If you have rats, don’t let them interact with other small pets (or larger pets, for that matter). They can and possibly will attack, kill, and attempt to eat other animals of similar or smaller size even when well-fed, because they are instinctively predatory.
Also, don’t let your cats near your small pets. Even cats who “would NEVER hurt them”. Cats have bacteria in their saliva that can easily cause lethal infections from something as small as a scratch from a tooth, a lick to thin skin, or the slightest nick from a recently groomed claw.
i saw this post earlier about therapists and it reminded me of my old therapist paul, who in my opinion is one of the greatest men alive and who did not put up with my bullshit for even one second
anyway i go in to see paul one week in the summer of 2016, and i’m doing my usual bullshit which consists of me talking shit about myself, and paul is staring at me, and then he cuts me off and says that he’s got a new tool for helping people recognize when they’re using negative language, and gets up and goes over to his desk
and i’m like alright hit me with that sweet sweet self-help article my man, because i’m a linguistic learner and whenever paul’s like here i have a tool for you to use it’s pretty much always an article or a book or something
paul opens a drawer, takes something out, and turns back around. i stare.
i say, paul.
is that a nerf gun.
yeah, says paul.
i say, are you gonna shoot me with a nerf gun in this professional setting.
he happily informs me that that’s really up to me, isn’t it. and sits back down. and gestures, like, go ahead, what were you saying?
and i squint suspiciously and start back up about how i’m having too much anxiety to leave the house to run errands, like it was a miracle to even get here, like i’ve forgone getting groceries for the past week and that’s so stupid, what a stupid issue, i’m an idiot, how could i–
a foam dart hits me in the leg.
i go, hey! because my therapist just shot me in the leg. paul blinks at me placidly and raises an eyebrow. i squint again.
i say, slowly, it’s– not a stupid issue, i’m not stupid, but it’s frustrating me and i don’t want it to be a problem i’m having.
no dart this time. okay. sweet.
so the rest of the hour passes with me intermittently getting nailed with tiny foam darts and then swearing and then fixing my language and, wouldn’t you know it, i start liking myself a little more by the end of the session, which is mildly infuriating because paul can tell and he’s very smug about it
anyway i leave his office and the lady having the next appointment walks in and i hear what’s all over the floor? and paul very seriously says cognitive behavioral therapy tools.
If I go into clinical work I am stealing this idea.
The Rosary Pea, (Abrus precatorius) named so for it’s frequent use in Rosaries, is highly toxic thanks to high levels of Abrin found inside the seeds. Each seed contains more than enough to kill an adult human, though the seeds are quite safe as long as they are intact. If you have any jewelry made with these pea’s, be very careful not to chew them!
These are also used to make bracelets sometimes. That’s a problem because, when you put a hole through the seed, the toxin inside can escape. If worn over long periods of time, the toxin can absorb through the skin. Best not to wear those.
And here’s our average joe, who was just explained five minutes ago how curling works.
Here’s Stacey, she’s ice skated twice in her whole life and today she competes beside the best in the world and-oh she fell again. What a good sport look at her get up using the wall.
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