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I've officially sold my soul to work, I bought a caladium yesterday(and forgot to bring it home!!) and finally gave in and also ordered a plant shelf and some grow lights.

i'm also planning to upgrade my tank soon! I kinda figured as soon as I got this one I'd eventually do that, I can't be happy with just a 5g, so i'm gonna move up to a 10g soon and give my coworker this tank so she can finally live out her shrimp owning dreams!

for now, heres what the jungle tank/table is looking like! the 4 pack plant tray was saved this past weekend at work as we were doing a plant purge to get ready for all our fall stuff

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we had a very bug filled week at work! I still can't get over us spotting a humming bird moth since those are rather rare here in east tennessee! the katydid and caterpillars were relocated away from our plants to prevent further munching

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slowly but surely i'm making a filter jungle from plant pieces i'm finding around work! i'm hoping to eventually find a piece of the really pretty sweet potato vine we have to prop, but if I don't find a piece soon I may just cave in and buy some

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Fergus photo dump 5/12/24

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rescaped and water changed the 20gal long community tank... i hadn't been able to take care of it since spring break back in march, so a refresh was kinda overdue :>

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You know what, Fergus? My bad

My bad for turning your light on.

My bad for turning your light off.

My bad for feeding you.

My bad for not feeding you.

My bad for walking by your tank.

My bad for ignoring you.

My bad for fixing your fallen leaf hammock.

Especially my bad for letting it fall.

My bad for breathing the same air as you.

My bad for sharing an apartment with you.

My bad for thinking about you.

My bad for looking at you.

You're looking at the face of one spoiled ass betta fish. Look at that mug!! 😭 What am I going to do with you, Fergus.

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poor little boy got his booster vaccines. he is 2.5 pounds, and is very sad about everything

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he's just so photogenic 🥹

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Dog toy plushies have fundamentally different souls than that of regular plushies. Unlike regular plushies, which are content with just existing (and just go to regular heaven when they get destroyed and don’t mind being resurrected), dog toys seek Valhalla. This is why you don’t need to feel bad when your dog/cat/especially strong bird rips it to shreds, because this was the warriors death they were seeking all their life

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everybody meet neko!! i'm so excited to have a fish again, and also excited to have gotten this entire setup for free! thankfully he doesn't seem too awful shaken up from our car ride yesterday, or from my struggle carrying him and his tank down the huge and muddy hill I live on

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i'm getting a betta again here soon so I'll probably be reviving this blog! should I post my dogs here too?

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You have probably read the tweet from a pet owner saying her vet told her that “… 90% of owners don’t actually want to be in the room when he injects them so the animal’s last moments are usually them frantically looking around for their owners &tbh that broke me” or another post allegedly written by a vet stating if you leave your pet during euthanasia you are a “coward”.

First of all, I cannot imagine any veterinarian saying any of those things. It is my belief that a lay person wrote those things and simply claimed the vet said them, but I could be wrong. Regardless, those posts are absolutely incorrect and those people should be ashamed of themselves. I also think that number is hugely exaggerated. Maybe 10% of owners don’t want to be present, and you know what, that is ok.

Euthanasia is a very personal thing and people have all kinds of reasons for not wanting to be present. Simply making the decision to have your pet put to sleep shows that you are compassionate and unselfish. Euthanasia is the ultimate act of love for your pet because it is completely about them- the owners get nothing out of it. The owners love their pet so much that they would rather be without them than keep them and have them suffer.

Your pet is not going to look around desperately for you or feel abandoned. Shame on those “vets” for putting out that misinformation and shame on them if they had a scared pet and they did nothing. Your vet can give your pet sedatives and other medications so they are relaxed and comfortable, I have NEVER allowed a pet to be scared or anxious before a euthanasia and the vast majority of vets will not either.

Please do not feel ashamed or upset if you choose not to be with your pet for euthanasia. I promise that the veterinarian and staff will comfort her just like she was their own and make sure she is relaxed and at peace throughout.

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i believe the technical term is "squab"

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me watching someone buy the most beautiful, divine, radiant, magnificent, glorious betta only to stick it into a .5 gallon bowl where it will inevitably spend the rest of its life rotting:

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aquarium gang make the best choices

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uh yeah no problem i literally live for this