Crazy animal lady thread - sperg about your pets here

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Weed Eater said:
I get this odor-eliminator stuff off of Amazon, because it's the closest thing to a similar product that used to exist but doesn't anymore because the FDA got too freaked out from it. Point is, I like getting stuff for the air/house that does a better job than Lysol.
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It has the faintest smell of bleach, despite it being a formula that uses no harsh chemicals whatsoever. My cat Savannah goes nuts when I spray this stuff in the house, it's like sprayable catnip for her, and as long as this stuff is non-toxic I don't get too worried over her wanting to rub around in the area I recently spritzed. I thought I was the only one who had a bleach-lover for a cat lmao.
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Nope!
We thought for some time that my old lady was obsessed with bleach because her favourite human used to clean houses for a living, but my vet hazarded a guess that it may smell like a cat hormone to them.
 
Coffee Druid said:
My friend raises dubia roaches as feeders, and I've held hissing roaches before. They're all neat, but not something I'd have myself. I used to have a giant red headed centipede for almost 3 years before she passed. We found her in the wild (well, in someone's sink) as an adult so she could have been old or sick.

I really want some native giant millipedes one day. They're like the cuddly round version of centipedes.
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Centipedes and milipedes are the shit. I've had desert millipedes and Vietnamese centipedes. Centipedes especially are much more charming than most people would think when you watch them move about, groom, etc. I was tempted at a recent show but ended up getting an Indian ornamental tarantula instead.

Ngl was getting sad on the floor at the reptile show, thinking bout if I was finally ready for another centipede or old world tarantula after my last ones died.
 
Anyone here with a betta fish? I have a male who I got from a Petco in January that started growing this dark lump on the top of his head. I can't tell if it's a tumor (he has one on his other side but it's smaller and not as dark), a parasitic infection, an abcess, or something else. I've been doing more frequent water changes and adding aquarium salt, but it's only gotten larger in the last month.

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I prefer small animals of the rodent variety (like hamsters and gerbils) and I currently have two named Pixie and Dixie (after the Hanna-Barbara characters). They both look like this...
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Backinpogform said:
I have two chihuahuas and two elderly sped cats. My mum dumped me at a shelter after school I “volunteered” at a shelter as a kid and kept bringing home the disabled cats that were automatically put on death row. My mother stopped allowing me to volunteer when I brought home the fourth one. Now my two remaining boys are pushing 20 and are somehow more retarded than when I first took them in. Pretty funny to see them get bossed around by 2kg dogs

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Your special cats, were they cerebellar hypoplasia (CH)?

I recently upgraded to cat #2. The other one I also got recently. She was a "last chance" cat that if she didn't get adopted, she would be put down. It was during peak COVID and with a lack of money and volunteers the shelter just couldn't keep as many animals. She was only about 5 months old, and was a sweet cat, so I wasn't about to let them put her down. I took her home and she has grown into a rather solid, beautiful gray/white cat. She is rather neurotic, but I attribute that to what must have happened to her early in life. I keep working with her and she is slowly getting better with time.

My second cat was a surprise cat. My neighbor had a female cat give birth to 3 kittens in his garage just a few months ago and I recognized soon after they were born that they had contracted a common cat virus. Usually not a problem, but they were so young, unless I did something, they would surely all die. However, I knew they needed their mother cat more than anything. I watched them very closely every day and when they reached the point where waiting any longer would be risky I took all 3 kittens right to the vet to start treatment. They weren't weaned yet, so that meant bottle-feeding kittens, which is quite a task. Fortunately, between good nutrition and veterinary care, they all got better and started to thrive. I was able to start the transition to solid food and everyone eventually made the transition. The runt of the litter was rather resistant to switching from the bottle, so I had to very gradually switch him over to ensure he got enough nutrition and fluid. Once they reached 9 weeks old my neighbor who's garage they were born in took one, and my neighbor on the other side, who has a kindergarten-age daughter asked if they could have one, being the little girls first kitten. I thought it was very sweet, and they are good people, so I agreed. When I brought the kitten over and took her out of the carrier the look on that little girl's face was priceless. She gave that kitten the biggest hug. I kept one of the male kittens for myself. After raising the trio, I couldn't imagine not keeping one since I'd gotten quite attached to them. My adult female cat is rather indifferent to the little guy. He is quite the character. He loves to rear up on his back feet and wave his paws at me like he's a big scary cat. Then he runs away. It's hilarious. He's a handsome little brown tabby. I have to remember to properly dox him in the "Dox Your Cat" thread.
 
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I own a Great Pyrenees. He's my baby dog and he basically follows me everywhere.

Great Pyrenees are bred to be guard dogs, so the dog takes it very seriously to protect me from trucks in the driveway. I love him.
 

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Lost my 16 year old cat to bone cancer a month and a half ago. We weren't planning on getting another cat so soon, but the surviving cat was not doing so well by himself, and found this adorable little fluff in a litter.

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I have 2 rabbits and I volunteer/rescue rabbits in my spare time. Sperging about these fuckers is a favorite past time of mine.
I got my first boy bunny in 2020 from craigslist, he's a mini rex who couldn't be shown at 4H because his fur was slightly not blue/grey. I don't get the logic of 4H but I feel so lucky I was able to get him. He has so much personality and feels like the velveteen rabbit. We got him fixed and adopted him a GF and bonded them. Girl bunny is a fucking unit who is probably mixed with flemish giant. Boy is 3ish lbs and big girl is 10ish lbs and around 2 feet long. She thinks she is smaller than him(she's the non dominant bunny in the pair and hides behind him) and she's a total spaz. Girl bunny is kind of retarded which is funny since boy bunny is very smart (he knows tricks and responds to a lot of commands but she is just as dumb as a box of rocks). They hang out under my desk and are best friends. They both nudge me to be chased around or for me to give them a treat/pet them.

Earlier this year I got wind of a rabbit being dumped and we caught it then fostered it. The rabbit was out in this nature area full of rocks and tequila bottles lmao. She was covered in ticks and fleas and we spent a few months helping her get healthy/got her fixed. It was pretty gross and she had a false pregnancies/nesting too. The vet told me that rabbits can basically absorb their own pregnancies if they are malnourished; this was most likely the case with her since it looked like she'd given birth many times and was having the false pregnancies, but she was very skinny and looked to be about a year old at most. She's been adopted out and has been bonded to a buddy of her own. Rescue bunny was totally crazy and sweet; the only rabbit I've known to like being held and she'll jump up to the tops of shelves to explore. Rescue bunny had other babies dumped at the same park as her and the rescue I volunteer with was able to catch, foster, and adopt them. It felt really cool to like actually go out and catch a rabbit that needed help and get to know her.

I highly recommend fostering animals if you can/have an interest in animals but aren't ready for the commitment. Especially rabbits, they're like quiet dog/cat hybrids that take time to get to know you, but they're pretty fucking cool.
 
I'm one of those tarantula weirdos. My. collection is pretty small right now but I'm always looking to see it grow. I'm thinking about picking up a few Monocentropus balfouri slings and trying to do a communal thing.
 
I have two cats, mother and son. Mama was stolen from family that was neglecting her. She had kittens and I kept her son bc he was special needs. Mama is about 10 and Son is 7. They constantly break my shit, bite me, and are generally bastards but I love them so much
 
Diet Purple Pepsi said:
Anyone here with a betta fish? I have a male who I got from a Petco in January that started growing this dark lump on the top of his head. I can't tell if it's a tumor (he has one on his other side but it's smaller and not as dark), a parasitic infection, an abcess, or something else. I've been doing more frequent water changes and adding aquarium salt, but it's only gotten larger in the last month.

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Update on my fish, the lump has gotten slightly larger but not by much (I managed to get a decent measurement while he was sleeping). He still has the same level of energy and hasn't changed in mood at all, so I'm still just going to monitor its growth every few weeks and watch over him.
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cowboytakeshi said:
he's a mini rex who couldn't be shown at 4H because his fur was slightly not blue/grey. I don't get the logic of 4H but I feel so lucky I was able to get him. He has so much personality and feels like the velveteen rabbit.
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Animal shows for breeding/confirmation are so insanely picky.

Family member of mine has a *gorgeous* dog he used for hunting birds and small game, a German Shorthaired Pointer. The dog's a perfect example of the breed standard in every way...except his eyes are an undesirable colour for the show ring.
 
Android raptor said:
Centipedes and milipedes are the shit. I've had desert millipedes and Vietnamese centipedes. Centipedes especially are much more charming than most people would think when you watch them move about, groom, etc. I was tempted at a recent show but ended up getting an Indian ornamental tarantula instead.

Ngl was getting sad on the floor at the reptile show, thinking bout if I was finally ready for another centipede or old world tarantula after my last ones died.
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A few months ago I got a P. metallica. After it's most recent molt I'm almost 100% sure it's male though. Could not find spermathecae and I'm pretty sure I see a ring of epiandrous fusilae near the furrow.
 
Diet Purple Pepsi said:
Update on my fish, the lump has gotten slightly larger but not by much (I managed to get a decent measurement while he was sleeping). He still has the same level of energy and hasn't changed in mood at all, so I'm still just going to monitor its growth every few weeks and watch over him.
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Some bettas are prone to tumors, as long as it isn't causing him to stop doing normal behaviors keep him around but if it begins to prevent him from swimming or staying afloat it may be time to pursue euthinasia :(

You can try adding some freshwater aquarium salt to the water as directed on the package to see if it slows the growth or causes it to shrink, I've never personally dealt with a tumor on a betta.

Edit: Reading more into it, the thing may be an abcess because of the color. I'll see if I can find any similar looking cases to see what they have done for the fish
 
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Rewire Tea said:
Animal shows for breeding/confirmation are so insanely picky.

Family member of mine has a *gorgeous* dog he used for hunting birds and small game, a German Shorthaired Pointer. The dog's a perfect example of the breed standard in every way...except his eyes are an undesirable colour for the show ring.
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I know right? Same problem with my Russian Blue cat, his eyes are too yellow, but he has the perfect coat and a great temperament

Cat shows are hilarious by the way. Basically a cat being passed around by judges while the cat is looking annoyed the whole time.
 
MySonDavid said:
A few months ago I got a P. metallica. After it's most recent molt I'm almost 100% sure it's male though. Could not find spermathecae and I'm pretty sure I see a ring of epiandrous fusilae near the furrow.
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Get a peperomia metallica and then put your p. metallica on a p. metallica.
 
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