06-09-2009, 06:31 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Section 219
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Guinea pigs are cute - there are some at the Calgary Humane Society looking for adoption.
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06-09-2009, 06:38 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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tiger fish
stick it to the man!
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06-09-2009, 06:48 AM
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CP's Fraser Crane
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Those toads look so cool
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06-09-2009, 08:01 AM
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wooohooo
I'm leaning more to a hamster/gerbil than a fish as I can at least play with it but if the maintenance and cleaning is too much of a hassle I'll get a fish.
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Between those two get a gerbil. I had both when I was a kid, and gerbils loved to play whereas hamsters loved to sleep. Also when (not if) they escape, a hamster will just find a hiding place and you will never see him again; whereas a gerbil will come looking to see why you stopped chasing him.
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06-09-2009, 08:03 AM
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One of the Nine
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ken0042
Between those two get a gerbil. I had both when I was a kid, and gerbils loved to play whereas hamsters loved to sleep. Also when (not if) they escape, a hamster will just find a hiding place and you will never see him again; whereas a gerbil will come looking to see why you stopped chasing him.
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OK, Richard.
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06-09-2009, 08:14 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Edmonton, AB
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I had a hamster once and then it got out of it's cage and we didn't see it for the longest time. Assuming the worst, we got another hamster. By the end of that day we had two hamsters as the other one showed up.
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06-09-2009, 08:15 AM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: SW Colorado
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How about a rooster?
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06-09-2009, 08:38 AM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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My 7 and 5 year old boys want to get a hamster. Will they lose interest in it in one week?
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06-09-2009, 08:40 AM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wooohooo
So I live in a Condo that doesn't allow big pets (cats, dogs, tigers... etc)
Well anyways, I'm looking to get a small pet for fun like a fish or a hamster. Anyone have a suggestion on a pet?
I'm leaning more to a hamster/gerbil than a fish as I can at least play with it but if the maintenance and cleaning is too much of a hassle I'll get a fish.
Also, how about the costs associated with each? I've never owned a pet in my life so I have very limited knowledge in these aspects
Thanks in advance!
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Aquarium maintenance (done properly) can be a lot of work. I spend about one hour per week on mine.
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06-09-2009, 08:41 AM
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Norm!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AvsJerk
How about a rooster?
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Yup nothing like having another enourmous wandering around the place competing with me for the chicks.
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06-09-2009, 08:48 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: CP House of Ill Repute
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AvsJerk
How about a rooster?
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Chicken make lousy house pet.
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06-09-2009, 08:51 AM
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CP's Fraser Crane
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GreenTeaFrapp
Chicken make lousy house pet.
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Dont tell that to Joey and Chandler!
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06-09-2009, 09:01 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troutman
My 7 and 5 year old boys want to get a hamster. Will they lose interest in it in one week?
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I had one as a kid. Biggest issue is they are nocturnal. It sleeps most of the day away and runs around at night.
Mine chewed all the spokes out of its wheel. So I got him a metal wheel. That wheel squeaked.
All in all, it was a cute pet but not a very interactive pet.
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06-09-2009, 09:07 AM
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#1 Goaltender
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Haha, well I'm pretty scared of toads/frogs, snakes etc.
What kind of things do you need to take care of a gerbil?
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06-09-2009, 09:22 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: CP House of Ill Repute
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wooohooo
Haha, well I'm pretty scared of toads/frogs, snakes etc.
What kind of things do you need to take care of a gerbil?
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According to gerbil expert Richard Gere, an empty roll of toilet paper and a quick route to the nearest emergency room.
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06-09-2009, 09:40 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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why not a small dog or cat.
what the condo board doesnt know, wont hurt them. So long as the animal isnt loud when you are away, they will never know.
I am a dog person, but a cat is less maintenance and less noisy.
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06-09-2009, 09:42 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Sea Monkeys. They're easy and when you get tired of them just flush them.
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06-09-2009, 09:47 AM
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Norm!
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Ruuufffff bad doggie
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