Category Archive

animals

When a pet dies, what do you do with it?

In preparation of the sad time that a pet dies, how will you… deal with his remains? I’ve rounded up seven ways to bury/honor/deal with a dead pet, but first I need you all to do me a favor…

Build a planty, sunlit vivarium for reptiles and photosynthesis

Make a slick and sexy vivarium for reptiles — or even just to admire plants. It’s just 31 simple steps!

A playful full-wall underseascape mural — seals, dolphins, and some anthropomorphic fish

Straight from the Offbeat Home Flickr group comes Katie’s epically-big undersea mural. That little seal can do no wrong.

Seven reasons to love cold-blooded pets, too

When I started dating my partner, I was elated to learn he had six — six!!!! — snakes, and I earned awesome points for wanting to hold them. We’ve since downsized to three snakes and added three bearded dragons. We are, officially, a reptile family. And it’s rad.

How my “farm moments” changed me

I’m freshly showered, wearing my bathrobe, sipping my coffee on the back steps, when the turkey tom decides it’s time for some lovin’ on an injured hen.

I grab a badminton racket and run barefoot across the yard to swat the 45-pound Kentucky Bourbon Red tom off her, bathrobe flapping to reveal all. This is what I call a “farm moment.”

What you need to know about raising backyard chickens

You have now decided that you want chickens — but you don’t know where to start. Before you make the leap into raising backyard poultry there are some things you need to consider.

Competitive rabbit hopping: Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down!

I have very little commentary to add to this video, other than to say that 10-year-old rabbit 4-Her that still lives inside me is VERY excited.

Kawaii housewares so dang cute, they’ll de-age you by 10 years

Here’s a little shoppy-shoppy post about insanely cutey cute housewares, guaranteed to make your house feel like a toddler space station populated by talking bears.