about taylor nicole dean. one thing that baffles me is how... flippant she is about her pets.
i have one pet that belongs solely to me: my betta named Auri-El. it took MONTHS to prepare the tank. it took so much time perusing countless threads, videos, pages, articles, etc. to get a comfortable amount of knowledge of the care required to take care of a BETTA. a BETTA, one of the most popular and common fish to take care of, also considered one of the hardiest and easiest around, took months of preparation-- not for me but for many others, too.
he means the world to me, that fish. his tank parameters requires careful watch, along with a watch of how he’s behaving and looking. one sharp raise in ammonia, for whatever reason, can be detrimental. a white spot can eventually grow into more white spots and kill him. he’s a fucking betta. and yet caring for him can take hours of my time. yes, yes, she did quit her job (at fucking ... petco..) to dedicate more time to her animals and channel; but HELL, hours are dedicated for ONE BETTA. SHE HAS 20+ ANIMALS AND COUNTING. anyways...
she... buys pets, like they’re nothing? she gets upwards of 5 in one day, sometimes? she names them. she poses with them. she flaunts them around. she might pump out an “educational” video on them, as if she’s an expert when she is not only a hobbyist but a hoarder. and then, often-times, if they’re not pretty or cool enough to be on her social media, we don’t hear about them for weeks and months.
i’ve been thinking about and slowly but surely looking into getting an african fat tail gecko (she only has a leopard gecko but ill use that as a comparison as they’re similar enough) and it takes me hours to think of which tank to choose. what hide to get. how to work out the layout of the tank and what’s the best lamp(s) to get. my food plan. what morph is in my price-range and pleasing to me-- after finding a reputable place to buy it from. the name. how to work the care required into my schedule.
she impulse-buys. she either researches for a DAY AT MOST (which scratches at the surface) and then buys the reptile/fish at some reptile expo, working out carefully NOT how the animal looks in terms of health, but how pretty it looks because she lets the animals “come to” her. (you have 10 fucking lizards in front of you in little containers Taylor it’s not a fucking spiritual experience nor designer clothes browsing) OR she buys the pet because it looks cool and she knows less than one care sheet of information about them, and THEN researches. never-mind that her “research” results in pretty much the bare minimum for each animal she goddamn has.
when she can’t care for a pet? she gives it off. hands it to a friend or a fan or something who seems remotely interested. you don’t... fucking do that. most lizards and sometimes fish live for YEARS. you know that when you buy them. you are aware of the commitment. pets, no matter a fish or a lizard, are not things to take care of for a year and then hand off because you don’t want to care for it anymore. and now that she has a newborn, crusty and unhealthy looking kitten (oh. wait. never-mind. two, because after the one died she thinks that newborn kittens need more newborn kittens for companionship. how about a fucking adult cat, if anything), i fear what might happen if he doesn’t die. you just don’t do that to so many damn pets.
it’s just. baffling. i dont get it. i really don’t understand. she claims to care for animals and pets but she’s been getting worse ALL YEAR and i fear the safety of her animals, and the impressionable kids that follow her through hell and back that believe every lie about animal husbandry she feeds them.