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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Sea urchins being named after hedgehogs, now this. My knowledge about hedgehog related things has greatly improved this week.... as for when I can use such knowledge, idk.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

I all of the sudden have a great idea for a vaporizer...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 16 hours ago

Is this how pokeballs are made?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh no, Dr Robotnik captured him.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago

From the moment Dr Robotnik recognized the weaknesses of his (the hedgehogs) flesh...

[–] MeatPilot 49 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Vet med is like this because they don't really make specialized equipment for every animal. Was on a tour behind the scenes at a zoo and they used a traffic cone to administer anesthesia to a seal.

They don't make masks for anything besides dogs and cats and making tiny masks and putting them on small animals would be incredibly difficult.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] MeatPilot 25 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 19 hours ago

they creamed thems.. Sad

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot 14 points 20 hours ago

making tiny masks and putting them on small animals would be incredibly difficult.

But also incredibly adorable.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

they used a traffic cone to administer anesthesia to a seal

But enough about my bachelor party!

making tiny masks and putting them on small animals would be incredibly difficult.

But also extremely cute. #WorthIt

[–] Skullgrid 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Vet med is like this because they don’t really make specialized equipment for every animal.

... So, if this thing isn't a dedicated small animal anesthetiser, what am I looking at?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

A small animal anethetiser which can fit a variety of small animals, not just one :)

[–] dustyData 6 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

They are vet masks. They are generic and come on different sizes. The largest one can fit several small animals. The smallest ones are for cats and tiny dogs. I think the largest one they make are for horses and cattle. But they have special fittings for straps. This ones are rubber ring ended so they are easier to use to makeshift a tiny gas chamber.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago

He's hogboxing

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago

We just put them in The Box™

[–] hOrni 25 points 1 day ago (3 children)

All good until You accidentally push the "smoothie" button.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hedgehog dust. Don't breathe this.

[–] Skullgrid 4 points 1 day ago

now I've got the will it blend theme in my head

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Mommy, why is my smoothie all red and pointy?"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I wouldn't call cactus fruit particularly exotic.

I typed this and then remembered that there are people who don't live in a desert.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

As someone who doesn't live in a desert. How do you process these, without having to deal with needles in your hands for the next few days?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We smokin hedgehog out of a glass pipe, blowing the lord's bubbles

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We're smoking that Casino Night Zone chaos emerald, you piece of shit! The za got me jumping on missiles.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

We straight gassin, cuttin straight to the hedgehog. Ha ha, this shit ain’t nothin to me man.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

"You know this plastic prison of theirs won't hold me forever. The war is still coming, Charles."

[–] Reddfugee42 6 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Free your mans? Do people actually talk like this?

[–] captainlezbian 11 points 16 hours ago

Yes. See post for example

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

They do this for a lot of small animals. My vet has a little cage with an adjustable top you can push down to reduce the volume, that they use for small animals

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's pretty terrifying. You can see the somewhat muted apprehension on his face mixed with a hope that he will be out of it soon.

Of course, I'm putting human emotions onto an animal, but that's just because I can easily see myself in such a situation where I'm politely asked to step into a room and face a wall for a brief moment...

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Just in case, anesthesia != euthanasia

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh god! I genuinely did make that mistake. I was wondering why this morbid piece was being treated so lightly haha

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

I experienced your descent into madness. I think I might need some coffee

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Yea my brain definitely forgot what anesthetize meant for like 3-4 seconds when I first opened the picture and it made me sad.. Then I was like wait no that's different. Then I was like but yea you could probably use this for the other thing too. Then I remembered the video youtube recommended to me about some guy that built his own gas chamber for cats out of a cooler and got sad again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

what the hell happend here?