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Cake day: March 26th, 2024

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  • We used to feed our cats almost entirely dry food, with wet food as an occasional treat (no real schedule for wet, just every now and then).

    But over the years we’ve had a number of cats that had health issues that were mitigated by switching to mostly wet food.

    So now it’s reversed- almost entirely wet food with dry food occasionally (every couple of days or so). At least, for our indoor cats.

    We also take care of a feral colony (many of which we’ve TNR’d), and those cats get dry food for logistical and cost reasons.


  • Interesting bee fact -

    In a hive that has been queenless for a period of time (long enough that there’s no way they can raise a replacement queen), one or more workers may develop the ability to lay unfertilized eggs.

    Due to how honeybee genetics work, those unfertilized eggs can hatch into drones (males), which may then have the opportunity to mate with queens from nearby colonies.

    I guess this is sort of a last ditch effort to propagate the hive’s genetic material before it fizzles out and dies. Which I think is fascinating.