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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 09-Nov-2024 10:36:37 JST 
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@IAMAL_PHARIUS Yooo!
Sad news almost all the dogs are dead. From natural enough causes though. They were old. -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 09-Nov-2024 01:20:49 JST
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this rat has benign fatty deposits. The fat grows upon itself, regardless of the animal's diet. So even if it were starved, the fatty tumor will remain. Rats are really well known to love to get tumors like this. I just thought this was a massive unit. -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 08-Jul-2024 02:51:48 JST
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While on the subject of other countries, I thought I'd talk about international adoption. Specifically, Korean rescues or 'meat dog' rescues.
TL;DR - Most of them are a scam. The few that are legitimate, are inherently a huge gamble that I don't think most people understand.
Most countries don't have rules regarding charities like we do in western countries, meaning your money is not promised to go to a 'non-profit', and many times it isn't. Whatever is left over, is probably being spent on Pachinko or something
In my research, I have found that usually you will get a dog from these international rescues, generally the dog that is described (physically speaking). It has to have the bare minimums to get into the states, i.e. vaccine record and vet check, so you will get that by default too. But it seems a lot of these rescue dogs have no solid history or proof they were rescued. I see a lot I think are coming from pet stores. Some might just be pets people are trying to offload, or strays, so in a way it's still helping. But I do wonder how many of these dogs are pets that are stolen to sell for a profit.
Then, there comes the logistics. An actual meat dog is going to be semi-feral. While I scoff at the idea that asians 'bred' a dog for meat, I do believe that they are taking street dogs for such purposes. Dogs that have been breeding without human intervention for so long, almost become their own sort of breed, sometimes called Village dogs or a Landrace breed. And those Village dogs are prone to be aloof, very aloof. They have generally missed socialization during their younger phases as well, making them uber aloof. These dogs tend to prefer the company of other dogs rather than people.
People tend to get these dogs, thinking they're getting this cuddly yard trained healthy shiba inu, and probably pay over a few grand for a semi-feral untrained shiba inu. Or better yet it's a Golden or a Corgi or something, like I'm sure dirt poor Koreans eating dogs are opting for the $800 designer bred dog that has maybe #10 of meat -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 17-Jun-2024 11:34:29 JST
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Holy FUUUUUUUCK
us dept of energy just fucking BANNED UVB and heat lamps!
What this means is that reptile owners are FUCKED. Heat lamps are required source of external heat for most reptiles. UVB is required to to keep reptiles healthy and bones growing correctly.
Y'all snake owners are gonna have to bring your snakes outside for like 4-5h a day... Rip if you live where winter exists. And windows block most UV that herps need so fucked on that end. -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jun-2024 13:25:52 JST
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Way too much softcore anime porn on the TL, and not NEARLY enough guinea pigs.
Fix this :babytapir: -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jun-2024 08:58:01 JST
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Gay month started today, but on Monday I'm gonna check how many animal related groups change their logos to gay shit. I never really understood it, animals can not comprehend the concept of being gay. -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 30-May-2024 08:02:23 JST
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Officer Myron Woodson of Sturgeon, Missouri, is under fire after opening fire on a blind and deaf small dog on May 19, 2004.
Officer Woodson was responding to the dog at large, who slipped out of the owner's yard - and thus slipping it's collar - earlier that day.
The officer came upon the dog, noting that the dog 'broke it's neck' (lol) and later stated "I’m not gonna let you bite me, you’re looking all cray."
After unsuccessfully trying to capture the dog multiple times, the officer debates wrapping the dog up in a towel before finally pulling his gun out and shooting the dog as the dog began to walk towards the tree line. In the footage a woman is heard coming out of her home complaining about the shots fired when she had kids with her at the time.
The 13lb Shihtzu mix, named Teddy, was owned by a Nicholas Hunter. According to Hunter, Teddy was 5 years old at the time of death, was born deaf but went blind a few years ago. As such, the dog tends to walk with a head tilt.
The person who called the dog in, a city worker that would like to remain anonymous to avoid being fired, noted several times they emphasized the dog was not dangerous and simply drinking water next to them.
According to Hunter, the officer said he did not feel like the dog was a threat but thought it was in pain and believed the best course of action was to put the animal down.
Later a Facebook post by the City says they believed that the officer acted within his authority, and that the animal was a rabies risk. The owner did say Teddy was up to date on rabies vaccine.
Firstly, bro, how bad can you be with a fucking catch pole? You literally had it AROUND THE DOG'S NECK multiple times, that's when you tighten it bro. If you can't do that, get a slip lead or a rope with a slip knot and use that instead.
The dog does not have signs of rabies, full stop. It doesn't act like any stage or variant or symptom of rabies. He is very cognizant of it's surroundings, it's not ataxic, it's not drooling. It just doesn't look like rabies.
Also my man, you're afraid of a *13lb dog*, are you gonna shoot a 150lb person if they walk around blind with a head tilt? The fuck. You could PUNT that dog.
abc17news.com/news/abc-17-news-investigates/2024/05/23/video-shows-interaction-sturgeon-police-officer-had-with-dog-before-shooting/
5/28/24 Update:
Officer Woodson has been placed on leave and Kevin Abrahamson, the mayor, resigned because of community backlash over Teddy’s killing.
animalvictory.org/petitions/punish-police-officer-who-killed-13-pound-blind-deaf-dog/
@Witch_Hunter_Siegfired This one is for you, it's both a minority AND a cop. -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 26-May-2024 07:57:37 JST
Tapir
Is no one else talking about this?
TL;DR -
>man interrogated for 17h straight to get him to confess he killed his father
>Lied and told him the father was found dead with multiple stab wounds
>included not allowing him to have his medications or go to a hospital
>they brought HIS DOG into the room and told him the dog would have to be euthanized
>They take the man out on a car ride telling him they were going to a hospital; brought him to his home instead and pressured him to say where he killed his father
>later cops found the father was alive and visiting a friend
>never told this to the man, left him in interrogation room where he attempted suicide
>brought him to an asylum, where he still doesn't know that his dog and dad are still alive
>they dropped the dog off at a shelter instead of with family, the shelter was given 0 info but were able to track owner down thanks to the dog being chipped
Gotta back the blue :blobcatpolicedonut:
sbsun.com/2024/05/23/fontana-pays-nearly-900000-for-psychological-torture-inflicted-by-police-to-get-false-confession/ -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 26-May-2024 07:57:35 JST
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@Dudebro @tyler @ForbiddenDreamer I'll never forget when a cop was first trying to tell me about animal laws, completely incorrectly, and I thought I was going crazy. Before that, I didn't realize how retarded cops were able to be. -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 21-May-2024 13:04:49 JST
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@graf @BigDuck imagine being catfished like that -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 21-May-2024 13:04:48 JST
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@graf @BigDuck oh god that camel lol why -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 14-May-2024 00:57:54 JST
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@j of course it is fucking chinese -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 05-May-2024 03:32:57 JST
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It's free comic book day!
I never pay for reading material unless I absolutely have to. So I only read comics once a year.
Amazon has a bunch of free comics, I'm sure other online retailers have better free ones. Brick and mortar stores tend to have a few free physical copies specifically made for free comic book day; they're usually a lot shorter than normal, and maybe it's all comics nowadays but ime they've largely been LGBTQ and/or zombies.
I was disappointed to learn this doesn't really transfer over to manga. I wanted a free reptile manga. -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 04-May-2024 03:45:30 JST
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Daily reminder the plants at botanical gardens should be treated just like any other museum or zoo. Some of these plants are endangered, difficult to raise, slow growing, etc. To pick them and shit can be detrimental not just to the plant but to the species. -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 26-Apr-2024 03:09:32 JST
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@BigDuck @LouisConde @sickburnbro Wood duck? It looks slightly too fancy for a wood duck -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 26-Apr-2024 03:09:31 JST
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@BigDuck @LouisConde @sickburnbro Reeeeee -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 26-Apr-2024 03:06:56 JST
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@BigDuck @sickburnbro It's so funny, you have people on the extreme ends who both are incredibly against what Israel is doing. Like they could agree on nothing else, but this. -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 22-Apr-2024 23:08:08 JST
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Black smoke Bengal cat. Looks fly af -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 18-Apr-2024 09:50:33 JST
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@MrFuzzland @D00B @Tony @GolfCartLady What is Teddy? Cat, dog, guinea pig, etcetc
Treatment for one may be fatal for another -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 18-Apr-2024 09:50:31 JST
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@D00B @Tony @GolfCartLady @MrFuzzland OK so there's a few ways to go about this.
Weekly SQ injections of Ivermectin for 4 weeks usually does the trick. Some cats won't want to visit the vet this often, but it also takes application of treatment entirely out of your hands.
Prescription ear drops like Tresaderm work really well and is the fastest treatment, taking only like a week or two. But it's gonna be painful getting those drops in that ear, BUT it's designed so that you don't have to clean the ear after treatment. They DO have tresaderm and I believe some other otic topical drugs that are a one-and-done treatment of ear mites, I imagine it is more expensive though BUT the clinic can apply them for you :CirnoWink:
lots of fla/tick meds will actually kill and control ear mites. Basically any flea/tick med with selamectin, moxidectin, fluralaner, and saralaner will kill an ear mite infection. Chart related are some brands available; Keep in mind Bravecto, Nexguard, and Credelio are not labeled for ear mites, but they do kill ear mites. Most of these are topical. I would not suggest Seresto collars for this simply because there is a lot of human error with getting the right fit on and thus not getting enough of the dose, BUT it is a good budget option. These are one & done treatments (and preventatives), but you WILL need to clean the ears after treatment, or the build up of mite crap will create a new problem.
Don't get the no name or never heard of over the counter shit, it's AIDS and some of it like Hartz is well known for killing animals. Also be careful with counterfeits; there have been a lot of counterfeit serestos that are killing pets.
Then there are some over-the-counter treatments (again, DO NOT get Hartz), just make absolutely sure you're reading the instructions carefully and the product is labeled for cats. Many of these treatments are not killing the incubating mite eggs, so you'll need to continue the treatments for at least a month to make sure you scorch the ear canal of mites. So for example if the instructions are to put 3-5 drops in affected ears once every 3 days for 2 weeks, up that to once every 3 days for 4 weeks. I would recommend a good ear cleaning after these treatments as well to be on the safe side.
If you are bringing the animal to a vet, do not clean the ears prior. We want to see that nastiness. Also do not clean the ears directly after a treatment, obviously you'll be taking the meds out.
Also keep an eye on aural hematomas. I've attached some pictures of a serious case and a more mild case. It can happen with ear infections; they shake their heads and break blood vessels and the ear swells up. It's a rather painful condition that, if not treated, turns into cauliflower ear where the ear is all crumpled and covered in scar tissue. It is treated with the cat sedated, incising the ear to drain fluid and stitching it back up.
I hope this helped!
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