Roth Army Pets - show 'em here

[sadaist]

riding back home from the shelter.
I'm talkin dutch..something bout pancakes.

HAHA! Pancakes!

[Hardrock69]

The owl is amazing! Kudos Sada for taking care of it! How cool! I have owls that live around my house. Have only seen them a couple of times. Took me 8 years before I finally got a picture of one, about 5 months ago. Will have to post it eventually.

And YES...the kitty looks like a blue-eyed white tiger! How pretty!

[PETE'S BROTHER]

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our african leopard torts

[PETE'S BROTHER]

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our african leopard torts

top, mary. left, bucky. middle, billie. right, moshi(swahili for "pot")

[Headly1984]

Looks like his daddy might have been a Maine Coon.

Maine Coon cats are great ! big paws and whisps of hair between the toes is the give away I am told, had one for 16 yrs - he was one cool cat !

I am a dog guy and never thought I would enjoy a cat - but that breed is not your typical domestic feline - very personable and for me he was easy to train with commands - even outside that cat would come when told to come here - get down when told to get down and for about 5-10 min. he would let me give him a bath until he had all he could take and couldn't take no more lol!

[PETE'S BROTHER]

juvenile african sulcata named "flip"

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[sadaist]

The owl is amazing! Kudos Sada for taking care of it! How cool! I have owls that live around my house. Have only seen them a couple of times. Took me 8 years before I finally got a picture of one, about 5 months ago. Will have to post it eventually.

EXACTLY!

That's why I wanted those kids to come over & meet him and be able to touch his head. Hopefully they take that with them & someday in the future when they see an injured animal they do the right thing. But honestly, having him was for mostly selfish reasons. I fucking dug it!

I hear barn owls scream at night when flying over and on rare occasions the moonlight hits just right & I see 1. So sad when I see a big ass barn owl on the side of the road. Those fuckers get HUGE! I had never heard of a burrowing owl before I found this little guy.

Funny, but forever after I had him, if I said the word "bird" my dogs would look up like they did to the garage rafters.

*oh, I had an apartment in the city in Pacific Beach. From my apartment I could see 2 billboards back to back. A family of barn owls lived in between them. I would get the binoculars & watch them 1 spring. Such amazing things.

[sadaist]

juvenile african sulcata named "flip"

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DA FUCK?!

We got tortoises now? HAHAHA! Fucking awesome!


Damn dude. That 1 with the big jagged shell looks prehistoric. So cool!

[sadaist]

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our african leopard torts

What is the average lifespan on one of those? Is the big one a different type or just a lot older?

[Seshmeister]

I hope you didn't say 'Hey kids if you come with me back to my place I'll let you touch my owl's head.'

[sadaist]

I hope you didn't say 'Hey kids if you come with me back to my place I'll let you touch my owl's head.'

I only do that at Easter time. And it's my bunnys head, not owl.

[PETE'S BROTHER]

DA FUCK?!

We got tortoises now? HAHAHA! Fucking awesome!


Damn dude. That 1 with the big jagged shell looks prehistoric. So cool!

very "jurassic" billie's "pyramidding" is actually a defect. it's due to a coupla things, lack of uv light, improper diet/lack of vitamin d3. http://exoticpets.about.com/cs/repti...etabolicbd.htm

she has mbd in her back legs also, however, she's been "livin' right" for almost ten years now and has made great improvements. most keepers agree that a normal life span for these is around 80 years.

[PETE'S BROTHER]

this is baby, we just adopted him to a good home here in the desert. all of our pets are rescues, the sulcatas we foster, the leos are permanent family members

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[PETE'S BROTHER]

this is baby, we just adopted him to a good home here in the desert. all of our pets are rescues, the sulcatas we foster, the leos are permanent family members

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including the rat terrier,"smokie", we found living in an empty lot behind our house, he was s'posed to go to a good home, the wife decided that would be our home.

[sadaist]

billie's "pyramidding"

I tried that with 5 strippers in Las Vegas once.

[sadaist]

So weird man. Driving through the Mojave from San Diego, through El Centro & then up the middle of nowhere to Blythe.....we always saw just random out of nowhere signs that said "tortoises are protected" with a pic of one. I never knew we had desert tortoises out there. never saw one either. We thought it was so weird. Only turtles I'm familiar with are the big sea turtles down in Baja. Sad thing though when the fishermen set up illegal nets to catch them & do....well, you can probably guess. Such awesome creatures.



*I always dig that show where the millions of baby turtles are making a break for the water trying to avoid all the sea gulls along the way. Run little guys, run!!!! Always pisses me off that the camera crew doesn't shoo away all the birds & let the babies have a clear path to the water.

[Hardrock69]

Here is the owl I got a picture of in October. This photo is severely cropped.

I was shooting photos of the sky using my Nikon and a laptop. About 5 AM, I decided to call it a night.
Was taking the camera off my tripod when the owl hooted only about 30 feet from me. LOUDLY.
Scared the crap out of me. Well, I turned my Nikon on, set it to auto, which would make the flash work in the darkness, and I just spun around and took a photo. Sheer luck that I got a photo of it.

Hint....just look for the eyes....

[Hardrock69]

Damn, PB, that was one big sumbitch!

[katina]

Nah. THIS woman has a lot of cats.

HAHAHA!!!! Having 13 I have a lot of work, but 130 I cannot imagine......the place is so clean and the cats are so tidy and happy!!!!!

[sadaist]

Hint....just look for the eyes....

I SEE HIM!!


lol. Those fuckers are watching you......always watching.

I think part of the allure is that they are nocturnal & shy so we never get to see them. So when we do it's a real treat. I wonder what type that is? He's dark. Fucking scary kinda. Take a picture of the forest at night & see eyes looking back at you.

[sadaist]

Damn, PB, that was one big sumbitch!

Damn! Seeing it held by people puts it in perspective. It's at least twice the size I first thought it was.

[katina]

Here is the owl I got a picture of in October. This photo is severely cropped.

I was shooting photos of the sky using my Nikon and a laptop. About 5 AM, I decided to call it a night.
Was taking the camera off my tripod when the owl hooted only about 30 feet from me. LOUDLY.
Scared the crap out of me. Well, I turned my Nikon on, set it to auto, which would make the flash work in the darkness, and I just spun around and took a photo. Sheer luck that I got a photo of it.

Hint....just look for the eyes....

Incredible!!! It´s really amazing!!!

[diamondsgirl]

Aww, such a baby.

I'd hate to see your monthly pet food bill. You'd be better off breeding rabbits in the backyard & just letting the big bruiser have at 'em. Yummy bunnies!


*Do you ever just squish his mug?

He is such a big goof. He weighs about a buck twenty and sits right on my lap as if he was a toy poodle. Super gentle too. I can do whatever I want to his mug, as long as he is getting my attention and I am physically touching him he is as happy as hell. Yup, he is male.

We have "snuggy time" on the couch every night. I put on an old T shirt and sweatpants (he drools like crazy) and he literally jumps onto my lap and we watch TV. All I have to do is say "up" and he jumps off.

He is well behaved/trained and has to be. He is super strong so I had to make sure he responds to verbal commands. I just love him. Can you tell??

I wish I could afford (to feed) more bullmastiffs. I would love at least one more, and would recommend the breed to anyone who can take the time to train the puppy so they can enjoy the dog.

[Hardrock69]

Cannot say enough how much I love my dog, and dogs in general. I have many dog friends. In fact, in my neighborhood out in the stix I have 8 dog friends spread over 3 of my neighbors homes, lol.

Cannot say what kind of owl that is....they have a unique sound, sorta like a cross between the hoot of a great-horned owl, and the cooing of a turtle dove.

I cannot go more than a few months without hearing them. Sometimes I have heard them having a meeting....where there would be 3 or 4 of them hooting and cackling in a tree for hours at a time.

I have seen one at dusk once....I actually attracted the thing. It was hooting nearby, and I have learned to do a pretty close imitation of one....so I hooted at it, next thing I knew here comes this big brown owl with a round head flying right by house and landing in a tree about 30 feet away. I stepped off my porch and hooted at it again....and it looked at me...saw I was not an owl, and flew away, lol.

[Hardrock69]

Here...extreme closeup...he looks gray in this, but they are actually a light brown color. He was just far enough away that the flash kinda flattened out the colors and stuff.

[Nitro Express]

Very cool. We have a bald eagle around here that perches in our yard occasionally.

[Cato]

Cherry - the bullet cat

[katina]

Very cool. We have a bald eagle around here that perches in our yard occasionally.

In Buenos Aires there is a "protected area" for animals in the Río de la Plata Coast. Sometimes they fly to the nearby buildings, months ago a white owl was perched, in front of my kitchen window, I couln´t find my camera, but I had my binoculars, the white owl stood there for half and hour, it was amazing and very rare. But another time I was lucky and could take a picture of what we call a "pirincha" , a sort of magpie or "urraca in spanish" . Could somebody tell me the name in english please?? Thank you.

[katina]

In Buenos Aires there is a "protected area" for animals in the Río de la Plata Coast. Sometimes they fly to the nearby buildings, months ago a white owl was perched, in front of my kitchen window, I couln´t find my camera, but I had my binoculars, the white owl stood there for half and hour, it was amazing and very rare. But another time I was lucky and could take a picture of what we call a "pirincha" , a sort of magpie or "urraca in spanish" . Could somebody tell me the name in english please?? Thank you.

[katina]

In Buenos Aires there is a "protected area" for animals in the Río de la Plata Coast. Sometimes they fly to the nearby buildings, months ago a white owl was perched, in front of my kitchen window, I couln´t find my camera, but I had my binoculars, the white owl stood there for half and hour, it was amazing and very rare. But another time I was lucky and could take a picture of what we call a "pirincha" , a sort of magpie or "urraca in spanish" . Could somebody tell me the name in english please?? Thank you.

[katina]

Cannot say enough how much I love my dog, and dogs in general. I have many dog friends. In fact, in my neighborhood out in the stix I have 8 dog friends spread over 3 of my neighbors homes, lol.

Cannot say what kind of owl that is....they have a unique sound, sorta like a cross between the hoot of a great-horned owl, and the cooing of a turtle dove.

I cannot go more than a few months without hearing them. Sometimes I have heard them having a meeting....where there would be 3 or 4 of them hooting and cackling in a tree for hours at a time.

I have seen one at dusk once....I actually attracted the thing. It was hooting nearby, and I have learned to do a pretty close imitation of one....so I hooted at it, next thing I knew here comes this big brown owl with a round head flying right by house and landing in a tree about 30 feet away. I stepped off my porch and hooted at it again....and it looked at me...saw I was not an owl, and flew away, lol.

Hi, I love dogs so much also.
I will show you a photo of my dogs , the first from the left it´s a male I found some years ago, lying in the street hit by a car, or more. He was in shock, hypothermia, multiple fractures, both femurs, pelvis, bladder rupture, hemoperitoneum. He needed intensive care, he was so badly injured, he could only have surgery more three terrible weeks later, a steel prothesis in the bone to stabilize the fractures, etc.
Now he is a very happy dog.
To his right is a very old hairy dog, I also found her hit by a car more than 15 years ago!!
At that moment she was like 5 years old, so she lived a lot, she passed away quitely last November.
The dog on the far right is a "guest", they live in private refugee with more dogs (almost 40). They are so happy when we visit them. They are so love giving.

[katina]

Cannot say enough how much I love my dog, and dogs in general. I have many dog friends. In fact, in my neighborhood out in the stix I have 8 dog friends spread over 3 of my neighbors homes, lol.

Cannot say what kind of owl that is....they have a unique sound, sorta like a cross between the hoot of a great-horned owl, and the cooing of a turtle dove.

I cannot go more than a few months without hearing them. Sometimes I have heard them having a meeting....where there would be 3 or 4 of them hooting and cackling in a tree for hours at a time.

I have seen one at dusk once....I actually attracted the thing. It was hooting nearby, and I have learned to do a pretty close imitation of one....so I hooted at it, next thing I knew here comes this big brown owl with a round head flying right by house and landing in a tree about 30 feet away. I stepped off my porch and hooted at it again....and it looked at me...saw I was not an owl, and flew away, lol.

Hi, I love dogs so much also.
I will show you a photo of my dogs , the first from the left it´s a male I found some years ago, lying in the street hit by a car, or more. He was in shock, hypothermia, multiple fractures, both femurs, pelvis, bladder rupture, hemoperitoneum. He needed intensive care, he was so badly injured, he could only have surgery more three terrible weeks later, a steel prothesis in the bone to stabilize the fractures, etc.
Now he is a very happy dog.
To his right is a very old hairy dog, I also found her hit by a car more than 15 years ago!!
At that moment she was like 5 years old, so she lived a lot, she passed away quitely last November.
The dog on the far right is a "guest", they live in private refugee with more dogs (almost 40). They are so happy when we visit them. They are so love giving.

[sadaist]

Cherry - the bullet cat

[sadaist]

But another time I was lucky and could take a picture of what we call a "pirincha" , a sort of magpie or "urraca in spanish" . Could somebody tell me the name in english please?? Thank you.

Wow. what a cool looking bird. I honestly don't know the name or what type. Look kind of like a cross between a hawk & a parrot. Never seen anything like it.

[DLR Bridge]

Pre-Juliana - fall 2010 003.jpgPre-Juliana - fall 2010 022.jpgHere's a couple of shots of Nico Zander. He's a lounger. Friendliest Pit you'll ever meet. I'm on the hunt for some better pics. Very disorganized with the photos these days.

Not sure why the pics came out like this. No idea what the hell I'm doing actually.

[sadaist]

Pre-Juliana - fall 2010 022.jpg Friendliest Pit you'll ever meet. .

Those eyes. Not sure if he is gonna eat me or roll over to have his belly rubbed. I used to clean swimming pools & met many strange dogs. Always had a pocketful of dog cookies to make quick friends. One big dog I was scared of I actually bought a pig leg bone every week for him.

I'd buy Nico a pig leg bone.

Funny though. The only dogs I have been bitten by in my entire life have been tiny little yippy dogs. Poodles especially. It's all in how you raise them. Problm for pits is the type of person who buys them gets them to fit an image. They are not proper pet owners, they simply want a tough guy accessory. I always stick up for pit bulls in comments sections when there is a story of an attack. If every dog bite in your city each day made the news, that's all it would be....dog bites. But they don't report when a shepard, lab, retriever, poodle, etc...bite someone. Very unfair.

[sadaist]

Cannot say what kind of owl that is....they have a unique sound.... Sometimes I have heard them having a meeting....where there would be 3 or 4 of them.

Meeting? Or plotting? LOL

[DLR Bridge]

Those eyes. Not sure if he is gonna eat me or roll over to have his belly rubbed. I used to clean swimming pools & met many strange dogs. Always had a pocketful of dog cookies to make quick friends. One big dog I was scared of I actually bought a pig leg bone every week for him.

I'd buy Nico a pig leg bone.

Funny though. The only dogs I have been bitten by in my entire life have been tiny little yippy dogs. Poodles especially. It's all in how you raise them. Problm for pits is the type of person who buys them gets them to fit an image. They are not proper pet owners, they simply want a tough guy accessory. I always stick up for pit bulls in comments sections when there is a story of an attack. If every dog bite in your city each day made the news, that's all it would be....dog bites. But they don't report when a shepard, lab, retriever, poodle, etc...bite someone. Very unfair.

I've been an unofficial pro-pit activist for 10 years now. It is all in how you raise them. He passed obedience school with flying colors as a puppy and he's been an amazing older brother to his 2 younger human sisters ever since. In all of my life, I have not known a more intelligent dog. Most people only know of the bad stories. I've got nothing but good things to say about my dog. I only wish I had more time to play with him.

[sadaist]

I only wish I had more time to play with him.

There's never enough time. I spent nearly 18 hours a day with mine for the last couple years and I still want more time.

[sadaist]

One nice thing about my boxers & other big dogs....I could go in to 7-11 without locking the truck. LOL. No one would try to get in with them in there.