my OH doesnt agree with keeping reptiles..

[Taxemic]

If someone likes wild animals - leave 'em in the wild. If you want to raise a pet and have it as tame then you are taking away that privalige no?

[RasperAndy]

i have a similar problem with my misses over reptiles, she says they shouldn't be kept vivariums or tanks or tubs, but i will argue the fact that she has kept rabbits and dogs etc etc which is the same thing.

i wanted a monitor lizard, a large one as she said its cruel to keep them as they are large wild animals, so a large animal that has been bred and raised in captivity, should be released into the wild!!! it wouldn't last the week.

its just the anti reptile people who don't know what they are talking about, yet again

[Elisha Metcalf]

i dont see the problem with keeping snakes and reps in viv scoz like evryone has said, most people create an environemtn for them which is like the wild anyway, i dont like keeping pets in rubs tho, if your breeding its easier, but ive seen some pics where the there is just a water bowl in there and the snake, and i dont think thats fair.

However, i dont agree with people that keep budgies, cockatiels , parrots etc in crappy little cages in their houses, especially the ones that never let them out for a fly, becaise thats what they are meant to do, i think if you are going to keep birds, you might as well do it properly and build a good large avery(spellt wrong i think) so they can have a fly as well.

[RasperAndy]

most of these people are more than happy to go visit the zoo, whats the difference?

[Taxemic]

Originally Posted by Elisha Metcalf

i dont see the problem with keeping snakes and reps in viv scoz like evryone has said, most people create an environemtn for them which is like the wild anyway, i dont like keeping pets in rubs tho, if your breeding its easier, but ive seen some pics where the there is just a water bowl in there and the snake, and i dont think thats fair.

However, i dont agree with people that keep budgies, cockatiels , parrots etc in crappy little cages in their houses, especially the ones that never let them out for a fly, becaise thats what they are meant to do, i think if you are going to keep birds, you might as well do it properly and build a good large avery(spellt wrong i think) so they can have a fly as well.

I with you.

[cooljules]

um...i often feel guitly, esp with stuff like tokays, as all usually wc, and stress etc kills em off by the time they get here, then not all are ok...

BD's are ok, as long as looked after, enough space etc. but i feel it depends on the animals..

many a time, esp after having ill or neglected stuff dumped on us, and it dies i feel like getting rid of everything and only wanting them to be in the wild....

[macro junkie]

Originally Posted by Shelly24

I said 'what about hamsters, gerbils, mice etc and he didnt really have an arguement there, he said its not the same,?

how silly.it is the same.

[VoodooWitchDoctor]

If any animal is captive bread, it would die if released into the wild.

It wouldn't know what to do.

[georgieabc123]

if the animal is happy in captivity then theres nothing wrong but ii have a African Grey parrot and don't agree with keeping her in captivity sometimes she used to be really sad so now she doe sent live in her cage shes out 24-7 but sometimes she gets lonely Evan though theres someone in all day talking to her maybe shes a biit spoiled

[blackdragon]

i don't see a problem with keeping any animal as a pet if your keeping it in a way that is healthy. the places that most animals come from are getting smaller and smaller as we build on there land so animals that have become pets have guaranteed there survival in the world in our homes even if there habitat gets destroyed they will not become extinct. I think its natural to keep pets lots of animals live close together and depend on each other for survival people forget that humans are also animals and I'm sure we used to share our caves with snakes and lizards to help control rodents in the past and used other animals for work like cattle or dogs, pets are just an evolution of that and not to keep animals as pets will just distance our selfs from accepting the fact that we are also animals