#and a pet baby tiger

[beautifulbeartraveler]

[sapphiresenthiss]

Nagini in the sun ❤️‍🔥

Showing off her iridescence even at such a young age of only two weeks. Beautiful animal.

[box-dwelling]

Cat pair owners, do your 2 cats fall into the pattern of one being a really clever active hunter who constantly wants to explore and is really extroverted with new people, and the other being quieter but an absolute baby lap cat cuddle bug when they trust you? I feel like every cat pair I've had or met has been like this.

Also it's not that they lack one of the traits of the other type just that they tend to prefer the other. Like a quiet baby will still go wild for a toy but they ask more for cuddles than they instigate play. And an adventurous cat will still curl up for a cuddle but most of the time they want to play and explore

[stimmy--cryptid]

tigers for anon!

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[orbiting-star]

god can people please stop taking pictures with wildlife please for the love of god just fucking stop taking pictures with wild animals i am going to scream

all those people (with maybe 1 or 2 exceptions) with "rescues" in the US on tiktok are fucking awful people and they're directly contributing to the exotic pet trade

[lesbeet]

*bolts upright in bed* DO MY HOUSEPLANTS KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE THEM

[jayktoralldaylong]

"What would you like to say Lang Qianqiu?"

I'd like to take that little angry boy and squeeze his little angry boy cheeks and say:

"Hey. Listen to me. I want you to listen to me very carefully. You are not the one that was wrong. You didn't deserve that, just like your Papa (Xie Lian). You did what you thought was right because you were lied to. It's not your fault that you were lied to. You were a child. Do not blame yourself for sins that are not yours. You did a good job ruling that kingdom. You made your Papa (Xie Lian) proud."

[starlit-mansion]

one of our fallen london ocs has a similar origin as maybe's daughter, and i only just now thought to wonder if they know of each other. who is that other cat.

[noctilionoidea]

My flight to the layover is at midnight (so 2:00-3:00 AM at home) and I am not excited but I can’t wait to go home and see all my kittens and puppies (and make sure my statuettes are okay since I’ve been slightly worried about them). I am going to hug my puppies so much!!! And I’ll see if His Lordship Lord Tiger forgives me for leaving him for a week but no matter what I’m gonna worship the ground he walks and brush him well my sweet baby boy precious kitten god I love my pets so much I miss them really bad

[beautifulbeartraveler]

[void-tiger]

I think what I adore about cats, birds, small animals in general…

The more comfortable with you, the more content they are to simply crawl all over you and ‘splor the space surrounding your environment. Then come back for snuggles and jabber back at you and either stick close to rest or go off to ‘splor again. They’re securely attached and still affectionate

[saritawolff]

Phew. This one took, uh… a bit longer than expected due to other projects both irl and art-wise, but it’s finally here. The long-awaited domestic animal infographic! Unfortunately, I didn’t have enough space to cover every single domestic animal (I’m so sorry, reindeer and koi, my beloveds) but I tried to include as many of the “major ones” as possible.

I made this chart in response to a lot of the misunderstandings I hear concerning domestic animals, so I hope it’s helpful!

Further information I didn’t have any room to add or expand on:

🐈 “Breed” and “species” are not synonyms! Breeds are specific to domesticated animals. A Bengal Tiger is a species of tiger. A Siamese is a breed of domestic cat.

🐀 Different colors are also not what makes a breed. A breed is determined by having genetics that are unique to that breed. So a “bluenose pitbull” is not a different breed from a “rednose pitbull”, but an American Pitbull Terrier is a different breed from an American Bully! Animals that have been domesticated for longer tend to have more seperate breeds as these differing genetics have had time to develop.

🐕 It takes hundreds of generations for an animal to become domesticated. While the “domesticated fox experiment” had interesting results, there were not enough generations involved for the foxes to become truly domesticated and their differences from wild foxes were more due to epigenetics (heritable traits that do not change the DNA sequence but rather activate or deactivate parts of it; owed to the specific circumstances of its parents’ behavior and environment.)

🐎 Wild animals that are raised in human care are not domesticated, but they can be considered “tamed.” This means that they still have all their wild instincts, but are less inclined to attack or be frightened of humans. A wild animal that lives in the wild but near human settlements and is less afraid of humans is considered “habituated.” Tamed and habituated animals are not any less dangerous than wild animals, and should still be treated with the same respect. Foxes, otters, raccoons, servals, caracals, bush babies, opossums, owls, monkeys, alligators, and other wild animals can be tamed or habituated, but they have not undergone hundreds of generations of domestication, so they are not domesticated animals.

🐄 Also, as seen above, these animals have all been domesticated for a reason, be it food, transport, pest control, or otherwise, at a time when less practical options existed. There is no benefit to domesticating other species in the modern day, so if you’ve got a hankering for keeping a wild animal as a pet, instead try to find the domestic equivalent of that wild animal! There are several dog breeds that look and behave like wolves or foxes, pigeons and chickens can make great pet birds and have hundreds of colorful fancy breeds, rats can be just as intelligent and social as a small monkey (and less expensive and dangerous to boot,) and ferrets are pretty darn close to minks and otters! There’s no need to keep a wolf in a house when our ancestors have already spent 20,000+ years to make them house-compatible.

🐖 This was stated in the infographic, but I feel like I must again reiterate that domestic animals do not belong in the wild, and often become invasive when feral. Their genetics have been specifically altered in such a way that they depend on humans for optimal health. We are their habitat. This is why you only really see feral pigeons in cities, and feral cats around settlements. They are specifically adapted to live with humans, so they stay even when unwanted. However, this does not mean they should live in a way that doesn’t put their health and comfort as a top priority! If we are their world, it is our duty to make it as good as possible. Please research any pet you get before bringing them home!

[elijones94]

🐾 Baby Puss is on the run! 🐯

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[sohannabarberaesque]

Headcannon for a teenage Pebbles Flintstone

Whereupon we find her waking up some morning wearing the prehistoric equivalent of pyjamas and heading off towards the toilet ... to find Baby Puss, the Flintstones' pet sabretooth tiger (as if Dino wasn't good enow a housepet), greeting her rather admiringly (and showing quite the smile of satisfaction, even as Pebbles strokes Baby Puss' rather furry body, as leaves Fred Flintstone gasping in wonder as to whether Baby Puss is spending a little more overnight time among the local feral sabretooths--especially of a romantic sort) ...