Other Pets

Just wondering does any other forum members keep any other interesting pets like reptiles or parrots so on, so on......

You got to love rabbits



This is Anna, if you fall asleep on the couch she likes to jump on you till you wake up

nothing overly unusual due lack of space!!!!!!!!!!!

we have at the moment:
Pupser and shiver the dogs and sometime in the next 18 months we are adding an Irish Glen of Imaal Terrier.

We have Zebra finches and Bengalese Society finch (16 at the moment)
when we move we will be adding more varieties

Catherine is interested Bearded Dragons and i just like pets of every type.

ask again in a few months and this will change i would give my wish list but don't want to hog all the space on the forum.

ah cool mickey i actually breed beardies so if you's are serious on gettin one in a while give me a shout mine should be breeding again soon!

in my house we have 2 bearded dragons, my 180 tank, my black headed caique parrot thats all in my room there's my lil sisters rabbit and guinea pig out the back
thats all can fit any more haha

Just a cat, and my 2 kids (they are my animals:laugh: )

mickeywallace wrote:

Catherine is interested Bearded Dragons and i just like pets of every type.

mickey im going to buy a Bearded Dragon for my other half and i need to have it in 3 weeks
Any tips on what i need or could you ask the boss can she give any tips?

LB

you done much research on it LB?

what ya need to know?

I Have now 4 aquariums, 2 beardies breeding pair, A black Lab named Charlie he's 9 months and a handful!

I have kept in the past : Bosc Monitor, Green Iguana, Horned mountain dragon, 7 budgies, 3 rabbits, 11 degu's, hamsters dwarfs and otherwise, A Corn Snake and at one point 7 aquariums at the same time.

I have kept hundreds of different species of fish and reptiles in my old job. I am gonba get another Varanoid (Monitor) or maybe a Teid (Tegu) sometime in the future. My main areas of interest are fish and reptiles, hope to have 2 brick sheds 1 day, one fishhouse and the other filled with vivariums.

SB87 wrote:

you done much research on it LB?

what ya need to know?

Well all I know so far is I don’t need to cycle the tank
I hope to have every thing for him for less than 500 euro
I think I need a heat pad, heat lamp, spray bottle? Some fake plants? They like to climb?
For food I know they eat crickets and calcium powder is essential.
I would like a waterfall in there but not sure if that can be done?

LB

Well
we have the baby of the family.....Sam .....A springer who is thick as S**t and twice as smelly...... he's getting old now and a bit deaf the pic below was taken a while ago ....i was looking at some chameleons a while ago but the missus would probably send me packing.....Live crickets ect don't do it for her (micro worms are bad enough .. ).... Trimax ....I have a shed lined up for something like that (Brick Built,slate roof & fully insulated )but my son and his band practise there...so I'm just waiting for him to get a job ...buy his own house ...and move his drum kit out...the way things are going ....That will be in 30 years or so...

your son plays drums?

cool!!

thats my other vice my drum kit has cost me 3000 so far haha

thats my other vice my drum kit has cost me 3000 so far haha

Hiya SB
Yep he plays drums ...don't know how much its cost me ( I prefer not to think about it to be honest).....But the lads enjoy themselves and I've been assured that some day they will all be millionaire Rock stars and I'll be paid back in full....

2 dogs, 2 cats (and 2 more sort of cats), a quaker parrot, poison dart frog, 3 harlequinn rasboras, 4 otocinclus, 2 cherry shrimp, about 30 juvenile guppies.

Hmmmmm
Picture didn't show up....anyway take it from me ...His name is Sam... he is a springer...He is deaf....He does smell....and we do love him......

PS...Is it just him or are all springer's a bit mad...???

i want one!!!!


society finch


shiver and pupser


i wish this was mine to


SB87 wrote:

ah cool mickey i actually breed beardies so if you's are serious on gettin one in a while give me a shout mine should be breeding again soon!

in my house we have 2 bearded dragons, my 180 tank, my black headed caique parrot thats all in my room there's my lil sisters rabbit and guinea pig out the back
thats all can fit any more haha

would be very interested we are moving next month to the new house the David i is due the 24 of MAY

and this will be the pet room

cardinal wrote:

Well
we have the baby of the family.....Sam .....A springer who is thick as S**t and twice as smelly...... he's getting old now and a bit deaf the pic below was taken a while ago ....i was looking at some chameleons a while ago but the missus would probably send me packing.....Live crickets ect don't do it for her (micro worms are bad enough .. ).... Trimax ....I have a shed lined up for something like that (Brick Built,slate roof & fully insulated )but my son and his band practise there...so I'm just waiting for him to get a job ...buy his own house ...and move his drum kit out...the way things are going ....That will be in 30 years or so...

Ha ha I put my parents through the same thing when I was a teen, me and my bro jammin in the "tool" shed. He'll grow out of it!

Well all I know so far is I don?t need to cycle the tankI hope to have every thing for him for less than 500 euro I think I need a heat pad, heat lamp, spray bottle? Some fake plants? They like to climb? For food I know they eat crickets and calcium powder is essential.I would like a waterfall in there but not sure if that can be done?

Wow your really not prepared for this at all! ( sorry!) No spray bottle! Luckily I've done years of research on Agamids. I will PM you a link to a care sheet I wrote.

I'm lucky enough to have a pet mad fiancé. I'm the one providing the voice of reason
Other than our 60L community tank which we got on a whim and I really got stuck into, we've got two bearded dragons, boys, but they havn't gotten territorial. They actually seem to get along great. We've also got two cats which are great.
We had a Chinese water dragon and he was great but he got a bacterial infection that we couldn't get rid of and he finally died in the vets.

Beardies are great to keep and very docile when it comes to handling them. I'd recommend feeding them locusts because they're quiet compared to the crickets and they're a little slower moving which makes them easy for the beardies to catch. For €500 you should be able to get a really nice set up. I'd recommend a 4 foot tank as they get quite big and need a lot of space in less than a year. Sand substrates can be a problem as it can lead to impaction if they keep swallowing it with their food. I had a scare with that and I wouldn't use sand again. There's plenty of alternatives.

Rory

Thanks for the info Jim & Rory

LB

Impaction of the gut from accidentally eating sand only occurs in neonates and juveniles. I've kept around 50 different adults on calci sand with no issues. Sand doesn't smell half as much as other substrates esp if you pick out the poo's daily. The zoo'med sand scooper works a charm for keeping the sand debris free. Also avoid mealworms with young lizards, they can eat through the intestinal wall in juveniles.

Two dogs, a Springer Spaniel called Abbey and a Border Terrier cross called Rusty. I also have two ferrets, and three small fish tanks.

Trimax wrote:

Impaction of the gut from accidentally eating sand only occurs in neonates and juveniles. I've kept around 50 different adults on calci sand with no issues. Sand doesn't smell half as much as other substrates esp if you pick out the poo's daily. The zoo'med sand scooper works a charm for keeping the sand debris free. Also avoid mealworms with young lizards, they can eat through the intestinal wall in juveniles.

I asked the guy in the shop today about Impaction and he said it depends on the sand you use, the sand he has dose not stick together when it gets wet so it’s not a problem. Dose this sound correct?

hi all i have my goldfish 70 liter tank . two dogs merlin and moby merlins a border collie and mobys a shit zu mix . there all great .

if i had the space i would have breaded dragons . turtles , parrots , monkeys ,

Besides the fish I have a gorgeous 11 month old cat called "Lucky". Named Lucky as we rescued her from an animal centre at 10 weeks as a kitten and she is the baby of our house now thats for sure!

In addition to my 4 fish tanks, an antisocial cat called Charlotte, a super cuddly cat called Rudi and a dote of a labrador/collie cross called Casper!

Valerie

LimerickBandit wrote:

Trimax wrote:

Impaction of the gut from accidentally eating sand only occurs in neonates and juveniles. I've kept around 50 different adults on calci sand with no issues. Sand doesn't smell half as much as other substrates esp if you pick out the poo's daily. The zoo'med sand scooper works a charm for keeping the sand debris free. Also avoid mealworms with young lizards, they can eat through the intestinal wall in juveniles.

I asked the guy in the shop today about Impaction and he said it depends on the sand you use, the sand he has dose not stick together when it gets wet so it’s not a problem. Dose this sound correct?

nearly ! it's about the size of the young beardies intestine and the grade of the sand, ie finer sand is worse as it's more likely to impact. Normal Coral sand (course not fine) works great. Just keep the young beardie on newspaper untill 9 months.

Up until a year or so ago we had four dogs in the house, a springer spaniel and an old english sheep dog plus two other mutts Unfortunately we had to get the old english sheepdog put to sleep august of last year aged 12, and the springer spaniel the year before aged 17. As well as two big fish tanks I have a 6 year old African grey and a 12 year old cockatiel..Always wanted a bearded dragon or an Iguana though..some day!

Fishowner wrote:

Besides the fish I have a gorgeous 11 month old cat called "Lucky". Named Lucky as we rescued her from an animal centre at 10 weeks as a kitten and she is the baby of our house now thats for sure!

Tried to turn her into a catfish but she wasnt having any of it!!!

excellent pic... "lucky" that tank wasnt full:)

I have 2 cats and a cook.
I use to keep birds as a youngster,and over the last few days am seriously considering knocking together a medium size flight and getting a few again.Probably just something small,finches(zebra),Chinese painted quail and/or mules.My father always use to talk about these,I dont know much,but believe they're a cross of a canary and goldfinch,and have the most amazing song.
In the past kept,canaries,Budgies(budgerigar apparantly Aboriginal word for 'good eating' ,turquoisines,quail,cockatiels,pigeons,zebra finches)