Non-Fish Pets

[Goldie Blue]

On 7/19/2023 at 12:33 AM, TheSwissAquarist said:

but I keep stick insects,

What are the species? Your first post looked so much like my ghost mantis, I assumed it was a praying mantis!

[TheSwissAquarist]

On 7/19/2023 at 6:55 PM, Goldie Blue said:

What are the species? Your first post looked so much like my ghost mantis, I assumed it was a praying mantis!

Extatosoma Tiariatum, also known as the prickly stick insect. 

[Minanora]

I have two doxies and six chickens.

Doxies: Reno (under the blanket) and Rainy.

Chooks:

Light colored is Princess Peach "peaches"

Darkest neck, Susu.

One with a bit of gold on the neck and face, Hiker

One that looks almost like Susu, Merlin

One that's lighter than both Susu and Merlin, Fidget

Smallest one that has the most consistent barring, Tinkerbell "Tinki"

Left to right: Susu, Peaches, Hiker, Fidget, Merlin, Tinki.

 

Edited July 20, 2023 by Minanora
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[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

@Minanora @laritheloud Do your chickens ever lay blue eggs?  My friend has a chicken that lays blue ones.  Pretty neat.

[laritheloud]

On 7/20/2023 at 10:06 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

@Minanora @laritheloud Do your chickens ever lay blue eggs?  My friend has a chicken that lays blue ones.  Pretty neat.

Yes! My Easter egger lays blue and my Opal legbar will lay blue. I have an olive egger too!

[Minanora]

On 7/20/2023 at 7:06 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

@Minanora @laritheloud Do your chickens ever lay blue eggs?  My friend has a chicken that lays blue ones.  Pretty neat.

All of my girls are supposedly sapphire olive eggers....

Mine are squatting and singing the song of their people like they laid an egg, but no eggs yet, 14 weeks old and the first squat, from Susu, was at 12 weeks. She's also laying in the nesting box, moving bedding and such.

Anyway, my point is that they may lay eggs in shades of green. But there's a chance that they may lay blue, pink, or brown eggs as well. 🤷‍♀️

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Parents’ pup. Has white socks

 

Edited July 23, 2023 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[smm333]

3 hens, a quail, 2 red eared sliders approaching 30 years old, 3 kitties, a dog and of course my fish & shrimp & frogs.

Picture of Jo dog, Toulouse and Olive

[TheSwissAquarist]

On 7/23/2023 at 9:19 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Parents’ pup. Has white socks

 

That face has seen too many aquarium stuff. 
-“What is this scary contraption and what is it doing here?!?”

[Hobbit]

Looks like I don’t have enough recent pictures of my hens! But here’s Fluffy, our friendliest chicken, who recently hopped up onto my back when I bent down for something. She’s not allowed to do that anymore after she pecked me in the eye in 2018, but she doesn’t think any rules apply to her at all, ever. And yes, she did poop on me.

Here’s a picture from a few months ago. We hadn’t been getting eggs for a while, and I decided to go hunting under the coop.

This summer I decided to help out the local butterfly population and raised some black swallowtail caterpillars. Their mom laid eggs on our dill plant (which we plant specifically for caterpillars). We raised and released five butterflies!

And then of course, an obligatory picture of the queen of the house, Rosemary. Here she is ready for bed. Not sure where I was supposed to sleep. 😄

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 7/26/2023 at 5:40 AM, Hobbit said:

Looks like I don’t have enough recent pictures of my hens! But here’s Fluffy, our friendliest chicken, who recently hopped up onto my back when I bent down for something. She’s not allowed to do that anymore after she pecked me in the eye in 2018, but she doesn’t think any rules apply to her at all, ever. And yes, she did poop on me.

Here’s a picture from a few months ago. We hadn’t been getting eggs for a while, and I decided to go hunting under the coop.

This summer I decided to help out the local butterfly population and raised some black swallowtail caterpillars. Their mom laid eggs on our dill plant (which we plant specifically for caterpillars). We raised and released five butterflies!

And then of course, an obligatory picture of the queen of the house, Rosemary. Here she is ready for bed. Not sure where I was supposed to sleep. 😄

That's awesome!  You are Enjoying Nature Daily :)

[nabokovfan87]

Those butterflies are amazing. Nice work!

[Twood]

I’ve always wanted to try a bird and a Juliana pig. Someday! If I ever get them I will post pics!

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Clean laundry sorted!  I sorted it on a towel so no cat hair from the bed would get on it!

 

 

 

Edited August 13, 2023 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[nabokovfan87]

But warm laundry is the best for naps!

[Cinnebuns]

Yesterday I got a betta from the LFS for free as a surrender since it wasn't doing well. Spoiler alert:  it died before I even went to sleep. But this isn't about him...

I was quick setting up a hospital tank to care for the guy. I rinsed it out, placed it on a stand, put the heater in, then I went to fill a bucket of water to start filling the tank. When I got back my 2 year old cat was sitting in the tank just looking at me. It's almost as if she was saying "well, it's a box, what did you expect?" Haha. 

[Odd Duck]

On 8/11/2023 at 3:00 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

 

Looks like a Mississippi kite just cooling off his toes and getting a nice drinkums.  Nice vid!  Cool visitor!

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 8/14/2023 at 4:51 AM, Odd Duck said:

Looks like a Mississippi kite just cooling off his toes and getting a nice drinkums.  Nice vid!  Cool visitor!

The hawk is primarily brown/tan and when it flies there are very noticeable white stripes on its tail.  (FL region.)

 

It landed on a branch near me this weekend and seems unafraid.

Edited August 14, 2023 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[Odd Duck]

I think that might be a juvie transitioning to adult plumage.  Juvies have flecked breasts and as they transition they can be a bit hard to identify at a distance.  We have juvenile Kites all over the place here right now and I saw that very light head and looked like a light tail, too.  Can you see if the tail is forked?  I can’t make it out clearly enough.  There aren’t many US raptors that have a very pale head.

The other that occurs to me is a red shouldered hawk based more on the body and ignoring the head color in case that’s just the way the light is hitting it.  Lots of juvie red shoulders around right now, too, but you’ll usually find them in a group, seldom alone unless they’re in trouble.

Just found a listing that says Florida red shoulders are paler with a grey head and back!  That’s probably what you have there.  Not too common to see them alone so keep a close eye out for re-appearances.  It could potentially be getting into trouble.

[nabokovfan87]

Ya'll are just making me want to play the bird game!

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 8/14/2023 at 11:41 AM, Odd Duck said:

Can you see if the tail is forked?

I can't tell when it is perched; I'd have to catch it mid-flight to tell.

On 8/14/2023 at 11:41 AM, Odd Duck said:

red shouldered hawk

suuuuuuper common in my area.

On 8/14/2023 at 11:41 AM, Odd Duck said:

Not too common to see them alone so keep a close eye out for re-appearances.  It could potentially be getting into trouble.

I think it may have made a nest up in my tree because we feed squirrels in the backyard. 🙄 It had one in its talon the one day and 7 or 8 of our crows went ballistic, causing a huge scene, and the hawk let the squirrel go, and the crows ran the hawk off.  Crows were cawing, hawk was screeching - you could hear them at least 2 blocks away; I could see them over the rooftops.  The crows DO NOT like the hawk at all.

Edited August 14, 2023 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[MattyM]

They like watching the tanks, sometimes a bit too closely…

[Mmiller2001]

The trio.

[Otto]

My Mister. He's 17 years old - I got him from the SPCA 5 years ago. In case you're wondering, he couldn't care less about my fish.