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  • TheAsianDonKnots@lemmy.zip
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    12 hours ago

    Yeah, I have SO many rescue animals, it’s hard to explain to normal people. Multiple dogs with all sorts of problems, a few parrots, an angry hedgehog, two cats, and my vet’s first call to foster (almost anything). They are all well taken care of and clean but there’s a… smell.

    I’m also holding Balthazar, a bark scorpion, against his will for invading Pretty Kitty Pepper’s land. Balthazar is kept well and fed a steady diet of pinheads. When he eats, it looks like a dot matrix printer in reverse. That’s the one creature in the house most people freak out about the most, but they would all be wise to fear the parrots.

    Pretty Kitty Pepper for reference

    • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      Hey my cat’s favorite hobby is trying to give me pink eye by farting at my face. Your place probably smells better than any room he’s in.

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      6 hours ago

      I had a friend who was married to a veteranarian who worked with exotic animals. They were constantly fostering bird rescues. He told me once he fell asleep on the couch and woke up as a parrot was reaching for his glasses. He said he knew this bird wouldn’t intentionally hurt him but seeing a 4-year-old child with a can opener on its face reaching for him was pretty scary.

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      12 hours ago

      Hmmm. I have a cat and an 8yo ADHD boy.

      There’s a smell, and stuff everywhere. So yeah, you get it. I don’t live in a barn, but it sure does feel like it some days.