Other pets (pics and discussions)

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

i heard that sometimes if you wink to a gerbil they wink back, is this truee?

[drache]

how do you keep those crabs alive
they're the only critter I've tried keeping that I've had absolutely no success with

[mycolorfulheart]

the crabs are pretty finicky actually. i got them because they were supposed to be this really easy pet, but it's just the opposite! They need lots of humidity, high temps, exercise...I love the ones I have but I don't see myself getting more, just because I think they're one animal that doesn't take well to domestication. Just the stress of being in captivity is enough to stop them from breeding, and it's that same stress that usually kills them.

[mycolorfulheart]

I have a question for all the people with pics of their snakes interacting with other animals/snakes outside/etc. - my garter is so flighty, i would never trust her not to run away! Do you just have much more mellow snakes?

[tikichick]

I totally agree. I have no idea why they say they're an easy pet. My roommate had four- 2 died after about a year, another one died a week after she got it, and there's one left (that she didn't take when she moved, so I'm stuck with it, lol).

the crabs are pretty finicky actually. i got them because they were supposed to be this really easy pet, but it's just the opposite! They need lots of humidity, high temps, exercise...I love the ones I have but I don't see myself getting more, just because I think they're one animal that doesn't take well to domestication. Just the stress of being in captivity is enough to stop them from breeding, and it's that same stress that usually kills them.

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

you guys are having trouble with hermit crabs? i had 4 when i was like 6 and they all lasted like 3 years and at that time i had absolutely no idea how to do anything else besides feeding them and cleaning the cage, they were really fun because you could get a larger shell and paint it and theyd move into it

[drache]

I have a question for all the people with pics of their snakes interacting with other animals/snakes outside/etc. - my garter is so flighty, i would never trust her not to run away! Do you just have much more mellow snakes?

I'd say it's the exception rather than a common occurrence
we had a couple very old and sedate cats who were fine with the herps
I have some garters that are mellow enough to be taken to the outdoors, but I've only done it once to photograph them
when I see people with snakes out and about, they're boids

[Rook]

i heard that sometimes if you wink to a gerbil they wink back, is this truee?

lol cant say I have ever winked at a Gerbil in the first place, so I havent a clue

[adamanteus]

I exchanged an 'eyebrow flash' with a monkey once.... that was weird!

[Lori P]

Cats do the "eye kiss"... blink very slowly at them and they blink very slowly back.. but gerbils, I have no clue. I've been in there winking at my mice and they just glare at me... LOL :-)