hey guys, i’m new on here c: and would like to stalk i mean uh follow some more blogs to get me started!! so if you post
-reptiles
-rabbits and rats
-betta fish
-reef and freshwater tanks
-animal welfare/care
-wildlife education
-frogs/amphibians
- any pets!!
please reblog this!!
Mater from cars lives in a car junkyard. That’s the equivalent of a person living in a pile of dead people
Cosmos is: *The Boy *Cos *Mr. Peepoops *Tasmanian Devil *Dude *Bootleg Aussie
Epica
Dude
Jerk
Puppy
Goofball
Ammo = Weiner-face, Jerk, Am-moo, Ammer, Big kitty, Ammunition (the last one usually when I’m mad)
G'mork = Snot-face, Snotbag, Fluffy kitty
Shredder = Shred, Little kitty, Peebag
Sparta: Spartacus, Sparty, Sportacus. Louse, and also The Sheltie (said with a certain inflection suggesting that one is not too pleased.)
Luna: Lunis, Lunert. Looney Toons. The White One. Satan.
Cleo: pretty boy
The pigs: my mom loves to call them 1, 2, and 3, because she cannot remember their names. I call them noisy, collectively, and the pigs
Molly: garbage, garbage disposal, loud dog, good girl!
Nerites: messy guys,roombas,
FISH Red - Old man Charles - asshole, Satan Paradise - little fish puppy, my life Captain - Cap, Cappy, Capybara
GUINEA PIGS Opal - asshole, princess, long haired disaster Sapphire - Jumpy
GERBILS Aela - pig, hog Karliah - Speed demon
DOGS Prince - Poo, Mr. Poo, Prince of the poos, baby boy, good boy Snoopy - Snupert, My Snoop, sneep shnop
CATS Smokey - fat one, grey one Coal - black some, tiny ears
That is all.
I feel you 😭
This is a biological fact not an opinion. Not an agenda or bias. It is pure scientific fact. You cannot feed your carnivorous pets a vegetarian or vegan diet. Especially cats. Cats are obligate carnivores which means that they live on a solely meat based diet that is biologically essential for their survival.
Not only does the meat contain enzymes, amino acids, nutrients and other essential minerals, cats can’t utilize plant-based proteins at all. Cats require high levels of amino acids like taurine and arginine that plants do not provide and require vitamin D (D3) that is only found in meat. So while eating a vegetarian / vegan based diet might “fill” their stomachs they cannot get any nutrients from it as they are unable to break down plant matter.
This is because of a number of reasons. Firstly plant matter if hard to digest and herbivores require special biological systems to be able to live on a plant-only diet. Such as an enzyme called cellulose that that breaks down the cell wall of plant matter and bacteria that live in their gut, that herbivores cannot do themselves. Cats instead have an enzyme called amylase that can be used to break down small amounts of plant matter. But it is only produced in small amounts and therefore cannot handle high levels of plant matter.
There is also the fact their digestive tracts are vastly different from that of herbivores.
As you can see, carnivores have a rather short digestive tract. This because the nutrients and energy in meat is easier to absorb then an animal eating a herbivorous diet.
Herbivores therefore have long digestive tracts in order to lengthen the time the plant matter is in their body and therefore have a chance to absorb more of the energy. In fact ruminant herbivores have a hour chamber stomach and ruminant (regurgitate) their food in order to better break down the plant matter and absorb more of the nutrients.
The dental structure of a carnivore such as a cat and a herbivore is also vastly different as they are adapted for their different diets. Cats have teeth (incisors and canine) that are used for tearing flesh and holding onto prey. They have only one set of molars as shown and three sets of pre-molars. These teeth are used for grinding / chewing. Compared to that of a herbivore, it’s hardly enough to break down and chew a plant based diet.
A herbivore’s dental structure (horse) contain of mostly molars rather then teeth used for tearing / holding onto prey. As shown below, a horse has many sets of large molars and a large mandible. That allows for long periods of chewing and grinding down on tough plant-matter / grains ect.
Your cat cannot live on a meatless diet Any good vet will tell you this and if they don’t they are either not properly qualified or pushing an agenda. If you are uncomfortable with feeding meat to a cat or dog or any other carnivorous pet. Then don’t get that pet. Get an animal that lives on grains or plant matter because you should not own a cat if you’d rather put your own agenda / “morals” over that of an animals life and well being.
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Guinea pigs!! The cream and greyish brown is Opal and the tri colored one is Sapphire. They are in a XL cage. Its on amazon but I can't remember whats its called. Its 2x4ft. They are kept on fleece and fed oxbow pellets and oxbow hay with fresh veggies everyday. I don't currently have a picture of their full updated cage but when I get home (Wednesday) I will add one!
My gerbils! Bin part is 29 gallons and the too part is meant to fit over a 10 gallon tank. Brown gerbil is named Karliah and the yellow one is Aela. Got them from Petco in summer of 2015! The blue dish is food (oxbow pellets hamster/gerbil food) and the pink one is the sand bath. They get the occasional seed as a treat. No more than 1-2 a day. Aela is a bit pudgy so she doesn't get as many. I did do a lot of research on them but if anyone sees anything that is worrying please tell me! My goal is to give them the best life!
I’m creating an unproblamatic petblr masterpost! The masterpost is for blogs who mostly post pet content, and are generally supportive people who promote good animal husbandry. All I’m asking to qualify is that you use good animal husbandry (nothing like small cages, shock or prong collars, hitting to train a dog, fish in bowls, etc etc), and that you support lgbt+ communities (You don’t have to blog about it, but if you think lgbt+ is wrong or somehow immoral please do not comment). I’m also asking that no animal rights activists comment on this as that’s not really helping animals, thanks.
If you’d like to be added, please reblog and add what animals you have, and what blog to put you down as. You can also message me this information. I’ll add you to the masterpost! The masterpost will be up by tonight and will be updated constantly from then on. On the other hand if I add you by accident and you’d like to be removed, or if you’d like to be removed at any time, let me know and I’ll do that! (Please note: This pet can be anything. Snake, dog, cat, rodent, bug, crustacean, insect, reptile; anything.) (Note: @petcareawareness inspired me to make this, so check out their blog which also has animal care related things on it.)
Very new but I have 2 guinea pigs, 2 gerbils, and 4 betta fish mainly but will be posting my 2 dogs and 2 cats sometimes as well. Put me down as this blog please!
I have a bunch of pictures so i'll probably do i full introductions to all my pets today. Deleting all the old ones and doing it all in one go. Will be tagged as i introductions!
Betta charm from @bettagal and I love it so much! It captures Red perfectly! I now know that even when my old guy passes I'll have something amazing to remember him by <3. If you are considering a charm I would 100% get one.
I’m building my gerbils a bin cage! I’ll post pictures when i’m done. I’ve wanted to do this for a few weeks but my parents never wanted to. I decided to say “fuck it” because I am 18 and I don’t need any help so i’m doing it myself. Only slightly cut my hand so far!
you folks think this is like a fuckin doctor who or phineas and ferb reference but nah this is the shit I gotta put up with every day
bruh you don’t even know
we’ve got THIS
hOLY SHIT
Well it’s nice to know all libraries have the same shitty chairs
Drop the comments below ⬇ (at The Shrimp Farm)
Me talking about my fish at work: “Yeah I have 4 betta tanks with heaters and filters and -”
My coworker: “Oh, they don’t need all of that; I have a betta that lives in a little bowl!”
My other coworker thinking about getting one for his daughter: Oh yeah, that sounds perfect!
My brain:
