Pretty Kitty~

Usually go by Kitty. Born in Wieden,Germany,grew up in california.I am a just-getting-started rat breeder with the goal of adorable, genetically tame squishes,that are comfortable in any environment from classroom pets to therapy animals,and are amazing advocates for their species!

[doggiedrawings]

Copyright infringement by KOHL’S

By now you may have seen all the internet publicity around Tuesday Bassen’s and other independent artists’ works being ripped off by major fashion retailer, Zara. 

I have been dealing with a lot of copyright infringement over the past few years and it has been no fun at all. I have seen unauthorized copies of my work all over the place including on Amazon, Etsy, clip art sites, T-shirt vendors like Sunfrog and Teespring… and so far I have been successful in getting these images taken down fairly quickly.

A few months ago, a friend noticed this kid’s shirt at kohls.com 

The boston terrier images on the t-shirt are badly traced copies of my Boogie Doggie Language drawings. Small details like eyes and ears have been changed, bow ties and glasses have been added, and most of the images are flipped. (Examples below have been re-flipped to clarify the similarities)

According to my attorney, the legal team at Iconix (the parent company of Mudd) does not believe there is any copyright infringement. They are refusing to take any action or compensate me in any way without a lawsuit. If I want them to stop selling this t-shirt or to get any money back from their sales, I have to sue them.

Litigation may not be a big deal to a large company like Iconix/Mudd; but it would be ridiculously expensive for a solo artist like me. Costs could go up to $60K if the case goes all the way to trial.

I cannot claim statutory damages ($150K per infringing item) because my copyright registration was not completed within 3 months of when Doggie Language was first published. 

If I win the case, I will recoup revenue from Mudd’s sales and my attorney fees, but this may not be enough to cover all the other thousands of dollars worth of court fees including expert witness fees. I basically have to pay out of pocket if I want to sue. 

Many friends and supporters have suggested a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for a lawsuit. I am very touched by the offer but I have to say I feel uncomfortable about taking money from other people. 

I already had in mind a crowdfunding campaign for my Dogs of The World book project later this year or next year, and if I were to request donations now to cover legal fees, I feel that I would be overimposing on people by asking for money twice and I don’t feel good about this. I would rather that people donate to my creative projects than fight this stupid expensive battle to prove that the copied images are mine.

Also - I worry about not raising enough money or not achieving the resolution that all my contributors are hoping for. Taking money from other people = extra pressure. 

I have not yet decided what I am going to do; these are just some of the concerns I have right now.

For now, this is HOW YOU CAN HELP:

1. Please SHARE this information. Tell people about this bootleg t-shirt at Kohl’s and Mudd’s response, and spread awareness about the larger issue of fashion retailers stealing and profiting from indie artists and getting away with it. Use Facebook, Twitter, and other social media.

(my original tweet here and my facebook post here) 2. Boycott these companies. Write to these companies to let them know you will not buy from them. Pressure Kohl’s to sever their relationship with Mudd/Iconix.

Twitter - @kohls @muddstyle​ @iconix

https://www.iconixbrand.com/connect/

3. Buy directly from artists if you can. I am going to be making a similar Boston Terrier shirt available soon, for anyone who is interested.

4. If you are purchasing artwork online (like stock images, clip art etc), check the source carefully. I have seen copies of my artwork on sites like istockphoto and freepik and had to have them taken down.  If you are a vendor/designer who buys stock imagery from these sites, be aware that ANYONE can upload images to these licensing agencies/libraries and lie that the work is theirs. (yes, it sucks)

IF YOU ARE AN ARTIST or DESIGNER: 1. Learn from my mistakes. When you create new artwork, register your copyright within 90 days of publication.  You can do this online.

Without copyright registration you have no leverage in court, and an attorney is less likely to work on contingency. Here is an illustrated summary of how copyright registration protects you.

I did not know about the 90-day registration window and I don’t think many people do. If you registered within the 90 day period, and if your copyrights are violated, you can collect statutory damages in court ($150K per item)  regardless of whether the infringing party made any money from your work. If your copyright registration is too late (as mine was for Doggie Language), you can only recover their profits & your attorney’s fees - and this may or may not be enough to cover all other expensive court fees. If the infringing party can prove that they made no money from sales, then the artist gets nothing.

2. When you look to other artists’ works for inspiration (as we all do and this is normal), make sure that what you create is not a recognizable copy of what you are looking at. Tracing someone else’s work, changing colors or a few details here and there, or flipping the image 180 degrees is STILL plagiarism and copyright infringement. Another example is taking the “head” from someone’s drawing of a dog, and sticking it on a different body - this is STILL copyright infringement.

I want to say thank you again to everyone who is supporting me. There are times I find myself feeling depressed, insignificant, and powerless, and your passionate support really helps! Thank you for standing by me!

Also thank you to:

- Robynne Raye for her help and advice. Details about Robynne’s/Modern Dog’s copyright infringement case against Target and Disney HERE and HERE. They won!

- Megan Wilson for organizing this petition: https://www.change.org/p/mudd-stop-stealing-the-work-of-independent-artists  Please sign if you can.

- Lili

7/24/2016 UPDATE

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE for the signatures, reposts and retweets! There is power and justice with social media group effort: Kohl’s has removed the shirt from their website!!! We have yet to check if the shirt has been removed from physical stores. No response from Mudd/Iconix, but this is a big step!

8/8/2016 UPDATE

Kohl’s now claims the shirt design is not infringement (their “design team” created it) and they are going to continue selling the shirt.

It appears that another item in the Kohl’s catalog has an unauthorized copy of my Boogie design on it. Sonoma is a Kohl’s in-house brand. These socks are selling in their stores and on their website.

This boston terrier is lifted from the SAME “Doggie Language” poster probably by their same in-house “designer”. And they are still denying copyright infringement and are refusing to stop selling these products! 

#boycottkohls

PLEASE READ and SHARE MY NEW BLOG POST about Derivative Works  here: http://blog.doggiedrawings.net/post/148161295271

[amymebberson]

And this is as good a reason as any why so many artists might never ever share their art online again. Companies who allow their in-house designers to just rip off and ‘change’ art they found on the Internet are LOW. The majority of the designers are freelance, it would take little effort to just hire the artists who CREATED THE CONTENT in the first place. Likewise, company designers who have zero qualms in ripping off the work of a fellow artist: take a long hard look at your life and ask, what if it happened to you? It’s sadly a horrible Catch-22. People absolutely DO get hired for jobs like this based on their online art posts, it’s happened for me quite a few times, now. But post your art online, there’s the awful risk of mass reposting-without-credit, etsy theft or wholesale corporate plagiarism as seen here. I wish I could give a safe answer. All I have is: watermark everything CLEARLY with a portfolio URL or an email address.

[lilsqueakers]

Okay, pumpkins, lets sit down for a second and discuss something—or rather, someone.

I will not be saying anything below that is not true.

I will not be saying anything below without /screen shot evidence/ of this truth being said.

The screenshots in the post are extremely graphic but I have experienced the straw that broke the camel’s back and I refuse to keep my mouth shut anymore than it already is.

So let me just add some warnings.

[[ Eye gore, gore, surgery, tumor, rat death, broken bones, bones, idiotic behavior ]]

Keep reading

[ratafinitysrodents-blog]

DEBBIE THE RAT LADY HAS BEEN CONFIRMED DEAD BY SEVERAL SOURCES!

NO MORE ANIMALS WILL BE TORTURED BY HER HANDS!





[lilsqueakers]

There will be a furious rant posted in a few moments. The photos and screenshots within this rant are incredibly graphic. It will be below a read more, but I need you to trust the warning at the top, I need you to make sure you are willing, understanding of, and know what you will see in that messed up post. 

I am LIVID. 

I am DONE. 

I am NAUSEATED. 

But most of all I am disappointed. 

[ratafinitysrodents-blog]

DEBBIE THE RAT LADY HAS BEEN CONFIRMED DEAD BY SEVERAL SOURCES!

NO MORE ANIMALS WILL BE TORTURED BY HER HANDS!

[babyanimalgifs]

oh my god

[pabs-art]

You look me in the eye and tell me this isn’t important

[fuckthesheriff-panda]

That jaguar is so tall compared to the ocelot. So cute!

[sleepystarbits]

@oreo-pie

[lilanth]

I need to know if these cats are being sold into the the pet trade or not

[relentlesslygayy-deactivated202]

Nope! These little kitties are from black jaguar white tiger foundation, a big cat rescue and sanctuary, and the man in the video is Eduardo Serio. He regularly gets orphaned cubs and cubs rescued from the pet trade, when the zoos don’t have enough room. He doesn’t normally socialize with them like this but the margay and jaguar cubs here had already imprinted on humans and can no longer survive in the wild, so he’s been raising them

[nabyss]

OHHHHHH CUTIES….

[catalystic-dragons]

Black jaguar white tiger foundation is a horrendous private petting zoo, and these animals are stolen from their mothers before their umbilical stumps have even healed properly. He d o e s usually socialise them like this - in fact, he makes ‘prides’ made up of multiple species. You heard me; lions, tigers, jaguars, anything he can get his grubby hands on, shoved into barren runs with nothing to climb on, explore or play with. Just barren dirt and dust, sometimes with a tuft of grass here or there. Eddie is a master manipulator and a monster; he declaws his big cats, has no in-house vet (just a plastic surgeon that is there to save face), and many of these cubs he gets end up sick. (which he, of course, will ‘heal with blue energy). The rich and the famous get to pet these cubs for cash - a practice that means these animals will never be returned to the wild where they belong. His adult cats are depressed, showing classic signs such as pacing (so much so there are furrows by the fences in the enclosures). 

Please do not support this man. His husbandry is disgusting, his animals are abused and neglected and he himself makes all the money he needs to support his lavish lifestyle. So yes, @lilanth, these animals are part of the pet trade. In Eddie’s hands, he will likely breed them and sell them off to his rich and famous american friends. Sources: http://911animalabuse.com/black-jaguar-white-tiger/ https://icarusinc.blog/?s=bjwt https://www.thedailybeast.com/hollywoods-favorite-sham-petting-zoo https://www.facebook.com/WatchdogBJWT/ http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/the-horrible-truth-behind-lewis-hamiltons-seemingly-cute-snapchat-of-tigers-cant-be-ignored-a7186456.html http://blog.whyanimalsdothething.com/tagged/bjwt These animals aren’t safe, nor are they living comfortable lives. I’m sorry to say, this man will not be stopped easily as he’s a rich and powerful man, protected in mexico by his high-up friends. It’s a gut-wrenching truth, made even more harrowing by the fact this man is constantly collecting more cubs, adding to the hundreds of animals he is condemning to a life of depression, discomfort and death.

[fumblebeefae]

Photographer Being Sued By A Monkey Over Its 'Selfie' Is Now Broke

The laws of the jungle are often brutal, but so it seems are those of copyright. For years a wildlife photographer has been dragged through the courts in A

[fumblebeefae]

lilrabbitssong:

zlypy:

zoologicallyobsessed:

THIS is what i mean when I say animal rights groups are absolute garbage that waste time, resources and money, all whilst doing nothing for animal’s welfare. 

peta have ruined a person’s life and career over a fucking photo. This is what peta does with it’s donated money and resources. This is what you’re supporting when you support animal rights groups.

This is such an ignorant and dense statement. You want to slam animal rights groups? By all means, target PETA. Call them out all you want. But the VAST majority of animal rights groups fight tooth and nail for animals to have some semblance of respect and not be treated as tools and products in a world that sees nothing past the price tag. I can tell you know nothing of animal rights organizations by the generalized anger you’re displacing about PETA. Don’t disrespect the hard work animal rights activists do through rescue, sanctuaries, law, politics, and public awareness

Rescues, sanctuaries, law advocates, etc is the work of animal WELFARE groups. Animal rights groups (ELF, PETA, ALF, HSUS, protection for furbearers, mercy for animals, and even greenpeace) are classified as domestic terrorists. 

Maybe if they did some good you could defend this, but the issue is most of these groups have charges of falsifying footage and criminal cruelty to stage the “awareness” videos they produce. 

Your local humane society, and animal welfare organizations are the ones on the ground rescuing animals. 

HSUS is facing fraud and racketeering charges relating mostly to taking hundreds of thousands in donations to help victims of Katrina. Not a single cent they can account for helped any animal and worse they interfered with real rescue groups and put them in danger.

 Mercy for Animals is under heavy suspicion of having staged the famous skinned alive tanuki video. A lot of their claims and even the footage which they did release (over an hour of cut footage was withheld even with court orders for it) contradicts their story. 

the man has no clue what he is doing and has obviously never done this before 

he is in street clothes not a butcher outfit like a man nearby 

onlookers are confused asking in the local dialect why he is trying to skin it alive and commenting how abnormal that is which has been translated by native speakers 

look at the pile. Why is it the ONLY bloody animal in the pile? Because it’s the only one that was skinned alive. The rest are bloodless which is how skinning a dead animal is. 

it is more difficult, dangerous and results in a lower value fur… there is no rational reason someone would do more work for less pay. 

PETA has been caught using clips from court confirmed staged films where criminal cruelty charges were laid as well as misleading about the origins of real cruelty claiming footage shot at a fox urine/musk farm of foxes with injuries to the bone is a “normal fur farm”. 

The real situation was these were animals seized from a farm that had been shut down for cruelty before peta arrived and shot their footage before the vet arrived to humanely euthanize the animals via lethal injection.

 Protector for Furbearers has criminal charges for catching coyotes and setting them loose in a small pen filled with barbaric traps that are never really used and filmed them suffering for hours in their completely staged film They Take So Long to Die. 

How about Arctik films who has criminal charges and a signed statement from the man who clubbed a baby seal and skinned it alive was paid to do so by animal rights groups. The footage is still used by PETA and HSUS. 

ALF has caused massive environmental damage mass releasing captive mink from fur farms into the wild. The release mink died slowly from hunger and many were run over. Those that survived? Decimated the populations of many species and may have caused the extinction of a bird. 

Animal welfare is good- animal rights groups are bad. 

Ps I’m an ex-member of animal rights groups for a reason. They hurt way more animals and people than they do any good. 

PETA uses donations to 

buy freezers to store the majority of the animals they take in and immediately kill 

to make falsified ads and try bully kids into being vegan 

pay bail on those who fire bomb labs- with people inside. You may not agree with animal testing but killing or harming someone who is just doing their job and maybe the only way they can make ends meet? Try justify that to their families.

Thanks @lilrabbitssong. I really really good break down on the difference between animal rights and animal welfare groups and why it’s important to know that difference. 

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

Reblogging this version with added spacing with express permission from @lilrabbitssong, because it’s super important for people to realize that radical behavior from animal rights groups is not limited to specific organizations. It’s the MO of the entire movement. 

It’s really hard to find a source for the HSUS / Katrina investigation - most of the news articles from that period aren’t online anymore and weren’t archived by Wayback Machine. Here’s the best one I could find, at least documenting that the investigation into how HSUS used their funds did occur. 

The mink release this post talks about was the one in 1998 in the UK.  However, it just happened again - 38,000 mink were released into the wild from a fur farm in Minnesota, and an estimate 15,000 of them are already dead. While no animal rights group has taken credit for the release yet (which eventually tends to happen in these cases), it’s being investigated by the FBI as it falls under the Federal Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act statute. 

Organizations that advocate for animal welfare are very, very different from animal rights organizations. 

[medie]

legit. I’ve seen the antics of the Sea Shepherd Society my whole life and, fuck them. Fuck ALL of them. These groups have been terrorizing people and sucking up to celebrities for years and if you think they give a damn about animal welfare and the environment then kids I got a great bridge I’d love to sell you.

[wolveria]

I’m so done with these self-congratulatory posts. PETA is a bullshit organization, most AR people do not support them, and I wish people on tumblr would stop using them as an excuse to shit on animal rights and veganism.

You want to know what animal rights stands for? Stopping this.

And this.

This.

And this.

Stopping animals from experiencing this suffering is what animals rights stands for. Animal welfare isn’t going to stop the torture and slaughter. It just makes us feel better about it. True “animal welfare” cannot exist under Capitalism, because profits will always come before an animal’s welfare.

If these images bother you, than stop making bullshit claims about a social justice movement that fights for animals when no one else fucking will.

[sqokscreams]

the only reason why AR activists are considered terrorists is because they interfere with the big industries and their profit

yall need to get your head out of your ass and do some fucking research before spouting bullshit

[fumblebeefae]

My dude I am a degree in conservation zoology. I’ve literally had to do a unit solely on animal welfare that went over the very dramatic differences between animal rights groups and animal  welfare groups. 

You can add all the graphic google images you want but you’ve provided no references or sources for your claims which I know for a fact are a lie as a person who is literally educated on this subject at a formal level. 

Animal welfare fights for the above. Animal welfare groups are the reason there is legislative guidelines, laws and acts in place that protect the welfare of animals and fight against animal cruelty. And animal welfare organisations continue to fight for better welfare rights.

Animal rights groups do not. By definition they believe and fight for “animals to have equal rights to people.” 

They are also considered terrorist organisations because they are violent groups and cause harm to people and the animals they claim they care about based on their education, illogical opinions that are based on lies and misinformation.

The Threat of Extremism to Medical Research: Best Practices to Mitigate Risk through Preparation and Communication - a report that goes into detail about the violence and attack of ARA’s including reports of activists showing up to their homes in the middle of night, and threatening children and families. The report also found that majority of attacks were on individuals and university research facilities rather then your claim of them being on “businesses” 

Animal Liberation Front breaking into laboratories and breaking equipment, causing damage and stealing animals 

Extremists setting fire to the care of a neuroscientist

Who can forget ALF-affiliate Jerry Vlasak’s infamous words during a Senate committee hearing in 2005, saying that killing scientists and biomedical researchers who work with animals can be a “morally justifiable solution.”

Bombing and Arson Attacks by Environmental and Animal Rights Extremists in the United States, 1995-2010

A source from my country on the harm ARA do on animals on farms and  agriculture

And let’s not forget that you idiots know nothing about animals or how to care or them, or the environmental impacts invasive animals have on native ecology, flora and fauna. Cause you think releasing a bunch of animals you stole into the wild is “rescuing” them only for them to either all die, or cause devastating environmental harm.

Thousands of mink dead after activists release 38,000 from Minnesota fur farm

Animal Rights Activists Make Off With One Hundred Mutant Mice ( Many of these rodents likely died soon afterward, as they have weak immune systems.) 

Animal Rights Activists Free Captive Penguin Into The Ocean, Probably Resulting In Its Death 

Do not release animals into the wild 

AR group removed a body, of a family member which bred guinea pigs for Huntingdon Life Sciences, from a grave

Jail for animal rights extremists who stole body of elderly woman from her grave 

ARG threatening to poison turkey’s in supermarket with rat poison 

ARG contaminated 250 tubes of widely used antiseptic Savlon in shops 

Ostrich is freed from a circus by animal rights activists… and is immediately killed when it runs in front of a car

Really I could go on and on because there’s literally so much violence and harm to animals that animal rights groups and self-identified individuals have caused. 

[rudescience]

Have you bought your college books yet?

School is starting back up and some of you people need to spend a lot of money on text books and such.

BUT…. Do you want/need a pdf version of your school text book?

Then you’ve come to the right place. Because I, a pdf scavenger of the dark webs, can find you the pdf version of ANY of your textbooks (with some exceptions ofc).>> For a small fee of 5$.….. (or you can go buy your $300 textbook…i mean, it’s your choice)

This service is free for people who can’t afford it or are going through a tough time monetarily. 

All i would need is.

Book name

One of the authors name

Edition

The time it would take me to get your book can range from a few hours to max 2 days. Payment can be done over paypal or cryptocurrency (bitcoin/ethereum). Other forms of payment (non currency based, like favours and stuff) can be taken in consideration. 

Hit me up on chat if you’re interested. And reblog for your followers if they might need my services. 

[ratafinitysrodents-blog]

This science frand has life cheatcodes

[dumdolly]

being a brat is hard. men love an obedient girl. men love girls who make them feel like they’re in control. men like girls who don’t make them feel challenged, men are threatened by girls who push their buttons.

i’m a brat, i’m a challenge, i’m a button pusher. i will challenge you, i will challenge your authority, and your control. i will push your buttons, i will figure out what pisses you off and tease you with it endlessly, only for you to get so pent up that you wanna fucking murder me.

but what i want is to see that control you have over me, over yourself, the hilarious anger i make you feel. i want for you to know i’m only being such a brat for one thing, to be put in my fucking place.

[dollbreaker]

To each their own. That said, every time I see “brat” I can’t help but read “chore”. I value my time and energy too much to be able to justify spending it unnecessarily, I.e. on needless chores. Life is too short to work just for the sake. That’s boring. Brattiness is boring. I have so much restraint that I’ll lose interest and walk away, with no regrets. 🙂

[dumdolly]

well in contrast i think it’s just as boring (if not more) as someone expecting that i hand over my submission & obedience to them when they haven’t even earned it.

[thirdevee]

Put the effort into your partner, regardless of their sexual tastes. Being challenged by a brat when you want something is the same as taking her out to dinner, listening about her work day, writing a good morning note, etc.

Effort is effort no matter who you are, the type of relationship, or outstanding conditions. If you cannot enjoy the way someone is and give the effort required, you don’t deserve anything in return.

For the other comment on this: in other words, if you cannot enjoy a brat at her sassiest, then don’t deserve your dick to be touched. Don’t be lazy and settle for monotony, lest that’s what you want in return.

[ratafinitysrodents-blog]

Brats! Deserve! Effort! Too!

If a girl is bratty,she gets off on brattiness.stop putting down her kink and personality because you're lazy.

[richkidsandfakefriends-deactiva]

[firesigh-deactivated20181118]

this is the only context i’ll allow country music bc this video is possibly the gayest and most romantic one i’ve seen in my eighteen years on this earth

[bluewildcat71]

I love this.

[ratafinitysrodents-blog]

Reblogging for WHOLESOME CONTENT

[risaphia]

free art!

in celebration of the new year, anyone who reblogs this post will receive a character based on their url / blog ! you can totally keep the character or not, up to you ;*

feel free to tag friends! they will all get done i promise!

[karayanthedm]

Truly? 🐨

[ratafinitysrodents-blog]

Oooo arto

[ultrafacts]

Source

Video of Tama

Follow Ultrafacts for more facts

[majikkant-deactivated20180504]

The picture in the background of the second one

[pizzaismylifepizzaisking]

Tama is boss

[ultrafacts]

[cat-fandom]

THE TRAINS HAVE CARTOON TAMAS ON THEM

[ultrafacts]

Sad update everyone, Tama recently passed away… An estimated 3,000 people, including railway officials, attended Tama the cat’s funeral on Sunday, days after she died of heart failure aged 16. [x]

[retro-geek-deactivated20220412]

For those who haven’t read articles about it, the local shrine elevated her to a god. She’s now the Eternal Stationmaster and patron god of the station.

[karinanotcinerina]

Beautiful.

[system-fail-ure-deactivated2021]

Now I’m crying thanks

[sapphic-matriarchy]

and a new cat was hired right?

[clarenecessities]

yep! her name is Nitama (essentially ”second tama” or “tama II”) and she served under Tama as an apprentice before being appointed her deputy

she works very hard

[beasti]

Everytime this crosses my dash, I reblog. It is the law.

[lafayettelabaguette]

Law

[tooiconic]

I’m crying at 11pm over train cats

[sieunies]

google just made me so emo

[felicitysmoak-queeen]

oh my god I can’t stop crying

[beingbreannaleigh]

From a strictly marketing standpoint. This is the best ad of all time. Like…well fucking done Google.

[awwww-cute]

My dog brought me his bone because i was crying (Source: http://ift.tt/2BIAOKc)

[ratafinitysrodents-blog]

Guys please don't give your dogs these!!they are made of toxic materials and are choking hazards and endless other terrible reasons!

[debrides]

I worked with toddlers and pre schoolers for three years. Sometimes I accidentally slip and tell a friend to say bye to an inanimate object (“say bye bus!”) & occasionally they unthinkingly just do it.

[lesbirdan]

I’m glad there’s a teacher version of “accidentally called teacher ‘mom’”

[hermionegranger]

when I worked at Medieval Times occasionally I would slip in real life and call people “my lord”

[mugsandpugs1-deactivated2019010]

One time during family prayer, dad began: “our father who art in heaven, American Airlines, how can I help you?”

[thomrainierskies]

One time my dad went to the White Castle drive-thru and the lady (who was supposed to say ‘Welcome to White Castle, what’s your crave?’) asked, “Welcome to White Castle, what’s your problem?”

She apologized profusely while my dad proceeded to lose his shit laughing.

[mirab3lle]

Yesterday I went to Wendy’s and the girl said “Welcome to McDonalds” and then just sighed

[ratafinitysrodents-blog]

I work at Domino's while I'm going through college and I said "welcome to Moe's" today and had to walk to the back for a few minutes.

[drawingden]

Water tutorial by POLYCHAETE

[darkcrystalreptiles]

I’ve seen this in a few groups today, but so far no far no one sharing seems to know who to credit for it, I’m hoping perhaps one of you might have seen this before? 

[rainbowsnakes]

It was created by Admin of Advancing herptological husbandry group. 

I have posted the original text that accompanied the image below the cut. 

Keep reading

[plannedparenthood]

There are a lot of different birth control methods out there. Learn more about all your options and find the method that’s best for you. 

[wheremyscalesslither]

Snake Hides

This is a walk through showing how I make hides for my snakes. (dedicated to @xxxkyrareaperxxx)

You will need the following items: 1. Project Panel foam or Styrofoam. Project panel is really great for carving in fine details, but styrofoam gives the hide some texture and allows the covering to stick better.

2. Grout either unsanded or sanded. Sanded grout has sand in it and is really good for rock hides. Either will work though.

3. Hot glue gun and plenty of gluesticks

4. Paintbrush(es)

5. Sandpaper

6. Utility knife and a hobby knife.

7. Sealant. I used concrete sealant and waterproofing. Both have proved effective so far. Get something that will protect the paint and be easy to wash off.

8. Acrylic Paint. Spray paint would also work but takes much longer to air out and is more expensive.

9. Ruler or Measuring tape

Design:

First, draw out your design and write down the measurements. I like to start with a 3D depiction of the hide and transfer that to a 2D version with the measurements so I know what the cuts should look like. Remember to compensate for the thickness of the foam!

Front:

Back:

Cuts:

Next, measure out your foam and cut it to the specifics using your utility knife.

Construction:

Now that it’s all chopped up, glue it together. Do not be shy with your glue. The more glue you use, the stronger your hide will be.

Next, you can start carving the design with your hobby knife. I decided to go with a rock cave sort of design.

If you have extra foam around, you can add even more details. You can also use the sandpaper at this pint to round off edges and shape them.

Grouting:

Next, mix your grout. The best consistency is slightly thicker than paint, but watery enough to spread it as though it were paint. When you have it right, slap that stuff on your hide both on the inside and outside. Fill in any small holes so it will be easier to clean!

Painting:

Now it should be heavier and stronger and is ready for painting! Mix the color you want and get to it! If you want a slightly rocky design mix just a few drops of paint into water until it is opaque. Slosh that on there until it’s covered.

The last step is to seal it- inside and out. Be patient and take your time. The better sealed it is, the easier it will be to clean and the longer it will last. I did 3 coats on each of my hides.

When it is good and sealed, leave the hide out to defume. It will be ready when there is no longer a scent coming from it. This could take days to a week or more. Be sure to wait it out though because fumes may cause respiratory illness in snakes!

Voila!

[poikilomatters]

This is something I’m totally going to do one day!!

[sixlegnag]

Need to make hides for Wyn. Note t'self.