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One of our kitties has had a bit of fur ripped off her throat, and she's got a scab there. It looks like she got in a fight with one of the others, and last night we noticed it was worse, which probably means she was in another fight. We have to keep her isolated until it heals. She seems alright, but it's a bit of a bummer - and surprising, given that she's usually the one who wins the fights.

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[ATTACH=CONFIG]1342[/ATTACH] my 3 yr old pit/lab Geronimo. Probably the biggest pussy I ever met, but hes a good dog and is pretty much my life. I had a lot of reptiles growing up, even bred boas for a few years. Had 13 snakes in my house at one point, I bowed out when I started moving around more, doubt I'll go back to it but I would like to get another red tail some day.

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You'd never know it by looking at him but my lab/retriever is seven now. Seriously he still acts like a puppy. Destroys his toys (and my shoes), chases his tail endlessly, picks up his lead when he thinks it's about time for a walk. I'm fine with all of that but when he's supposed to be working and decides to pinch my lunch instead that's going too far. Fortunately that hasn't happened for a while.

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[ATTACH=CONFIG]1342[/ATTACH] my 3 yr old pit/lab Geronimo. Probably the biggest pussy I ever met' date= but hes a good dog and is pretty much my life. I had a lot of reptiles growing up, even bred boas for a few years. Had 13 snakes in my house at one point, I bowed out when I started moving around more, doubt I'll go back to it but I would like to get another red tail some day.:D
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Nah' date=' it isn't a stupid question, regarding the fact that she is a parrot. A small specie though, which aren't able to speak, or very hard to teach them :)[/quote'] Didn't know that. I've always thought how fun would be having a speaking parrot :P As good as he doesn't learn a curse :D
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Didn't know that. I've always thought how fun would be having a speaking parrot :P As good as he doesn't learn a curse :D
It's certainly cool to have a speaking one, but those are way bigger and get much older. The small ones, like this can already get between 15 and 25 years, but those bigger ones can easily reach 80 years. And they require a lot of attention. So would never recommend to get one that's able to talk, altough they are pretty cool indeed.
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