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    how would i care for a young garter snake?

    cute babies...mine is a common garter snake (according to the pic i found) black with yellow stripe on each side and a yellow stripe on top...and a few red markings down the side . got her/him in a 20 gallon tank right now with old soft towel on one side and a hide and a water dish (using my...
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    how would i care for a young garter snake?

    well i can't let it go where i found it. the neighbor found it under the bbq in the middle of the apt complex. a few days ago my kids seen a few babies, but another tried to get rid of the mother of them in the breezeway via smacking it with a shovel...plus they spray for insects around here...
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    how would i care for a young garter snake?

    i ended up with a small snake (i guess it's a garter snake as far as i can tell from googeling pics). it's black with yellow stripe on each side and yellow stripe on top. the bottom is a light color and i think some red on the side according to my kid. she got told it's a red racer (but the...
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    Bearded dragon thread - AGAIN!

    it's been a while since i had beardies... the only ones i had were some i bought cheap because they all had tail nips and missing toes. i did buy waxworm or what they were called (similar to a mealworm but they were soft and white and fat) used them to fatten them up a bit when they didn't want...
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    great craigslist find - chinchilla

    yes they are fun. i don't remember the ones i had way back to be so vocal tho. this one will "bark" at times or start making "squeaky toy" sounds which crack my kids up. he did get a raisin yesterday and 2 sunflower seeds today as a treat. oh and my kids have to sit and watch his bath time :D.
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    great craigslist find - chinchilla

    he is gray. i like the regular gray ones :}
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    great craigslist find - chinchilla

    yes, they don't like the heat, don't keep them in the direct sun or in a drafty area..sounds like some other pets i had. but they are fun. i won't let my boy hold the chinchilla tho, he can pet but not hold. they are a bit more delicate than a guinea pig. but i just had to have one again...
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    great craigslist find - chinchilla

    i had a few about 16 years ago and wanted to get another one one day. well i found one on craigslist...why go to a pet shop if i can pick up a pet that somebody else decides they can't have/want anymore. i don't mind 2nd hand/used/pre-owned/rescue pets. my guinea pigs were from craigslist and...
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    Zoe gave birth! (cavy pups) :o)

    they are so cute. i have 2 guinea pigs, both girls. my kids want me to get a boy...told them 'NO". i know those kids of mine, they'd mix and match them and i'd end up with a bunch of new little guineas:o. and i'd have a hard time giving them up. i did end up getting a boy today tho....but not a...
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    my guinea pig is a barber

    i have 2 guinea pigs..they are siblings (so i was told). they share a cage. the one is starting to short hair around the hips...so i googled and found out some guinea pigs barber (chew off the hair). figured it was mini that did the chewing on her sister munchie...wrong! munchie is the...
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    Baby possum wont go away..

    tell me, the oh so dangerous gerbil :eek:
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    darn guinea pigs ... lol

    i know, i want a rat again. a dumbo rat, hooded. had a few years ago, but they are a bit faster than my guineas. and with my kids pulling the critters out of the cage all day... yeah. every time i turn around the guineas are sitting on the couch. they don't even run around, darn critters want to...
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    darn guinea pigs ... lol

    ok, i have two guinea pigs (one per kid). i got them as babies from somebody one craigslist (i rather adopt, then do the pet shop route). they are in the same cage and get along there just fine, they get along sitting together on the couch or on the kids.... but.... if i have the smaller one on...
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    Baby possum wont go away..

    almost makes me want one. but in cali a lot of critters are illegal, and with my luck a possum would be one of them.
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    Under the Covers

    i don't have dogs, but my sister does. she has big dogs, the smallest is a bull terrier (he is sleeps in a crate in her room, with blankets in the crate). the rest are bull dog, pit bull and a huge boxer mix. they sleep in the 2nd bedroom - one in a crate with blankets (and a cat), the rest on a...
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    Odd dog behavior

    dogs are funny. we had mini pinchers when i was younger. they would sit on the window sill like a cat and squeeze between the flowerpots to go from one end to the other. we had 2 boxers, one would sit on the arm chair while the other would crawl under it...or they would just jump onto the couch...
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    My new hedgehog, Pokeball!!!

    cute little critter. i'm used to the gray ones. we had one way back in germany.
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    My APBT and Bull Terrier :)

    my sister has a pit bull, a bull terrier, an american bulldog mix and a boxer mix... and 2 cats. they are clowns, the bull terrier mix will clean the ears of the boxer mix, the female sleeps next to the boxer mix. and pit is a nibbler (he nibbles my sister's toes untill she is helpless, then...
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    Mean Free Roaming Dogs

    when i grew up we were in the middle of town and we had chickens and rabbits... and on one occation or two ducks and geese. no problem there... but then they also had cows in the middle of town. they joy of growing up in a small town... but then we also had a small forrest in the middle of...
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    Mean Free Roaming Dogs

    we had a neufoundlander dog (big black bear looking dog), gentle as can be, she just had one problem... during thunderstorms and lighnings she'd break out of any and every place/kennel/cage we put her in.... and ran off across town, down the road, across the street, the playground and into the...
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