What kind of pet do you have?

[silenze]

This would've been a poll, but there isn't enough room for all the possible pets... ;)

I have a ball python, Gnibbles, she's about 2 years.. 33/34":

http://www.fawkit.org/gnibbles.jpg
http://www.fawkit.org/gnibbles2.jpg

Most gentle/nicest/laid back pet I've ever had....

[Caj Darkmoon]

At home we have 5 cats, a dog, and a bird. However, you wouldn't know by walkign into the house, because my Mom is a clean freak.

[fstroupe]

9 dogs:

pit bull
big ugly dog that looks like a mix between a pit and a grayhound
Lhasa Apso
6 Lhasa Apso/Shih Zhu mix (I call them Lhasa Shih--3 are 6 week olds, and 2 of them are soon leaving)

[silenze]

At home we have 5 cats, a dog, and a bird. However, you wouldn't know by walkign into the house, because my Mom is a clean freak.

Man I used to have a bird... noisy & messy :( Your mom must be a busy woman :lol:

[undergroundtech]

My dog Bama, is a Plot Hound (bear hunting dog) I've had her about 7yrs.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v407/undergroundtech/NiceDogcopy.jpg


and another pic of my pig I got earlier in the Spring
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v407/undergroundtech/LittlePig2.jpg

[Roadracer_4ever]

No pets currently, but debating getting a cat again, as they're relatively easy to care for, and since I live in an apartment, dogs generally are not allowed.

[KryoNexus]

Male Siberian Husky named Zeus

Unfortunately moving out into my own place and getting married meant we didn't have room/money for him right now, so he's with the rents for a few months. Ironic that we were able to bring the wifey's dog (though she is a very small dog). I did get to take the 3rd bedroom as my office though :-)

[leezard]

currently 4 dogs and two cats

Before we moved to MI from TX I gave away all my reptiles

2 burmese pythons 10-12 feet each
1 red tail boa about 8'
2 ball pythons about 4' each
1 bearded dragon
1 iguanna about 4'

[silenze]

I've been thinking about getting another snake for a while... :D

[Surana]

Currently a dog, 3 guinea pigs (2 female one male lol) and two goldfish. Used to have more when I bred guineas and gerbils 8)

[leezard]

I've been thinking about getting another snake for a while... :D

I'd recommend a red tail boa, very mild mannered and gorgeous (if you get a true redtail) If you decide on a red tail you want one that has a golden/redish/yellowish color with bright red tail and spots, and not one that is kind of grey with red spots.

The bigger pythons (burmese and reticulated) can be really aggresive, trust me you get bit by a 12' burmese python you KNOW you have been bit, and nothing you can do but sit there and bleed till it decides to let go

heres a couple of pics showing the difference in the red tails
http://www.redtailboas.com/pastel/DPBCI-330-M15/DPB-M15-small3.jpg

http://www.redtailboas.com/pastel/DPBCI-330-F03/DPBCI-new-03-2.jpg

[silenze]

That's hillarious because that is Exactly the kind of snake I've been thinking about getting lol

Yeah... I wouldn't want to get bit just by my snake, they're strong.. even at her size..

[leezard]

I've been bitten by snakes mote times than i can remember, usually not much pain involved but it scares the crap out of ya when they strike.

The time i got bit by the 12' burmese I had just been playing with one of my friends ferrets and stepped inside the snake enclosure to move one of them, she smelled the ferret on my hamds and struck, had my whole hand in her mouth for about 5 minutes till she realized i wasnt food and relaxed.

[silenze]

hehe yeah.. "oops"

I read up a lot before I got her... I used to feed her in a box, now I just use the bath tub.. to avoid getting bit at all costs lol

she's never even hissed at any one so far... :)

I know what they mean about reading their body movements now too, though, so that helps..

[TenaciousPD]

I got 2 dogs, 1 dog is getting to be old and she is starting to slow down, but shes a great dog. Friendly, smart and is very protective. She has got part lab, golden retreaver, and part german shepard, you can see the lab and retreaver on here, the german shepard you can tell by her attitude. I was mowing grass and had a dog come down the ally growling at me, i had a boot waiting on it if it got close (had steel toes on) and my dog came running out there, broke her chain, and jumped the fence, rolled the other dog around and it ran off, she came over to my side and i chained her back up. Sad she has to stay on a chain, but if she gets out of the yard, she is going to get hit by a car since we are in the city. the other dog is annoying, nothing great to say about her, other than she is fat and eats alot.

[Bio-Hazard]

I've got 3 dogs, the youngest we got a few weeks ago. I found him down in the woods out here where I live, some butt head just dumped off to die, he's about 4-5 months old.

[silenze]

People are cruel :?

[Beemer]

I have not pets, but I want a dog. I saw somewhere that said "You feed a cat, but you own a dog". Thats kinda my thoughts as well, cats are cool, but I am a big dog fan.

[Bio-Hazard]

Lots of them are............. :evil: That's how I got all three of my dogs, picking up little lost puppies............ :shock: For that matter, I guess you could say I found my wife that way also......................... :wink:

[silenze]

Lots of them are............. :evil: That's how I got all three of my dogs, picking up little lost puppies............ :shock: For that matter, I guess you could say I found my wife that way also......................... :wink:

lol!

I have not pets, but I want a dog. I saw somewhere that said "You feed a cat, but you own a dog". Thats kinda my thoughts as well, cats are cool, but I am a big dog fan.

that's pretty true... most cats are like that :P

[siq]

boxer... large boxer. he's a big baby though.

[playafly187]

I have not pets, but I want a dog. I saw somewhere that said "You feed a cat, but you own a dog". Thats kinda my thoughts as well, cats are cool, but I am a big dog fan.

im the exact opposite there. everyone ive known that has owned dogs, well, i just cant stand em. we stayed with some folks over the summer who had 3 dogs. one was weird, one was really cool (except it shed wayyy too much) and the other was completely psycho, seriously. the dog would bark, growl and just go nuts EVERY morning as people were getting ready for work/school. it even bit kim a few times for no reason.

some other people i know have two big black pit bulls. now why in the hell would you want a dog/s like that? they destroy everything in the house (including the house itself), stink, and are just a hassle.

i have yet to find a dog that i really like. you have to take them outside to use the bathroom, and nearly every one i have seen just isnt cuddly/loveable.

now cats, on the other hand, are the perfect pet. no need to wake up in the middle of the night to take them outside. when they are young, they are just the cutest things! my last cat was the most loveable animal ever. it rarely left my lap. it slept with me in the bed (and didnt take up the whole bed like a big dog would). they dont bark like crazy for no reason like a lot of dogs do. none of my cats ever tore the house up. again, the perfect pet :)

*awaits dog-lover replies* hehe

[silenze]

My snake is cuddly!

[playafly187]

hehe, even the word 'snake' creeps me out....

[silenze]

hehe, even the word 'snake' creeps me out....

I bet you loved clicking on the thread and getting a closeup of a python then :lol:

[Kattikawn]

Heh, that's probably why Keith hasn't ventured into this thread. ;) Never seen one person so afraid of snakes before. Makes me feel way too tomboyish since I used to catch them when I was younger.

I don't stand on either side of the cat/dog battefield. I have a cat right now who *thinks* he's a dog, so I get a little of both worlds. I also have a red-eared slider that I caught in a lake at my dad's house about three years ago.

I'd really like to have another German shepherd someday. I had one before I moved to Memphis and she was one of the most intelligent, well-behaved animals I've ever owned, even if she was a huge kleptomaniac. If not a German shepherd, then an Australian shepherd, which we owned when I was still a toddler.

[silenze]

I find it to be hillarious... I used to be scared of snakes... but after researching ball pythons a lot, then holding her and having her for a while... I don't even understand what I was affraid of at all.. (mind you she is very calm and gentle, but I have no jitteryness or anything with snakes at all any more..)

[Kattikawn]

I think most people are just primally afraid of how they move and the way they swallow their prey whole. Nothing else really comes to my mind that eats that way, except maybe certain lizards, but they're usually done in a single gulp.

Not to mention the snake's bad rep in the Bible. I think that has a *lot* to do with it.

[silenze]

I think most people are just primally afraid of how they move and the way they swallow their prey whole. Nothing else really comes to my mind that eats that way, except maybe certain lizards, but they're usually done in a single gulp.

Not to mention the snake's bad rep in the Bible. I think that has a *lot* to do with it.

lol yeah..

after a while you learn to "read" those movements..

[playafly187]

ok, first up, THEY BITE!

end of discussion... hehe

[Kattikawn]

My cat has done more damage to me than any snake I've ever handled. I've seen hamsters more vicious. O_o

[playafly187]

uhm, lemme rephrase .... venemous bites that KILL! heheh

[leezard]

You wanna know why people are afraid of snakes, its because they are trained from the day that they can understand that snakes are bad. You can ask most people why they are afraid of or dont like snakes and they'll say because they are slimy, then ask em if they have ever touched one and they'll say no.

People arent naturally afraid of most things, they have to either be taught they should be afraid, or something actually happen to make them afraid. When i was a kid my neighbor had 5-6 beehives in his backyard, I was never afraid of bees because he taught me to NOT be. My wife is SCARED SENSELESS of bees and shes never been close to one, because she was taught growing up that she should be scared of em.

[silenze]

mine's never even hissed at anyone. :)

[playafly187]

ive touched snakes, and well, that still didnt make me feel any better...

[Caj Darkmoon]

You wanna know why people are afraid of snakes, its because they are trained from the day that they can understand that snakes are bad. You can ask most people why they are afraid of or dont like snakes and they'll say because they are slimy, then ask em if they have ever touched one and they'll say no.

People arent naturally afraid of most things, they have to either be taught they should be afraid, or something actually happen to make them afraid. When i was a kid my neighbor had 5-6 beehives in his backyard, I was never afraid of bees because he taught me to NOT be. My wife is SCARED SENSELESS of bees and shes never been close to one, because she was taught growing up that she should be scared of em.

Pshh, that's why I'm scared of spiders foo! I'm not scared of snakes. :)

[fstroupe]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/fstroupe/cindyanddogs2.jpg

Here's Mutt, Chance, and Gracie

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/fstroupe/pippin1.jpg

This is Pippin

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/fstroupe/Untitled-Scanned-04.jpg

Here's my oldest grandson Jason holding Dexter, and Honey is in the chair.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/fstroupe/jason5.jpg

And another photo of Jason, holding Gracie

Dan, you'd freak if you saw a better photo of Mutt...he looks so much like Bama it isn't funny. He has zero plott, though.

[undergroundtech]

Dan, you'd freak if you saw a better photo of Mutt...he looks so much like Bama it isn't funny. He has zero plott, though.

Lol.. everyone that has seen my dog, says "it has a face only a mother could love" (Well the more I get to thinking about it, I hope they where referring to my dog :? )

[TenaciousPD]

I hate snakes, my g/f lives in B.F.E. or the "Country", so half the time when it was warm, i would have to sit in the car and wait sometimes till the copperhead would go away long enough for me to run in the house. She hates spiders, and i have no problem with them, we had a black widow in our bush out front that is an archway over the sidewalk. I was triming the bush and the thing feel out. It was about the size of a 50 cent piece, i got a jiff peanut butter jar, put some holes in it, and freaked out my g/f. Maybe Im the devil, i consider it payback for the snakes.

[ViperX883]

I got 7 dogs... 3 miniature pinschers, 3 miniature doxens, and a yellow lab. Boy is the lab dumb as a brick, but he's the most loyal too.

[silenze]

http://www.fawkit.org/gnibbles1.jpg

She posed for a picture... 8)

[Caj Darkmoon]

http://www.fawkit.org/gnibbles1.jpg

She posed for a picture... 8)

Holy thread resurrection batman!

Cool snake.

And since I just noticed this... how the trash old are you fstroupe?

[Kattikawn]

Oh yeah. We got a new one.

http://kattikawn.com/post/gecko.jpg

[silenze]

Yey gecko!!

Caj: thx 8)



Size ref: she was 34 inches long at last measurement (over a month ago).. head an inch wide, can't really tell in the pics.

[Kattikawn]

She looks bigger than that in the picture.

[undergroundtech]

Oh yeah. We got a new one.

http://kattikawn.com/post/gecko.jpg


Kool... How big will it get?

[playafly187]

Oh yeah. We got a new one.

http://kattikawn.com/post/gecko.jpg

damn snake lookin thing!

[Kattikawn]

Kool... How big will it get?

He's about 9 inches long including tail. I think that's about as big as he'll get since he was given to me by someone who'd had him a couple years already.

Quit hating on the gecko, Shawn. =P

[silenze]

Oh yeah. We got a new one.

http://kattikawn.com/post/gecko.jpg

damn snake lookin thing!

LMAO!!! :lol:

[Trunks]

http://142.227.43.33/Devin_Ashe/images/photo/photo02.jpg
My cat Norton

[playafly187]

http://142.227.43.33/Devin_Ashe/images/photo/photo02.jpg
My cat Norton

now see there guys, a real pet... a cat! :mrgreen:

[silenze]

I've had the python 2 years, it's never pissed me off.. I've had that cat 3 weeks and I want to snap it's neck.

[silenze]

She looks bigger than that in the picture.

She's extremely tame, I had the camera up pretty close hehe

[Kattikawn]

now see there guys, a real pet... a cat! :mrgreen:

I have one of those, too, though!

::pets the kitty::

[Trunks]

Yeah they can be annoying but can't live without my cat :p

[siq]

geckos are AWESOME... i had a golden gecko that was close to around 6 to 7 inches long. he was awesome

[pheenix]

Do friends & family count?

[undergroundtech]

Do friends & family count?

As pets?

Umm.... No

[Bio-Hazard]

Do friends & family count?
Friends don't count, but kids sure as heck do................. :P

[fstroupe]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/fstroupe/cindyanddogs2.jpg

Had to have Mutt (dog on left in photo) put to sleep yesterday. We've had him 12 years. He was pretty sick, I assume from heartworms, he's had them for a few years.

It was a real bummer, but at least he didn't suffer.

[Trunks]

Its funny how attached you can get to animals, always sucks to lose one, my sympathies

[playafly187]

Its funny how attached you can get to animals, always sucks to lose one, my sympathies

agreed. we used to have a few cats. one, the oldest, got hit by a car. we moved shortly after and had to take the other to the animal shelter as the new place didnt allow pets.

the secretary at the vet place adopted the latter, so at least i know it didnt get put to sleep.

[fstroupe]

We called him "Mutt", because the three dogs we had prior to him didn't make it, two were run over, one was poisioned. We just never really named him...guess it gave him a complex, he was the craziest dog I've ever seen.

He was run over 3 times, snakebitten once.

[achilles]

hehe, even the word 'snake' creeps me out.... A little late in coming but I totally Agree

[achilles]

Sorry to hear about Mutt, Fstroupe. I know how you feel we had to put my dog to sleep the night Star Wars Episode II came out, as she had osteoperosis and broke her back hips. haven't had a pet since but I do want a cat.

[Caj Darkmoon]

We called him "Mutt", because the three dogs we had prior to him didn't make it, two were run over, one was poisioned. We just never really named him...guess it gave him a complex, he was the craziest dog I've ever seen.

He was run over 3 times, snakebitten once.

Crap, any dog that makes it through that much should be immortal at that opint.

[El_Seano]

Unlike most of you, Im scared to death of snakes!!!!! I have a homicidal maniac of a newt, 'Feztizio'. He killed my other 4 :'Jabba', 'Speedy', 'Papillon', and 'Speed-O'. He also killed my algea eater 'Hoover'.

I also have a Beta (chinese fighting fish) name 'Flammer'. My previous one, 'Frida', just recently took the big porcelin dive.......*sniff*sniff*

[Trunks]

Flammer? lol

[Kruz]

I have Parrots....

2 African Grays
3 Cockatoos
1 Blue & Gold Macaw
2 Green cheek Conures
1 Cockateil

[silenze]

I have Parrots....

2 African Grays
3 Cockatoos
1 Blue & Gold Macaw
2 Green cheek Conures
1 Cockateil

I used to have a green cheek conure, was a really sweet bird, loved to talk, only liked me though.. bit all my friends. :???:

The python hasn't bit anyone.... hehe

[playafly187]

[quote=Kruz]

The python hasn't bit anyone.... hehe

Yet... lol

[silenze]

[quote=Kruz]

The python hasn't bit anyone.... hehe

Yet... lol

This bird would like, get jealous and jump on the floor to run over and bite my friends.. was kinda funny.. hehe

[undergroundtech]

[quote=Kruz]

The python hasn't bit anyone.... hehe

Yet... lol

This bird would like, get jealous and jump on the floor to run over and bite my friends.. was kinda funny.. hehe

Lol... my pig does that :lol:

[El_Seano]

Just recently got 2 new cats Ukiki and Boba. Ukiki got named after the monkeys in marioparty 6. I think the origin of Boba's name is pretty obvious.

[leeglf]

i have got 6 red belly piranhas i have had them for about 8 months now, i originally had 8 they were all about 2 inches long apart from two of them which were slightly smaller about 1.5 inches long.

unfortunatly after a couple of months the two smaller ones got eaten by the others!! (survival of the fittest i guess)

but now i have got six healthy piranhas measuring about six inches long and apart from the odd fight they live together pretty happilly.

sorry about the picture quality they dont seem to want to keep still for the camera!!

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a133/leeglf/bestsmaller.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a133/leeglf/2ndbestsmaller.jpg

[Kattikawn]

Totally awesome! What kind of food do you feed them? I've seen a video of a rat fed to a couple pirhannas, but it seems rather messy to feed them something like that on a regular basis.

[leeglf]

mostly feed them frozen fish they will eat any meat really sometimes i give them beef or chicken or the odd handfull of prawns.

every now and then i put live fish in for them but as you say it makes a bit of a mess putting live or non frozen meat and the filter soon gets blocked with bits of guts and stuff!!

[silenze]

I got a baby water dragon =P

http://www.silenze.org/diego.jpg
http://www.silenze.org/waterdragon.jpg

[leeglf]

he looks cool!

how big will he grow?

[silenze]

This page gives a good idea..

http://www.eoni.com/~neener/buddy4.html

Kinda similar to an iguana..

[silenze]

He might get pretty big...

http://www.kuci.org/~kevy/PetsSept17/Ren9.jpg

[Trunks]

Silenze, hows Gnibbles doing?

[Bio-Hazard]

But can it keep you warm on a cold winters night............... :lol:

[playafly187]

lol i wonder if keith got his yet lizard thing yet... havent talked to him in a few days..

[silenze]

Silenze, hows Gnibbles doing?

She apparently got sick... then wouldn't eat... and yeah.. :(



He has a heatpad on the bottom of his tank in one corner, he already dug all the bedding out of that corner LOL... I need to get him a heatrock..

Keith got his iguana last night..

[XPTB]

http://img515.imageshack.us/my.php?image=roscoe9ox.jpg

8)

he rocks. gotta let him get used to his home before i get some good pics. They take a bit getting aquainted.

[silenze]

He's been playing in his water dish for a while now.. hah

http://www.silenze.org/diego2.jpg

[Kattikawn]

Now that Keith has an iguana, I want a sugar glider. :wink:

http://www.worth1000.com/web/media/3516/sugarglider1.gif


Edit:

He might get pretty big...

BTW, that doesn't even look like the same creature.

[zip]

I got 2 dogs, a Rottweiler and an American Saffordshire Terrier.Like someone told before: noisi & messy, but they are still mine.

[silenze]

Kattikawn: Yeah, you can just barely make out the same stripe pattern on the big one's body, it's a lot lighter.. he's supposed to turn more that color and have a larger frill as he grows..

[Enigmachine]

I have a cat. She used to be shaped exactly like the WWII sub bomber named Catalina, because her previous owner (gf of one of Montreal's Canadien hockey team) used to feed her prozac to keep her calm in hotel rooms.

I've had her for 3 years and she's become pretty normal after all this time. Her only claim to fame is to hog webcams. By that I mean she either sits/nap right in front of it or on top of it. And since I use the cams to watch my appartment when I'm away, I always wonder why it's so dark home... :)

[silenze]

Bad luck with reptiles lately... I had 2 kittens literally forced on me last night :P

Ah well, I love 'em..

http://www.silenze.org/kitty.jpg

Enjoy being up there now....... hah...

http://www.silenze.org/kittens.jpg

Sadly I have to lock them out of my room when I leave... 24" and 19" screen to shred, lots of wires to chew on, watercooling tubes, etc.....

[zip]

I'll post a pic with 2 of my babies.....

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e130/octizip/IMAG0006-pt-net.jpg

[zip]

A little update... :mrgreen:
The dog that is in the left side of the upper photo is in the next photos aswell.....so don't imagine that American Staffordshire Terriers are harmfull....

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e130/octizip/hera-betiva-2.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e130/octizip/hera-betiva.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e130/octizip/hera-betiva-si-fumatoarea.jpg


Hope you like those pics guys.... :mrgreen:

[El_Seano]

here's my trouble makers
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b153/Sean_Wall/IMG_0733.jpg

Kikki and Boba

[playafly187]

my betta fish Bruce...

http://www.ocia.net/playafly187/bruce1.jpg

[Kattikawn]

my betta fish Bruce...





Poor Bruce. All alone after watching each of his buddies kick the bucket one by one.

[playafly187]

my betta fish Bruce...





Poor Bruce. All alone after watching each of his buddies kick the bucket one by one.

hahahaha :lol: :lol:

[Bio-Hazard]

My 3 dogs.

http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/6403/dsc018511uv.jpg

[privatedonut21]

Question is Bio, what were you holding up to get their attention? I know dogs are hard to focus unless there is something in it for them! :lol:

[pheenix]

i have got 6 red belly piranhas i have had them for about 8 months now, i originally had 8 they were all about 2 inches long apart from two of them which were slightly smaller about 1.5 inches long.

unfortunatly after a couple of months the two smaller ones got eaten by the others!! (survival of the fittest i guess)

but now i have got six healthy piranhas measuring about six inches long and apart from the odd fight they live together pretty happilly.

sorry about the picture quality they dont seem to want to keep still for the camera!!

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a133/leeglf/bestsmaller.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a133/leeglf/2ndbestsmaller.jpg

throw a few frogs in the tank and post a video