You most definitely can overfeed scorpions and tarantulas. I once had a rose hair that I bought off someone who didn’t have time for it anymore and the little girl was so “fat” that I had to put her in a low top cage to keep her from climbing for a few months until she slimmed down. She would have ruptured if she fell from a height of a foot or more.

And together they will all sing me the song of their people in a glorious harmony of “AHHHH.”

Okay I’m totally going to need some Sealab and Star Trek crossover memes now.

My African Grey could easily cause me serious damage but he does hold back by only giving me warning bites. He thinks he’s being gentle but it still hurts and I don’t ever forget what they are capable of.

Ooo yea rubbing alcohol works too in a pinch. I’ve been lucky enough not to have to do it. I typically stuck to working with our carpet pythons and left the boas to my husband.

No not where I live. When my husband and I kept hot inverts along with our snakes I kept a comprehensive supplemental insurance just in case someone got hurt, but the laws here only apply for reporting illegal animals.

The key to dealing with a (pet) snake bite is to not pull back in fear. Their teeth are definitely like Velcro. Usually I’d just let them go to town and then run some hot tap water over their head. They don’t like the water and immediately let go. With birds you’re getting hurt no matter what you do.

Crazy parrot and reptile lady here to confirm. I would much rather take a bite from a large snake any day of the week than take a bite from one of my birds. I’ve had to get stitches multiple times because of my little feathered assholes.

Had a good snort at that title. Well played.

Well at the the article did sort of explain why the team was pursuing this line of study. Too bad they didn’t learn anything more useful.

Hi Sal, thanks for the update and everything you do here! Glad to hear that everything is okay and I completely understand being busy.😊 Fingers crossed on the new version fixing most of the issued.

I didn’t even know this was coming. I’m beyond excited.

If you’ve ever been in southern VA in the summer you’ll understand the name “Dismal.” It is nice that we have protected wetlands though.

Ah yes, the “Flounder” of the snek world.

This article makes it sound like the hospital was attacked when it was the lab/pathology service provider that was attacked. So no access to lab tests/results means no care. I am real interested in knowing what lab information system they are using. My guess is that software company had their servers attacked thus shutting down access to the software.

I can hear the vocal inflections in this comic.

My theory on this is we use the imperial weights when describing the size in relation to the jail time associated with getting caught with it and then switch to metric for personal use.

I’m using mine almost exclusively now. My PS4 is dying and I don’t want a PS5 so I’m currently buying my favorite games from that system in steam. Occasionally I’ll co-op game on the Xbox with my husband and I’ll pick up my switch whenever I get the itch to play animal crossing. But truthfully my vision is getting worse as I get older so the steam deck has become my favorite. My only regret is not getting the version with bigger storage. I haven’t tried streaming games from my PC yet but that’s my only option right now for larger games like Forza.

I agree. The same thing with the words idiot and moron. I find the whole evolution and usage of words to be fascinating.

That is awesome.