#sluiceway

[snowflakeeel]

My mom doesn’t want to get a heater for my (soon to be) mantis tank cause it might melt the ikea shelf it’s on

ok but assuming that’s an out-of-the-water-bug type of mantis then I kinda understand that. There is a remote chance that an under-tank pad heater thing could malfunction and like mayyyybe it could get hot enough to melt something ( i know those heating rock things do it sometimes)

but with an underwater heater it’s really not even a worry? like in order to melt a plastic tank it would not only have to malfunction and heat up the tank WAY too much (more than i think the voltage would let it tbh) but it would have to heat it for a really long time to get the water hot enough to melt the plastic. it would basically have to be boiling (or higher than boiling, depending on the plastic). even if it malfunctioned and tried it’s hardest I dont think a 10 gallon heater could melt a plastic tank filled with water. 

water has such a high specific heat that it’s really a non-issue imo. 

[kaijutegu]

Hi do you know anything on mantis care? I intend to get a Giant Asian soon and was wondering if you had any tips

I’ve hatched out plenty of bb mantises,- an important tip is “don’t give them a water dish, they will friggin’ drown.” At least that’s true for babies. Water crystals, misting, a sponge... those are much safer!

Also, give ‘em plenty of nice plants to hide in! If you can swing it, give them a real plant!

[petcareawareness]

Hey do you guys have any tips for a first time insect owner? We’re intending to get a Giant Asian Mantis for the 10g terrarium in my room - sluiceway

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I really don’t know anything about invertebrates. @pumpkinthesandboa do you have any advice?

- Dark

[starrynightstims]

Hi i just want to say how much i adore the slime rancher banners!!! Fuk u anon these are lovely and cute af

I know right, the slime rancher ones are my favorite. They’re made by @stimmy-fae

[cupidanorak]

your art is cute af holy shit

<3<3<3 Jeeze, thank you. I’ve been feeling so bad about my art lately so it’s nice to hear otherwise. 

[hurricaneclouds]

so i was read ur about and i know this prolly sound dumb/ignorant but I googled it and still don't get it so?? what does truscum and trucute and those terms mean???? sorry if this is annoying or dumb

borrowing genderofthedays answer because i don't think i'd do a good job answering

"They’re the gender police. If you say you’re trans and don’t have intense gender dysphoria then they come to your house and write you a ticket for “transtrending”. Then they smash your lawn gnomes.

But seriously it’s short for “true transexual scum” and it refers to trans people (there are cis people who call themselves this too, but they’re actually just cis transphobes) who believe being trans is a medical condition and if you don’t have intense dysphoria, you aren’t really trans, aka a “transtrender”. They generally hate on non-binary folks a lot. They’re super racist and don’t acknowledge that non-binary genders have existed all over the world in all sorts of cultures without dysphoria (one of the reasons you don’t hear about them much anymore is cause of western colonization) for countless years."

[iwakura]

hanging w/ sluiceway and her bun 💖

[ectonurites]

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$ = You’re awesome

# = I love your blog

! = You inspire me

aHHHHhhhHHHH thanks omg!