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lemmy.world

I don't know what the context of that GIF is... and I probably shouldn't want to... but I do.

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midwest.social

Whatever their skin routine is, it's doing a decent job. You'd think trash pandas would be collecting blemishes.

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You can't just show pictures of me in the bathroom without permission. You'll be hearing from my lawyers.

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lemmy.world

A long time ago my roommates and I shaved just the tip of our cat's tail, like the last two inches. It was absolutely hilarious.

People are going to crucify me for animal abuse but I swear the cat was totally cool with the process.

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I mean, it's a dick move, but doesn't qualify as abuse imo. No harm would come from it by itself, and if the cat didn't object at all, it's not worth arguing about.

But my grandparents had to shave their cat's tail for a few years. He would suck on it, and in the process pull out hairs, which would end up with sores where they had been pulled. So the vet said to keep it shaved down, if the cat would tolerate it. The cat did, and no more issues.

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I mean if you only fid it once and the cat was not hurt by it I personally would not call that abuse. Sure you did it for no reason but the cat did not really suffer for it.

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lemm.ee

Once I saw a raccoon poop and I was like "no way raccoons poop that big" but this does tell another story.

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Decoy321reply
lemmy.world

I'm gonna need some context for this. Why is Patrick Stewart dressed like a bard?

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I got this off Instagram - it was not explained why the raccoon was shaved, but it showed him growing the fur back in later videos.

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infosec.pub

Looks like it's in an animal care facility of some kind. My guess is that it had some crud in its fur that they couldn't wash out easily, or maybe a pest infestation like lice.

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Crud in its fur wouldn't require a freaking straight-edge razor shave with hot towels and hand fluffed shave cream like this. And if it was pests they wouldn't shave, and if they did, they would have shaved the tail and face as much as possible as well.

I'm sure this was for a valid reason, I just don't think it was one of those reasons.

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I appreciate that you couldn't decide which version of whether was appropriate so you tried both.

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