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Do you have an unusual pet? Do you want one? Do you know of some stupid idiot with a 12 foot croc? Or is that just 12foot of crock?

I have (what I think is) an unusual pet, a ghost knife fish. It is almost blind and uses electricity to find things. What about you?

I used to have some immortal goldfish.

I always wanted a pet skunk.

I have a friend with a pet rat(not that unusual) that he takes everywhere with him. It rides on his shoulder(A bit more unusual).

a ghost knife fish. It is almost blind and uses electricity to find things.
thats awesome, i will have to check one out

as for my pet, i have a tamagotchi - those things are still funnier then hell to me

My fiancee and I had a hermit crab for about six months earlier this year until he mysteriously died...God rest his soul...other than that, the most unusual pets we have are two betta fish (the type you have to keep separate lest they try to cannibalize each other) and a cat who stands on her hind legs whenever she wants to get our attention.

i had a hedgehog named Dr. Gonzo. he was so freaking cool. he ate bugs, so if we ever saw a spider or creepy crawly around our apartment we would just let the Doc out of his cage and he would skibble around and munch up the problem. you could cup him in your hand and he would ball up, and then you could roll him across the floor like a tenis ball.

i miss my 'hog. he was super.

dare i even start a list

i had a hedgehog named Dr. Gonzo. he was so freaking cool. he ate bugs, so if we ever saw a spider or creepy crawly around our apartment we would just let the Doc out of his cage and he would skibble around and munch up the problem. you could cup him in your hand and he would ball up, and then you could roll him across the floor like a tenis ball.

i miss my 'hog. he was super.

Sounds better then one of my friends experience with having a hedgehog as a pet. He found it at night, and christened it Bertie, and used a cardboard box to keep him it. When he woke up the next morning he realised his room smelled foul. Bertie had escaped the box and shat all over his room.

Sounds better then one of my friends experience with having a hedgehog as a pet. He found it at night, and christened it Bertie, and used a cardboard box to keep him it. When he woke up the next morning he realised his room smelled foul. Bertie had escaped the box and shat all over his room.

I would. :)

Sounds better then one of my friends experience with having a hedgehog as a pet. He found it at night, and christened it Bertie, and used a cardboard box to keep him it. When he woke up the next morning he realised his room smelled foul. Bertie had escaped the box and shat all over his room.
'hogs don't much care for boxes, i suppose. the Doc was quite happy in a converted guinea pig cage, though he couldn't fit on any of the wheels they sold at the pet store. from what i hear, 'hogs are a bit moody and insist on being loved. you've got to play with them nicely and keep their homes clean, otherwise they get cranky and this weird white foam shows up on their spines when they get pissed off. you also have to watch what you feed them, or they do poop a whole lot...we fed ours dry cat food and meal worms, and he was chill, but (oddly) the petstore hedgehog food made him poo all over the place and get cranky.

I would. :)
Pick up a hedgehog at night for a pet or shit in room of the person who kept you in a box?

I used to have some immortal goldfish.

Used to have? What happened to them?

And, if it's LG, I think it's entirely possible that he would pick up a hedgehog at night for a pet, and shit in the room of a person that kept you in the box. The two go hand in hand, can't you see?

dare i even start a list
I do :)
Lets see here
I know someone with a twelve foot croc
I (sort of) know twin brothers that have have a 20 year old blind declawed bobcat (rather I know the bobcat)
I sort of had a cougar (she was the sweetest animal I have ever seen)
I want another cougar
an opposum
a one winged golden eagle
the list could grow on, but i'll stop there

I used to have some immortal goldfish.

What heppened to your Immortal Goldfish?

I used to have hamsters. And I used to breed them till there were so many. That I had to give them all away. Except the first 2 I had. Which eventually died of old age.

dare i even start a list

Please do...it is hopefully more entertaining than pets of other people I have encountered, like a former hallmate of mine at college who got a guinea pig (despite the university's prohibition on pets in dorm rooms) and then proceeded to get rid of the guinea pig when she discovered she could get a ferret (and proceeded to do so...)

EDIT: The list has been started...but the continuation might be fun to watch...hopefully...

Pick up a hedgehog at night for a pet or shit in room of the person who kept you in a box?

Jordaxia is right. Either one. Or maybe both. :)

Please do...it is hopefully more entertaining than pets of other people I have encountered, like a former hallmate of mine at college who got a guinea pig (despite the university's prohibition on pets in dorm rooms) and then proceeded to get rid of the guinea pig when she discovered she could get a ferret (and proceeded to do so...)
I did, keep in mind I work at a veterinary clinic, so some of them weren't pets so to say, but did spend time at my house

I got it right because I rule.

I used to have a frog. For a day. Trust me. Frogs do not like bread and butter! Just a little bit of zoology there for you. Probably something that I should submit to some animal monthly thing.

Used to have? What happened to them?

My dad flushed them down the toilet because we stopped looking after them.

They were two normal fair goldfish (you know, the ones that usually die by the time you get home), and we kept them in a platic tub (quite large considering their size). Me and my sisters were told we had to look after them, feed them clean them etc..

Which was all well and good, but since we were quite young we lost interest eventually (come on, there's not much you can really do with a goldfish), so we stopped feeding them and cleaning the 'tank.' Yet they managed to continue living, we had three cats who frequently attempted to go 'fishing.'

IT was weird

And, if it's LG, I think it's entirely possible that he would pick up a hedgehog at night for a pet, and shit in the room of a person that kept you in the box. The two go hand in hand, can't you see?

True

I got it right because I rule.

I used to have a frog. For a day. Trust me. Frogs do not like bread and butter! Just a little bit of zoology there for you. Probably something that I should submit to some animal monthly thing.
oh yeah, I had three whites tree frogs as well, one got looses when I was on vacation, the next died of old age, and the third I gave to a friend

I used to have hamsters. And I used to breed them till there were so many. That I had to give them all away. Except the first 2 I had. Which eventually died of old age.
Reminds me. I have a cat that can open hamster cages.

Hmm... well... currently, I have... a beagle, a basset, a cat, a 29 gallon fish tank with tropical fish... a 5 gallon with a baby black molly and a peppered cory cat fish... a fiddler crab, a crawdad, a 1 gallon with a betta, a guinea pig, and 37 hermit crabs. I'm going to be getting a white-cap Pionus soon (it's er... a type of parrot). o.o Maybe not very weird, but certainly excessive?

Nothin very weird bout my pets, apart from the fact that they seem to spend more time dying than living. One of my friends had a hermit crab and she wasn't aloud to get a possum till it died so she crushed up rat poison and put it in the crabs food. It died. And another friend no's a dog that ate another dog, a jack russel to be exact. :eek:

Oh gosh, where to begin.....

In my mothers classroom she currently has....

1 Ferret
2 Bearded Dragons
5-6 Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches
1 Iguana
3 Hermit Crabs
2 Turtles (not sure what kinds)
4 Firebelly Toads
1 Xenopus Frog
2 Congo Millipedes
3 Degus
1 Albino Hedgehog
2 Finches
5 Anoles
and
fish.....

Some aren't that strange I know.....

As far as myself, I have an Emerald Tree Boa, and I've had Leopard Geckos and Yemenese Veiled Chameleon :)

Some of the animals

Nothin very weird bout my pets, apart from the fact that they seem to spend more time dying than living. One of my friends had a hermit crab and she wasn't aloud to get a possum till it died so she crushed up rat poison and put it in the crabs food. It died.
........................................... speechless

Not to mention cruel. Say, can I have the address of your "friend"? :mp5:

Do you have an unusual pet? Do you want one? Do you know of some stupid idiot with a 12 foot croc? Or is that just 12foot of crock?

I have (what I think is) an unusual pet, a ghost knife fish. It is almost blind and uses electricity to find things. What about you?

I also have a ghost knife fish. They are pretty cool.

Well, I used to have one; now my parents do, since it was impractical to bring my aquariums with me on the move.

:mad:

What I really want is a ferret.

No, no!! A monkey!!

WAIT!! I KNOW!!!

I want a kangaroo.

... I've had Leopard Geckos...

One of my Leopard Geckos is very sick... she won't hunt... :'(

I also have a ghost knife fish. They are pretty cool.

Well, I used to have one; now my parents do, since it was impractical to bring my aquariums with me on the move.

:mad:

What I really want is a ferret.

No, no!! A monkey!!

WAIT!! I KNOW!!!

I want a kangaroo.

Ferrets are like two year olds, unless you're willing to put in the time.....beware.

I want a penguin!
http://www.penguinwarehouse.com/

i don't no it, and anyway, it probly wouldn't be much help unless u lived in Adelaide

And i don't think a kangaroo would be very practical. I want a leapoard

Bonsai Kitten! Their so cuuuute.


www.bonsaikitten.com

One of my Leopard Geckos is very sick... she won't hunt... :'(

If its a female she might be going through an "I'm ready to mate" period, they don't usually eat then, or she might be ready to molt.

If she doesn't eat in the next few days you should take her to the vet. Once their tales start to become "skinny" that means that are starving, they are using up the fat deposits in their tails.

You might have to hand feed her baby food and/or crushed up meal worms. I had to do this...not fun.

I want a velociraptor. Think there's a website for that?

I want a velociraptor. Think there's a website for that?

My Rockhopper Penguin would so take your velociraptor in a fight.

Usual pets I've had:
Guinea Pig
2 Rabbits
Various Tropical Fish
2 Red Eared Turtles

Unusual pets I've had:
Green Anole (http://www.wildtexas.com/wildguides/anole.php)
Tarantula

"Pets" I've had a very short time:
Crawdads
Hemit Crabs
Yeast (kept in a bucket in my room)

Unusual pets I have known:
Racoon
Skunk
Eels
Boa Constrictors

Unusual pet I want:
Ocotpus

so nobody thinks my list was at all strange?

Yup. Octopus or squids would be cool.

Especially if you have a specially made aquarium. Because their bodies is so flexible, they can squeeze through very small crevices.

My Rockhopper Penguin would so take your velociraptor in a fight.

Nuh uhhhh, my velociraptor would totally rule. I'd name it Killy McKillsalot.

If its a female she might be going through an "I'm ready to mate" period, they don't usually eat then, or she might be ready to molt.

If she doesn't eat in the next few days you should take her to the vet. Once their tales start to become "skinny" that means that are starving, they are using up the fat deposits in their tails.

You might have to hand feed her baby food and/or crushed up meal worms. I had to do this...not fun.

That's how we've been keeping her alive (My girlfriend feeds her waxies. She worked a long time in the herp department where we got the geckos.), that and gatorade. She just won't hunt on her own, like she doesn't know how. The food just runs around her terrarium, and she's hungry, but she doesn't see any connection.

so nobody thinks my list was at all strange?

I figured you were like St. to all injured or sick animals :). Either that or just a really sweet person....or a vet....

Nuh uhhhh, my velociraptor would totally rule. I'd name it Killy McKillsalot.

How unoriginal, :P

Then if we're going to have a battle, I pick Utah Raptor. Bigger then the silly old Velociraptor, and a lot smarter. You're going down!

Bonsai Kitten! Their so cuuuute.


www.bonsaikitten.com
Haa, fuck yeah!
Err...
What thread were we talking about them before in a few days ago? That was funny.

I figured you were like St. to all injured or sick animals :). Either that or just a really sweet person....or a vet....



How unoriginal, :P

Then if we're going to have a battle, I pick Utah Raptor. Bigger then the silly old Velociraptor, and a lot smarter. You're going down!

Is it too late to change my pick?

I figured you were like St. to all injured or sick animals :). Either that or just a really sweet person....or a vet....
I'm 17 and have worked at a vet clinic since I was twelve

i want a tarsier.. those things are all sortsa cool.

http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/estars.htm
http://www.bohol.ph/picture102.html

Gecko's are awesome.

My house theirs thousands of them. Running around the walls everywhere. Wouldn't consider pets, neither pests. They eat up mosquitoes. Makes me happy.

Their not the big geckos. The mini-ones. Their called Cicaks Here. Dunno whats their scientific name.

Is it too late to change my pick?

Yes. You picked Velociraptor, you gotta stick with him! Besides he would be heart broken if you picked some bigger better dinosaur....like.....Utah Raptor.

At least you didn't pick Oviraptor ("Egg Robber"), he was the last raptor picked for kickball back in elementary school, because he was soooo uncool.

Yes. You picked Velociraptor, you gotta stick with him! Besides he would be heart broken if you picked some bigger better dinosaur....like.....Utah Raptor.

At least you didn't pick Oviraptor ("Egg Robber"), he was the last raptor picked for kickball back in elementary school, because he was soooo uncool.

Fine, then my Velociraptor has laser beams for eyes and can breathe fire.

Fine, then my Velociraptor has laser beams for eyes and can breathe fire.

I don't remember those being "natural raptor abilities".

I don't remember those being "natural raptor abilities".

Killy McKillsalot is an ubervelociraptor. They just discovered them.

I don't remember those being "natural raptor abilities".

Prove they weren't. :D

I don't remember those being "natural raptor abilities".
You weren't paying enough attention in class then.
:D

Killy McKillsalot is an ubervelociraptor. They just discovered them.

Uber huh? Hmmm....

Prove they weren't.

Prove they were.

Don't come to Sdaeriji's rescue! grrrrr

Uber huh? Hmmm....



Prove they were.

Don't come to Sdaeriji's rescue! grrrrr

:p

Uber huh? Hmmm....



Prove they were.

Don't come to Sdaeriji's rescue! grrrrr

I obviously needed rescuing in our little debate....

I obviously needed rescuing in our little debate....

Of course you would, you were arguing against ME silly :P

Of course you would, you were arguing against ME silly :P

He still has laser beam eyes and breathes fire....:D

TOTALLY hijacked this thread. I rule.

He still has laser beam eyes and breathes fire....:D

TOTALLY hijacked this thread. I rule.

Getting BACK on track.

I once had a neighbor who raised a raccoon. It was the cutest thing, and it loved marshmallows.

Getting BACK on track.

I once had a neighbor who raised a raccoon. It was the cutest thing, and it loved marshmallows.
and then it grew up to be really nasty, at least in my experience with racoons

Bonsai Kitten! Their so cuuuute.


www.bonsaikitten.com
u seriously want one of them!! u r deranged, did u even read wat they do to them!!! :eek:

We had a little bird that drowned itself in the fishbowl

We had a little bird that drowned itself in the fishbowl

Awwwww, :(

I want a pair of Sugar Gliders (http://www.skinhorse.net/gliders/)

http://www.mouseshouse.com.au/images/sugar3.jpg
I mean, how cool is that?

u seriously want one of them!! u r deranged, did u even read wat they do to them!!! :eek:
Dude, you're missing something really obvious...
It's a hoax. You think they'd last for a week before the SPCA was on their asses if they were for real?

Oh yeah, and I am deranged, although I don't know about Greedy P. Thank you for noticing.
:D

We had a little bird that drowned itself in the fishbowl
Existential pets...
I bet my cousin's hamsters would do that if they knew what was happening... She accidentally killed about 10-12, through neglect or otherwise.
:(

I've never had anything but a goldfish because my mom's allergic to anything with hair and wasn't keen on reptiles or amphibians, and since I moved out I've been living in apartments. But once we get our own house I'm thinking of getting a sunglow corn snake - they're absolutely beautiful, and they're meant to be fairly easy to take care of, for snakes. Someday when we're rich (ha!) we also want a biiig aquarium with lots of tropical fish and some of those small sharks, like black-tip reef sharks or dogfish. :)

I admit I would love a king cobra with a gorgeous hood, and to have an alligator live in my bathtub but it's just not practical, and a bit mean to the poor animal I think!

I want a kangaroo.


Honestly, if you live outside Australia and have lots of open grassland then go for it! There are so many they are culled and even eaten. Get several females and two males maximum, ensure you have lots of grassland, few tolerate snow. Low maintainence, but not friendly in breeding season, they have been known to disembowel. They're also fast, faster than Cathy Freeman!

Greedy Pig I thought that Bonsai kitten website was horrid and funny until I realised it was a gag, then it was just funny.

If I didn't have to care for it I would like a cultures of:
Thiobacillus concretivorans, bacteria which cannot live without acid strong enough to dissolve metals

Microccus radiophilus which eats plutonium, or even it's close cousin Deinococcus radiodurans

Just because I think they'd bee cool, and some lemurs, bush-babies (not the dingo eaten kind, the African kind) or the cappybarra (the largest member of the rodent family).:)

A Tasmanian Tiger would be good too, sort of like a flesh eating kangaroo that ran on all fours like a dog. Extinct BTW.

So anyone have unusual fish they can suggest I add to my tank? I like unusual phylums (body shapes).

And does anyone know why my brine shrimp keep dying?