Comments on: Weird Pets Found in Apartments http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html Renters guide to solving problems, saving money, and living better. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 21:51:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Anonymous http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-9975 Anonymous Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:05:09 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-9975 i own a leopard gecko, a cherry headed red footed tortoise, a yellow throated plated lizard, two fish, a hermit crab, two dogs, two african clawed frogs, and an antfarm:) a ton to keep up with.. you have to stay devoted.. thats for sure i own a leopard gecko, a cherry headed red footed tortoise, a yellow throated plated lizard, two fish, a hermit crab, two dogs, two african clawed frogs, and an antfarm:) a ton to keep up with.. you have to stay devoted.. thats for sure

]]> By: Thomas Platt http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-9767 Thomas Platt Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:59:09 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-9767 I've had all sorts of exotics too. Hedgehog, African plated lizard, etc. but the craziest "pets" I ever ones was a bunch of medical leeches. Don't get me started on "special diets" having pets that feed on YOU is a whole other story, altogether! They conveniently "died" when I went on a week long college orientation, though I'm pretty sure they had some help down the tubes from my parents. Who can blame them, though, for pete's sake, I had pet LEECHES! Damn was I one strange kid growing up... Hedgehogs are great fun though, definately to me recommended. I’ve had all sorts of exotics too. Hedgehog, African plated lizard, etc. but the craziest “pets” I ever ones was a bunch of medical leeches. Don’t get me started on “special diets” having pets that feed on YOU is a whole other story, altogether! They conveniently “died” when I went on a week long college orientation, though I’m pretty sure they had some help down the tubes from my parents. Who can blame them, though, for pete’s sake, I had pet LEECHES! Damn was I one strange kid growing up… Hedgehogs are great fun though, definately to me recommended.

]]> By: Tyson http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-9756 Tyson Sun, 01 Mar 2009 05:18:48 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-9756 I have decided to get a lizard or a snake. I was thinking about getting a leopard gecko for a lizard, or a red tail boa for a snake. Would these be good starter reptiles? I have lived with cats all my life, and i've decided to go from cuddly to scaly. I have decided to get a lizard or a snake. I was thinking about getting a leopard gecko for a lizard, or a red tail boa for a snake. Would these be good starter reptiles? I have lived with cats all my life, and i’ve decided to go from cuddly to scaly.

]]> By: Ava http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-9752 Ava Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:03:46 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-9752 Very nice post, I share the same position about this. Very nice post, I share the same position about this.

]]> By: Evie http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-9751 Evie Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-9751 Hello. Great job. This is a great story. Thanks! Hello. Great job. This is a great story. Thanks!

]]> By: Rose http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-9645 Rose Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:30:40 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-9645 what about piranhas? I'm getting one for my apartment. what about piranhas? I’m getting one for my apartment.

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2058 Guest Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:46:31 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2058 i want to buy your large polar bear it has always been my dream to own one i want to buy your large polar bear it has always been my dream to own one

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2057 Guest Sun, 09 Nov 2008 12:21:52 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2057 I love pugs They can be the best little clowns ever! I love pugs They can be the best little clowns ever!

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2056 Guest Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:45:42 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2056 Landlords in Ontario aren't able to tell you not to keep pets. It's against the law, basically. Even if you sign something saying that you won't own any, it's not valid. Landlords in Ontario aren’t able to tell you not to keep pets. It’s against the law, basically. Even if you sign something saying that you won’t own any, it’s not valid.

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2060 Guest Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:10:31 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2060 i live in ontario and i have fantail goldfishes and a hampster named skip...they are really great. i am so thankfull because i am moving and all the appartements here dont allow animals and i dont know why... they say that its because of the damages they can make but is in it all in the way you train them??? i live in ontario and i have fantail goldfishes and a hampster named skip…they are really great. i am so thankfull because i am moving and all the appartements here dont allow animals and i dont know why… they say that its because of the damages they can make but is in it all in the way you train them???

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2066 Guest Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:21:35 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2066 I have had exotic pets since I was about 4 or 5, and am now in college. I got my first pet turtle, Speedy when I was 5, I still have her, she is going on 13 now and still kicking (mind you, in a kiddy pool under my bed with a heat lamp plugged in). As well, my leopard gecko, Savannah who will be 6 this month, I will probably have her for another 10 years, as well as my new addition, a tarantula named Zihannah. All of these animals fit effortlessly into my life and I have learned through literature as well as trial and error how to keep them. So I can say that if you can appreciate the longevity of some animals, as well as the size, reptiles make EXCELLENT apartment pets. I spend on average about $15- 20 a month on food for these little beasties and have never had to take any of them to the vet, turtles are very long lived, expect at least 2 decades out of them, leopard geckos too. In note, the author mentioned snakes and iguanas, iguanas grow to 6 feet long and can live at least 10 years, unless your room mates can put up with a huge cage in the corner iguanas and moniter lizards are one of the few reptilian pet exceptions. Snakes are all carnivorous and so you need to feed them live or dead rodents, no carrots or snow peas, mice and rats. Be prepared... I have had exotic pets since I was about 4 or 5, and am now in college. I got my first pet turtle, Speedy when I was 5, I still have her, she is going on 13 now and still kicking (mind you, in a kiddy pool under my bed with a heat lamp plugged in). As well, my leopard gecko, Savannah who will be 6 this month, I will probably have her for another 10 years, as well as my new addition, a tarantula named Zihannah. All of these animals fit effortlessly into my life and I have learned through literature as well as trial and error how to keep them. So I can say that if you can appreciate the longevity of some animals, as well as the size, reptiles make EXCELLENT apartment pets. I spend on average about $15- 20 a month on food for these little beasties and have never had to take any of them to the vet, turtles are very long lived, expect at least 2 decades out of them, leopard geckos too.

In note, the author mentioned snakes and iguanas, iguanas grow to 6 feet long and can live at least 10 years, unless your room mates can put up with a huge cage in the corner iguanas and moniter lizards are one of the few reptilian pet exceptions. Snakes are all carnivorous and so you need to feed them live or dead rodents, no carrots or snow peas, mice and rats. Be prepared…

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2059 Guest Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:36:10 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2059 Sugar Gliders aren't rodents. They are marsupials from Indonesia and Australia. They live in family groups in the wild, and so need constant attention. The need a lot of space and a lot of time, and if you aren't up to handling that for the next 15 years, don't get one. They take a lot of patience at first, as most infants are feral, but once tamed are a joy to have. They sleep during the day and are up at night, so be warned, that is when they will expect to play. They cannot control their bowels, so don't get one if you can't handle being piddled on every once in a while. You also must give them a soft pellet as well as a small amount of fruit with a calcium powder sprinkled on it like salt. Insects are a must, as is Gliderade, which offers them everything they need to maintain a healthy amount of energy. If you are thinking about one, do your research. Sugar Gliders aren’t rodents. They are marsupials from Indonesia and Australia. They live in family groups in the wild, and so need constant attention.

The need a lot of space and a lot of time, and if you aren’t up to handling that for the next 15 years, don’t get one. They take a lot of patience at first, as most infants are feral, but once tamed are a joy to have. They sleep during the day and are up at night, so be warned, that is when they will expect to play.

They cannot control their bowels, so don’t get one if you can’t handle being piddled on every once in a while.

You also must give them a soft pellet as well as a small amount of fruit with a calcium powder sprinkled on it like salt. Insects are a must, as is Gliderade, which offers them everything they need to maintain a healthy amount of energy.

If you are thinking about one, do your research.

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2062 Guest Wed, 14 May 2008 23:25:10 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2062 Wow you really need to do your research before you do a big blog like this and put it on the internet. Like you know know everything... yet you still give next to no info on Rats. I could hardly get thought your rambling about nothing. Wow you really need to do your research before you do a big blog like this and put it on the internet. Like you know know everything… yet you still give next to no info on Rats. I could hardly get thought your rambling about nothing.

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2064 Guest Wed, 07 May 2008 22:25:48 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2064 Oh Man! thanksfor the info i was contemplating getting one but it sounds like i would have my hands full. Oh Man! thanksfor the info
i was contemplating getting one but it sounds like i would have my hands full.

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2065 Guest Tue, 06 May 2008 23:52:14 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2065 I have a pet midget. I keep him under the steps but he talks a lot if you don't take the whip out. They are expensive and hard to find if you don't live near the quickly disapearing western jungles of Brazil. Good luck!!! RK3 I have a pet midget. I keep him under the steps but he talks a lot if you don’t take the whip out. They are expensive and hard to find if you don’t live near the quickly disapearing western jungles of Brazil. Good luck!!!

RK3

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2061 Guest Fri, 02 May 2008 20:45:56 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2061 i have a pug and he is a great pet as long as they are house trained i have a pug and he is a great pet as long as they are house trained

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2063 Guest Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:29:13 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2063 RAT BALLS TO YOU ALL !!! . all you base belong to me %63nciso;a > TROLL RAT BALLS TO YOU ALL !!! . all you base belong to me

%63nciso;a > TROLL

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2067 Guest Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:21:43 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2067 Guinea pigs CAN NOT play in "wheels" or rolling balls... there spines are not made to bend that way! i like how u said to do extensive research, but maybe u should have some of that too... Guinea pigs CAN NOT play in “wheels” or rolling balls… there spines are not made to bend that way! i like how u said to do extensive research, but maybe u should have some of that too…

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2068 Guest Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:54:19 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2068 The picture you have of the chinchilla is a bad example. I have one and it is so beautiful and unique. The fur is so soft that most people say it is the softest animal in te world. They live up to TWENTY YEARS!!! They sleep in the day and are active at night. For a treat give them timmothy hay. Here is a gray one. <a href="http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa97/firefox10100/?action=view&current=chinchilla.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa97/firefox10100/chinchilla.jpg" border="0" alt="chinchilla"></a> And here is a white one. <a href="http://s195.photobucket.com/albums/z100/rikukurai/?action=view&current=chinchilla.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z100/rikukurai/chinchilla.jpg" border="0" alt="chinchilla"></a> The picture you have of the chinchilla is a bad example.
I have one and it is so beautiful and unique.
The fur is so soft that most people say it is the softest animal in te world.
They live up to TWENTY YEARS!!!
They sleep in the day and are active at night.
For a treat give them timmothy hay.
Here is a gray one.
chinchilla
And here is a white one.
chinchilla

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2069 Guest Sat, 03 Nov 2007 17:20:45 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2069 How about addressing the mess of STREAMS. And why don't some channels show up, like mine!? How about addressing the mess of STREAMS. And why don’t some channels show up, like mine!?

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2081 Guest Sat, 03 Nov 2007 17:20:41 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2081 Words can't express your significance. Thank you. Words can’t express your significance. Thank you.

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2080 Guest Sat, 03 Nov 2007 17:20:25 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2080 I thought that the WTO would be a good start for transforming the process of government at least across national borders. I quite like the idea of using the secretariat of the WTO as the centre for a Wikipedia of trade - a sort of open source world government at least for a very specific and complicated issue which needs many brains to provide a solution. I thought that the WTO would be a good start for transforming the process of government at least across national borders. I quite like the idea of using the secretariat of the WTO as the centre for a Wikipedia of trade - a sort of open source world government at least for a very specific and complicated issue which needs many brains to provide a solution.

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2079 Guest Sat, 03 Nov 2007 17:20:16 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2079 Because of your work, I work with former soviet scientists to design and share online training schedules for athletes throughout the world. People are people regardless of where they are located; with dreams and the inner quest for knowledge. 20 years ago this would have been impossible. Even though the geopolitics would have still gone the way they had, the net has allowed us to be more than non combatants..we have become friends. Because of your work, I work with former soviet scientists to design and share online training schedules for athletes throughout the world. People are people regardless of where they are located; with dreams and the inner quest for knowledge. 20 years ago this would have been impossible. Even though the geopolitics would have still gone the way they had, the net has allowed us to be more than non combatants..we have become friends.

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2078 Guest Sat, 03 Nov 2007 17:20:10 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2078 Welcome to the world of blogging, it's truly revolutionized the industry of the Internet, in my opinion. I spend more time writing in blogs than I do actually reading them, but overall you'll find them useful I think. Welcome to the world of blogging, it’s truly revolutionized the industry of the Internet, in my opinion. I spend more time writing in blogs than I do actually reading them, but overall you’ll find them useful I think.

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2077 Guest Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:26:34 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/weird-pets.html#comment-2077 Thanks for making the world a more open space. Thanks for making the world a more open space.

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