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Title: What other animals do you have?
Post by: Brijjy on February 04, 2012, 08:57:01 pm: Non smallholding or farm type animals. As a family we've got a hamster, several neon tetra fish, siamese fighting fish, black moor fish, 1 spotted salamander, 1 tiger salamander, 1 axolotl, stick insects and guinea pigs. :D Most of the exotic critters belong to my son, he is a bit odd ;) I do feel a bit sorry for my OH as he was brought up on a dairy farm but had no pets so is not used to a houseful of creatures.
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Post by: Hazelwood Flock on February 04, 2012, 09:00:23 pm: I have 27 ferrets! rabbit catchers and comedians all rolled into one.
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Post by: Brucklay on February 04, 2012, 09:01:21 pm: I have a Bengal Eagle Owl and a buzzard (both legal before I get told off) Poopy the Owl came from Leeds as a fluffy ball of fluff and Sky the buzzard I got from Aberdeenshire before I knew where Aberdeenshire was!!!
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Post by: Lesley Silvester on February 04, 2012, 09:39:52 pm: Sapphire (Saffy) the budgie. She's actually turquoise. I wanted to get a blue one but my granddaughter, whose turn it was to choose, picked her. Our budgies are always named after precious stones. We've had Zircon, Emerald, etc so I thought we could call her Turquoise until I realised what it would be shortened to.
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Post by: doganjo on February 05, 2012, 12:10:27 am: A ginger non-tom,; 4 show/work gundogs; one tank with three fancy goldfish and a tropical tank with 3 neon tetras, 3 autos, and god knows how many guppys including one outstanding male with a beautiful huge orange and black tail, and a lovely blonde female, babies appear every now and then, presumably the ones that have survived the jaws of their elders. ;D
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Post by: nickif on February 05, 2012, 08:39:25 am: We currently have a Kune Kune pig, 7 ducks, 1 chicken, 2 rabbits, 3 cats, 2 dogs, 3 African Pygmy hedgehogs, 1 cockatiel and a pony.
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Post by: little blue on February 05, 2012, 10:09:41 am: I suppose only my (quick head count!) 7 female & one male guinea pigs and one rabbit count as "other animals"
as the four cats are chief rat-catchers (well, three of them are, one is just for entertainment!!)
and the german shepherd eats burglars, given half a chance!

we have had stick insects and fish in the past.
Brijjy, what "make" are yours?
Ours were Indian, I kept them at school and had to bring them home in the long & cold holidays, so we kept the babies.
Keep meaning to get some more...
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Post by: HappyHippy on February 05, 2012, 10:35:42 am: We've got 3 cats, a huge German Shepherd - Boris and 4 kids (of the human variety :D)
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Post by: Bionic on February 05, 2012, 11:13:52 am: 1 black cat and 1black dog (minature poodle). I have 3 very big koi carp in a pond but am leaving them behind when I move.
Sally
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Post by: plumseverywhere on February 05, 2012, 11:25:26 am: 2 cats, a house rabbit (white lion lop, pink eyes) and a senegal parrot called Paddy who is very loud!
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Post by: Brijjy on February 05, 2012, 11:49:49 am: little blue, we've got a tank of Indian stick insects and a tank of Black Beauties. The black really are lovely, they have red wing buds and yellow eyes. :)
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Post by: JulieS on February 05, 2012, 11:59:26 am: Two soppy Basset Hounds here. Phoebe is 10 and Hector, who is 10 months old.
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Post by: little blue on February 05, 2012, 04:00:35 pm: Quote from: Brijjy on February 05, 2012, 11:49:49 am
little blue, we've got a tank of Indian stick insects and a tank of Black Beauties. The black really are lovely, they have red wing buds and yellow eyes. :)

ooh, they sound good - might look into getting some black beauties for school in the spring.
:)
Do they eat the same as the indians (fed ours the neighbours' privet hedge - with permission of course!)
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Post by: RaisinHall Tamworths on February 05, 2012, 07:43:42 pm: Quote from: JulieS on February 05, 2012, 11:59:26 am
Two soppy Basset Hounds here. Phoebe is 10 and Hector, who is 10 months old.

Aww Bassets :love: we had a Basset and she was so full of character, naughty but such good fun ;D

We have 3 cats, a Husky and 2 ferrets as our other animlas :)
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Post by: Mel Rice on February 05, 2012, 07:56:01 pm: Only got farmyard animals now....done the children (5), dogs, budgies, fish, guinea-pigs, stick insects, hamsters, mice, fancy-rats...and probably others Ive forgotten.
today have 1 horse, 2 cats, 4 sheep, 8 quail, 11 chooks and 12 bunnies (for eating too)
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Post by: Eastling on February 05, 2012, 09:35:12 pm: 2 Burmese cats one black lab and a husband! ;D
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Post by: CameronS on February 05, 2012, 09:44:20 pm: Our tiny menagerie consists of
2 hamsters Haggis- a man eating syrian and Vladimere - a tiny chinese one, also a man eater
2 rabbits Crumpet and Waffle
2 gerbils, Mini and Molly
3 dogs Ozzy GWP 18 weeks, Arnie GSPxGSP, Wilf Cocker Spaniel
tonnes of fish various breeds

and sometimes a cat depending on her mood, she visits all the houses on the farm in turn ;D
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Post by: princesspiggy on February 05, 2012, 10:04:30 pm: cats, dogs, rabbits, hamster and a guinea pig whose here on his holidays!
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Post by: Brijjy on February 05, 2012, 10:25:01 pm: Little blue; yes the black beauties eat privet, they also eat evergreen honeysuckle and they have had a go at some box and ivy too. I've found that they'll eat what they like and leave what they don't. They are not as bad as other livestock that'll have a nibble at poisonous stuff because it's there :)
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Post by: Roxy on February 05, 2012, 11:10:20 pm: We have
5 Dales Ponies
3 Fell ponies
1 Dartmoor x Shetland
1 Irish Draught horse.

Most of the ponies are broken to harness, and can turn ther hand to farm work when needed.

5 dogs - one huge German Shepherd, Talisker, his son, Twyford, and his grandchildren, Flo, Ted and Tyler.

1 guard llama for the poultry.

1 castrated tup, Shetland, Bertie ....who goes in the stable every night with the Dartmoor .....Bertie is a very old man ;D
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Post by: montana on February 06, 2012, 07:58:23 am: Two shih tzus, two western trained horses and Stella the farm cat.
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Post by: ellied on February 06, 2012, 08:47:24 am: Hmm, not sure whether a stud of Highland ponies counts as smallholding or not but just in case I'll say I have 14 of them including stallion, breeding mares and youngstock.

And 4 cats who are a vital part of the smallholding being the resident mouse and bunny catchers.

I've previously had hamsters, tanks of all kinds of tropical fish (love guppies!) and when young had dogs tho never my own as an adult. I also used to be into falconry/hawking and dated a falconer for a while which was great but just watch the wild ones overhead now ;) I have a bit of a yen for a snake but am trying not to accumulate any more pets, only productive livestock..
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Post by: TheBurkers on February 06, 2012, 05:19:08 pm: Sorry, what is a black beauty please? I googled it but got a lot of dubious dating sites :D
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Post by: little blue on February 06, 2012, 07:02:37 pm: Quote from: TheBurkers on February 06, 2012, 05:19:08 pm
Sorry, what is a black beauty please? I googled it but got a lot of dubious dating sites :D
:D
stick insect!
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Post by: Brijjy on February 06, 2012, 10:46:49 pm: I bet you did, typing in black beauties ;D I can't remember what their latin name is though.
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Post by: little blue on February 07, 2012, 07:53:42 pm: they are sooo cool!
I'll be looking out for eggs when the weather improves (my work room is freezing, thats why they had to come home with me!) :)
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Post by: funkyfish on February 07, 2012, 09:18:14 pm: We have 3 dogs and 3 cats, 4 land snails, fish and 11 guinea pigs- had 5 adults but naughty Sprout go in with the girls, and so mummy pig had 6 babies Sunday night.

Am a vet nurse so flat usually filled with waifs and strays. Usually have at least a dog and cat out in foster looking for a home, our flat full so foster them out. Don't have anything on the go at the moment thank god!