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[Sep. 7th, 2008|09:55 am] |
This is sort of off topic..so if a mod wants to delete it that's fine. I was just wondering, I have a hamster and two rats. I feed my rats the Suebee's diet. Is that sufficient for a hamster too?
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| Pictures of the boy (and girl) |
[Sep. 7th, 2008|04:15 pm] |
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So the boys and Lester are saparated now and I feel guilty every time I see Lester alone like that but guilt-tripping makes me spoil her little ratty hind off and give her lots of free range time. She's such a cutie, when I'm cramming and she runs around on my desk she keeps coming up to sit on my writing hand >.< so adorable.
They've been saparated for almost four days now already and whatever testosterone in the boys' system should have wound down but Rizzo tried giving me a test nip today when I wanted to get him out for free range time. I kind of accept the fact that he might have only been very friendly when human company also meant free range out of his relatively tiny old cage and now that he's more comfy in life he doesn't need human company, not with his past with whatever humans he interacted with before I took him home. I didn't take him and Liebgott home to get an adoring, affectionate pet that'll love me all the time no matter what mood it's in or how its life is going for it, I took them home because they were on the queue to become snake food and their previous keeping conditions were horrofying. I can only be grateful when Liebgott enjoys scritches (this is a completely new experience for me since the little guy's been a nerve wreck since I've known him and feared human touch) and that Lester's being mommy's little angel. I've had a cat who gave me tough love and wasn't always bothered with me, maybe that's what taught me to be like this.
ANYWAYS, as the title said ( piccies and cuteness )
The boys are kind of weird about free range time. I'll open the bottom door of the cage and put one of the cage's staircases on it so they'll be able to come in and out whenever they want but, though they note it, they've only gone out to explore the first time I did it. Now they just want to sleep...
As for the vet thing, I'm finding a new vet, which is difficult since I've asked several and they've all said there's no rat expert in Israel. The closest thing I got was this one vet in a nearbye town who has rich experience with budgies and small reptiles (which is good for anestetics during operation, I think) and was honest enough to tell me she won't preform an e-spray on Lester while she's so small and so early in the suspected pregnancy because everything's way too small now. *le sigh* |
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| tail lump |
[Sep. 7th, 2008|09:18 am] |
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Hey guys, one of my rats has a small lump towards the end of his tail. It doesn't seem to bother him, I touch it and he doesn't react. Do you have any ideas what it is or do you think I should take him in to be seen? |
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| Habitat and other FOs |
[Sep. 7th, 2008|02:05 pm] |
After a few months' long break from knitting, I got back into recently, and in the past few weeks started and finished three projects. Habitat by Brooklyn Tweed is my favorite one of these, but I'm pretty happy with all of them.
( Details and pictures behind the cut ) |
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| New Necklaces |
[Sep. 7th, 2008|02:45 am] |
I finally got a chance to make some more jewelry and try out some new things! Let me know what you guys think :-)
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[Sep. 7th, 2008|04:07 am] |
My 2+ year old boy is starting to drop weight, and his hind end weakness is getting worse, and I'm getting a bit depressed over it. Silly, I know, as I know he had a tough life before and at least has had a good life here. It's just hard for me to think about losing him so soon. (Yes, it was silly of me to think I'd get a year or two out of him, but I did hope he'd make it to 3...) And I guess.. nothing is for sure, but I see the change in weight, and I think about Frank (His companion who passed soon after coming here.) and I worry the same thing is going to strike Shamus down.
What are some good foods to get his weight up? he likes Ensure, but doesn't ever eat much of it. He'll taste a lot of things, but the only thing he eats much of are the lab blocks.
Should I try to get his weight up/prolong his life, or should I let him just go naturally? As much as I want him around, I really don't want to make him suffer. He seems fine now- Despite his hind leg degeneration, I catch him jumping up onto places all the time that I didn't think was possible.
Should I separate him from most of his group? He does fine so far in the FN, but I worry that being housed with younger boys (5/6 months- 1.5 years or so) might be stressful on him. They're all kind to him, I just.. worry.
( Pictures of my old boy, and other pictures of his group. ) |
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| Hurrah! |
[Sep. 7th, 2008|09:27 am] |
"People should consider eating less meat as a way of combating global warming, says the UN's top climate scientist.
Rajendra Pachauri, who chairs the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), will make the call at a speech in London on Monday evening.
UN figures suggest that meat production puts more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than transport."
Read the rest at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7600005.stm |
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| Halloween Handcast Paper Ghost and Tombstone Ornaments |
[Sep. 7th, 2008|12:01 am] |
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I made some Halloween ornaments out of handcast paper using cookie cutters and I really like how they turned out, the pictures don't do them justice. The Ghosts were done with a glitter glaze and a sparkle acrylic paint then I glued on Google eyes. My favorite eyes were the ones that Lee (boyfriend) found for me (the blue eyed ghost) where there are eye lashes on the eyes. They are soooo cool! I just love these!
The tombstones were painted with acrylic paint then we looked up some true funny tombstone sayings then added them to the ornaments and sealed them. These were sooo much fun to make and I just love them! I sooo want to do some more of these!!!
( Read more... ) |
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| Red Honking Angry Driver |
[Aug. 26th, 2008|10:08 pm] |
Traffic gets pretty bad here since there's construction going on at some of the busiest intersections these days. Everyone in town knows it, deals with it, and we somehow have come to grow patience for the numerous orange cones and people walking around in hard hats. But apparently, one individual couldn't deal with a simple red light.
Picture this.
I've just pulled to a stop at a red light at a 4 way intersection. With 3 lanes going straight, another going right, another going left, I'm situated in the middle lane to go straight, meaning I'm surrounded by all cars. There are about 3 or 4 cars ahead of me waiting for the light so there is no possible way for me to really go anywhere until the green light... right?
So the moment I stop to wait for the green, there's this sudden agitated honking from behind me, just blaring angrily. Looking at the rearview mirror, I stare in disbelief at this grown man with the ugliest scowl on this face, honking like a mad man, lips moving like lightning--I'm sure he was spitting a long string of profanities. And he was looking directly back at me as if I turned the light red on purpose. My little sister was in passenger seat and we instantly exchanged shocked reactions thinking what moron would honk to make me move faster when I really couldn't even move an inch forward.
This man continues to honk nonstop and people all around are turning their heads to see this idiot. The guy infront of me has my same disbelief expression, looking past me to see who it is. The guy on my left sympathizes, throwing his hands up in defeat and looking at me to say "Guess he can't help it." The couple to my right starts laughing and the whole time this angry man is honking away with his face turning all shades of red and purple. If I could get a closer look, I'm sure he's foaming at the mouth and thinking of murdering my car.
The moment the light turned green, everyone moved and changed lanes for this guy to go by. Of course he raced past everyone but I'm just glad he wasn't reckless enough to risk everyone's lives for his sake. |
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| One from my Father |
[Aug. 25th, 2008|07:24 pm] |
My father works computer tech support and has for many years. He got this stupid lately, and I just had to share.
He currently works technical support for a voice over IP (where the phone connection goes over the internet). He was on the phone with a customer and a co-worker . . .
Dad: So, what seems to be the problem?
Co-worker: The router's not working.
Customer: Oh, that could be becuase there was some water around it.
Dad: Yeah, that might have fried the wiring.
Customer: Oh, don't worry. I took care of that! I put it in the microwave! |
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| The cake just leapt out... |
[Aug. 24th, 2008|09:25 pm] |
I can not recall posting this story here so apologies if I did. But it's come up in conversation a few times so I have to write it here.
My last boyfriend was renting a room from a very nice, but not terribly bright lady. One day, she was baking a cake, and when she took it out of the oven she began banging on the bottom of the pan. My boyfriend asked her what she was doing. English being his second language, and his landlady being the type of person who assumes that meant he couldn't understand simple concepts, proceeded to explain. "Well," she said to him, "This is called a springform pan, and the reason is that when the cake is done you bang on the bottom until it pops out."
He raised an eyebrow, got up, walked across the room, and unlatched the side of the pan, thus releasing the cake.
The landlady just stared at the newly freed cake like it was a jug of water turned into wine.
We're still not sure how she had a springform pan for so long without thinking to see what the little latch on the side was for... |
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| Quickie |
[Aug. 24th, 2008|02:41 pm] |
I work at the service counter of a hardware store. The counter is right at the entrance of the store, so we have many people who come in and ask us to direct them to various places in the store.
Man walks in, looks around, then comes up to me at the desk: "Excuse me, do you guys sell tools?"
Um yeah, buddy, you're in a hardware store.
What's even worse is that the tool area was right behind him, and very noticeable when you first walk into the store. |
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[Aug. 24th, 2008|01:38 pm] |
This took place when I was 14 and my brother, George, was 12. I was conversing with a friend on AIM, and he kept reading over my shoulder.
Me: Stop reading my conversation.
George: I am not.
3 minutes later...
Me: Seriously, stop reading it.
George: I AM NOT. Stop yelling at me.
3 minutes later...
Me [types into AIM]: George, stop reading this.
George [almost screaming]: I AM NO-
And then he left the room. |
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[Aug. 24th, 2008|01:11 am] |
So my friend, E, likes to look at people's Myspace profiles before she adds them, if they FR her. And so apparently this one chick friended her, and E was reading her comments.
She uncovered this little gem on this girl's comment page;
"if i had one more day with you, i'd take you to italy and we'd take one of those cute boats that goes under bridges, and the french guy rows it.
:)
then we'd eat icecream on the balcony and look at the eiffel tower.
:) "
The thought behind it is sweet...but...yeah |
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| Slidell Boy Narrowly Escapes Darwin Award |
[Aug. 23rd, 2008|09:41 am] |
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http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/08/gator_boy_photo_video_for_coll.html
Getting your arm ripped off by an alligator who just missed your carotid artery is not stupid.
Provoking the alligator is stupid. From the article, boldage mine:
"While playing on the banks of the former gravel pit where neighborhood kids often swim, the kids spotted the 10-foot, 8-inch reptile known as Big Joe on the other side of the lake. Devin said one of his friends began throwing sticks in its direction.
"We were just messing around, " he said from the kitchen table of his home on a recent evening.
Devin later got in the water, intending to keep an eye on the alligator. But the animal had apparently slipped under water, swam toward Devin, and closed its jaws around his arm, from Devin's wrist to above the elbow."
It's not as if these kids are from Saskatoon and have never seen an alligator nor known the kind of damage they can do. They're all over the place in Louisiana. One does not "mess around" with them. They are not dolphins that you jump in the water to play with. I hope this kid likes his robotic arm, because he asked for it. |
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| My first baby |
[Sep. 6th, 2008|11:55 pm] |
Hi! I'm Katie.
I've never had a pet rat before, but I was looking for something small to keep me company and cheer me up when I'm feeling down that would be cheaper than a pair of ferrets and shed less than a bunny. I'd had mice at one point growing up and liked those, and I'd enjoyed playing with other people's ratties before.
I did some homework online and then went in expecting to get a pair of rats and a good wire cage.
Let me clarify, quickly, that I work at PetLand. So another of my deciding factors was that I knew we had a couple litters of babies that had been born and handled in the store when some feeders came in knocked up, and I was thinking for about a week about taking a couple home.
When I got in, though, I realized that the wire cages all had the bars much too far apart for a baby to live in without escaping, so I picked up an aquarium instead. (Actually, it's meant for reptiles and has a sliding wire top attached.)
My coworker who was helping me gather stuff has her own rat, and we got in a bit of an argument over how many: she claimed more than one rat would fight, regardless of gender, and I repeated that most animals are better in pairs, and finally I wound up yielding and taking home just the one. It's a lot harder to deal with the people at the store judging you when you have to see them every day.
Anyway, so I took home my baby Dylan, who is a little girl rat. She was about 5 weeks old when I brought her home, which was around a week ago. Right now she's in the aquarium I bought, which is a 10 gallon, with food and water dishes and chew sticks and one of those "tubular" thingers. I'm holding off on buying most other stuff until she's grown so she doesn't outgrow it. A friend of mine has a spare rat cage she offered me, and I'm also watching my local Craigslist for something suitable for when she gets bigger.
Anyway, she's a cutie. She's friendly, doesn't nip or bite, and bruxes a lot when I'm handling her, but is definitely a rat-on-the-go. Since she's still so small I'm nervous about letting her on the floor where she can run under my bed and such, but she's quite eager and happy to explore my bed for now and use me as her personal jungle gym. And she has yet to poo or pee on me or my bed, which I find pretty amazing.
I'm still thinking about getting her a friend, but if I did I'd want another baby, preferably even one of her sisters. I'm reluctant to deal with the looks I'd get at work, though, and doubly hesitant to go to another store where I don't know who has handled the rats or how much.
Blah blah blah, have some pictures. :)
( Dylan the little lady rat ) |
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| Questions |
[Sep. 6th, 2008|10:38 pm] |
So...I recently got two baby rats, Gus and Ajax. They were 6 weeks old when we got them, and are 8 weeks now.
Ajax was supposedly a hairless rat. I have never had hairless before, but did lots of reading on them and what special needs he might have, etc... However, I noticed in the past week, he has been growing hair. Not like patches of hair, but hair everywhere. It's evenly over his whole body now. He is gray/blue with a white chest and paws. The fur is still very short, and has a slightly different texture to it. He has curly whiskers.
What is he? Will the hair keep growing, or will it fall out again? He's very handsome, but I just am kind of blown away by how much he's changed over the past 2 weeks.
( Pictures from 2 weeks ago and from tonight ) |
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| Any guesses? |
[Aug. 22nd, 2008|12:00 pm] |
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| | The Shins - Sphagnum Esplanade | ] |
I was with a friend as she was shopping for, among other things, soap.
She picked up one package of soaps and asked, ( What do you think these ones smell like? )
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