LEAVING THIS UP BUT VERY IMPORTANT UPDATE
Someone reblogged and said it can weaken the leather inside, this has never happened to me for the year or so I've done it, but very likely can happen!! Please be cautious:) this is likely better advice for faux tails! (As most of those dont have leather middles)
Reminder for all therians who have gear/anyone with animal gear
WASH
YOUR
TAIL!!
Don't know how/are afraid to do it wrong
Here's a step by step on how I do it! (This is for real fur tails but should also work just as well for faux fur !)
Fill up a sink or a large pot with warm water, NOT boiling/hot!! This can cause the fur and hold on it to grow a lot weaker and possibly fall off
Pour in dawn dishsoap/sensitive skin laundry detergent(regular downy also works!) into the water and mix it around :)
Gently take your tail and soak it in the water, slowly and carefully running your fingers through the fur to remove any excess dirt/grime
Dump out the dirty water and refill it with slightly colder water, run the tail through this again!
Smell testing is also a good idea, step away into a better smelling room then walk in and smell the tail, if it smells bad or grimey another less intensive wash may be needed
If done, Take the tail out, lay it FLAT DOWN on a surface, do not hang dry it from its keychain if it is big or heavy, if not then feel free to hang dry!
Check on it every hour or so, in less than a day it should be good! (Depending on length:] )
And thats all!! I hope this helps anyone with gear who wasnt shure how or if to wash it:)!!
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my roommate . will not stop bringing their fucking partner over . even though i have covid. so i am standing at the fridge trying to decide what will be the least repulsive thing to eat for dinner and then the two of them come in and roommate does not say hello hi whats up or anything just makes a wordless beeline for the fridge, which i am standing at, and i have to jump out of the way like a matador being charged by a vegan bull that is trying to reach their quinoa so i take my water bottle and move to return to my room (mask on btw. havent left my room without a mask on) and narrowly dodge the boyfriend who avoids my gaze like i am the fucking birdbox creature but still for some reason decides to stand in the thin-ass hallway that i have to go down to access my little quarantine chamber but honestly it is no different to how he reacts to seeing me even when i do not have a viral illness and by the way why are you even coming over to our apartment when someone has covid why do you only ever come over to our apartment can you PLEASE Go to your own apartment. and now that i am in here i can hear them sifting through the pots in the sink and complaining that theyre tired of people not putting their dishes in the dishwasher (if you are tired of no one putting their dishes in the dishwasher you should put your dishes in the dishwasher normally this is my duty (not one we've decided by the way just one that ive taken on because i like to do dishes. genuinely) but i havent been doing the dishes because, you guessed it, i have covid) takes a deep breath. and i still dont have any dinner.
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Washington, carrying a box: What would you say if- if I, hypothetically, came home with 7 kittens one day?
Cole: …
Cole: What’s in the box?
Washington: What woul-
Cole: Washington, what’s in the box?
Washington: I think you know.
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What is something you think you only have and will indulge in for Maverick. A special thing that was just the two of you
We didn't have anything really weird that was just the two of us tbh, he was a simple dog who liked simple things.
One special toy I had just for Maverick was his training toy. He didn't really like tug as a reward and I didn't really care to train with tug as a reward. He liked retrieving and I liked watching him retrieve so I made him a rabbit fur ball (shoved a rabbit pelt into a small holee roller) that he could retrieve as a reward during agility and heeling. He loved it so much.
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METAL GEAR SOLID: WAR BOYS
I’m working on getting a decent buffer of pages going so I can manage weekly updates! Details and drop date will be announced soon 🖤 For now enjoy the cover and some panel sneako peakos! 👀
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*procrastinates doing the thing I wanna do by doing something else I've been procrastinating and therefor feel like I'm still procrastinating despite technically being productive(???)*
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Fiberglass nightmare update: Went to my new doc for the standard new patient visit. Asked about the fiberglass while I was there and he listened to my lungs. Told me I'll be coughing and sniffling for a week or two but as long as I don't *keep* breathing it in and wear a good mask while cleaning it up, I should be ok. So that's good news.
Also good news: found a service that will wash the fiberglass out of my clothes, sheets, and soft things. And I've gottan some good advice from ya'll about how to save my squishmallows and my stuffed Beardevil.
I've bought a good vacuum with a HEPA filter to clean up after I get some of the stuff out of my room - some that can be saved (clothes) and some that is now garbage (little armchair). According to insulation installing friend, I go crazy with the vacuum on EVERYTHING, before washing things down with hot, soapy water. If I can get it outside to spray with a hose? Even better. So that's likely what I'll do with some of my stuff, including jewelry if I can. After the first round of cleaning, I wait for the dust to settle again. Then I do it again. 2 or 3 rounds should take care of it and make my room livable again, as long as I have an air purifier and regularly vaccuum until all the dust is gone.
Until then, I get to sleep on the recliner downstairs. 🤪
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