Ask The BellHunters: Ask Vanna; Do you love Milk?

Ask the BellHunters

Hello, I'm Dawn Hunter-Bellwether...er, formerly Dawn Bellwether if you didn't recognize the added surname. And before you ask, yes 'that' Dawn Bellwether. Ex-Assistant Mayor, Ex-Mayor, Ex-Criminal Mastermind (Reformed thank you very much), City Savior, Controversial Author, and Predator/Prey relationship advocate. I'm also, as you probably guess by the hyphenated last name, married, and happily so to my mate Vernon Hunter, a gray wolf. I'm also a mother to three wonderful pups, something I never thought I'd ever have the chance to be! But, lamb sakes, I've gushed enough about myself here without explaining exactly what this blog is for. You see, after the release of my book “Predator Seeking Prey”, our little family started to get a lot of public attention again, and with it came a lot of question from curious mammals and other pred/prey couples from all over Animalia. My best friend and mate Vernon thought it would be a good idea to deal with these questions directly by opening a sort of blog/forum and taking those questions about our lives directly. Since then, I'd like to say our little blog has been quite successful, with even members of our family and friend circle pitching in and taking a few questions as well. So with all that said., please feel free to Ask Away!

Oh, and also, feel free to check our old location for previous asks until we can get a better archive system in place!

The original Ask Dawn And Vern Tumblr! This blog is a continuation/reboot of the "AskDawnAndVern" tumblr, as I am permanently locked out of the Tumblr at present.

https://askdawnandvern.tumblr.com/

(Blog Author Note: This blog is based on the fanfiction “The Rehabilitation of Dawn Bellwether” as well as it's pseudo-sequel “A Lamb Among Wolves”. If you haven't read them, it'll probably help you better understand what's going on here if you do. I'll link both stories below. Oh Also, I'm open to questions as well. Simply direct “Author” emails to “WastedTime” when composing them. And before I forget, I have a Patreon! Five dollars gets you access to in progress fics, Ask priority, and art previews of both SFW and NSFW art. Of course, even a dollar would help. Seriously, it's how I keep projects like this alive.

The Rehabilitation of Dawn Bellwether:

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11999389/1/The-Rehabilitation-of-Dawn-Bellwether

A Lamb Among Wolves:

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12364172/1/A-Lamb-Among-Wolves

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https://www.patreon.com/wastedtimeee

Thursday, August 22, 2024

Ask Vanna; Do you love Milk?

Vanna: About as much as anyone else I guess...I....drank a lot more when I was a kitten.

Zach: Well, most pups do...they've been pushin' milk hard since the nineties. *Chuckles* It was practically propaganda...

Vernon: Well they had just come off the eighties, where anti-drug propaganda was king. *Laughs* Not that I'm defendin' drugs er' nothin', but the anti-drug stuff was almost comically with how ham-pawed it was.

Vanna: I think cats are more known for having an affinity for milk for some reason though...even the "Got Milk" ads featured more feline folk than other mammals, though I think the stereotype is older than that...

Zach: Yeah, I think the cats love milk thang goes back...almost as far as the whole rabbits and carrots thang...so I'm guessin'...maybe cartoons?

Dawn: Hmm...*Looking over phone* It seems Bindian Tigers were some of the first mammals to actively trade bovine folk for milk. This was apparently because due to issues with malnutrition at the time, along with Tigresses generally having more kittens than available milk during that period, they had to seek out supplementary dairy for their kittens. Sometime after that, adults also began to drink the excess milk, and it became a staple drink...

Vanna: I honestly didn't know that...

Vernon: That makes sense...I think Norwulves did the same with goats and sheep. *Chuckles* Cause the Norwulves often had more pups than nipples to go around...though it didn't become associated with us in the same way.

Dawn: *Still reading* When the New Pridelinds made Contact with Bindia, Milk became popular among the royal lions in Great Kitten, and eventually filtered down to the general masses. This would eventually lead to the creation and popularization of the Yule favorite, Eggnog...

Zach: Aww, you love eggnog don'tcha Kitten...

Vanna: *Winces* Yeah...I do...

Ulric: Pfft...I don't. It's like you guys said, that milk stuff is propaganda. And I don't consume propaganda.

Vernon: That's why y'all got osteoporosis.

Zach: And why Honey's gotta put Calcium supplements in yer food...

Ulric: HONEY DOES WHAT?!