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11-06-2007, 10:01 AM
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It appaears alot of folks on WAB have cats and dogs. But what is the oddest pet you own/have owned? |
11-06-2007, 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Ukwildlifeo  It appaears alot of folks on WAB have cats and dogs. But what is the oddest pet you own/have owned? | stick insect?
Oh and I babysat some british Field Crickets for a while when at uni...
Oh and I had a woodlouse 'farm' when I was very small  very hard to build fences to keep woodlice in you know.......   |
11-06-2007, 11:08 AM
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We have two dogs, see avatar, the collie cross is a rescue dog and we think is 8 or 9, the black lab is 2 1/2. Probably not old enough to win the Oldest pet award, but know one else seems to be replying. 8 or 9 to beat, bring on the tortoise.
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11-06-2007, 11:08 AM
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Woops forgot to add mine.
Mine is proberly the aquatic caecilians - legless amphibians - that I had for a few months    |
11-06-2007, 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Billy Wobble Dagger Probably not old enough to win the Oldest pet award, but know one else seems to be replying.
BWD | I actually said oddest, but thanks for the sympathy post |
11-06-2007, 11:35 AM
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We had a Roman Snail for a while, but let it go in the forest! Twas realy big. Also had a spider....... I was young!!! 
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11-06-2007, 11:40 AM
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I kept a crab once for about three weeks. I found it in a rock pool on the beach. No idea what kind it was - it was very small and so was I. |
11-06-2007, 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Ukwildlifeo I actually said oddest, but thanks for the sympathy post | Oh yes, thought it was a strange question. Note to self: Must read the question first before answering it.
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11-06-2007, 02:17 PM
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I've looked after a full size adult heron for a day whilst waiting for the rspb. I brought it home limp and sad, popped it into my laundry basket and then fled the room when it perked up and started stalking around the lounge lol  We also currently own a blind Hedgehog called dafydd and a 3 legged pond skater has moved in on the pond.
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11-06-2007, 03:29 PM
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this is noggin - we also have two others , stig and wilma - a lot of people dont get the keeping rats idea but i'm a convert - noggin likes to sit on my stomach (inside my top) while i'm on wab
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11-06-2007, 03:55 PM
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I've had so many pets over the years ranging from fish and a tortoise to Rabbits, dogs and rodents. Don't know if I would consider any of them odd but I had a habit of collecting caterpillars as a child. I would keep them till they changed unless they escaped first. We used to have 3 huge trees in our back garden and there was always an abundance of caterpillars on them, something that's a rare sight today. My daughter asked if I would allow her to collect caterpillars and my answer was no. Looking at it from a conservation point of view I don't think it would be a good idea. |
11-06-2007, 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by eeyore
this is noggin - we also have two others , stig and wilma - a lot of people dont get the keeping rats idea but i'm a convert - noggin likes to sit on my stomach (inside my top) while i'm on wab | I'm a real fan of rats. We've always had hamsters but the last two, sold to us as 2 females, went on to have enough babies to fill a pet shop. I've seen enough hamsters to last me a lifetime but I feel an expert at sexing them now . Who knows I may move on to rats now . |
11-06-2007, 06:45 PM
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I have had in the past, ferrets, tarantula, stick insects, magpie for eight weeks, Hedgehogs for a winter, moorhen for a summer
At the moment I have a
dog
two cats
two budgies
rosella
two oscar fish
I have shares in pets at home |
11-06-2007, 06:46 PM
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I have had some odd things over the years - mostly when I was a child - stick insects, curlytail lizards, crickets, water scorpions, snails etc., but currently have a tortoise and an antlion. |
11-06-2007, 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by mrs fish I have shares in pets at home | booo hisss - i'm boycotting pets at home on account of their unsuitable sales of small mammals , and their inablity to sex rats etc correctly - the number of unwanted litters that turn up at rescue centres as a direct result of this is quite astounding.
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11-06-2007, 06:57 PM
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You wouldn't be interested in buying my shares then
It is bad if they can't sex rats and Rabbits properly.
Our local PaH have got rid of all their birds and were selling giant Rabbits £140 and coming soon will be stick insects and crabs. |
11-06-2007, 06:58 PM
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do worms count as pets? 
had a few of those before!
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11-06-2007, 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by eeyore booo hisss - i'm boycotting pets at home on account of their unsuitable sales of small mammals , and their inablity to sex rats etc correctly - the number of unwanted litters that turn up at rescue centres as a direct result of this is quite astounding. | It was also pets at home that sold me the two female hamsters that were actually male and female. Then when they had babies they told me they wouldn't take them off me, it wasn't their problem. I persisted and they eventually took them. A few years earlier I bought two guinea pigs at pets at home and had the same problem ( yes it's true ). One was mounting the other and I returned it to pets at home twice to say it was male, not female. Both times they checked and insisted it was female. Eventually I learned how to sex him myself and when I returned to the shop for a third time and actually exposed his bits for them they had to admit their mistake. |
11-06-2007, 07:49 PM
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its also rumoured that pets at home are supplied by rodent farms , which are to rodents what battery farming is to chickens.
my advice to everyone is to buy your pets (of whatever type) only from a reputable breeder or to take rescue animals from the rspca and other shelters.
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11-06-2007, 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by eeyore its also rumoured that pets at home are supplied by rodent farms , which are to rodents what battery farming is to chickens.
my advice to everyone is to buy your pets (of whatever type) only from a reputable breeder or to take rescue animals from the rspca and other shelters. | Yes I agree. |
11-06-2007, 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Tiggrx I have had some odd things over the years - mostly when I was a child - stick insects, curlytail lizards, crickets, water scorpions, snails etc., but currently have a tortoise and an antlion. | Antlion!? Cool. Im guessing a larva/nymph, but where did you get it? |
11-06-2007, 09:25 PM
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I looked after a jay with hardly any Feathers for a couple of weeks. he was at the rescue centre awaiting for his new home to be built in one of the Volunteers gardens. he couldn't fly but was great at hopping, loved being fed treats by hand and adored having you give him a shower with one of those Houseplant sprays. I was upset when i had to give him back, 
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11-06-2007, 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Ukwildlifeo Antlion!? Cool. Im guessing a larva/nymph, but where did you get it? | yep, a larva. Ordered it from a website which now doesn't seem to be selling them anymore. Very cool though! |
11-06-2007, 10:15 PM
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For the last 5 years I have been keeping Pink Winged Stick insects, and yes they can fly! but crikey they just replicate like mad!
I had until recently Macleay's Extatosoma tiaratum sticks but only have eggs now and may have to wait up to 9 months for any to hatch
I had a Green Iguana for 5 years which I probably put as much time into as I did my daughter when she was born!
I kept a baby squirrel that fell out of a tree when I was young but it died before it's eyes opened...
Oh I had some whirligigs once but they ate each other and the remaining beetles left without permission 
Oh and recently some Triops the eggs had been lying around the house for about 4 years and decided to give them a go but they all died very quickly after about 5 days? |
12-06-2007, 07:43 AM
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Not sure if it counts as a pet but i had a green woodpecker who could'nt fly i kept him in the kitchen and fed him on mealworms and any bugs i found especially and eggs then one day he just flew onto the cupboard,onto my daughters arm and away out the door so all ended well for him i hope | | |
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