I though Gus was allergic to himself but it turns out he’s actually allergic to everything except himself. Let him eat something tossed in the yard by a neighbor and its over for him, rash, itching, unhappy dog. Laugh if you will, I think he’s also allergic to the cat. Heck, I’m allergic to cats but I never dreamed dogs could be allergic to them.
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One of the things frogs are good for is escaping their enclosure. They’ll find the smallest hole to jump out of then next thing you know you find a dried up body someplace. Well, the other day when I woke I did my routine critter head count and found the albino clawed frog had escaped overnight. I looked all around for her with no success until finally I settled on the probability that Mary Jane found the frog and did her kitty thing on it. I tried to put it out of my head because I didn’t want to think about if she suffered or not. It may ‘just’ be a frog to some but this is my pet we’re talking about. To think of what could have been done to her was a bit much so I tried to put it out of my head.
I just spent 30 min chasing this rascal out in the cold.
Yesterday evening, late yesterday evening he was brought to me. As we walked in the house I fell flat on my back with him in my arms then today I chased him for 30 min. He’s cute but I’m so happy he’s being adopted Monday. I’m too old for this shit.
I have 2 hours before I need to head off to work which means I need to get my head together. I’m in a fog but I need to get clear so I can drive and look half ways normal.
It’s been quiet here with Janie or as I like to call her, Miss Jane Thing. Here’s a few shots of Janie in the box my doll came in. When I got the doll I ripped open the package like I’d never gotten anything in the mail before then I made the mistake of walking away from the box at which point Janie decided it belonged to her.
I like that the lady who sold me the doll re-used packing materials. She turned Christmas paper inside out, recycled packing tissue paper and used brown paper sacks as stuffing. Kudos to her for doing that. I was even thrilled to see some pink paper in there. 
Friday afternoon I prepared for work with the rescue cats at the shelter. As I prepared I passed one of the small tanks which holds two African Albino Clawed Frogs. I noticed the filter wasn’t running which sort of alarmed me because I saw dollar signs. I thought, man, don’t stop now, I can’t afford to buy a filter this month. I hoped it was just a rock that stopped it or something so I lifted the filter out thinking I’d see a rock but what I saw was a small white frog. He’d been sucked into the filtration system and had his arms chopped by the rotating wheel. He was still alive. Being all white and nearly transparent I could see broken blood vessels and internal bleeding. I ended up needing to humanely euthanize him. (Orajel and freezing). This for some seems like a long drawn out process but it is faster and more humane than flushing.
When I told someone how to humanely euthanize a fish or frog they thought I was out of my mind. They thought it was odd I didn’t just flush it. Would you toss your dog or cat in the rapids and hope for a quick death? No.You’d put him down humanely and that’s what I did. Big or little, they shouldn’t have to suffer in the end.
How to humanely euthanize a frog:
You laugh but its true. Mary Jane has two personalities, one that likes me and the other that likes to bite me. Wednesday afternoon I sat at the PC holding her in one arm while reading blogs. Out of nowhere the girl lifted her head and bit me on the cheek. Why? What on earth did I do? We sat there together, quietly then she turned her fangs on my face. She tagged me good too, she didn’t break the skin but she sure as shootin’ nailed me.
Since she’s been here I’ve wondered what it would be like to be tagged with her kitty fangs. Now I know.
One might think Vampira got down and went about her business but nope, she put her head back down and lie there as if nothing happened. Let me tell you this, if she bites me again I’m gonna bite her silly ass back. Not really, but the look on her face would be priceless if I did.
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