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- Feb 6, 2007
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Any of these pets can be sold and cared for by someone who knows what they are doing, however, most people who buy these from store end up killing them out of ignorance. What pets would you remove from the hobby any why?
Hermit crabs- Experienced and knowledgeable crab owners typically get 4-7 years out of a crab given perfect conditions. In the wild they can live 25-40 years. They cannot be bed in captivity because they grow up on coral reefs before coming back to land. A typical owner kills theirs within a few months. I'm a 5 year veteran in HCs and I know that just acclimating a crab from horrible store conditions to proper conditions will kill roughly 25% of crabs if you do it slowly, 50% or higher of you don't acclimate them slowly.
Iguanas- I'm sure we all know why. Most people buy them when they are cute and young, then abandon/kill them when they are 6 feet of evil.
Any snake that eclipses 15 feet- the larger they get, the more likely they are to get killed or abandoned by Joe Know-nothing who buys them as babies and dont realize what they are getting into. I hear all the time, "they only grow to the size of their enclosure.".... yeah, right.....
Brackish water fish- most stores sell them in fresh water and do not provide information that require salt or their proper salinty.... Case in point, "freshwater" stone fish... cannot live in captivity... at all, even under proper conditions.... dont even try.
Pet rocks- they are stupid.
Hermit crabs- Experienced and knowledgeable crab owners typically get 4-7 years out of a crab given perfect conditions. In the wild they can live 25-40 years. They cannot be bed in captivity because they grow up on coral reefs before coming back to land. A typical owner kills theirs within a few months. I'm a 5 year veteran in HCs and I know that just acclimating a crab from horrible store conditions to proper conditions will kill roughly 25% of crabs if you do it slowly, 50% or higher of you don't acclimate them slowly.
Iguanas- I'm sure we all know why. Most people buy them when they are cute and young, then abandon/kill them when they are 6 feet of evil.
Any snake that eclipses 15 feet- the larger they get, the more likely they are to get killed or abandoned by Joe Know-nothing who buys them as babies and dont realize what they are getting into. I hear all the time, "they only grow to the size of their enclosure.".... yeah, right.....
Brackish water fish- most stores sell them in fresh water and do not provide information that require salt or their proper salinty.... Case in point, "freshwater" stone fish... cannot live in captivity... at all, even under proper conditions.... dont even try.
Pet rocks- they are stupid.