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    Gifts For Pets Owned By Geeks Who Treat Them Like Spoiled Children

    Hydroglass Allows You To Shower While Lying Down On a Fish Tank

    Fish Tank Bus Stop May Not Be Entirely Practical

    Duplex Bird Cage/Fish Tank Blows Your Pets' Tiny Minds

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    Image of Odin Odin
    11/25/09

    In reply to Gifts For Pets Owned By Geeks Who Treat Them Like Spoiled Children
    I'm seriously glad I don't have to bother with any litter box type device at all. We had one for a while when we first got the cat but we quickly moved it to just outside the catflap and then just did away with it completely. It came back when she had kittens of course but only quite briefly. Our cat has been fully house trained for years now though. She does her business outside and buries it so no one has to step on it.

    That's why I love cats, if they're trained to shit outside they're pretty much zero maintenance pets. All ours needs is feeding and somewhere to sleep.
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    Image of Brian Brian
    11/24/09

    In reply to Gifts For Pets Owned By Geeks Who Treat Them Like Spoiled Children
    WTF is up with that Hydroglass idiocy? Just were the heck is one supposed to put it? I don't know about your house but anywhere with a drain at my place is too small. Outside? Starting to get cold out there.

    Besides, $14,500 buys a metric boatload of massages at the kind of establishment that specializes on sending you away "happy."
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/24/09

    In reply to Gifts For Pets Owned By Geeks Who Treat Them Like Spoiled Children
    No love for parakeets. My Parakeet R2-D2 used to love cat toys, the little mesh plastic balls with the bell inside. No one could resist watching him actually hunker down on his rump so he could jiggle the ball back and forth with both feet.
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    Image of thechansen thechansen
    11/24/09

    In reply to Gifts For Pets Owned By Geeks Who Treat Them Like Spoiled Children
    I would recommend a recycled fire hose chew toy, and a fleece blanket. My parents lab drags the blanket around all day like Linus, and the fire hose has been the only toy my pitbull hasn't destroyed.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    11/24/09

    @thechansen: Agreed with the firehose. That thing is tough!
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    11/24/09

    In reply to Gifts For Pets Owned By Geeks Who Treat Them Like Spoiled Children
    I buy orphan children from third world countries for my rottweilers to chase. It's great entertainment for the money.
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    Image of Duckspwn Duckspwn
    11/24/09

    In reply to Gifts For Pets Owned By Geeks Who Treat Them Like Spoiled Children
    Wait, whoooa, slow down here... dog therapy? As in counselling for your pets? Does that actually exist?
    And if so, a fool and his money are soon parted.
    But as an afterthought, I think I should sign my (human, before anybody makes a smart comment about a golden lab) girlfriend up for that.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/24/09

    @Duckspwn: You're girlfriend is a pet?

    Are you two like this couple perchance? [news.bbc.co.uk]
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    Image of Duckspwn Duckspwn
    11/24/09

    @Nathan Obbards: No, what I meant is she fetches stuff for me, is a reliable, loving companion, I own her, and, you know... doggy style.
    It was a sexist joke, sheesh.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/24/09

    @Duckspwn: I know, I was joking too. Also, I apparently can't spell and wrote you're instead of your.

    Sometimes my humour is too subtle or not funny. That coupled with too little sleep because of MW2, and you know how it goes.
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    Image of Duckspwn Duckspwn
    11/24/09

    @Nathan Obbards: Ahh yes. Sorry, I didn't even bother clicking through the link. Now I get it. :P
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/24/09

    In reply to Gifts For Pets Owned By Geeks Who Treat Them Like Spoiled Children
    I once put in something similar to the Catgenie for someone, and her cat watched in horror as a mechanized monster mouth ate its shit before its eyes. It never stepped back into it again.
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    Image of Duckspwn Duckspwn
    11/24/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: I had a good laugh at that mental image.
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    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    11/24/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Yeah, I've never seen a cat that liked anything motorized. I got mine one of those water fountain things, and he wouldn't go near it.
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    Image of spiegel1 spiegel1
    11/24/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Maybe we should install them everywhere and create an army of non pooping kitties. Sure they move kinda slow and rarely eat but the smell would disappear FOREVER!
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/24/09

    @spiegel1: It's important to note that cats, cute and fuzzy as they may be, are one of the most vengeful creatures in the universe. In lieu of finding a proper place to drop their leavings, cats will turn to the only other worthy receptacle of feces, the human shoe.
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    Image of spiegel1 spiegel1
    11/24/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Well in my world, shoes are outlawed after we deter all felines from pooping.
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    Image of KTK1990 KTK1990
    11/24/09

    @spiegel1: Might not want to outlaw them, hide them somewher the cat cant get to. Because eventually all that poop will have to come out, and I would want shoes then.
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    Image of AmphetamineCrown AmphetamineCrown
    11/24/09

    @lostarchitect: Maybe our cats are strange, but we've actually had decent luck with motorized stuff. They actually liked the circulating water thing (and it certainly appeared to me to not be as nasty as leaving water in a bowl to stagnate) and they adapted to the LitterMaid automatic cleaner. I didn't really like it, however, and it looked nasty.

    But... Now we have a ScoopFree, and it actually works. No stink. Change the box of funky blue crystals every week. No muss, no fuss. And we have two cats that share.
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    Image of fughedaboudit fughedaboudit
    11/24/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: The CatGenie isn't that bad - you just want to put it in a bathroom you don't use regularly and away from where you sleep (gets loud and leaves a gross residue in the toilet). It's probably a lot better if you install it by your washer/dryer instead (but I don't have one).

    I also tried the Petsafe continuous cleaning litter box. That's good and a much better deal than the CatGenie, but you still need to scoop occasionally. Also, I recommend tinkering with it a bit, using a timer, etc. etc. ([www.amazon.com])
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    Image of fughedaboudit fughedaboudit
    11/24/09

    @lostarchitect: Another key thing is that if your cats are old, forget about it. I'd only try something like this with relatively young cats.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/24/09

    @fughedaboudit: I've decided to just be diligent with the cats' boxes and use a traditional setup. I regret not attempting to train them to use the toilet. lol
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    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    11/24/09

    @fughedaboudit: he was only 2 or so at the time, but he basically refused to drink water so i thought i'd try something else. he still never drinks water, so i feed him only wet food.

    #tips
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    Image of sir_pantsalot sir_pantsalot
    05/05/09

    In reply to Hydroglass Allows You To Shower While Lying Down On a Fish Tank
    You can poop lying down right now if you want to nothing is stopping you.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    05/05/09

    In reply to Hydroglass Allows You To Shower While Lying Down On a Fish Tank
    i think you're supposed to use it with a buddy. some big, blonde, burly woman named olga. she will be your buddy.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    05/05/09

    In reply to Hydroglass Allows You To Shower While Lying Down On a Fish Tank
    Wouldn't this require some sort of aqua-glory hole, for those Troy McClures out there?
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    05/05/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: That depends on whether we're talking about a worm or a moray eel. Fish react very differently to both.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    05/05/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: Pool fish have no teeth, so they may appeal to the freaks out there.
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    Image of shoelessone shoelessone
    05/05/09

    In reply to Hydroglass Allows You To Shower While Lying Down On a Fish Tank
    I hate fresh water tanks.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    05/05/09

    @shoelessone: You need to see some of the better examples. A well planted community tank can be extremely beautiful. It just doesn't look as exotic as a marine tank.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    05/05/09

    In reply to Hydroglass Allows You To Shower While Lying Down On a Fish Tank
    If nautical nonsense be somethin' ye wish,


    then drop on the deck and flop like a fish!

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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    05/05/09

    @Kaiser-Machead:


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    Image of BeerManMike BeerManMike
    04/08/09

    In reply to Fish Tank Bus Stop May Not Be Entirely Practical
    This is why it wouldn't work in america: The put it in a very nice, low-crime, white neighborhood and it looks good/works out well...people love it. Then the low-class miniority complain that why do they get an awesome fish tank bus stop and they don't. So they put in a fish tank bus stop and it get vandalized, broken. then they take them out all together and no one gets anything.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/08/09

    @BeerManMike: Low-crime areas aren't immune to cruel treatment of animals. I think that these things would be in jeopardy no matter what part of the city you put them in. I've seen spiderweb cracks in the glass of bus stops in "safe" areas. People will not take greater care because the bus stop has a fish tank attached.


    The one and only proper life form to display everywhere in a city, is the tree.

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/08/09

    In reply to Fish Tank Bus Stop May Not Be Entirely Practical
    Or some random fuckhead might either smash the glass, or put something in there to poison the fish. I was working in a pet shop on Nassau street some years back, and some kid came in and dropped a couple of mothballs into the African cichlid tank. I'm surprised I didn't get fired for tossing him out. I wanted to dunk his head in the tank. If people can be so bold indoors, these animals wouldn't stand a chance out in the open.


    Anyway, this is a stupid idea. No one is going to be at a bus stop for hours on end, so an animated aquarium that runs for 10 minutes or so on a continuous loop should do just fine.

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    Image of Kyonko Kyonko
    04/08/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: unless, of course, you have a bus service that comes around every 30 minutes or an hour and is inaccurate to the extremes. But I agree, this is a stupid idea.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    04/08/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Agreed. That thing is a center punch or a piece of sparkplug away from flopping fish on the pavement.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    04/08/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Are you talking about the old Petland Discounts that was by Hat Corner and J&R? Because I think I bought some aquarium supplies from you back in the day.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/08/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: That's the one.


    Too bad about Hat Corner. R.I.P. (unless they just relocated and I missed it)

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/08/09

    @Kyonko: The tank may be observed by transit workers frequently throughout the day, but it'd most certainly be in considerable danger at night.


    It's one thing to have public animal displays in a place that's continuously monitored until it's time to shoo the public out, but these things will be constantly accessible.

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    04/08/09

    In reply to Fish Tank Bus Stop May Not Be Entirely Practical
    Yes. This is far less practical than the video bus shelters of Manhattan, each running a borked instance of Windows Media Player 11.
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