Looking for a cool, short lived pet

[Matts inverts]

you are not supposed to keep them in college but you could get isopods and keep them in a tub and just hide them under something

 

[Introvertebrate]

I’m currently 16 years old and have a huge fascination with invertebrates of all kinds. I want to get a tarantula, but I know I won’t be able to keep it for long because I plan on living on a college campus in the future and I don’t think many colleges allow pets. Because of this, I was wondering if there are any cool, reasonable to take car of invertebrates out there that don't live more than 2 years

Just do what all college students do with their small pets. Hide them under the bed.

This is correct. A two door, heavily monitored containment facility is the minimum requirement for all phasmids. Only a few people are keeping these legally, and most are associated with institutions.

Weird, I just can't picture phasmids running amok and taking over the planet.

 

[goliathusdavid]

you are not supposed to keep them in college but you could get isopods and keep them in a tub and just hide them under something

They are going to require permits for interstate movement, so unless you go to college in state, pretty hard to do legally.

Weird, I just can't picture phasmids running amok and taking over the planet.

It's less about the planet and more about the tremendous damage they could do to the agriculture of California, Florida, and the South. One of the reasons Phasmids are fairly easy to keep is they are not incredibly picky about what leaves they are fed. That also means they have the potential to do more damage to US agriculture than even the Japanese Beetle or Spotted Lantern Fly. And I haven't even mentioned the possible damage to native wild flora. Indian walking sticks gave USDA\APHIS a small idea of what these species can do, and there are many other potentially more damaging phasmids that thus keep their employees up at night.

 

[Matts inverts]

You can get isopods then you could just sell the colony after its huge and then you have pets and you can have some money for college

 

[isopodgeek]

All native or naturalized mantises work as they don’t require permits. They also are short lived but are still very interesting pets. Maybe you could get something long lived and when it is time to go to collage, you can give it away/sell it.

I am a sophomore in high school and it is definitely nice to see someone my age on arachnoboards. You got me thinking though, what will I do with my collection when I go to college in 2 1/2 years?

 

[Scp682]

All native or naturalized mantises work as they don’t require permits. They also are short lived but are still very interesting pets. Maybe you could get something long lived and when it is time to go to collage, you can give it away/sell it.

I am a sophomore in high school and it is definitely nice to see someone my age on arachnoboards. You got me thinking though, what will I do with my collection when I go to college in 2 1/2 years?

I'm just finishing hs and on my way to college, i live near the campus so it's not an issue to live off campus. Don't sacrifice something you enjoy for a piece of paper if you can, live off campus near by, if that's not an option find someone trustworthy who can take care of them for a while but don't give up on a commitment you made to a living animal that's not fair for it or you. Live your life don't ever do something you don't want to if you're pressured.

 

[scolopendra277]

You could always capture an alate ant queen when they are flying around and have her build you a massive colony. Then when the time comes, just put them back into the wild.

yes. ants. very good pets. they aren't too hard in the founding stages as well, and they're very interesting. during the founding stages, a fully claustral queen requires literally no care. and once they have nanitics, the care doesn't go up too high from there. and I believe that nuptial flights have started in the northern hemisphere too!

 

[Introvertebrate]

.................It's less about the planet and more about the tremendous damage they could do to the agriculture of California, Florida, and the South...............

Plus the fly, breath fire, and laid waste to entire regions of the Seven Kingdoms.

 

[Dry Desert]

Plus the fly, breath fire, and laid waste to entire regions of the Seven Kingdoms.

You would think so -" permit required to move Isopods accross state lines" - Best not let any Heavy Goods Vehicles get in the way of these monsters.

 

[Matts inverts]

I know it’s not a pet species but you can go to a shop and buy superworms for like a dollar and pupate and have tons of beetles. When I had a box turtle, I would let them pupate to have beetles