Apart from Cats what other pets do U have?

Besides my cats, I also have two Pygmy hedgehogs.....Penelope and Spike, and 5 Duprasi,(Niles, Daphne, Rachel, Joey and Chandler) and 1 white rat....Daisey. And I also have two dogs....a german shepherd named Sheena, and a mix breed named Scruffy.

Deb - what are Dupraise?

Debra,

It is another word for a fat tailed gerbil. Here's a picture

Thank you Donna for showing the picture and helping me explain what they are.

Actually, though....Duprasi are not Gerbils, they are distant cousins, but I myself have never cared much for Gerbils, so I wish they weren't compared to them.

Duprasi are actualy not rodents....they, like hedgehogs, are classified as insectivorous. They eat insects in the wild.

They are desert animals, so they store their food and water in their tails, much like a camel does in it's hump. That's why their tails are so fat. the healthier they are...the fatter the tail.
They are very docile creatures (unlike gerbils, who will bite) and their fur is almost exactly like the fur of a chinchilla....extremely soft!!!!!!

Here is a good website link, if you want to read more about them!





http://jwarnick.com/oddpet/chapterduprasi.html

Well..outside of my two boys Tic and Tac I have a very sweet loving Kitten named Barbara who unfortunately TEMPORARILY lives far away!!!!!
Working on bringing her home to stay!! I suuuure love that sweet pet.

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

We would NEVER guess you were talking about Meme!

How sweet!

Awwww thanks Sweetie!!!! I love you too!!!!

Meme

Well, I've had many different pets over the years, including guinea pigs,a chinchilla,budgies, rabbits,gerbils and dogs....right now we are down to two kitties, Onyx and Loco and our four Bettas Caesar,Thaddeus,Titus and Omega. We had a yellow Betta too, but he 'committed suicide' by jumping out of his bowl:jarswim: while I was sleeping

Thank you very much for all your replys,I can tell we love our pets,I don,t think I want to own a sssssnake
Debby, do you have a picture of your Pygmy Hedgehogs,I,ve not seen one before.


Jenna and Felix :kitty5: :angel4:

Through the years we have had 2 mice,guinnea pigs,a rat,love bird and an iguana. We have decided just to stick with the dogs and cats. We brought the mice all the way from CA and then they passed on about 2 months after we got here

Does anyone have a Catweigh??

I have a Japanese Fire-Bellied Newt named Blanche. She's 18 years old, and I still don't know if she's a girl or a boy for sure. The guy at the pet shop said she was, but then, this is the same guy who said she'd live 2 years tops.

Hi Michelle :angel2:

I just read up on your Japanese Firebellied Newt...I had no idea what it was. Very interesting! Living eighteen years! I tried to find out how old they get, but with no success. Just out of curiosity, I did email one of the people that put up a page regarding them...it's facinating that this little guy's living for so long...but then again, turtles live quite a long time too.

I don't know! :laughing2

The only thing Ive ever had amphibeous was a turtle. :laughing2 They were so cute!
Here's to your newt May he live another eighteen years and then some!

Love, Peace &

Aww, that newt is cute!!! (hey that ryhmes! ) I am curious what you feed him.

I have a small fur family compared to some here,in addition to 2 cats I have one hampster named Snack and one boyfriend (he's the hardest to take care of too

I have two puppies. Jasper, a purebred boxer, 7 months old. He weighs about 65 pounds. Piper is 3/4 boxer, 1/4 labrador, 6 months old and about 45 pounds. Piper sometimes chases the cats - but they DO tease her.

We also have 4 large Tiger Oscars. They are tropical fish - cichlids. We've been hoping they'll breed, but they were quite sick at one stage and we think they may now be sterile due to the chemicals we had to use to treat them. Oh well, they are lovely to look at, and they let my husband pet them.

Adele

I've been trying to find out how long Blanche will live, too. None of the people I've E-mailed has ever answered--a few E-mails even got returned as undeliverable. I think there's a conspiracy.

I feed my newt tiny green foodsticks called Repto-Min. They are also good for turtles and some other water critters. I tried supplementing her diet with dried worms and dead flies, but she won't eat them.

Bubba's Mom--I love your hamster's name.

Debby,
I want a Duprasi! Wait, I want 2 Duprasi! Wait...where would I put them? Wait, who cares? I'd find a good place for them, they are TOO cute! :laughing2:
How does Merlin get along with them? I assume they are kept caged, but does he (merlin) try to "play" with them?

Are they as easy to maintain as hamsters or gerbils, and what is their cost? I've had small rodents that bit, do they really not bite?
I guess I should really just visit the link you gave us, and leave you alone... :

Oh damn, now I have another "project/obsession!"