showmegreen said:

Had a little Sun Conure from a Lil ugly beak with coffee stirers all the way up to its untimely passing due to a live in exgirlfriend baby sitting a "cute little, likes ta hide stuff n tha like, fuzzy, soft, mischievous, stinking, evil, predatious, foul, good fer nuthin, heart breaking, best friend stealing, murdering varmint called a ferret. Which brought me enjoyment fer a time that spanned a measly 19 yrs of my life. Not that I hold any resentments or anything. Like she said when I got home that night," That bird was loud anyway and it only like you. And it always tried to bite me, once." And "it's not my fault, they never told me it ate meat in nature. I didn't think I needed to check with you. Quit being such a dick. It's like you care about that bird more than me. " Wat the hell was my problem? Really? How stupid of me ta pay a whole summer of lawn mowing back when I was 14 to buy a couple of days old bird that I hand fed, trained to mimic words, let me be its own personal tree, go to every hempfest I'd ever been to, was a best buddy, took my drives test with, sat on my shoulder as I got my highschool diploma. Yeah. WHY SHOULD I HAVE BEEN UPSET? That critter saved me from many more years of friendship and enjoyment. Plus it hid the carcass up in the attic deep in the rafters so I wouldn't have to deal with the burden of burying her for tha relief of closure. Yeah no resentments at all! Named tha chicken Dennis the Menace until she laid an egg in my hoodie pocket. Then it became Denise. Man I miss that Lil chicken! It was a shame that next night when that ferret got in my Congo African Grey's cage. And that bird decided to be a meanie and pierce that no good rats eyeball. I was just heartbroken. I wasn't surprised either when it's owner expected me to buy them another one. After my mean old parrot murdered that sweet Lil harmless ferret.

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GrowGod said:

View attachment 493187 There's all kinds of fucked up in there!!! Sorry for your loss bro and for the blindness these folks had on your feelings! Here's a picture of one of my fishes! I lost the other one just like him cause I had a stupid ass landlord that fave me 30 days to move after living there 5 fucking years!!!!!

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Seamaiden said:

You've gotta hook up with women with more brains than that. She couldn't see the damn thing's teeth and see it's a fucking carnivore? Good for that African Grey! If it was like my father-i

Fucking NICE cichlid! Now I'm forgetting what the common name of this fish is, my fish books have been stored away for that long. :( I've got boxes and boxes of books I haven't seen for years, 10 now I'd say, at least.

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showmegreen said:

@GrowGod There is no fuggin way you can put a cost analysis on kids. You can be broke as fuck an they make it out wonderfully, or you can throw a zillion dollars (people don't realize there is no such thing as money. It's a lie) at'em and they don't survive child hood. they are the world though. They are the meaning of life. Can't stand them time stealing bandits! I love my brats so much I could kill me. Lil bastards!
I loveta watch them fishtanks. My parents back in his beatnick college years used ta import fish an sellem ta pet stores. Had a breeding pair of discus back in tha seventies. Those African Ciclhids are purdy but they eat ever thin that ain't one them. Bet they taste like bluegill. Lol! Jus had a thought picturin me sitting thar in yer living room with a cork n poll tryin ta catch on fer supper. Lol! Damn! Fish sounds good! That reminds me..... Snagging season starts in like three days! Hell yeah!! FISH ON LADIES!!

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showmegreen said:

That's just in dollar bills. @GrowGod Thar ain't a price tag on tha piece of your soul they take the minute your eyes meet for tha 1st time. How much does unconditional love cost? Better yet how much would you pay for someone to unconditionally love you? How much did it cost, fer tha hours of sleep you lose thru out yer life worrying bout em, an takin care of em, an nursing them back to health when they sick? I don't think ya can cost that stuff ota inta dollars. If ya could, Well Hell! I done gone an spent MILLIONS! I want my money back damn it! At least a return on my vestment.

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GrowGod said:

Altolamprolongus Calvis "white" there's a few different color morfs.. Didn't know you use to be into fish @Seamaiden that's awsome! You can't find these fish at the local pet smart lol I'm sure you know:) :eek:
I'll break the camera out for some better pics

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Seamaiden said:

Nice snake! Do you whack the feeders before you give them to it, or does it need them to be moving to want to eat?

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happy b said:

No I buy them pre frozen . I just defrost it first . I have to heat the rats up for some of the pythons as they have heat sensing "pits" around theyr mouth and will only go for it if it looks alive to it . but I don't have the heart to give them live prey plus rats bite and i don't want my pets injured . That one in the pic has only just started feeding again . That's the first thing it's ate since November . Every year they stop eating at winter . It's supposed to be theyr mating season or so i was told.

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Seamaiden said:

@showmegreen -- look into the dwarf Africans. Just as hardy (I have found that, on the whole, African cichlids out of the three major rift lakes, those being Malawi, Tanganyika and Victoria, are the hardiest of fishes to keep) as their full-size mbuna brethren.

Ok, that's a new genus since I've worked the biz. My African cichlid ID bible I bet is no longer relevant.

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motherlode said:

not so much a pet but I love this shot

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spazzz - resident barn cat and gopher/pack rat/starling killer extraordinaire

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Cheyenne - aka shygurl - husky wolf mix

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whoever said you it was hard to teach wolf dogs tricks never met this one - she does like 20 most by hand signals - a regular circus act
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GrowGod said:

:):)
Hey SM, look in the tanganyika book they should be there. I like the diversity of the tangs! Mbuna are some violent little shits if the tank isn't balanced right. If you want color mbuna and peacocks/haps are the way to go:)

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happy b said:

No I buy them pre frozen . I just defrost it first . I have to heat the rats up for some of the pythons as they have heat sensing "pits" around theyr mouth and will only go for it if it looks alive to it . but I don't have the heart to give them live prey plus rats bite and i don't want my pets injured . That one in the pic has only just started feeding again . That's the first thing it's ate since November . Every year they stop eating at winter . It's supposed to be theyr mating season or so i was told.

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showmegreen said:

So tangs are a type of African cichlid, not just a salt water dwelling purty fish with poison barbs on its sides? Interesting. Kind of like bluegill and sun perch and crappie and bass are all cichlids?

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