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Made another DIY modification for Spike to improve his accessibility within his enclosure with his mobility and sight issues now he’s elderly.

Turned his ladder to link both basking ledges into a solid bridge and planned the design so I can turn it back into a ladder in the future if need be.

Included a photo of the ladder bridge in my other dragon’s enclosure to show how the ladder was positioned originally for Spike.

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Me too table, me too.

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Tag game!!!

Do this quiz

And this picrew

And tag people(obviously)

@anartistwithamask @gummy-axolotl @shadowthegay @auseryoumayknow @copper-ichor @moonysfavoritetoast @alexthescaredenby @invaderxeya @fungal-boy-witch-yay @artists-void @hazbin-hotel-lucifer-simp @ka1-the-pr0ot @theautumnalcat

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hey vin do u kno if ur Jade alt is clothin centric

cos i might need help makin a costume

“Depends. If you want help piecing together an outfit yeah he can help 8ut if he thinks your choice sucks he WILL 8e a cunt a8out it.

If you mean actually sewing an outfit he’s….not great. Though my purple alt I’m told can sew alright.”

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Another good boomer joke

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Bones and peroxide sööp

((Had a big eastern water skink die just of old age in my garden late last month and I’ve been watching the insects pick the bones clean.

Decided to try my hand at cleaning and preserving the skull for display.

It took a couple weeks but the insects have picked off all the meat now so I’ve started the process today of removing the stubborn bits of scales and skin.

I’m soaking the skull overnight in just warm water and dish soap to soften and loosen the remaining skin and scales which I’ll then remove before giving the skull a rinse.

After that it’s just submersing it in a mixture of 3 parts water to 1 part 12% hydrogen peroxide. This will ‘bleach’ the bone to produce that nice white color.

Everything you need to do this you can get from a store that sells basic salon supplies.

Disposable gloves

Very soft brush (small size for small bones, larger size for larger bones)

Dish (because this is a small skill I’m just using a hair salon style tint mixing dish)

Regular dish soap

12% hydrogen peroxide (literally just 40 Vol hair dye developer)

When it comes for getting the meat off the bone some people will slow cook the bones to soften and loosen the meat and soft tissues then pull that off but my family would kill me for slow cooking the corpse of a skink in one of our pots BUT we have a lot of insects around here so I chose to leave the skink by an ants nest and let the process go naturally.

The soak in the dish soap mix will also ‘degrease’ the bones. This is important because you want all the grease and such out so that doesn’t start rotting and stinking.

Don’t soak the bones in vinegar because that can do damage.

Never use actual bleach because you’ll fuck up the bones. The 12% hydrogen peroxide with water will do he job without damaging the bones.

I’ll update with how it goes.

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things i’ll not call you a whore for:

sexual activity

how you dress

things i’ll call you a whore for:

stealing my food 

stealing my lemons

my cat likes you more than me

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kookaburra refusing to budge

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'Spiny Lizard' wooden spoon carved in Mahogany wood with dried rose thorns.

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panda corydoras

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Reblog with your score

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So far so good.

Tomorrow I’ll be able to remove the last of the little pieces of skin, give it a rinse and start the bleaching.

Sometimes some teeth and such will fall out at that stage but you can always reattach things at the end.

Since this is so small it’s a very delicate piece and I am thinking I may see that bottom jaw detach but that’s nothing I won’t be able to fix.

((Had a big eastern water skink die just of old age in my garden late last month and I’ve been watching the insects pick the bones clean.

Decided to try my hand at cleaning and preserving the skull for display.

It took a couple weeks but the insects have picked off all the meat now so I’ve started the process today of removing the stubborn bits of scales and skin.

I’m soaking the skull overnight in just warm water and dish soap to soften and loosen the remaining skin and scales which I’ll then remove before giving the skull a rinse.

After that it’s just submersing it in a mixture of 3 parts water to 1 part 12% hydrogen peroxide. This will ‘bleach’ the bone to produce that nice white color.

Everything you need to do this you can get from a store that sells basic salon supplies.

Disposable gloves

Very soft brush (small size for small bones, larger size for larger bones)

Dish (because this is a small skill I’m just using a hair salon style tint mixing dish)

Regular dish soap

12% hydrogen peroxide (literally just 40 Vol hair dye developer)

When it comes for getting the meat off the bone some people will slow cook the bones to soften and loosen the meat and soft tissues then pull that off but my family would kill me for slow cooking the corpse of a skink in one of our pots BUT we have a lot of insects around here so I chose to leave the skink by an ants nest and let the process go naturally.

The soak in the dish soap mix will also ‘degrease’ the bones. This is important because you want all the grease and such out so that doesn’t start rotting and stinking.

Don’t soak the bones in vinegar because that can do damage.

Never use actual bleach because you’ll fuck up the bones. The 12% hydrogen peroxide with water will do he job without damaging the bones.

I’ll update with how it goes.