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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / October 2005Animal experts....?
Hi everyone...a good idea just posted by tweed (ha ha, blaming this one on you!!) As we all love to help, share our knowledge etc here, and aren't phobic about people mentioning AOTC (animals other than cats) would everyone who has experience with animals other than cats add onto the list their name and list of animals they know about? That way if any of us aquires/has a problem with a new animal, we know someone to ask. As for some of us, access to animal newsgroups are limited (I can only find cats, dogs and guinea pigs inhabiting mine) it would be great to have someone to ask!And for how this got started, please refer to the post 'Re:*sigh*Pearl... Well, here goes..... meee; goats (there you go tweed!), guinea pigs,parrots, chickens, spiders (don't ask)  SignatureThere are many intelligent species in the Universe. They are all owned by cats. Anonymous One cat just leads to another. -Ernest Hemingway > has experience with animals other than cats add onto the list their name and > list of animals they know about? That way if any of us aquires/has a problem I'm no expert, but I have learned a lot about keeping freshwater fish and shrimp. SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > > has experience with animals other than cats add onto the list their name and > > list of animals they know about? That way if any of us aquires/has a problem > > I'm no expert, but I have learned a lot about keeping freshwater fish > and shrimp. That's good to know- mine nearly always die!! >> has experience with animals other than cats add onto the list their >> name and list of animals they know about? That way if any of us >> acquires/has a problem > > I'm no expert, but I have learned a lot about keeping freshwater fish > and shrimp. I used to raise hamsters. The larger "golden" (although they come in more than that one color nowadays) variety, not the dwarf versions. They were lots of fun, and lots of work too. I know all the books say that hamsters are 'clean' and have 'no smell' - ever looked in their cages? Little hamster turds (sometimes they even 'recycle' them) everywhere, and their pee-corner???? Whoooeeeee! Worse than any cat litterbox! And they're escape artists, with no fear of heights since they're burrowing ground dwellers and don't even *know* what heights are. Oh, and 'golden' hamsters are solitary/territorial animals, and it irks me to no end to find *several* per cage at pet shops (and some shops fail to segregate male from female, either from stupidity or a simple mistake (male hammy's have this amazing ability to 'hide' their boy parts when they feel threatened, so some people may find it hard to tell the difference), so some poor unsuspecting kid takes home a preggers female at least once a week). Makes me want to take them all home, but then I think of all the cats I have here, and how many hamsters would end up as cat-toys (or kitty happy meals).... >>> has experience with animals other than cats add onto the list their >>> name and list of animals they know about? That way if any of us [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >here, and how many hamsters would end up as cat-toys (or kitty happy >meals).... Back in the 1980's, my mother was teaching at a private elementary school here in Nashville, TN, run by a particularly-conservative church. The principal suspected, correctly, that my mother was more liberal than most of his fellow church-members. On one occasion, each of the teachers was told to buy a hamster to be a classroom pet. The one my mother bought, which was male according to the pet-store clerk, gave birth the next day to a litter of babies. The principal's first conclusion was that my mother had deliberately chosen a pregnant hamster as a way of getting around the school's ban on sex education. The compromise they reached was that she take Mama Hamster and babies home until the babies were old enough to adopt out. We managed to keep our cat from eating any of the hamsters, but it wasn't for lack of trying. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria > Hi everyone...a good idea just posted by tweed (ha ha, blaming this one on > you!!) [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > meee; goats (there you go tweed!), guinea pigs,parrots, chickens, spiders > (don't ask) Hamsters are interesting. Try a.p.hamsters MLB > > Hi everyone...a good idea just posted by tweed (ha ha, blaming this one on > > you!!) [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Hamsters are interesting. Try a.p.hamsters MLB will do so!! Uh, do sea monkeys count? I am the designated caretaker of the office sea monkey tank. (I've actually also raised regular brine shrimp to the breeding state when I had a tank of reproducing guppies.) wow, I always wanted sea monkeys as a kid!! do they really do tricks, or was that all hype? SignatureThere are many intelligent species in the Universe. They are all owned by cats. Anonymous One cat just leads to another. -Ernest Hemingway > Uh, do sea monkeys count? I am the designated caretaker of the office > sea monkey tank. (I've actually also raised regular brine shrimp to the > breeding state when I had a tank of reproducing guppies.) > wow, I always wanted sea monkeys as a kid!! do they really do tricks, or was > that all hype? Hype. They're nothing more than artemia saltwater shrimp. Small and not very bright. :) SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > > wow, I always wanted sea monkeys as a kid!! do they really do tricks, or was > > that all hype? > > Hype. They're nothing more than artemia saltwater shrimp. Small and not > very bright. :) Aaah, I had a suspicion that would be the case...i remember i looked them up in a book or something, then wondered how the hell they'd managed to get brine shrimp to do tricks? still wondering....it said so on the box, so it must be true... :^) Yep--sea monkeys are, in fact, a species o' brine shrimp (artemia NYOS) specifically bred to withstand the rigors of attentions (or inattention as may be the case) of their target market--children. Other than that they are pretty much like the wild brine shrimp I've raised to feed my fish. The "trick" referred to on the packaging just refers to getting the shrimp to swim in a certain direction in the tank. The shrimps' principal food source in nature is algae which flourishes in bright light. The shrimp are "programmed" to move in the direction of the food source by following light (phototaxis). More than you really wanted to know, isn't it? :-) Gennie > Yep--sea monkeys are, in fact, a species o' brine shrimp (artemia NYOS) > specifically bred to withstand the rigors of attentions (or inattention [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Gennie very interesting! ahh, so that's their gimmick; shine a torch in one side of the aquarium, and they'll 'migrate' over their and vice versa!! >> wow, I always wanted sea monkeys as a kid!! do they really do tricks, or was >> that all hype? > >Hype. They're nothing more than artemia saltwater shrimp. Small and not >very bright. :) They're fish food!! ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Make Levees, Not War > They're fish food!! ;) Yes they are. My fish eat them every day, though most of the time frozen. Sometimes I do buy them live and feed them that way. SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com I'm not an expert either, but I have raised and enjoyed hedghogs. And what my girlfriend doesn't know about ferrets..... PatM > I'm not an expert either, but I have raised and enjoyed hedghogs. And > what my girlfriend doesn't know about ferrets..... > > PatM oooh, i'de love a ferret; our 2 yr old saw them on tv, and it was 'mummy i wanna ferret, can i have a ferret mummy? " all week. for some people, their kids demand toys-ours demand animals! Unfortunately ferrets are illegal in our state ;( > Hi everyone...a good idea just posted by tweed (ha ha, blaming this one on > you!!) > As we all love to help, share our knowledge etc here, and aren't phobic > about people mentioning AOTC (animals other than cats) would everyone who > has experience with animals other than cats add onto the list their name and > list of animals they know about? OK, good idea. Me: Mediterranean tortoises, salamanders, frogs & toads, axolotls. Well, you did ask! :-) Deb. Signaturehttp://www.scientific-art.com "He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield ~~"He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield~~ Gotta Break in here...Love that quote. Reminds me of Fleas...I have about this much ( ) knowledge about a beta fish. I say a beta fish because Jaws is the only one I own, and he's fairly well self-sufficient as long as I drop his pellets in and change his water out every third week. Azy! "Unfortunately, I once roomed with a cocker spaniel, and she left a terrible impression of dogs with whomever she met. Her breath was terrible, she reeked of sebaceous oils, she chewed her haunches fanatically, and she was a pathological liar. I learnt quite a few lessons living with her. Firstly, never lay behind a dog who's just dined heavily from the rubbish bin. Secondly, never leave kibble for later if there's a dog about. And, most importantly, never, never trust a cocker spaniel in a balaclava no matter what they tell you." ~~W.C. Humphries II( http://housecatwisdom.blogspot.com/ ) > > Hi everyone...a good idea just posted by tweed (ha ha, blaming this one on > > you!!) [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Deb. wow!! i would love to have an axolotl one day...they are really interesting...are mediterranean tortoises as smelly as australian ones? we rescue them from the roads all the time after rain (they all go walkabout) and they usually stink to high heaven, and pee on you by the way of thanks. > wow!! i would love to have an axolotl one day...they are really > interesting...are mediterranean tortoises as smelly as australian ones? we > rescue them from the roads all the time after rain (they all go walkabout) > and they usually stink to high heaven, and pee on you by the way of thanks. Well, I've never smelt an Australian tortoise, but my torts are not that smelly I would say! They do pee on you though :-)) Glad to hear you rescue them from the roads, that is good. I used to have 3 axolotls, 2 black ones and one albino and one spring they produced spawn! I ended up with 25 babies! There were plastic aquariums all over my bedroom. I think my school friends were given a lot of unexpected pets that year! They were very cool pets, definitely. Deb. Signaturehttp://www.scientific-art.com "He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield > > wow!! i would love to have an axolotl one day...they are really > > interesting...are mediterranean tortoises as smelly as australian ones? we [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Deb. Wow!! so much fun!! we moved, so I don't see any tortoises up here any more :^( but it's like a 'family tradition' rescuing animals....mum & dad are always rescuing something...except cats, as they live in natural bushland (sorry...you say woodland don't you) complete with lizards, snakes, birds, possums, wallabies, roos etc etc. and having 4 daughters going in and out it was impossible to keep a cat inside so we never had one...but i do now!! yay!! and my youngest sister is going off to uni in a year so they might get one then...they have a mice problem, and mum likes my cats a lot....so i might give them a surprise christmas pressie when lil sis leaves home...their dogs are getting older so it would be nice for them to have a pet to age with them...hmmm dad would complain at first but he'd love it eventually...he likes cats, just not when they kill birds etc...the first time he found a mouse inside, he thought it was native and took it way down the bush to let it go....now he kills them as they're feral and not native to aus. he never kills anything, and gets reallly sad if an animal dies, or he accidentally kills one...even a lizard....sorry for drifting off...i'm just missing my family, but mum said she'll come and visit me soon yay!!! > Wow!! so much fun!! we moved, so I don't see any tortoises up here any more > :^( but it's like a 'family tradition' rescuing animals....mum & dad are [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > he accidentally kills one...even a lizard....sorry for drifting off...i'm > just missing my family, but mum said she'll come and visit me soon yay!!! I have a friend living in the back of beyond by the ocean, 7 hrs by train from Sydney, and she often sends me photos of the wildlife in her garden. The house is newly built except nobody told the roos to move out first. So she has roo families on her grass, peering in the window when she does her ironing, carrying their joeys around, lounging around on her patio, it's really funny. Her latest photo sequence was of a goanna going up a tree to steal eggs, being chased away by the eggs' owners, going down the tree and the birds celebrating by noisy flapping and squawking at their success :-)) A word of warning about the cat surprise gift though - just in case your dad only likes 'other people's cats', he may not like one at all if it kills the wildlife in his garden, and cats are also non-native of course, so he may classify them along with the mice.... Unless it would be an indoor-only cat of course? Would the dogs be OK with a cat/kitten do you think? Does your mum live far away from you? Deb. Signaturehttp://www.scientific-art.com "He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield > > Wow!! so much fun!! we moved, so I don't see any tortoises up here any more > > :^( but it's like a 'family tradition' rescuing animals....mum & dad are [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > Deb. Those roo pictures must be gorgeous...that's what mum & dad's block was like when we all moved there first...it was down a dirt road and we were the only ones there...we had acres and acres of bush to explore, it was wonderful. Now they have neighbours on the surrounding blocks with big new glaring brick houses, so some of the wildlife have retreated a bit, which is sad. And I wouldn't even consider giving them a cat unless it was indoors only...and I'd check with them first. Outdoor cats is the worst thing you can do over here...unfortunately in the country people often have old run down houses, and cats can find ways out, so many people can't/won't secure their cats. I've been gradually training mine not to bolt out the door over the last few months since we found her...as she's a feral she finds it hard at times, she's used to living outdoors...but i love having the birds and lizards too... > would everyone who >has experience with animals other than cats add onto the list their name and >list of animals they know about? I had seven children, each of whom had his/her preference/taste in pets so the household was always lively with an assortment of kids and kiddles. Umpteen dogs and cats, hamsters, guinea pig, white mice (never put a pair together!), salamander, little green turtles, a box turtle, gopher-type turtle, ghekos, parakeets, rabbits, assorted fish, cornsnakes, 3 baby possums (Spanky, Spunky, and Sparky), and, of course, sea monkeys and ants. There may be a few I don't recall at the moment but.... Jeanne > > would everyone who > >has experience with animals other than cats add onto the list their name and [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Jeanne Oh no, what have i let myself in for....my 3 yr old is already asking for a ferret, an elephant, a giraffe, a monkey etc etc. he started his career eating spiders.....fortunately number 2 prefers cars, and has just seen a motorbike....he thought an angel had come down and kissed him, i swear!! > Hi everyone...a good idea just posted by tweed (ha ha, blaming this one on > you!!) [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > and > list of animals they know about? I wasn't just thinking "animals" that's just where *my* main experience lies. I thought any field at all. Howard is brilliant at answering medical questions, for example. A car mechanic would be good to have, and some computer bods ;-) Tweed That way if any of us aquires/has a problem > with a new animal, we know someone to ask. As for some of us, access to > animal newsgroups are limited (I can only find cats, dogs and guinea pigs [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > meee; goats (there you go tweed!), guinea pigs,parrots, > chickens, spiders (don't ask) > > Hi everyone...a good idea just posted by tweed (ha ha, blaming this one on > > you!!) [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Tweed Well, I have a home-based secretarial service, and many of my clients bring me work to edit or to put into correct English. Also, I've been in Toastmasters for almost 15 years, so I know quite a bit about public speaking. Joy > > Hi everyone...a good idea just posted by tweed (ha ha, blaming this one on > > you!!) [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Tweed Hahaha you get the blame anyway ;^) there was a networking expert...check the posts....and im sure someone will know something about cars...hey do any of you have any experience fixing washing machines LOL!! > That way if any of us aquires/has a problem > > with a new animal, we know someone to ask. As for some of us, access to [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > meee; goats (there you go tweed!), guinea pigs,parrots, > > chickens, spiders (don't ask) > Hi everyone...a good idea just posted by tweed (ha ha, blaming this one on > you!!) > As we all love to help, share our knowledge etc here, and aren't phobic > about people mentioning AOTC (animals other than cats) would everyone who > has experience with animals other than cats add onto the list their name and > list of animals they know about? Dogs, natch. Primates - Don't ever get one as a "pet" Reptiles - almost any Hermit crabs Rodentia - almost any Raccoons -L. (I don't read the ng much but can be contacted via email.) > Hi everyone...a good idea just posted by tweed (ha ha, blaming this one on > you!!) > As we all love to help, share our knowledge etc here, and aren't phobic > about people mentioning AOTC (animals other than cats) would everyone who > has experience with animals other than cats add onto the list their name and > list of animals they know about?/// Exotic cats - Tigers, Jaguars, Margays, Ocelots, Scottish wildcats... *G* Dogs Horses Rodents (Fancy Mice, Pet Rats) Helen M > Rodents (Fancy Mice, Pet Rats) > > Helen M Fancy mice?? I used to breed and show them, won Best Marked at Bradford-at-Harrogate Championship Show. I don't know anything about fancy rats though. Tweed |
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