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Discussion in 'Private Collections & Pets' started by Al, 8 Mar 2008.

  1. Al

    Al Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    I was wondering what unusual pets any of the zoobeaters keep as pets! I keep 8 species of small rodents including fat tailed gerbils, african striped grass mice, african pygmy dormice, chinchilla and a few more common species!

    Just thought it would be interesting!
     
  2. Writhedhornbill

    Writhedhornbill Well-Known Member

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    I keep Guinea pigs!

    I had two, Florence and Dougal. Florence Died from Pneumonia. Dougal then, got v ery lonely, so we got her a friend Betsy! Betsy is six weeks old and is very very very cute!
     
  3. ZYBen

    ZYBen Well-Known Member

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    I keep
    Tawny Frogmouth
    Purple Crowned Lorikeet
    Parons and Star Finches
    a tank of native fish (gudgeons, glasfish, hardyheads and yellow eeltail ohh and som desert gobies)
    And i currently or have in the past kept the following mammals
    Swamp Wallaby
    Tammar Wallaby
    Long Nosed Potoroo
    Brushtailed Bettong
    Red Kangaroo
    Squirrel Glider
    Australian Sugar Glider
    Fat Tailed Dunnarrt
    Brushtailed Possum
    Ringtailed Possum
    Spinifex Hopping Mouse
    Plains Rat
    Southern Brown Bandicoot

    Some of the above are rescues, most are not.
     
  4. bongorob

    bongorob Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    I have no pets at the moment but I've kept

    Golden Hamster
    Rat
    Mongolian Gerbil
    Lesser Egyptian Gerbil
    Budgerigar
    Goldfish
    Zebra Danio
    Guppy
    Cat
    Rabbit
    Guinea Pig
     
  5. PAT

    PAT Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    I have two alpaca's; Luke and Winton
    A galah called albert
    A labrador called Lolly
    A tank with gourami's and angel fish
    Two lovebirds
    And a couple of silky bantams
     
  6. CZJimmy

    CZJimmy Well-Known Member

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    I've kept two rabbits, a syrian hamster, two goldfish and looked after an injured wood pigeon!

    Currently I have an 18 month labradoodle.
     
  7. Jarkari

    Jarkari Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Are guinea pigs that unusual over there???
     
  8. Xerxes

    Xerxes Active Member

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    I have a dog, Arco ,an almost 9 year old English cocker spaniel, a rabbit, Zeus, a guinea pig ,Zoë, 1 adult yokohama fowl rooster, 2 yokohama fowl hens, 2 young roosters and 4 young hens of yokohama fowl (which I bred last year), 5 other chickens, 2 goldfish, a cichlid and 10 cardinal tetra's.

    My minizoo, lol.
     
  9. MARK

    MARK Well-Known Member

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    Cardinal Tetras Nice
     
  10. Xerxes

    Xerxes Active Member

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    They're the first species of my future south american tank. will be joined by Hyphessobrycon, Corydoras and Otocinclus. Possible a Ancistrus too.
     
  11. MARK

    MARK Well-Known Member

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    I used to have a large shoal of them and they were a very good size, they looked great
     
  12. Writhedhornbill

    Writhedhornbill Well-Known Member

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    No, they're not:D but they are so cute!
     
  13. patrick

    patrick Well-Known Member

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    i don't have many pets right now. in the past however....

    southern brown tree frogs
    australian green tree frogs (white's)
    white-lipped tree frogs
    southern water skink
    long-necked tortoise
    japanese fire-bellied newts
    italian great crested newts
    european common newts

    more tropical fish than i care to mention.

    chinese silky bantams (and a few examples of other bantam breeds)

    as well as the family cats and dogs growing up.
     
  14. forumbully

    forumbully Well-Known Member

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    well, besides the typical cat and dog, I'm kinda the cold-blooded type.
    really into fish and reptiles.

    in reptiles I mostly keep and breed snakes: I've got 4 pairs of ratsnakes (cornsnake, taiwanese ratsnakes, chinese cavesnakes, transpecos ratsnake), emerald treeboas (my personal favorites) and boa constrictors
    besides that I keep african spurred tortoises, mexican marsh turtles, 3 slider species and a crowned basilisk

    in fish I've got the big south americans: silver arowana, freshwater stingray, brazilian eartheaters, silver dollars, freshwater barracuda and a variety in common and suckermouth catfish

    I used to have a marine system too with lionfish, triggers, moray eel and shark. but due to a lack of time, space, ... I had to give that up. but, lucky me, with recent construction changes round the house, I'll have one up and running again soon...

    I think that about wraps it up on my behalf.
    oh yeah, I've used all common names in the above list. people interested in more details or latin names, just shout.
     
  15. bloodycurtus

    bloodycurtus Well-Known Member

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    im also a reptile person
    common boas
    hogg island boas
    argintine boa
    royal pythons
    green tree pythons
    blackblood python
    red blood python
    western hognose
    mexican rosy boa
    cornsnakes
    calabra boa
    fat tailed geckos
    leopard geckos
    indian starred tortoise
    and a baby pancack tortoise i just hatched for a friend

    reptiles on loan to blackbrook
    albino burmese pythons
    jungle carpet pythons
    bosc monitor
    beared dragons
    red tegus
    also 2 dogs
     
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  16. forumbully

    forumbully Well-Known Member

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    @bloodycurtus: nice list of species.
    do you breed the viridis and the curtus brongersmai?

    I'm on the lookout for those. don't know if you come to the mainland like houten or hamm?
     
  17. bloodycurtus

    bloodycurtus Well-Known Member

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    no there to young at present the viridis are 06 and the brongersmai is 07 i need to get the curtus curtus sexed and paired up as it is breeding size.

    i was hoping to come to hamm for the first time on the 15 but it clashes with the penguin openig at work so may try and make the september show. when are the ones in houten?

    what species/localitys of boa constrictor do you? also what location of emerald tree boa?
     
  18. Monty

    Monty Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    I have had many pet fallow deer I have raised. They go back down the paddock once they start wandering usually over one year old.

    I raised a kangaroo once who stayed around the house for about 5 years until she just left one day.

    I also have a Murray Cod in my fish tank
     
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  19. jurgen

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    i have a couple mandarin ducks
    a couple tinged teals
    chickens
    a cumberland turtle
    a lot of fish
    Carausius morosus and Sipyloidea sipylus
     
  20. ZooMania

    ZooMania Well-Known Member

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    Pets that I Have at the moment are
    Jack Russell
    Cat
    Rabbit
    Guinea Pig
    Hamster
    Stick Insects
    Chickens
    Cockatiels