I love snakes and lizards - was having a chat earlier today about my passion for horses too, but, in all cases, i'm no where near knowledgable enough about reptilia or horses to take on the responsibility of taking one on as a 'pet'.
I can usually be found in a local aquatics centre & reptile house on Sundays admiring their collection from a distance but, until I have the space, time and knowledge to keep a snake :inlove: , i'll be making my sunday trip for a while to come yet! :cry:
but, I do have a ginuea pig and a 3 legged hedgehog!
well...you dont eat a good hedgehog all at once do you ????
I once had a Sudan Plated Lizard called Des, and a pet hedgehog..............well, househog.........called Chog.
Had various dogs, rats, rabbits and now own four of the most spolied rotten cats in the country.
This seems to have gone to a snake appreciation thread but as different "pets" - and I use the word carefully as they were NEVER pets - I have had a couple of owls and a kestrel in my time.
McC
If the bird grows up with another animal it is usually ok and learns that it is not lunch!
I have photos of my cat with a snowy owl and they are sitting together to keep warm! They never went for each other. But yes, you must remember that a bird of prey is just that and it goes for an easy meal - that is its nature. You never own a bird like that - you only look after it .
Although I felt OK about the cat, there was a lady with a small, toy dog that used to walk past and the bird (Kergan) regarded it as a free meal and looked at it every time.
I do NOT recommend these birds as pets. We took on a barn owl that some kid had and he had been feeding it chicken fillets from the local supermarket! You must be prepared to cut up mice, rats, chickens etc. (and remove the yolk salcs), feed the bird the bones feathers and all as that is what they need, keep the bird's weight constant, check the pellets etc. If you are prepared to do this and fly the bird it ireally s the best thing out.
But please they are NOT pets.
McC
we had a large plot of land when me and my sister were young....kept all kinds of farm animals and fancy bantams, ducks, geese, at one time or another....
i remember my iss and i being upset when flossy our sheep died....my mum was very considerate but dad just told us to stop whining and eat our lamb dinner b4 it got cold
mmmmmmmmmmmmmm lamb dinner....
then there were countless mad cocks.....cockerels.......where you had to twat the bastard beofre you get in to collect eggs........not to be taken lightly when the buggers had 2 inch bone spurs on their legs........
i walk past the plot on most days with the dog and wonder if any 1 knows of the assorted buried animals intered there over the years......im just glad we didnt have any old indian burial grounds in my area......
and yes weve had a cat called "church"
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assionkiss: 
:cry: but there wasnt much of a leg/ hind quarters left anyway.
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