Art from ye Bard

So if you think polyamory is not part of the lgbt+ community, then go on and block me.

You could have been my son, but we didn't use that word because you have bad memories about your father. You could have been my younger brother, a younger cousin. And that was what I have seen our relationship as, as long as I have known you. We talked at odd hours, when  things were troubling you, when memories came up and dreams would not let you sleep. You needed someone to talk, and half a world away there was not much more that we could do. But despite the nay-sayers, talking does help. Especially when all the other people in your life just don't-can't understand and there is one person online you can talk to, who does. I hope you are well wherever you are now. That day someone outed you, when you thought you could trust someone and told them your secret, and they spread it to the whole forum. That was the day you vanished and I tried to reassure you, writing to you that it did not matter. I don't know if you ever read the messages I wrote you on the different messaging systems we had been talking on. Maybe you are reading this, while I know the chance is slim, there still is a chance. Maybe you already know, I love you no matter what. It did not matter that you are afab, because you were always, and always are a boy. The glee they took in outing you, I am sorry that I wasn't able to reassure you that it would not matter what other people thought. That your brother was not your brother, but you, when you yourself could not talk about painfull things, when your brother told me you needed help, when your brother was there to talk to me about you and ask for help...that is okay. You didn't know how to talk about these things otherwise, and you used part of your system...I think you have a system. But maybe your brother was just a puppet you could use and hide behind. Either way, it is okay. Because you were scared, sad and still wanted help and reached out in the ways you were able to. That does not make it bad or wrong. It makes you strong, reaching out despite all the bad memories, despite being scared. I hope you knew that I would not have been angry if you ever would have told me yourself. Also, I am not angry that you vanished. I understand, and that was why we talked, because I understand. So if you ever read this or not, this goes out to everyone else in a similiar situation. It is okay, it will get better, there are people who understand. Please do not run away and vanish. But if you do, please be safe. Please know, there might be very well someone missing you, still loving you.

Me: Oh I love this person. They are kind, cute, strong in their own way, no matter what other people say about them. I love making them smile. I also love building up their self esteem. Me later finding out said person has a partner who knows about the two of us: Okay, cool gotta get to know that partner because my Beloved loves them, so let’s check them out. Me finding partner of my Beloved a good person. Talking and doing things together and getting to know them. Some weeks later: Squirming like a blushing virgin(mostly done by me) “I might just have realised that I have fallen in love with you also” said by both of us. And before someone says that you can’t love two or more people the same way: I love all of my partners with the same strength, but not the same way, because guess what: They are each their own person and deserve their own way of being loved.

When you get a starved animal, never let them eat as much as they want, or their body will be overwhelmed with the sudden ammount of food and go into shock. Yes, overfeeding a starved animal can kill them because the body is unable to deal with food after starving. Tiny ammounts of easily digestable food and liquid, spread evenly over day and night is the answer. Go and ask your vet/rescuer.

And as I will get a new scanner in december, you will have all of November left to share this and like this post to get a chance for some art. So basically you could enter and if you win,  get is as a holiday gift for a friend. Not just for yourself. It also gives me the chance to work with colour again. So anyone who is lgbt+ and/or  identifies as queer, can enter. Except if you are terf, swerf, racist or otherwise problematic. I will check your blog for that. And yes, all the aspecs are invited, all of them. The winners get a sketch with a bit of colour. That can be an animal, plant, cake, elves, dragons and I might even try mecha. You can also have  your Star Trek/Dragon Age/Gem/and so on/-OC sketched. In december I will pull the winners with a number generator. How many you may ask? As many  as the month has days. That means you don't get your art in an instant, so if a gift is pressing, tell me. And now, have fun. More art  under the tag art from ye bard

I now have 3 hedgehogs. When I went to the Vet with 150 because he has still a cough and got antibiotics now, and has gained another 50g(460g-yay),there was someone else with a hedgehog. With 280g, starved, cold like a slab of meat out of the fridge, and similiar mobile. Bathed, doused with insecticide and barely breathing. Not even defensive twitches. I put him on my belly during  the drive home so he would get warmer. After half an hour home now he is starting to twitch when i stroke him.  Still under my jumper on my belly, still not properly warm but at least breathing. I am typing this while reeking of gods know what, with quills poking my skin gently through my shirt, waiting on the electric   nest to heat up so I can transfer him. even just typing this and having my hand away from the hedgie makes him coool off. No idea if he makes it, but I try.Maybe help me out with a kofi for food and vet. You get a sketch in retun.  

Touchscreens are sensitive to bird feet. Because they are not unlike fingers. But only sensitive to  the bottom, not the claw of the foot. Scout did run over my mobile a few times before, to  start it and watch the animations on it. I went out of the room to get a coffee and came back to my mobile running a game app. A game with movements and colours which Scout loves to watch and pick at the screen. I didn't start the mobile or the game app and Scout was sitting innocently on the other side of the room. Now, touchscreens are not sensitive to beaks, because there is not electrical exchange from skin to screen. But...birds have tongues, so... yes, touchscreens are also tongue sensitive and Scout  figured out how to start my mobile, find his favourite game on it and started it. With his tongue-bleeps. He knows he is not allowed on the table when I am away, so him sitting innocently far away was suspicious. So, does that sound like a parrot, or a pigeon? Also yes, I did 'the thing' to find out about the tongue-sensitivity.

80g is now 420(and is now named Lil' Blaze), the cough is gone  and after the second round of dewormer is done, I can release 420. 150 is a bit below 400 now and the cough is worse after being medicated against lungworms(which made the cough in the first place). Now as the parasites are dying off, the cough got worse because  they are coughed up. If the cough is not better tomorrow I am bringing 150 back to the vet for a lung check, because parasite residues can lead to a lung infection. But as 150 is properly rolling up despite the cough, eating like a champ and is otherwise prickly, it still looks rather well for the hedgehog. Not rolling up properly(in  this situation) would mean breathing problems that need a vet asap. But many hedgehogs will get a worse cough when medicated against lung worms, so as long as the hedgehog is eating and rolling up, it can be seen as normal for the situation. While 420 can be released soon, 150 has to stay longer until the cough is fully gone and a week after the last medication. So the body can detox them. Otherwise during hibernation the residues of medication will poison the hedgehog. Some meds even need 4 weeks to get out of the body before the hedgehog can be put into hibernation. So don't trust a vet who wants to use meds without proper protocoll. Unfortunally there are many around who treat hedgehogs like cats or  tell people that  too light babies should be put back outside, even when visible sick. Check up with a proper hedgehog rescue when you find one during the day, injured, or a very small one.