watchman 256 Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 so what do you reckon on these then,for sale in one of our local pet shops,just a snip at £150,whatever next eh Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fresh earth 47 Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 Them and sugar gliders have been around years mate just a matter of time till the pet shops started suppose if we didnt already have gerbals and hamsters we may have been saying the same at that though as if there aint enough neglected animals on the bloody planet now showers of twats will be breeding them for the sake of the price tag ! As you say what next ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest chook Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 Meerkats - there being sold up and down the country at the moment, theres a farm down the road from me - breeding and selling them at 350 each. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1281692/Meerkat-misery-Thanks-TV-ad-theyre-pet--cute-image-lies-shocking-cruelty.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 (edited) then the kids will get bored with them,and they will be let go into the wild by ignorant parents.there was a craze of micro pigs aswell about a year ago Edited September 25, 2010 by scothunter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurchergrrl 1,441 Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 Meerkats - there being sold up and down the country at the moment, theres a farm down the road from me - breeding and selling them at 350 each. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1281692/Meerkat-misery-Thanks-TV-ad-theyre-pet--cute-image-lies-shocking-cruelty.html There's a few dafties who keep skunks as pets here, and I seem to remember reading that there is a colony living wild now somewhere in the UK? Now that's bad news. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CarraghsGem 92 Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 skunks get very aggressive when they reach sexual maturity, nice when they are babies and ive handled them at a private zoo but wouldnt own one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ideation 8,216 Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 It's becoming like America Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ford connect 12 Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 then the kids will get bored with them,and they will be let go into the wild by ignorant parents.there was a craze of micro pigs aswell about a year ago Let go into the wild at £150 a go must have more money than sence if they did Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Borat 8 Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 There's a few dafties who keep skunks as pets here, and I seem to remember reading that there is a colony living wild now somewhere in the UK? Now that's bad news. It's the Forest Of Dean, a couple have been seen as road kill and a couple have been taken in to a rescue centre.. So there must be more (breeding ?) about.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JoeD 24 Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 Done a whole term on pygmy hedgehogs and sugar gliders as pets in college, they are great little pets but only if you know what your doing, deffinately not pets for kids that will get bored of them, just like any exotics. Joe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Simoman 110 Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 The exotic species have been increasing over the last 20 years, through work I have had the opportunity to see them coming, only recently I was handling some meerkats and racoons, the meerkats were £1,200 a pair and the racoons similarly priced, also had dealings with marmosets/skinks/sugar gliders/coatis and kinkajoos. The problem is many of these are totally unsuitable as pets for 99% of folk and the husbandry bills are astronomical............. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 (edited) then the kids will get bored with them,and they will be let go into the wild by ignorant parents.there was a craze of micro pigs aswell about a year ago Let go into the wild at £150 a go must have more money than sence if they did there is a lot of pets discarded into the wild are you saying people wouldnt do that? must have more money than sense to buy the f*****g things in the first place! Edited September 25, 2010 by scothunter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiff 36 Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 coon will turn agressive as they reach sexual maturity, skunks actually make quite nice pets as long as their glands are removed of course! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Strong Stuff 2,171 Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 coon will turn agressive as they reach sexual maturity, skunks actually make quite nice pets as long as their glands are removed of course! Ain't that the truth!!!! Then they start shooting and stabbing each other ............. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
watchman 256 Posted September 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 coon will turn agressive as they reach sexual maturity, skunks actually make quite nice pets as long as their glands are removed of course! Ain't that the truth!!!! Then they start shooting and stabbing each other ............. not such a bad thing really lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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