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College professor, sport fencer, trail runner, stray cat magnet. Proficient in sarcasm.
Comics I Follow
9 Chickweed Lane
By Brooke McEldowney
Brevity
By Dan Thompson
Reality Check
By Dave Whamond
Over the Hedge
By T Lewis and Michael Fry
Pearls Before Swine
By Stephan Pastis
Pibgorn
By Brooke McEldowney
Lio
By Mark Tatulli
The Argyle Sweater
By Scott Hilburn
Crumb
By David Fletcher
Kliban's Cats
By B. Kliban
That is Priceless
By Steve Melcher
WuMo
By Wulff & Morgenthaler
Cul de Sac
By Richard Thompson
Breaking Cat News
By Georgia Dunn
FoxTrot
By Bill Amend
Baby Blues
By Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott
Off the Mark
By Mark Parisi
If you decide to get hermit crabs, PLEASE, PLEASE read up on the care they need. They are badly mistreated by those who capture them and most pet stores – not due to malice but to lack of resources and understanding.
They need both salt and fresh water (changed frequently) and high humidity as well as high temperatures. They need at least 3x as much substrate as the height of the biggest crab and a separate smaller tank for molting. They need a wide variety of fresh and dried foods. Crab Central Station on Youtube and the HCA (Hermit Crab Association) can give you good information.
If you have the resources to rescue them from their terrible conditions (they are basically slowly suffocating while in low humidity), know that you will loose ~50% to post purchase stress syndrome, but the ones that survive will be far more comfortable.