What Other Critters do You Own?? [Archive]

KenyanSandBoa

08-09-2007, 10:43 AM

I know most of us here are fish addicts, but I was just wondering what other critters the members of AC keep.

I would love to hear about your setups, any experiences you have had with exotics, and any breeding projects that you have done. Also, what got you into the hobby of herps/exotics?

I'll start with a little of my non-fish history:

I actually started with reptiles instead of fish. My first setup was a 30 gallon terrarium with anoles and firebellies...it was love at first sight. Here's a list of herps that I kept (I had to get rid of most of them due to my landlord threatening to evict me if I didn't :mad2: ):

Leucistic Texas Rat Snake (still have)
Western Hognose (still have)
Various phases of Sandboas (will always have :) )
Breeding pair of ball pythons (landlord nixed)
Breeding pair of Red Tail Boas (landlord nixed)
Bearded Dragon (Died at 13 years old)
Mali Uromastyx (Sold to friend for his breeding project)
Sumatran & Borneo Blood Pythons (landlord nixed)
Jungle Carpet Python (On loan - Breeding)
Dumeril's Boa (Have)

almostaskater62

08-09-2007, 11:01 AM

KenyanSandBoa

08-09-2007, 11:10 AM

i have a bearded dragon, and i just read that yours died at 13 years old :eek:
which is both scary (because i'll be off to college in a year) and cool (because it's a really old lizard).
he's only about a year-year and a half right now, in a 20 gallon long tank. his name's rex, he's cool.

That's cool...they are awesome lizards. Can you take him with you to school?

Mine was a rescue that I took in when I was working at the pet store. It was hard when he died because he was almost like a dog. He followed my girlfriend and I everywhere and he would just sit on the couch with us when we would watch TV.

almostaskater62

08-09-2007, 11:13 AM

i probably could take him to school, but it's also my sisters and she's just starting high school so i imagine he would stay there. i walk around with him on my shoulder a lot, how big was yours?
also there's the factor of taking my fish to school (which are all mine, not sisters'). i'll probly only be able to manage a 20 gallon and a 2.5 betta tank, so i dunno about a bearded dragon as well...
i also might be moving across the pond at some point which would further complicate things... i dunno
i'll just enjoy him while i have him.
i wanna put him on myshoulder now haha (i'm at work, so i can't)

KenyanSandBoa

08-09-2007, 11:34 AM

My guy was 22".

Yeah, that could be tough with two tanks and a beardie...and moving across the pond would be a tough move as well.

bettagurl

08-09-2007, 12:02 PM

1 rose hair tarantula
1 baby chaco tarantula
Goliath birdeating tarantula(coming soon ;) )
1 leopard gecko
2 orbed weaver/zipper spider, breeding pair(they don't live together ;) )
1 wolf spider
2-3 different species of jumping spider
common garden spider
and more, but I don't remember lol

I've had:
7-8 anoles, they all died around 5 years old.
1 iguana(I love her so much, but she hated everyone of the house, she'd bite/ whip ect. but she was very sweet to me, she stay on my shoulder and go outside with me alot)

legendaryfrog

08-09-2007, 12:07 PM

Right now, I have 3 fire belly newts in a 20g tank at my office.

A long time ago as a teen in high school I had a uromastyx which I loved a lot. After getting into college, i gave him to my neighbor, who gladly accepted him.

Im currently thinking about having some mudskippers.

KenyanSandBoa

08-09-2007, 12:12 PM

Nice...I want to put a set up in my office too. When I get an office that is. :)

Wow, bettagurl...that's a nice collection of arachnids you have. The goliath is probably one of my favorites.:headbang2:

bettagurl

08-09-2007, 12:38 PM

thanks :D
I LOVE spiders/tarantulas, but for some reason my friends don't like my room :confused: :grinno:

mamasky

08-10-2007, 1:22 PM

I currently have:
4 cats
1 Ball Python that's about 3ft. long
1 Green Tree Frog

I've had in the past:
2 other cats
2 Green Tree Frogs
3 Schneider's Skinks
1 Africian Plated Lizard
1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (she was my baby that I adopted from work and she died from a tumor in her stomach)

Hubby and I are also debating getting a retired racing greyhound.

Firebelly__girl

08-10-2007, 1:40 PM

darkcirca

08-10-2007, 2:18 PM

Well besides a fish tank, I have my geckos.

3 Leopard Geckos (1 male, 2 females). Was breeding this season, but none hatched (died in egg right before). Hopefully next season is successful.
1 Crested Gecko, approx 4 months old.

PPMN

08-10-2007, 8:34 PM

I have a flying squirrel and a leopard gecko.

Wippit Guud

08-10-2007, 11:49 PM

1 baby California king snake

and... uh... 54 chickens.

ostrangeone89

08-11-2007, 12:17 AM

I have 5 cats, and a rabbit..

In the past I've had cavys, hamsters, mice.. I would REALLY like to get a lizard one day. Bearded dragons sound so cool and I've read up on them. But I plan on two more tanks of fish and I think my mother would kill me if I added another big tank to my room!

Siren

08-12-2007, 3:47 AM

I am also very much into herpetology. Currently I have 3 RES's, a painted turtle hatchling, a five lined skink, a bearded dragon (who will be 11 in May). I also have cats, dogs, a parakeet, fiddler crabs, and of course fishies.

And just about everything else at one time or another:
Mink frog, African bullfrog (Pixie frog), N. and S. Leopard frogs, American Toads, anoles, hermit crabs, guinea pigs, dwarf hamsters, mice, green tree frogs, and a huge wolf spider from my yard.

ostrangeone89

08-12-2007, 4:40 AM

and a huge wolf spider from my yard.

*shivers* runsaway scared from the thread!

Spiders scare the crap outta me and wolfspiders are the worst creepers! :eek3:

dabruno

08-13-2007, 10:17 AM

i have a dog
and am planning on a fire bellie toad plaud
and of course my fish(82 gallon community)

the fox

08-14-2007, 12:05 PM

I have 2 rats and a water snake.

bettagurl

08-14-2007, 7:14 PM

NotSure

08-30-2007, 6:23 AM

I've got a bearded dragon, mali uromastyx, madagascar hissing cockroaches, hermit crabs, siamese cat, and of course my fish. Trying to sell the 2 lizards but haven't had any luck. Too much to take care of.

legendaryfrog

08-30-2007, 3:07 PM

This doesnt have to do with that, but can I ask why you had 10 plecos in a tank? loL!

they werent your regular plecos.........these guys were killer plecos. Once I bought a gourami for the tank and they shot it down immediately and sucked it to death........

as for my other critters, i plan on buying freshwater muddskippers some time soon

b19fish

08-30-2007, 3:33 PM

Well my family and friends call my room the zoo room wonder if i should charge. lol Lets see i have

1 55 Gallon freshwater fish tank up graded from a 29.

Two peach faced lovebirds Bob and Bea

40 gallon wide tank with 1 Russian tortoise named Baikal

30 gallon frog tank with 3 Bouncing toads

My Ferret Named Emiko

And my partner in Crime my Dog Buster

Thats it for know but would love a potbelly pig lol

ThePetFreak

08-30-2007, 11:09 PM

Other than fish, I currently have:
3 Dogs: Jack Russell Terrier (2.5 yrs), Chihuahua (1.5 yrs), Tosa-Inu (9 mth)
5 Fire-Bellied Toads
2 Fire-Bellied Newts (1 baby)
7 Red Eared Sliders (2 babies)
1 Green Anole
2 Cuban Tree Frogs (raised from tadpoles)
3 Green Tree Frogs (all CB)
1 Red-Eyed Tree Frog (WC)

Soon I would like to get more Red-Eyed Tree Frogs and maybe some Poison Dart Frogs

I have had most of these for one year or more

I love building and designing Vivariums, but my wife pulled the plug on anymore, I guess we will just have to get a bigger house now won't we, haha.

Vicious_Fish

08-31-2007, 8:45 AM

I've downsized greatly after moving out of my parents house and getting married. Besides fish I have...

1 Mutt
1 Cat
1 Breeding Pair of Leopard Geckos (just turned 15 years old!)
2 baby LG's from the above pair^
1 Stinkpot Musk Turtle
4 Eastern Box Turtles

Planning on getting a pair of Crocodile Skinks or Crested Geckos very soon!

bluesol

09-01-2007, 4:13 AM

I have a dog, Guinea Pig, 4 fish tanks, and a Hedgehog.

dixienut

09-01-2007, 8:13 AM

i have,
8 cows
2 horses, 1 quarter, and 1 mini
3 great pyrenees
5 cats, 1 siamese, 2dlh, 2dsh
5 dwarf rabbits
2 siberian dwarf hamsters
1 electric blue crayfish
and a partridge in a pear tree,...:rofl:

Sam Theis

09-01-2007, 7:45 PM

I Have,
2 African Side-Neck Turtles
3 Bearded Dragons
1 Pine Snake
1 Ball Python
1 Guinea Pig
3 Anoles
1 Burmese Python (15Ft)
1 Black Lab

dethjam316

09-02-2007, 10:08 AM

@vicious: sounds familiar...amazingly my list below too is a downgrade necessitated by moving in with my girlfriend a couple years back. she loves animals but we just ran out of space! when i lived by myself in a 2 bdrm, the second room (and the living room actually) were just full of tanks and screen enclosures...

currently have:
1 guinea pig (we had a second until last year, hit 10 years old before he died)
1 mali uromastyx
1 map turtle, 1 musk turtle (they share a tank)
1 red-eared slider (recently adopted from someone getting rid of him, didn't really want him but he's a nice fellow)
1 veiled chameleon (what a jerk he is)
1 jamaican giant anole

katschamne

06-24-2008, 3:23 AM

Besides our fish this is what we have

43 tarantulas
1 jumping spider
1 bearded dragon 2 years old
5 viper geckos
1 dwarf hamster
1 cockatiel
1 parakeet
1 Mexican Red headed amazon
1 quaker
1 sinaloan milksnake
1 albino pacman frog

Jesshika

06-24-2008, 7:56 AM

I have a California King Snake who I just caught a few days ago :grinyes: and besides him, I have two cats.

nx2ured

06-24-2008, 8:14 AM

I have 32 tanks in the house ranging from 10g to 125g. Each tank contains either some sort of cichlid, shrimp, snails, or poison dart frogs. I have four pygmy goats, 2 poodles, and a great pyreneese.

Notophthalmus

06-24-2008, 9:34 AM

As far as my own personal pets, I only have three big fat Norway rats. But at work I care for the live herp collection, which includes:

5 Red-eared Sliders
4 Common Snapping Turtles
1 Alligator Snapping Turtle
1 Painted Turtle
2 Stinkpots
2 Stripe-necked Musk Turtles
3 Eastern Box Turtles
2 Ouachita Map Turtles

1 Black Kingsnake
1 Prairie Kingsnake
1 Northern Watersnake
1 Western Cottonmouth

2 Eastern Tiger Salamanders
5 Mole Salamanders
2 Lesser Sirens

1 American Toad
1 Green Frog
1 Green Tree Frog
2 Bird-voiced Treefrogs
5 Bullfrog tadpoles
2 Eastern Narrowmouth Tadpoles

calivivarium1

06-24-2008, 11:15 AM

I have gotten rid of all my reptiles over the years. My current pets consist solely of:

a calico cat

two Scarlet Badis(they are on the way to my house...)

some Malaysian Trumpet Snails

I think two tiger shrimp....

kgymn

06-24-2008, 11:30 AM

Between my boyfriend and myself we have:

2 cats
2 guinea pigs
1 crested gecko
2 sugar gliders (with a little one on the way)
8 bearded dragons

we plan to breed the dragons in a month or so. One was purchased gravid a month back (gave the eggs away to the pet store) and is probably going to pop out another clutch at some point (those we'll hatch ourselves)

~Katy

DAVIDFBT

06-24-2008, 4:33 PM

I have about 7 Pacific Treefrog tadpoles who are just now turning into froglets. In my plans for the future are: 2 Rough Skinned Newts in a 20L, 3 Green anoles and 2 House Geckos in a 20H, 2 Leopard Geckos in a 20L. After I move to my new house in a couple of months.

And of course,
<----- 5 of these. ;)

eveliens

06-27-2008, 11:02 PM

2 senior dogs (13 and 14)
1 blue tongue skink (25")
1 canary
4 fancy mice
2 african soft furred rats
1 syrian hamster
13 fancy rats + 4 foster rats

I like lizards and snakes alot but I've decided no more animals that need live food. Any lizards in the future would have to be uros or I'd love another BTS. I like spiders too but my family is not so keen on that. I was told if I brought a spider home, I'd be living on the street :D My fish and my rats are my favorite pets though.

bettalover

06-27-2008, 11:19 PM

2 dutch rabbits.

Sarra

06-28-2008, 12:24 AM

I've had:
Chameleons (Fischers and Dwarf)
House Geckos
Anoles
Crocodile Geckos
NorthWestern Tree Frog
Northwestern Toad

And, I currently have:
Cresteds
RETF
Reed Frog (had for almost 2 years now)
Red Banded Tree Frog
Gargoyle Gecko

What I'm planning on getting:
Dart frogs

FluffynTex

06-28-2008, 12:31 AM

Besides the tanks I have 10 dogs, and 1 kenyan sand boa who is an escapee somewhere in my house at the moment hehe.

Sarra

06-28-2008, 12:35 AM

Besides the tanks I have 10 dogs, and 1 kenyan sand boa who is an escapee somewhere in my house at the moment hehe.

I hope you don't have any Chihuahuas... :P

cam191919

06-28-2008, 10:56 AM

well, might as well start now

2 leopard geckos
1 yellow rat snake
1 skink
3 fl box turtles
1 river cooter
2 dart frogs

2 chickens
2 peach faced lovebirds
2 parakeets
1 cockatial
1 senegal parrot

5 mice
2 cats
1 dog
1 ferret

5 fiddler crabs
2 red claw crabs

im pretty sure thats it

FluffynTex

07-02-2008, 11:21 PM

I hope you don't have any Chihuahuas... :P

No Chihuahua's hehe. Still no snake either. :eek:

Sarra

07-02-2008, 11:22 PM

I should update mine... I've got a house gecko and 2 dart frogs now. :)

Quinn1928

07-31-2008, 4:12 PM

i have 1 dog
3 ponies
3 horses
4 cats
1 fish tank
5 gallon terrarium (coming soon

chefjamesscott

07-31-2008, 4:18 PM

ok we have ollie the bearded dragon in a 70g terrarium
goldie an spike the love birds fischers
pepper, marshmallow , birdy and bob the cockatiels
five finches we have not named yet
tess, nikki, choppy and jinga the degus
chi chi and chilli the chinchillas
buddy our humane society score a wire hair yorkie cross
huggs an kisses our orange an greay tabby girl kitten who are sisters

pickin up tonight jake a green cheek conure an mobi a green quaker parrot

my daughter says i have to add in a fish

our red devil she called chicken skin because of the color of his scales

chefjamesscott

07-31-2008, 4:19 PM

chefjamesscott

07-31-2008, 4:27 PM

I have 32 tanks in the house ranging from 10g to 125g. Each tank contains either some sort of cichlid, shrimp, snails, or poison dart frogs. I have four pygmy goats, 2 poodles, and a great pyreneese.

woooooooot now your talkin :drool:

katschamne

07-31-2008, 9:15 PM

Well I have a lot of different animals in addtion to my aquababies.
4 birds (amazon, parakeet, quaker, cockatiel)
5 viper geckos
1 bearded dragon
1 pacman frog
1 milksnake
and 52 tarantulas
01) A. brockelhursti
02) A. chalcodes
03) A. hentzi
04) A. moderatum
05) A. seemani
06) A. avicularia
07) A. minatrix
08) A. versicolor
09) B. cyaniefemur
10) B. auratum
11) B. boehmei
12) B. emilia
13) B. smithi
14) B. smithi
15) C. brachycephalus
16) C. marshalli
17) C. cyaneopubescens
18) C. crawshayi
19) C. lamanai
20) C. fasciatum
21) C. sp "Singapore blue"
22) E. pulcherrimuklaasi
23) E. sp "red"
24) E. cyanognathus
25) E. murinus
26) E. pachypus
27) G. aureostriata
28) G. pulchra
29) G. rosea
30) G. rosea
31) H. gigas
32) L. difficilis
33) L. parahybana
34) M. robustum
35) N. coloratovillosus
36) P. nigricolor
37) P. paravula
38) P. scrofa
39) P. scrofa
40) P. canceroides
41) P. platus
42) P. formosa
43) P. miranda
44) P. regalis
45) P. rufilata
46) P. striata
47) P. cambridgei
48) P. cambridgei
49) P. irminia
50) P. irminia

katschamne

07-31-2008, 9:15 PM

katschamne

07-31-2008, 9:16 PM

katschamne

07-31-2008, 9:17 PM

FluffynTex

07-31-2008, 10:10 PM

I still haven't found my Kenyan Sand Boa...Caught a mouse on a glue trap, I was hoping to catch him on one hehe, then I figure if a mouse can get in, my snake can get out. I sure hope he didn't. Gosh I wish I could find him. This really sucks. Last week I caught my Teacup poodle on one. Catching everything but the snake lol

andrewsgirl

11-25-2008, 11:39 AM

my boyfriend and i have together:
3 dogs
5 cats
3 leopard geckos on three diff cages
1 bearded
1 hamster
96 gal sw tank
10 gal fw tank
2.5 betta tank
2 crested geckos
2 cockateils
1 african grey bird
and an unused 5 gal hex

we kinda like animals just a little.

dixienut

11-25-2008, 4:53 PM

update:

sold the cows

5 cats 3dlh,2dlh
5 great pyrenees
1dwarf hampster 1 died
2 horses
11 tanks
4 dwarf rabbits

justahannah

11-25-2008, 5:14 PM

2 cats and the tank. My husband says I'm not allowed to have anything else until we move into a house (and out of a tiny apartment). Boo.

lionfish01

12-01-2008, 10:51 PM

Hi,
I have a 55 gallon aquarium with fancy goldfish, black moor, betta, gold dogo, bumblebee catfish, cory catfish, angelfish, pictus catfish, unknown catfish, silversharks, african butterfly, ? fish (forgot the name). I think that is all what's in there. A 5 gallon bowfront tank with a betta and a red clawed crab. I also have 3 cats, 2 lovebirds, 3 hamsters, and 2 ferrets.
My husband will not let me get anymore animals. He says we have enough. The birds and ferrets were rescues. Their owners didn't want them and I gave them a home. One of my cats was a drop off (live in the country) and the other 2 were rescued from shelters. I'm a sucker when it comes to animals. It's hard to say no.
I've had just about everything from insects to cats and dogs. Except spiders, I am very afraid of spiders.