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Tomorrow and Sunday are the main days, it's been pretty much non stop here all week but it's really taken off tonight. I'm not an animal fan at all (sorry) but I really think there needs to be some sort of limit on fireworks to stop their distress.
 
Star said:
Tomorrow and Sunday are the main days, it's been pretty much non stop here all week but it's really taken off tonight. I'm not an animal fan at all (sorry) but I really think there needs to be some sort of limit on fireworks to stop their distress.
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It's strange how some people have no interest in animals. What is it about them you don't like?

Also totally agree about fireworks. Heathcliff is petrified.
 
Rachey said:
It's strange how some people have no interest in animals. What is it about them you don't like?

Also totally agree about fireworks. Heathcliff is petrified.
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It's not that I don't like them, I just don't feel anything really! I'm sure at some point we'll get a little furry pet for the kids though as I think it's good for them
 
Star said:
It's not that I don't like them, I just don't feel anything really! I'm sure at some point we'll get a little furry pet for the kids though as I think it's good for them
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If nothing else pets are a good way to help children learn about, and cope with, death. Goldfish or stick insects are really low-maintenance pets. When I was little my stick insects would just lay eggs until there were so many of them I had to start releasing them into the privets in mum's front garden. Don't get a hamster, nasty vicious little things.
 
Star said:
It's not that I don't like them, I just don't feel anything really! I'm sure at some point we'll get a little furry pet for the kids though as I think it's good for them
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Don't get a rabbit. Shittest pets ever.
 
Star said:
What about a guinea pig? I've always liked them.
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They're ok but you need to get more than one as they're very sociable. They're easier to handle than rabbits and pretty cute.
 
To be fair rabbits aren't really shit. They're just not at all suitable pets for children.
 
Hamsters are lovely little animals, they're just frequently mistreated. People stuff them in a tiny cage or treat them as an object for their kid to poke at and play with. Keep them as an adult and give them a big comfy enclosure and acclimatise them to you gently and they're little darlings.

And yes I say that in a wholesome and innocent way, even I am not THAT far gone :rofl:

This was Poppy having a cuddle, she wouldn't always try to get away (hamster instinct) but would just give in and chill with me:
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Meeting Fluttershy:
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Holly before her, getting to know me using the empty bathtub:
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It's just a shame they don't live very long, 2-3 years, and the death hurts me like any other so couldn't keep putting myself through it.
 
I hate to admit it but male hamsters are much nicer and more docile than females. And we had MANY over the years.
 
We had four rabbits who are all now buried in each corner of the garden :D
 
Rachey said:
Ooh do they? I've never had one. They just seem more sociable than rabbits
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I thought they'd be better than rabbits too. My brother had two of them and I agreed to look after them for a fortnight when he went on holiday after sitting with one on my lap at his barbecue and stroking it and it made cute noises akin to purring. Every night when I went round to do their food and water Sweep (the purry one) would run out and try to bite me while Benji was just making escape attempts as I tried not to lose a finger as Sweep chased my hand around. I was supposed to clean them out at the weekend and took spawn with me as backup but once again Sweep attacked me and managed to savage my hand, the blood on the substrate was still there the next weekend when my brother got home.
 
Fleabag got guinea pigs right - they just live their lives in a constant state of TERROR. Poor things. I do love the noise they make though. WEEP WEEP WEEP
 
Rats are excellent pets for kids. I had many through the years and the only time I was bitten was by Speedy when he was almost four years old and senile. The vet had to put him down in the end. He used to sit on my shoulder or in my shirt pocket for hours.
 
Floppet said:
I thought they'd be better than rabbits too. My brother had two of them and I agreed to look after them for a fortnight when he went on holiday after sitting with one on my lap at his barbecue and stroking it and it made cute noises akin to purring. Every night when I went round to do their food and water Sweep (the purry one) would run out and try to bite me while Benji was just making escape attempts as I tried not to lose a finger as Sweep chased my hand around. I was supposed to clean them out at the weekend and took spawn with me as backup but once again Sweep attacked me and managed to savage my hand, the blood on the substrate was still there the next weekend when my brother got home.
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:o oh wow they sound mean!

Ok Herbie our rabbit is nothing like that. He's pretty soppy. Maybe rabbits are better, although still not for children.
 
Kate said:
Fleabag got guinea pigs right - they just live their lives in a constant state of TERROR. Poor things. I do love the noise they make though. WEEP WEEP WEEP
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Yes :D love that program.

Most little rodents are a bit pointless to be honest. But at least rats are sociable.
 
Rachey said:
I love hamsters.

Rats are also apparently good pets.
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my father had a pet rat which he loved around the time I was born, he would even let it sit on his shoulder when he went outside like a true punk. I had one shortly as well in early adulthood and it was super cute, they are very clever and curious. but I imagine the long tail isn't for everyone
 
I think it's the tail that puts people off. We get them in at work quite a bit and they're so lovely. I want a Dumbo rat.
 
Rachey said:
:o oh wow they sound mean!

Ok Herbie our rabbit is nothing like that. He's pretty soppy. Maybe rabbits are better, although still not for children.
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We had two rabbits when spawn was little, Bonnie and Floppet (yes, that's where my name comes from) they lived outside in a hutch with a massive run attached to it which was a ballache to clean out especially in winter. They were lovely, friendly and cute. Bonnie then died (she was two years older) and Floppet went mental with grief, another pet that the vet had to put down because they couldn't do anything about her attacking everybody. Before Bonnie died they both loved having cuddles but afterwards whenever anybody went near Floppet would do this weird hissing, growling thing with her mouth open and then just attack, the vet had to put thick gloves on just to examine her.
 
Floppet said:
We had two rabbits when spawn was little, Bonnie and Floppet (yes, that's where my name comes from) they lived outside in a hutch with a massive run attached to it which was a ballache to clean out especially in winter. They were lovely, friendly and cute. Bonnie then died (she was two years older) and Floppet went mental with grief, another pet that the vet had to put down because they couldn't do anything about her attacking everybody. Before Bonnie died they both loved having cuddles but afterwards whenever anybody went near Floppet would do this weird hissing, growling thing with her mouth open and then just attack, the vet had to put thick gloves on just to examine her.
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Rabbits really struggle when their mate dies, it's horrible to see.

We haven't bonded Herbie with a mate , partly because he's indoors with us and heathcliff, but also bonding is a nightmare.

They're scary when they turn mean tho.
 
Rachey said:
Rabbits really struggle when their mate dies, it's horrible to see.

We haven't bonded Herbie with a mate , partly because he's indoors with us and heathcliff, but also bonding is a nightmare.

They're scary when they turn mean tho.
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I'd taken Bonnie in when a friend was going to get rid of her but she used to living outdoors at my friend's so that's where she lived. We got Floppet a few months later to be a house rabbit. Unfortunately Bex (the dog) never got used to her living in the house and I couldn't trust him not to kill her when my back was turned so we introduced her to Bonnie and they were inseparable from the moment they met. I didn't even know rabbits bonded but the vet said grief is very common in rabbits when one dies and the kindest thing would be to put her down because she'd never go back to how she was.
 
Floppet said:
I'd taken Bonnie in when a friend was going to get rid of her but she used to living outdoors at my friend's so that's where she lived. We got Floppet a few months later to be a house rabbit. Unfortunately Bex (the dog) never got used to her living in the house and I couldn't trust him not to kill her when my back was turned so we introduced her to Bonnie and they were inseparable from the moment they met. I didn't even know rabbits bonded but the vet said grief is very common in rabbits when one dies and the kindest thing would be to put her down because she'd never go back to how she was.
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We often get people bringing rabbits in who aren't eating and need to be put to sleep, it always ends up being because their mate had recently died.



Ferrets are lovely but stink.
 
Mr F had two ferrets as a teenager. The albino jill was lovely but the brown hob was a bit vicious. They used to get all excited and flip over and run sideways and jump around chasing each other, it was so cute but I didn't like that they were fed exclusively on raw meat. Him and his mates used to take them down the fields to get rabbits. Somebody broke into his mum's greenhouse one night and killed them both by bashing them against the wall.
 
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