Zookeeper Gabe's Animal Thread V6.0

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next dog i get, im going to adopt


my friend works at a shelter and she always sends me pics of the scutest puppies alive
 
fightingrabbit said:
I've always wondered if Sea Lions attack people or swimmers underwater. They always seem like they could fuck shit up when I see them at the pier.

Also did the dog died?
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Out of water they can be pretty mean, especially Sea Lions. I have seen them play with dogs in the water. We had a Male California Sea Lion Kill a dog on a dock, not too long ago.

I have had them swim around with me before, while free diving. Mostly just being curious. I did have a Harbor seal once grab my fins while diving, and nip at me. it scared the crap out of me, and I got out of the water. I'm glad it wasn't a sea lion.
 
@Thai-love bombardier beetles. Really cool defense

@champ-good on you brother. Adoption is te best way. Wayyy to many homeless critters out there.

@second- I love that video.
 
seatea said:
A meerkat-keeper glassed a monkey keeper who was the ex-girlfriend of her llama-keeper boyfriend at London Zoo's Christmas party.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/london-zoo-meerkat-keeper-convicted-of-glassing-monkey-keeper-girlfriend-of-llama-carer-ex-boyfriend-a6668181.html

I reckon Gabe's been in dozens of situations like this, his female workmates fighting over him with more savagery than any of the animals they look after could muster.
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Oh yeah. All the time


When I saw the headline I could have sworn it was an onion article.
 
Curious how yall handle animal injuries and rehab.

My dog was showing some pretty bad lameness in his rear right leg so I took him to the vet. After an x-ray the Vet thought it was bone cancer and wanted me to see a specialist. My wife and I were pretty bummed out and thought we were going to have his leg amputated at the least but the specialist was quickly able to determine he just had a torn ACL. Had the surgery done and a few weeks later and he's doing great. Still pretty much constant confinement but he is using his leg and I feel that he'll heal just fine. The first vet I went to was a place I always had bad vibes from but I'm just glad he does not have cancer.

Have yall ever done major surgeries or rehabs on your animals? The specialist offers rehab with swimming facilities and such but she was very impressed with his improvement that we should be fine doing our work at home.
 
Sorry this hear about needing surgery but that's way better than cancer. Rehab isn't a bad thing as it helps the muscles get stronger in low impact environments. Not every animal needs that and if he's doing well on his own good. It may be good for him to just to give him something different to do
 
jefferz said:
Fox are very cool. The kids are so darn cute. I had a mom come have her kids under an old play house 10 yards from my house for a couple of years.
They never messed with any of the farm animals, they'd bark at the cat but she got to where she wouldn't even pay attention.

Crappy pic, but my first batch of cichlids are coloring up nicely.
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I love Fox. I actually looked into getting a domesticated one, but apparently they stink and are assholes once they mature. Also really expensive.

Gabe is going to nab a tree kangaroo for me anyhow.
 
I just saw a segment on a show that airs here in Canada called Daily Planet. It's the brazilian wandering spider. Apparently when bitten, the venom will cause 4 hour erections. So scientists are trying to study it for erectile dysfunction.

 
Goats are assholes. My wife works at a gentleman's farm that has a few goats. Goats only have one game they play. I think it's called 'Hammer'. Because they'll bash you and bash you with their head. Asshole tried playing the game with me. After two rounds I punched him in the neck.
 
Gabe any animals you would or have refused to work with?
 
Zookeeper Gabe said:
I fucking love this gif though. This is a spider-tailed horned viper Pseudocerastes urarachnoides.

Video the gif is from.
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That's a nasty trick. I feel like the bird should get his money back.
 
Hi Zookeeper Gabe. I used to read and visit your threads a lot and now I have returned. I tried finding it in earlier threads and didn't see it obviously talked about. What do you think about Sugar Gliders as pets? Just from doing some reading, they seem smart and loyal. They aren't smelly and don't eat/poop a lot. They can live 12-14 years and bond with a family.

Do you recommend getting 2 of them as family pets?
 
theocean said:
Gabe any animals you would or have refused to work with?
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Nothing I refuse to work with. But there's certainly animals I don't really have a desire to work with.
Cetaceans, great apes, elephants, giraffe and most hoof stock do nothing for me. I also really don't like large parrots
 
Gabe what is the best type of medicine to get rid of fleas on a dog? Is it the expensive pills?
 
TheNinja said:
Hi Zookeeper Gabe. I used to read and visit your threads a lot and now I have returned. I tried finding it in earlier threads and didn't see it obviously talked about. What do you think about Sugar Gliders as pets? Just from doing some reading, they seem smart and loyal. They aren't smelly and don't eat/poop a lot. They can live 12-14 years and bond with a family.

Do you recommend getting 2 of them as family pets?
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Things to consider when getting an animal like a sugar glider. They are nocturnal (make noises at night), most of them pee all over you during handling, can afford large enough cage, have a local vet who is knowledgable in treating them and have access to proper diets for them (not a huge deal with the internets now)

They can be rewarding pets if done right. Do tons of research before getting them and try and meet the animals before an actual purchase.
 
Came across these today. An olive python eating a freshwater crocodile in Australia.

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Nope.
 
RBO 75 said:
Gabe what is the best type of medicine to get rid of fleas on a dog? Is it the expensive pills?
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I know a few people who have been having really good luck with the serestro collar. It's expensive but it lasts 8 months and seems to work well. It has been a bad year for fleas everywhere.
 
I'm new to these threads, but I'm guessing y'all posted that vid of a python puking up a buffalo (or something) somewhere in versions 1-5?

Edit: I see that YouTube is chock full of vomming snakes these days. Forget I said anything.
 
MusclesMarinara said:
Goats are assholes. My wife works at a gentleman's farm that has a few goats. Goats only have one game they play. I think it's called 'Hammer'. Because they'll bash you and bash you with their head. Asshole tried playing the game with me. After two rounds I punched him in the neck.
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Asshole goats have been the source of one of my favorite interweb videos. So for that, I salute them.

 
bref said:
Came across these today. An olive python eating a freshwater crocodile in Australia.

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Nope.
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How large is the Croc and how large is the python? Can that python actually survive that?
 
MusclesMarinara said:
Goats are assholes. My wife works at a gentleman's farm that has a few goats. Goats only have one game they play. I think it's called 'Hammer'. Because they'll bash you and bash you with their head. Asshole tried playing the game with me. After two rounds I punched him in the neck.
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Also wtf is a gentlemens farm? Is it like a gentlemens club but with animals instead of strippers? If so, where can I find one of these farms.
 
MadSquabbles500 said:
How large is the Croc and how large is the python? Can that python actually survive that?
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Olive pythons get very large upwards of 20'. That one is probably in the 12'-15' range and freshies are actually pretty small. Only Around 5-6'.

And yes that snake isn't going to eat again for about 2-3 months.
 
sverre054 said:
Out of water they can be pretty mean, especially Sea Lions. I have seen them play with dogs in the water. We had a Male California Sea Lion Kill a dog on a dock, not too long ago.

I have had them swim around with me before, while free diving. Mostly just being curious. I did have a Harbor seal once grab my fins while diving, and nip at me. it scared the crap out of me, and I got out of the water. I'm glad it wasn't a sea lion.
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There is a small beach in La Jolla San Diego, where you can get very close to the Sea Lions. Basically, they beach and rest themselves on the beach there. So you can get like 3 ft close to them. I threw seaweed at them one time, and they just let out a big yelp. I swam up pretty close to two of them while they were play fighting in the water.
 
fightingrabbit said:
Also wtf is a gentlemens farm? Is it like a gentlemens club but with animals instead of strippers? If so, where can I find one of these farms.
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YOu beat me to it, but I was gonna say, are the farmhands all scantily clad females who handle the animals and strip while doing so.
 
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