Bee's Pets and Things

06/22/2024

It's that time of year, festivals and fairs are all over the place! Unfortunately, this is one of the main places people get goldfish and hermit crabs, two animals that actually require a lot of care!

The best way to avoid accidentally winning one of these animals, and to also prove a point of not supporting this practice is to not play any games giving away live animals as prizes.

However, if you find yourself holding a bagged goldfish or a plastic container with a hermit crab, let me give you the basic rundown!

Goldfish specifically get HUGE. Most fair prize goldfish are the Comet Goldfish. This variety is slim shaped and needs at least a 10 gallon to start at 2-3 inches, but with their rate of growth would quickly need a 55 gallon tank or larger. If you do not have the means of giving these guys that size tank, you can put them in an outdoor pond (of similar gallon size) and that works as well! You can also find a friend or family member with a PRIVATE pond to let your fish live out its life! They can live 20 years with proper care.

Hermit Crabs are much more finicky about their care than just keeping in a plastic container. A consistent humidity (at least 70%) and a heat source are a requirement, not a suggestion. You can get away with a 10 gallon tank, however as crabs grow you will need to go bigger! I've seen some amazing 75 gallon tanks set up for Hermit Crabs. They also require Fresh AND Salt water! No sponges please, just vessels of water that are deep enough for them to fully submerge and still get back out safely. You'll also want to make sure you have deep enough substrate, a sand/coco fiber mix is best (5:1). Not to mention food and extra shells.

If you're in over your head with this, reach out to local groups and species specific groups to get some help with rehoming and possibly setting up something a bit less expensive. If you have any questions or need help finding the cheapest way to get your new pet what it needs let me know! I will help gather a shopping list for you.

Information on Hermit Crabs specifically can be found through the Land Hermit Crab Owners Society's website. Comet Goldfish care is trickier, but I find the best information from fish groups here on Facebook!

Remember, Surviving IS NOT Thriving! Give your pets what they need to be truly happy, and not just living a miserable life having their needs barely met.

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06/21/2024

I'm live RIGHT NOW! Playing Overwatch :) Maybe Stardew later?
(7:54pm 6/21/24)

Can I get out of Bronze??? Stardew Later? (No We**am

06/07/2024

"if i am killed for simply living,
let death be kinder than man.
and god,
please let the deer on the highway get some kind of heaven
something with tall soft grass and sweet reunion
let the moths in the porch lights go some place with a thousand suns,
that taste like sugar and get swallowed whole.
may the mice in oil and glue
have forever dry, warm fur and full bellies.
i pray nobody kills me for the crime of being small."

“I pray nobody kills me for the crime of being small” by Kayla Ancrum.
Kinder Than Man by Althea Davis
Combined by a Tiktok user (currently unknown)
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This poem combination struck many people, including myself. These creatures are little, and have the unfortunate burden of being “ugly” or “scary”. Yet they are little lives too, ones that do not understand what they may be doing wrong.
The spider in your house doesn’t know the difference between inside and outside. It only knows that houses a warm and sheltered.
The snakes in your yard do not understand boundaries between yards and “wild”, they only know the earth.
The mice concern themselves only with finding food to provide for themselves and their young. They do not mean to carry disease and fleas.

If any of these animals, or any others, have ever been a “nope!” Animal for you, perhaps try giving them a chance. They don’t have to be your next favorite animal, but they deserve to live.

05/21/2024

I posted a few weeks ago that things would be changing here on this page. Well, the time is happening! It's going to take some time for me to fully figure out how I want to go about my page but the basics is: I'm no longer a yard services/pet sitting page.

I have plenty of clients and actually had to turn some down this spring. Health issues arose this winter and while I'm perfectly healthy, it made me realize I need to step back and chill out. I love the work and of course the money, but especially since it's no longer a huge need I'm taking time to focus more on myself and my family instead.

However, my true passion was never yard work or pet sitting. My true passion is animals and the care of the animals. Husbandry, if you will. Working at a pet store I see too many customers come in with absolutely no information about an animal, or having gotten one and are doing everything wrong. I want to change that.

For now on, this page will be mostly focused on Animal Husbandry and general animal information. You might be asking yourself what the "and things" part means then and well, I have other things I like to do too!

I've always wanted to stream on Twitch and I have an account where I play Overwatch and other games (Stardew Valley is an option now!) so I will be trying to focus on that. It will take some time (and some confidence on my part because it's scary talking when there are others home!) but I'm excited for this to eventually be an option, even if it's just when I'm on anyway.

There's also my creative outlets. I mainly write fanfiction but I have novel/series ideas I've tossed around since I was young. If I ever gather the willpower to do it, I'd love to accomplish that at some point! Let's not forget my drawing and other crafty things I like to do. Those will be posted here.

If at any point you wish to support me, you can donate to my Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/1littlebee

Thank you all for supporting me through this time, whether you're a past client or family and friends. It means a lot! I'm not sure where life will take me but I want this page to sort of lead me to it, if you will.

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05/07/2024

Things are changing soon… stay tuned!