They're Creatures To Me

personal-ish, often animal-related sideblog to indigoriffraff Current critters: Estelle, dwarf hamster Lydia, Linda, Lucy, Sunshine, and George, Ancona ducks Stripey, nerite snail I work at an animal shelter so you'll see some beasties from there too

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"why do I feel so terrible?"

-person who forgot to take their not-feeling-terrible medication

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So this post is the single reason I took my meds today. Reblogging out of duty.

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immediately after this she fell off the platform and didn't even drop her food. just kept on eating while I'm like "OH NO ARE YOU OK???"

(there's a gap between the platform and the side of the bin that I can't really avoid, this is the only time I've seen her fall and it's not very far)

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Small Creature Sunday

occasionally it's actually possible to get a nice picture of her

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her EYES

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visit from the eyeball fairy! welcome to Looking, kids!

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baaaabies

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have you Looked At Her? you should.

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Have you ever been bitten by an animal?

Yes and it was my fault

Yes and it was the animals fault

No but i know somone who was bit

No

Voting ended onFeb 17, 2023

If you said yes to the first 3 please explain in the tags what animal it was and what was the damage

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dryer lint that came to life (affectionate)

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dryer lint that came to life (affectionate)

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A belated Merry Crittermas from Estelle!

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my aquarium AKA soggy houseplants and snails

I had a betta for a bit but she died from Mystery Problems and I decided to just stick to snails and plants. There's two nerite snails and I'll add a magenta or purple mystery snail when I can get my hands on one

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Estelle's habitat! It's a 50 gallon bin cage. There's a large sand bath hidden under the platform too. She seems pretty happy with it! I'm really glad I went with a 10" wheel, it might seem a bit big for a dwarf hamster but I do think the extra size helps her have a little more control and not get flipped or thrown off. She's my first ham and I did a lot of fussing over choices like that 😅

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New sideblog to keep my animal-related posts in one place, kind of. Mostly original posts here.

You'll be seeing pictures of and posts about my own animals (mainly Estelle) as well as other creatures I meet (mainly shelter dogs and cats because I have a part time job at the local shelter) and thoughts on creature stuff (animal care, behavior, training, etc.). Newbie animal training enjoyer with the goal of eventually having the knowledge and experience to become a Certified Professional Dog Trainer and also... maybe feel competent enough to train people's dogs in exchange for money. Also somewhere in there is the goal of getting to a place in life where I can have a dog (the dog in question will be Small and possibly A Little Weird).

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Meet Estelle! She's a hybrid dwarf hamster, age unknown but assumed to be on the younger side, came home 11/20/22, a perfect creature