Unusual Pets?

DitaVonTee

mrcow wrote: »

But seriously folks - rats, snakes and frogs. Are you insane?

Ever so slightly

Seriously though, snakes aren't as bad as some folk believe them to be and they do make interesting pets, certain species are easy to keep, easy to handle and all are extremely cheap to feed and keep.
It's the intial cost of the set ups for them that cost a whole lot of money.


Where it all come from for me was, as a youngster I were never allowed to keep anything at all like this, but, I have always been extremely fond of reptiles, snakes especially. Why, I have no idea, I've always felt drawn to them. Hubby hates them, well, hate is a strong word, he's scared of them. But he knows as of yet I am yet to be bitten and see's me handling mine everyday. Even my children handle them (under strict supervision of course) and the youngest one is just a toddler

Person_one

mrcow wrote: »

I can understand the lizards and the hedgehog. Kind of cute and interesting.

But seriously folks - rats, snakes and frogs. Are you insane?

I've never really understood why hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs, chinchillas, degus, ferrets and even mice are considered normal loveable pets but rats are so unthinkable. What's that about?

Rats are far far more interactive than hamsters and gerbils, they enjoy human company, they learn tricks, they have unique personalities. Rats are more like miniature dogs than anything else really.

DitaVonTee

I have Guinea Pigs they are bonkers

Cecil & Barak:D

Person_one

DitaVonTee wrote: »

I have Guinea Pigs they are bonkers

Cecil & Barak:D

Do the humans have to sleep in the shed at your house?

scheming_gypsy

DitaVonTee wrote: »

Ever so slightly

Seriously though, snakes aren't as bad as some folk believe them to be and they do make interesting pets, certain species are easy to keep, easy to handle and all are extremely cheap to feed and keep.
It's the intial cost of the set ups for them that cost a whole lot of money.

To be honest the setup isn't that expensive unless you're buying at pet shop prices.
Dunelm sort out your fake plants cheaper than Exo Terra
You can build your own vivs to save a bit, or get a viv builder to sort you out.. usually £100 cheaper than a shop unless you're ordering Vivexotics online.
if you keep royals then you can knock up a RUB rack and run it on a heat cable powered by a pulse stat.

with a bit of effort you can do it pretty cheap. I've got 5 glass vivs
80cm x 80cm x 40cm - £10.50 off eBay with an 11x11 heat mat
24x18x18 exo terra - £35 off eBay
24x18x18 exo terra - £35 off eBay with a light canopy and 'bits'
36x18x18 exo terra - £56 off eBay with a 24inch light canopy, 'bits' and a 17x11 heat mat
31x15x20 which looks like an ENT - £26.99 off eBay with a heat mat, mat stat, bowls, light fittings, fake plants, bag of wood chips, timers and a plug extension

Tinks is in a ZooZone II which i paid a tenner for.

i also build an awesome beardie viv out of scrap that cost me £200 but that included stats, lighting and about £40's worth of feet for it and £30 on faux leather.

DitaVonTee

Person_one wrote: »

Do the humans have to sleep in the shed at your house?

Seriously contemplating chucking hubby out there :D:D so I can have more :D

We have dogs too heres a few pic's

Denzel - Cane Corso - He's a total babe!

He's a good lad, helping me in the garden

My Dobermann, Skye.

It's a hard life here being a dog

DitaVonTee

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

To be honest the setup isn't that expensive unless you're buying at pet shop prices.
Dunelm sort out your fake plants cheaper than Exo Terra
You can build your own vivs to save a bit, or get a viv builder to sort you out.. usually £100 cheaper than a shop unless you're ordering Vivexotics online.
if you keep royals then you can knock up a RUB rack and run it on a heat cable powered by a pulse stat.

with a bit of effort you can do it pretty cheap. I've got 5 glass vivs
80cm x 80cm x 40cm - £10.50 off eBay with an 11x11 heat mat
24x18x18 exo terra - £35 off eBay
24x18x18 exo terra - £35 off eBay with a light canopy and 'bits'
36x18x18 exo terra - £56 off eBay with a 24inch light canopy, 'bits' and a 17x11 heat mat
31x15x20 which looks like an ENT - £26.99 off eBay with a heat mat, mat stat, bowls, light fittings, fake plants, bag of wood chips, timers and a plug extension

Tinks is in a ZooZone II which i paid a tenner for.

i also build an awesome beardie viv out of scrap that cost me £200 but that included stats, lighting and about £40's worth of feet for it and £30 on faux leather.

I've brought viv's off ebay last one was a bargain
I know it can be done cheaply, some folks won't though, one thing I won't buy is second hand heat mats/bulbs (bulbs don't cost that much anyway) and thermostats, that's pretty much where I do draw the line:)

chelle230

we used to have 20+ snakes, bearded dragons, leopard geckos.

we now have the usual furry pets, dogs, cats, birds, but also one royal python called Fluffy

would have more reps if we could afford to keep them

scheming_gypsy

i don't mind second hand thermostats as Habistat will repair theirs for a fiver if there are any issues, and that fiver is pretty much to cover postage. Definitely no point buying second hand bulbs, £1 for three at Asda.. lol

scheming_gypsy

chelle230 wrote: »

we used to have 20+ snakes, bearded dragons, leopard geckos.

we now have the usual furry pets, dogs, cats, birds, but also one royal python called Fluffy

would have more reps if we could afford to keep them

a tea drinking cat?