#whatabodtit

[amazingpetenclosures]

I’m adopting a blind leopard gecko, but I’ve never owned a gecko before. I know they need to be real dry and all the other basic care requirements, but for a blind one in particular do you think I should use a smaller enclosure to insure he doesn’t get lost on the cool side or get hurt on something in there? He gets around okay, and he’s active, but he can’t catch his own food and has to be hand fed. Any advice would be appreciated!!

Oh no, poor thing! D: I’d be really interested to see his feeding response, honestly. I imagine that, if his food wiggles against his chin or mouth, he probably takes it pretty easily? Or what about smelly foods? I don’t really recommend feeding canned insects to geckos, but they do tend to have a pretty obvious smell to them (so do crickets if they’re kept in a container for more than a few days). I wonder if he’d be able to find those and know what they were? Very interesting, you’ll have to try a few different things and see what works best for him! And don’t forget to calcium dust them for him :)

But if he gets around well, I wouldn’t worry overly about how big the enclosure is. You may not want to go overboard, but a twenty gallon long or something similar would still be perfect. It’s very doubtful he’ll get lost or wont be able to find his way from cool side to warm spot, etc, since he’ll be able to feel the temperature difference. And, since he’s blind, you’ll have to make sure to give him lots of different textures for enrichment. The only thing you may want to be careful about is how tall you stack things, just to be safe in case he takes an unexpected tumble off the top of something. You also may want to set it up quite bare/basic for a the first few weeks; make sure to have an established area for his hot spot, water bowl, humid hide, etc. and let him get used to where all the important basics are before you start adding in other obstacles. And when cleaning and rearranging, I’d probably be sure to always leave those few things in the same place so he’s sure to have an easy time finding them and using them to orient himself with his position in the enclosure.

[actuallyservicedogs]

So, I’m trying to get a ESA, but I’m not entirely sure how the process works. I know I need like a therapist letter/“prescription”, but I’d like for my ESA to be my pet that I’m already used to, comfortable and familiar with. Is that allowed, and how am I supposed to go about registering her? I live in North Carolina, if that changes anything

There is no registration for ESAs and it doesn’t matter what animal you get. You can get whatever animal you would like and all you need to do is get a doctor’s note stating your need. That’s it. There is no special process. 

I also want to reiterate that ESAs do not have public access rights. 

Chelsea

[shikitsune]

1, 8, 10, and 13 for the gay ask thing!! (Sorry it took so long to see yours o m g)

1. describe your idea of a perfect date

Hmm.. I guess the most important part for me is that we get along with each other and that it wouldn’t turn too awkward. I don’t really care about the time and place as long as it’s with someone who makes me laugh and who I can make laugh and.. who is a nice person in general. With good company, anything can turn into an adventure.

8. opinion on nap dates?

Sign me the f up!! I love napping and I’ve heard that when you sleep together with someone it automatically strengthens the trust and closeness between those people. Also, I would love to cuddle someone someday T^T

10. dog gay or cat gay?

I love both cats and dogs but I think I lean more towards dogs because I was raised among them ^^ And I know wayyyyy more about dogs than I do about cats so.. ^^;

13. what is a misconception you had about lgb people before you realized you were one?

Hooooo boy. I’m sorry but this is going to turn dark.. Long story short, I am not exactly proud of the fact that I was raised to be a homophobe. The people in my family treated lgbt people like they were these sick, twisted people who only lived in sin and only followed their sexual urges. Even after I realized I sure as hell wasn’t a heterosexual, I was convinced that the feelings I had were sinful and when I told about them to my family, they flipped their shit completely and said things like “that’s so gross, not in our family, you don’t know what you’re saying, it’s a shock to hear your own daughter say that” etc. Needless to say I was pretty devastated because I had these feelings I couldn’t stop (even though my family said I could if I just wanted to) and that were certainly going to make me “go to hell”. Luckily I had the right group of friends who taught me the truth, to embrace this side of me and eventually saved me from becoming a hateful person. Still to this day I struggle with extreme feelings of guilt and uninvited thoughts towards minorities because of the hate and negativity I was raised to believe since I was very little. It has been a process but now I can proudly say that I side with love and humane values. One thing is certain, I will not teach my own children to follow the philosophy “The people who are not like me are less human” because the one that’s going to suffer the most from that type of thinking is the one who is raised to think like that.

I might have gotten a little sidetracked there but it’s a topic I have so many thoughts on that I could write a book about it lol.

Thank you for the ask!!

[amazingpetenclosures]

So I got three mice today and they've been in their cage for a couple hours now. It's a good size, three levels, two hides, chew toys, all that Keep Your Mouse Healthy jazz. It's 1/4" spaced bars, but at the top there's one bar that's a little bigger, like, maybe 1/3". The smallest of the three mice climbed to the top and got out. I got her back in before she ran off, and I set books on top of that bar. What can I do to fix this?

Hmm. The easiest and quickest fix would probably be to run to a hardware store and buy hardware cloth and wrap a strip around the top area. It comes in different grades/sizes, so make sure to grab quarter inch and not something that the grid will be too large.

[bigbrothermatsuoka]

whatabodtit reblogged your post and added: “all caught up to date!”

Missed u pal

!!!!!!!!! I MISSED YOU TOO!!! It’s been a while! ♥

[wafflesex]

Wait can u link me to this theatre screening please

Funimation hasn’t uploaded their page yet for more detailed info on the screenings, but they said it should be up sometime towards the end of this month!

[realtransfacts]

Im transmale and I saw you say a little bit ago that you should censor the T slur if you're not transfeminine and I was just wondering why, if it's a slur used against both transmasculine and transfeminine people?

When will people stop trying to debate slurs with me…

The t slur is a transmisogynistic slur. It is directed at trans women and transfeminine people, so they are the only ones who can reclaim it.

It is sometimes misused against other trans people, yes, but that doesn’t give us the right to use it ourselves.

Like, I’ve been called a b–ch more times than I can count, but I am not a woman and I know that slur is not about me and that it is not my place to try to reclaim it.

Honestly I am so sick of explaining slurs to people on this blog I’m probably just going to delete any more messages I get about this. So stop trying.

(Also nicely done saying “both transmasculine and transfeminie people” as if all trans people are one of those things lol. Guess what: I’m neither of them.)

[bigbrothermatsuoka]

When you get this you have to say 5 nice things about yourself publicly, then send it to 10 of your favorite followers (positivity is cool)

awwwwwWWW THANK BRRIII <333

alright sooo 5 things about myself

1. I’m improving my speaking skills which is something I’ve been facing all my life <3

2. I’m a patient person

3. I have white teeth (which was something I haven’t noticed until my 3rd grade teacher told me back in the spring xD)

4. Call me cheesy, but I’m a creative person when it comes to graphic designs (I may not be the best, but I’m slowly starting to like the outcomes of my designs ouo).

5. I’m pretty dedicated to what I love to do :3c