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moonarchia
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Welp, family dog saw the vet today, the big lump on her leg is indeed cancer/tumor. She'll be 16 on Monday, but there's nothing we can do other than making sure she is comfortable until it starts getting really bad.
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Xarpolis
Life's a Dream
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ShakyJake
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Hah, forgot I posted this. Turns out its a neighbor's cat. Apparently visits several homes in the area for treats and food.
Ninen
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Just don't be one of those bird people who let them fly all over the house on thanksgiving, over the food, around an 80yr old woman clearly terrified of birds (I'm told due to an aggressive rooster when she wasn't much larger than it was). Not my kind of pet, but to each their own... till it flies over food. I've seen what birds do while flying; Only got marginally better when the hostest donned a towl and it living, and shitting on her shoulder all through dinner.
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moonarchia
The Scientific Shitlord
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Sludig
Potato del Grande
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Sounds like someone without kids who treat the pet like a child.
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a c i d.f l y
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Goddamn. My in laws are poophead "parents" of an in house dove. Like they forgot what it was like to raise actual children. It's amazing the one of two they had that I married ended up mostly normal. The other, not so much, unfortunately.
Sludig
Potato del Grande
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moonarchia
The Scientific Shitlord
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Well, doggo is hurting when she walks and peeing the bed a lot, so mom has decided it's time to go Old Yeller her next week. Feels bad man.
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moonarchia
The Scientific Shitlord
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Welp, mom decided last week to put in a stay of execution, but doggo suffered a major stroke today, and the vet also said she had a brain tumor, so she had to be put to sleep anyways. Shitty day.
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Has anyone had chickens before? Thinking of getting some for Camp Freedom (tm) but property has bears, and tons of hawks, like tonsssss. They dont look like huge ones. Pretty sure all the one's ive seen are red-shouldered hawks.
Obviously I can't let them out of their chicken run while they're chicks but what about when they're adults? Safe to let them out to peck around? I have a group of wild turkey that seem to have no issues doing so.
Thinking silkies and cochin.
Also I'd like ducks but same question.. there's a river on my property but never seen ducks.. Should that be a sign that they can't thrive in my environment? Should I look at bigger birds like geese or turkeys?
Obviously I can't let them out of their chicken run while they're chicks but what about when they're adults? Safe to let them out to peck around? I have a group of wild turkey that seem to have no issues doing so.
Thinking silkies and cochin.
Also I'd like ducks but same question.. there's a river on my property but never seen ducks.. Should that be a sign that they can't thrive in my environment? Should I look at bigger birds like geese or turkeys?
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BrutulTM
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You can let them roam around the yard. They won't go far and usually predators won't bother them close to the house in daylight. They need to be shut up at night though in a critter proof house or they will be dinner for raccoons or foxes or whatever else might wander through. They even have automatic doors that open when the sun comes up and closes when it goes down. The chickens will go in there on their own when the sun sets.
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