01-09-2003 17:35									#1
	Exotic pets. Do you have one? Suffering from ads?

If so, what is it? (Exotic does not include cats, dogs, budgerigars, hamsters - you get the idea).

I was watching a TV programme last night on the creatures some people keep as pets. Unbelievably stupid! That cute bundle of fluff is going to grow up to be a leopard and one day it is going to want something fresher than tinned cat food.

Then I came across this story.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mi...ast/3195937.stm

quote: He's big, he's a carnivore, he's terrorising the neighbourhood's residents, he's been swimming in people's pools and he's already claimed victims - several cats, a dog and apparently even a horse. Komodo Dragons can grow to over three metres In Lebanon, a giant lizard has been roaming the streets of a Beirut suburb for several weeks, eluding all the attempts by the authorities to catch it. He's Lebanon's own Komodo Dragon, or so say the witnesses who have seen him. Komodo Dragons are an endangered species and live in Indonesia. They belong to the family of monitor lizards. It's believed that the one living just outside Beirut was brought to Lebanon by a German who lived here and eventually set him free. About three months ago, one person sighted him, but his tale was dismissed as that of a crazy person. But when pets started disappearing, people started paying attention. It's still possible that the dragon is not a dragon at all, but one of many kinds of monitor lizards, all of which are carnivores. The civil defence has stationed dozens of personnel all over the area, but it lacks the sophisticated equipment needed to catch the lizard without harming it. The civil defence is now trying to take a picture of the lizard to prove it is indeed a Komodo Dragon and sent an appeal for help to nature and science TV channels.

So, what's yours?

	01-09-2003 17:43									#2
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No but I know a guy who knows one who has one of those big black spiders....grrrrr

	01-09-2003 19:14									#3
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I have a fishy.

	01-09-2003 19:21									#4
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Unless I can count my colleagues in the lab, the answer is no.

	01-09-2003 20:36									#5
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My wife sez even @ 44 I am still Exotic and in her own words.."QUITE AN ANIMAL

Does this qualify??


Peace

Grandpa Troll

	01-09-2003 21:29									#6
	Got spare money?

My friend has a marmoset. Me, I have to be content with my cat.

	01-09-2003 21:31									#7
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I have a 15 months old son. Sometimes I feel that I would rather have an exotic pet

Asmodean

	03-09-2003 00:19									#8
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i've got a couple of kingsnakes... and a malaysian water monitor.

	03-09-2003 00:32									#9
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Do ants count?

	03-09-2003 00:43									#10
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What's the point? If they made good pets they would have ceased being exotic a long time ago.

	03-09-2003 02:00									#11
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quote: Originally posted by Carlos113 Do ants count?

I had pubic lice when I was 19.........

	03-09-2003 02:33									#12
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my brother had a scorpion. most boring pet ever, it just sat there looking ugly.

feeding time (live crickets) was a bit cool though

	03-09-2003 03:08									#13
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quote: Originally posted by reds4ever I had pubic lice when I was 19.........

EXOTIC!!!



NOT



E R O T I C !!!!

Peace

Grandpa Troll

	03-09-2003 03:34									#14
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quote: Originally posted by Troll EXOTIC!!! NOT E R O T I C !!!! Peace Grandpa Troll

sh1t, sorry my mistake

	03-09-2003 03:36									#15
	Suffering from ads?

The pet store in my city is selling Anacondas... you know the huge maneating snakes....

	03-09-2003 03:38									#16
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quote: I was watching a TV programme last night on the creatures some people keep as pets.

It was a pretty good programme though, I don't think people should keep the kind of pets portrayed but these people lived for them so they will turn out ok.

And that leopard was fabulous, so was the meercat btw .

	03-09-2003 04:32									#17
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meercats are mint, I want one!!

	03-09-2003 05:04									#18
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quote: Originally posted by Thorn The pet store in my city is selling Anacondas... you know the huge maneating snakes....

Do me a favor...PLEASE KEEP them on that end of North Carolina..Im over in Onslow County on coast..bad enough we have 8'+ water Moccassins and 12' alligators!!

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Grandpa Troll

	03-09-2003 05:18									#19
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I was thinking about buying several and releasing them into the wild....

	03-09-2003 05:22									#20
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One thing I don't understand:

Ferrets are illegal in CA as the F' with the livestock (Turkeys, chicken, etc...) yet at the pet store they still sell items tailored only to Ferrets... I hate this and I really am sick of seeing it. I have raised the issue with PetCo and they say that people use the stuff for other things... Yeah, right... They can't even name one other reason ppl might buy a "ferret farm" or a Ferret "cady"... F' them, and if I ever see a ferret I will shoot it

	03-09-2003 05:33									#21
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quote: Originally posted by Thorn I was thinking about buying several and releasing them into the wild....

Ever see a puff adder?

They are awesome..like a baby cobra, they hiss and strike at you but arent poisonous, they actually flatten their head out and are fairly entertaining, actually i ran into one in Olde Point area of Eastern North Carolina, showed him my best buddy the shovel....havent seen the snake since..or even parts of the snake for that matter

	03-09-2003 05:38									#22
	Tired of ads?

I'd like to raise mink or chinchila one day. Just so I can kill the little bastards and make my wife/girlfriend a fur coat.