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Joined: 15 May 2007
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16 May 2007, 2:19 pm

Do any of you have something considered a non mainstream pet? I consider cats, dogs, fish, and birds pretty mainstream. When I moved I couldn't keep my cat. Eventually I got a pet hedgehog and yes my son named it something geeky. Well ok gamer geeky.

Valhalla
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16 May 2007, 2:21 pm

Sonic?

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16 May 2007, 2:33 pm

I used to have pet ducks - they were great fun and laid eggs and kept the grass short

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16 May 2007, 2:36 pm

When I worked on the fishing boat, I kept a spider crab as a pet for the day. :roll:

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16 May 2007, 2:38 pm

I want a pet ferret.

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16 May 2007, 2:41 pm

I want the orange frogs in Manchester Museum/ But I think they're endangered or something and I doubt they'd give them to me anyway...
I also want a lizard and maybe a snake.

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16 May 2007, 2:47 pm

Valhalla wrote:

Sonic?

Yes though I told him it should be Sonique as it's female. :-)

Celticess
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16 May 2007, 2:49 pm

Starbuline wrote:

I want a pet ferret.

I wanted one too and might of been able to have one here as it's considered a cage pet though it does come out and will go on a leash. Someone else here had a rabbit for awhile which also can go on leashes it seems. But the problem was medical costs of keeping one. Apparently they cost quite a bit to treat and need more regular treatment than a cat or dog.

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16 May 2007, 2:52 pm

Celticess wrote:

I used to keep saltwater fish. I actually made a $10 profit from buying a bamboo shark egg, hatching it, and selling thje infant shark back to the petstore (I only had a 20 gallon tank, the minimum size needed for one shark is 120 gallons, and I find this too small). I had cool looking angel fish (Centropyge potteri) , a psychedelia mandarin fish, Various gobies, and a hellion of a maroon clownfish. That clownfish HATED me! I still have scars from when she attacked me. When she was still a male (they change sex, all clownfish start as male, but not all stay that way), he was gentle and a little afraid of me. When he changed sex, SHE was a raging b***h, and never hesitated to attack my hands, and often left me bleeding. She killed all but two of her tankmates, including the mandarin fish (which is highly poisonous). I had to shut the aquarium down because of cash flow problems two years ago. I want to eventually set-up another aquarium, on much, much larger than before.

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17 May 2007, 11:53 am

Here we go again. :roll: I'm the second post down.
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In addition to snakes, I've also kept rats, hamsters, turtles, lizards, salamanders, toads, and tarantulas.

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17 May 2007, 10:43 pm

stickboy26 wrote:

Here we go again. :roll:

I'm the second post down.
[url]http://www.wrongplanet.net/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=33203
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In addition to snakes, I've also kept rats, hamsters, turtles, lizards, salamanders, toads, and tarantulas.

I've always thought those emerald pythons were really pretty.

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18 May 2007, 3:30 am

I have three giant african land snails (achatina fulica).

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