]

nice

We had a cat that enjoyed side rubs and neck striches the most. She had some crazy fur that made her all sorts of colors so I called her spice.

Since she reminded me of a spice cabinet

[main topaz]

Aw haha

[rugged trail]

Ssssh! I is furry flower, totally invisible...

[unborn shard]

So majestic

[mystic grail]

Whay a beautiful doggo omg

[main topaz]

Look at all those ranunculae 💕

[lusty vale]

Jaeger is a cheater

[formal mango]

Bro got 200 IQ

[lusty vale]

He smart boi

[formal mango]

Yes he’s is. You got a amazing dog on your hands

[lusty vale]

Thank you

[unborn shard]

Lol

[worthy holly]

omg

[main topaz]

omg the minion 😂

[lost coyote]

Just cause of jaxy

[lusty vale]

Zoomies

[unborn shard]

he is speed

[lusty vale]

Yes

[unborn shard]

Looks hot out there. I miss winter.

Or like if it rained more and stayed cool

[lusty vale]

I miss autumn, not too hot and not too cold

[main topaz]

Needs I'm Fast AF Boiiii audio

[lusty vale]

If I only had video editing software

Noodle in the beans

[unborn shard]

Are the beans used as a bedding or something?

Similar to using hay for pigs

[main topaz]

burrowing toy, probably

I used to use starch packing peanuts

[lusty vale]

Yep! It’s a dig box since ferrets like to dig.

[silent goblet]

I just had a stray(?) dog in my gated community thing and he ran at the speed of usain bolt

[mystic grail]

this doggo made my day

[lusty vale]

Thank you!

[unborn shard]

oooooh okay

[unborn shard]

Why

Bro just yeeted and cheese at his dog lol

[delicate swallow]

He missed too

[unique hazel]

please don't call that disgusting stuff there cheese, thank you^^

[main topaz]

Please don't assume all square pre sliced cheese is plastic, thank you^^

(Though I will say that def looks like kraft cheese slices. Arguably plastic in this case)

[unique hazel]

the way that thing flopped on the ground is proof enough that it's definitely one of those rubber gel thingies^^

[wise compass]

Y A W N

[main topaz]

Her toeees

Does she bite her toenails, Cash?

[wise compass]

Can neither confirm nor deny

[main topaz]

I used to trim Ansels nails when he was a kitten

And as a rebellious turd of an adult, he has rendered my trimmers useless. He bites his back nails and sheds his front ones on his scratcher

[unique hazel]

well, less work for you i guess plus isn't that basically the reason you got a scratcher in the first place?

[main topaz]

I got a scratcher so he would leave the blankets and couch alone

Bonus is that it trims his front toes

But still I expected to have to help with the back ones

Instead he just gnaws on them

[unique hazel]

😅

[unborn shard]

It's processed cheese. Which I'm not a fan of but technically still cheese. Right of the block is the best cheese.

[unique hazel]

that analogue stuff isn't actual cheese since cheese actually takes time to ripen meanwhile analogue stuff like that is basically chemically forces to "solidify" and the pressed into shape just to get packed right away withoutt any ripening process

or to use a more devastating example, it's basically solidified spray cheese 💀

[urban plover]

Kat

[stray tapir]

American cheese is perfection

Great for catching trout

[unborn shard]

ew

[stray tapir]

Not eating

[unborn shard]

oh

[stray tapir]

Lmao

[unborn shard]

It's good for mouse bait

or raccoon bait

or any varmit really

[stray tapir]

And scaring cats

And emergency munchies

[unborn shard]

lol yeah

[stray tapir]

But if you eating while sober you are troubled

[unique hazel]

try catching trout with that stuff, but better not let any ranger see you otherwise you might get fined for pollution

[stray tapir]

Fair enough lol

[spark latch]

I don't want to ever eat spray on cheese

[lusty vale]

Boop

[main topaz]

Milo only had one photo turn out. He wouldn't hold still for any others

[unique hazel]

even on the one you took he doesn't look that pleased by the cam so yea, no surprise he'd jolt xD

[main topaz]

Nah nah, he thought I had a treat. I have a hand signal for Keeonah to catch her eyes when photographing - and usually she gets a treat for it

[unique hazel]

so you basically tricked him with no treat? 💀

[main topaz]

he saw her pose, and then lick my hands (for a non existent treat) and he posed similarly and was STARING and MANIFESTING that biscuit

I gave him extreme butt scrubbies and tummy rubs with the talons I've been growing on my tingers

His mom doesnt have long nails, and he was grunting the happy dog grunts when I got up around his neck and shoulders haha

[tropic wharf]

U got 2 dogs?

[unique hazel]

pfft ok yea, can imagine that quite lively 😅

[main topaz]

No, Keeonah is my dog, Milo is a friend from the dog park

[tropic wharf]

No dog parks near me 😭

[main topaz]

Throwback to last week

this is how tall the weeds have grown in the dog park

[unique hazel]

for as long as it's not littered with burdock i'd say it's a nice place for them to play^^

[main topaz]

its full of nettles hahaha

and bärlauch

[unique hazel]

yummy

the dog we had when i grew up was basically like a truffle pig just for finding bärlauch, was really helpful since it's basically garlic without the smelly aftermath on the next day xD

main challenge was actually to stop him from eating all of it himself 🥲

[main topaz]

Man... Literally, the whole dog park, and the woods surrounding it, and the woods by the brook ALL are so full of bärlauch

Folks go out picking with HUGE bags

[unique hazel]

whut? i wish we had that much over here, heck, in some places gathering it is outright forbidden to keep the population o_O

[main topaz]

also side note: garlic, and allium plants (garlic family etc) all have Thiosulfate in them, which is toxic to dogs

Obvi quantity to dog will vary

[unique hazel]

well, never seen any effects on our big boy back then and he wolfed that stuff down like if it were the best meat ever (and still got 16 years old, which as a pure breed hovawart really is a proud age)

i mean usually they say 10-14 years would be expected 😉

thinking about it, that milo looks awfully like a blonde hovawart, is that correct or is it just a similar looking breed? 🤔

[main topaz]

Milo is a Golden Retriever

[unique hazel]

ah F, always had trouble keeping them apart 😅

[main topaz]

They're very similar haha

[unique hazel]

tell me about it xD

[unborn shard]

ooooooh

[noble kettle]

My little guy ❤️

[unborn shard]

he's so cute

I just want to squish him

[noble kettle]

ahahah his names Koda!!

[unborn shard]

niiiice

[tropic wharf]

Aww

[low tusk]

can he hunt ducks

birds

or anything smal

[low tusk]

damn

i like ur dog

beautiful fur

[main topaz]

Thank you - we're waiting for her to blow out her coat. I'm not looking forward to it at all

[low tusk]

damn

[low tusk]

how old is she ?

[unborn shard]

must be good enough to chew on

[low tusk]

surely

😎

[low tusk]

but you wont know who is the ONE WHO CHEWS

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

GAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[main topaz]

She's ten

[main topaz]

Trimming his toenails so I wont

[low tusk]

nice

[main topaz]

The biggest boyyyy

[lusty vale]

Yesss

[shadow pagoda]

I hope I'm getting somewhere

[unborn shard]

ohohohoh

[unborn shard]

How old are the eggs?

also what eggs are they?

[shadow pagoda]

Red foot tortoise, they've been in the incubator since Christmas

[unborn shard]

oooh

Do tortoise eggs usually have long incubation periods?

[shadow pagoda]

Yes, Red foots especially. Average is 125-150 days

But they can successfully hatch at 200 days

[unborn shard]

dang okay

[shadow pagoda]

Yeah, it's a waiting game

[unborn shard]

Are most reptiles like that?

[shadow pagoda]

Not to my knowledge. My ball pythons eggs hatched at 55 days

[unborn shard]

ah I see

How many reptiles do you have?

[shadow pagoda]

12 total. 10 ball pythons, 1 bullsnake, and 1 king rat snake

The tortoise eggs were given to me by someone who didn't have an incubator

[unborn shard]

neat

[main topaz]

Maligators Gone Wild

[lusty vale]

Jaeger and Tanner playing ruff

[unborn shard]

Floor taps sound like tango 💃

[lusty vale]

Oh yeah lol

[stray tapir]

Bug eyed little nut job

/

[unborn shard]

Trying to get her to stop it >:(

[lusty vale]

Pups love to test their limits

[marble escarp]

Meet Maple 🍁 mini-Australian shepherd

[bold socket]

adorable

[main topaz]

I'm boutta have some cute aggression. We need ALL the Maple photos

Like

at least 75 a day

https://tenor.com/view/mighty-need-invader-zim-shouting-screaming-scared-gif-17581419

[unborn shard]

I needs to squish it

how old is she?

[unborn shard]

OOOOOOOH

[bold socket]

74 more to go

[main topaz]

whyyyyy is she so fricken cute

[main topaz]

lort. I miss Keeonah being so tiny

[marble escarp]

I looked for months before I found her 💚

[unborn shard]

you have tiny keeonah pics?

[main topaz]

Lemme go dig my Instagram.. prolly got a couple on there

[unborn shard]

I needs them tiny pup pics

[main topaz]

Gotchu

6.5 weeks, 9 weeks and like 11 weeks

almost 600 weeks ago I posted that first one, according to IG 😂

[unborn shard]

MMMMMMMM

She's so cute

I just want to hug her so much

[main topaz]

Good news

she likes hugs

[unborn shard]

:D

[main topaz]

Hold your arm out and she hops up - loops her front legs over the arm and turns sideways into your torso

[unborn shard]

amazing

[stray tapir]

Gib

[worthy holly]

no fucking way

[crude rune]

Maple is mine now

I hope you can understand

[worthy holly]

I’m not yours

[marble escarp]

Maple is kicking my butt, I got maybe half an hour of sleep last night due to crate training.

[bold socket]

whats crate training?

[marble escarp]

trying to get it to enjoy the action of being in a kennel at night rather in your bed as it develops seperation anxiety as they grow. Its mostly because she will be traveling around with me in the later years after growing but its suppose to replicate the thought of a "den or safespace"

[main topaz]

She might be missing her siblings, tbh.
With my dad's German Shephard, for the first night I slept with my head and shoulders in the crate because he was whining impossibly loud and I could hear him a floor away. Second night I slept with just a hand in the crate, third night I slept about a foot away

Murphy just needed assurance that there was someone there

[marble escarp]

Thank you, i did the hand next to the crate last night and it wasnt the best in terms of consistency but i got a playpen and attached it to the crate for tonight to maybe limit the confinement possibility and brought a tv in for some background noise. lets hope for the best, again thank you for advice 🙂

[stoic granite]

its this guy's 1year birthday today exactly, and calf photos beacuse why not 🤷

[main topaz]

Best of luck! It's the hardest time, being Away from all her kin - but she'll come around quickly.
Try making her a nest, and if the breeder gave you Blanket, lay it in the nest

[main topaz]

@unborn shard just got some great den photos of Keeonah - retouching them slightly because lighting is not at all good today

[stray tapir]

It’s so cute I want to hit something

[left quail]

He is deserving of riches

[lusty folio]

Petey enjoying the sunrise today 💪

[unborn shard]

ooooh

such a pretty lady

[unborn shard]

a cookie is the perfect bribe.

[wary talon]

What is that thing

[main topaz]

Sugar glider, looks like

[wary talon]

@main topaz no it's a blue tongue

[unborn shard]

limzard

lizards are cool

[wary talon]

Yer blue tongue lizard

Got 2 little ones in the tank hibernateing

[unborn shard]

Nice. How many do you have in total?

[wary talon]

2

[unborn shard]

I see

[wary talon]

Ok

[main topaz]

I was talking about what you replied to - not your lizards

[wary talon]

@main topaz oh my bad

[unborn shard]

husky husky husky

big baby

[wary talon]

Yer

It's a malamute

[unborn shard]

ooh okay

Very good

[livid fox]

so tiny lol

[crude rune]

He is, so old tho 😭

17 this year

[livid fox]

wow! awesome

[charred sandal]

Awwwwwwww🥹

[main topaz]

whole ass grandpa

does he have a lil plaid house coat?

[crude rune]

😂 no he refuses to be in cloths unless our power goes out

Than and only than he will let us put a onsie on so he isnt cold

[crude rune]

He really is 😭 i got him when i was 1 and we have been inseparable

[last pilot]

Absolutely nothing behind those eyes 🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥

[marsh fable]

i Totally 100% no fake just got a new pet, her name is Joey

[marble escarp]

My mothers friend in her 20's had one for a rehabilitation program and it would go swimming in the lake lol they are great animals

[solid shadow]

Then vs now

[eternal wing]

This is Bibu

[main topaz]

I love how fluffy Bibu is

[main topaz]

He mixes biscuits at the moment

Baking simulation complete

[quiet forge]

silly

[unborn shard]

so silly

[forest harbor]

mmm delectable treat

[steep rose]

Kilo

[unborn shard]

She wet

[quiet forge]

darn dog

[unborn shard]

Homie says to stop playing classic and play with him

[main topaz]

@spark cave Hows the quail lad doing?

I saw a post on IG for a dozen quail egg giveaway from a breeder I follow, and thought of you guys

[spark cave]

Oh he's doing alright, spoiled like usual

My internet isn't doing too hot right now so images won't send

[main topaz]

Brilliant. Love a spoiled lad

[spark cave]

Lol, He's a dork, still wanting kids from him but that's up to him to figure out

Just set up another 100+ egg hatch, it's might be my final hatch for a long time, will be dispersing the entire quailery

Except for a small handful of quail whichre essentially the heart of the quailery

Got a bunch of dairy goat shows ahead including nationals and linear appraisal, about to get busy

Ahah, it sent

[main topaz]

The drama leg

[main topaz]

Specific colors, or ones you're most attached to?

[spark cave]

Knows how to use it too, it's so strange.. he'll be sitting in my lap and he'll tilt over and just hang his leg in the air

Like why 😭

[main topaz]

He knows there's a market for feet pics

[spark cave]

Just attached to, mainly, I worked on my lines for almost 2 years but the nice thing about quail is that you can get through a lot of generations really quickly

[main topaz]

Right right, the whole birds grow up fast thing

[spark cave]

One of the people I sold quail too has offered to sent me eggs when I get finished moving

Send*

Yeah the fast growing is very convenient lol

Oh wow, last time I talked in this channel was 2022 I didn't realize it's been that long x_x

[main topaz]

That's really kind of them!
Are you moving far or fairly close to current locale?

[spark cave]

California to Texas

( oh no not more californians)

[shadow pagoda]

Wish I could have quail.

Maybe when I move out in a few months

[spark cave]

Any idea what kinda quail you want?

[shadow pagoda]

I can't technically have bobwhites, so probably buttons or the cortux. (I can't spell)

[main topaz]

Coturnix are p cute

And buttons are so micro

[shadow pagoda]

I wish I could have bobwhites, but their a gamebird in my state so I'd need a captive wildlife permit

[spark cave]

I had buttons for a little bit

They were very flightly, like overwhelming for me lol

[main topaz]

My dog would lick them up like chicken nuggets 🥺😭😭

[spark cave]

😋

[main topaz]

Any bird I get needs to be of size

[shadow pagoda]

My corturnix from when I was in high school

[main topaz]

Also to ward off buttface cat

[spark cave]

Pretty birds

[shadow pagoda]

My biology teacher raised pheasants and he let me put a couple chick's in his brooder

I just love the variety in corturnix

[main topaz]

I think giant runt pigeon is my bird too be

To*

[spark cave]

Yeah! I breed color and let me tell you there's definately 100s of variations

[main topaz]

They're quiet, large, and smack when they don't want you to touch

[spark cave]

😭

[shadow pagoda]

My high-school had an aviary for a while, they had a conjure that was so sweet and smart

[spark cave]

Ranger just gives the stink eye

[shadow pagoda]

Wish I had a picture of him

[main topaz]

Conures are fiends wrapped in fathers

[spark cave]

I almost got a conure

[shadow pagoda]

This one was sweet, he knew tricks and was flight trained. Only issue was how loud he was

[spark cave]

Yep that's pretty normal with parrots, never met one that was quiet lol

[shadow pagoda]

I'm just sad they sold their tegu. He was nice but too food motivated for kids

[main topaz]

These guys are my speed

[shadow pagoda]

Not sure if I've posted these. A relative of mine gave me a pair of axolotls for my school

[spark cave]

Oh I could never macaws make me so nervous lol

[main topaz]

Basically raised the both of them in the pics lol

They're actually far better tempered than lots of the smaller parrots

[lost coyote]

Its my cat

[shadow pagoda]

One of my high school friends always talked about macaws. She loved them

[main topaz]

Also raised these dingle berries and got bit WAY more than the macaws

[main topaz]

I love the bottlebrush

[lost coyote]

what do you love?

bottlebrush?

[main topaz]

The bottlebrush.

[spark cave]

Bottlebrush kitty

[main topaz]

Poofy tail

[lost coyote]

Oh

[shadow pagoda]

Need to get a new photo of this girl

She's over 3 feet now

[spark cave]

Wow!

[lost coyote]

Its a cat breed or what?

[spark cave]

Lil fellas

[shadow pagoda]

Her mom was almost 8 feet

[main topaz]

Wish my cat stayed fluffy.
His litter had 6, and he was SO shaggy - lost his baby fur and grew in a short sleek coat

[lost coyote]

Idk what is buttlebrush

[main topaz]

Nah nah. Refers to the fluffy tail, looks like a bottle brush (the scrubby people use to hand wash their water bottles)

[lost coyote]

oh okay

I thought its a breed

My cat is British longhaired cat

Breed

[shadow pagoda]

Here's ouroboro my rat snake

[spark cave]

Super neat, does he get big?

(I don't know anything about reptiles lol)

[shadow pagoda]

Let me find a photo of an adult

Mines albino but you get the idea

[spark cave]

Oh wow, Big fella

[shadow pagoda]

They average 8-9 feet as adults

[main topaz]

That is Arlo and I was so in love with his ugly plucked chicken lookin self

[shadow pagoda]

I'm not sure how I like baby parrots

[main topaz]

La Mancha?

[spark cave]

I'm so used to seeing little fluffball quail 😭

[main topaz]

He had feathers 3 weeks later haha

I think he was 2 or 3 weeks in that video

[shadow pagoda]

Thank goodness I wouldn't last long with that look

[spark cave]

Yep!

The best (and most spoiled) birds are the ones you raise from chicks yourself (ahem ranger)

[main topaz]

That's him at like 3ish months

[shadow pagoda]

Slightly more up to date photo. Took about 4 months ago

She doesn't sit still

[spark cave]

Aww what a cutie

[shadow pagoda]

What I'm amazed at is how well she does with kids, I've had preschool age kids pet her and she just chills there.

She's one of my educational animals

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so derpy so cute

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Some snakes are really just super good like that

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He issss

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beeg snek

such a round head

kinda freaky but cool

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Ooo love axolotls. Got this guy from a breeder 2 months ago

The great one

Little lady on the left is pregnant. Fingers crossed for some piebald or T+ albino babies!!

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ooooh

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Shes given me normals,white face,and Whiteface ringtail mosaics in the past but she's been bred to a new male this time

She was with a normal male het for albino and platinum now she's with a mosaic male het for the same things (he's the brother of the male she was bred to 1st)

I did a female swap with the brothers. My piebald female went with my normal male for a while.

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Ohh send photos of them all sometime

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Here's the 3rd baby she produced from her 2nd set of twins

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Oh believe me I planned on it

I lost this beautiful marbled pied girl last year to a bloodclott. She was only a year old and pregnant at the time as well

Marble mosaic not marble pied my bad

She came from a good friend of mine in Indiana

Shes from some fancy mosaic line I can't remember the name of

This is a normal pet girl of mine not a breeder but she's het fot leucistic

Mom of the one above. She's my leucistic retired breeder

Just a regular pied girl

Normal male rescue. My personal favorite of the bunch

His name is Owen. Most of my gliders have a jurassic world name scheme