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Old 17-07-2007, 02:11 PM
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Default Ever had any proper pet disasters?

I have We used to keep sharks and stingrays, but the stingrays always died. They are not at all hardy and die when stressed so they come with no guarantee at all, bought one for £350 and it was dead by the time i got it home, it was fine in the shop and the shop is only 5 minutes away but the stress of moving from A to B was too much and it popped its cloggs. Another one seemed fine, he was feeding from my hand, happy to be stroked, but died over night - water was perfect as not only was i testing it everyday i got it tested by a specialist vet when it had died. They put it down to stress

You ever had any bad luck with pets?
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Old 17-07-2007, 02:22 PM
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I once tried to breed my own crickets. Never got it right, the eggs, hundreds of them over time, always went wrong. Not much of a disaster and not expensive, but I don't think I've failed so badly at anything else. Always did well with fruit flies and my mantids.
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Old 17-07-2007, 02:26 PM
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No really no, other than a few rescues that were too far gone and didn't make it, but that wasn't a disaster, they had a better chance with us than where ever they were previously.

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Old 17-07-2007, 02:34 PM
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Really no? Just how much more than no is that?
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Old 17-07-2007, 02:47 PM
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Really no? Just how much more than no is that?
LOL. Should have read:

NOT really no.




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Old 17-07-2007, 03:16 PM
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urm no no real diasters to be honest well cant think of any!
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Old 17-07-2007, 07:34 PM
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I had a miniature shetland colt run up the stairs in my mums house once she never found out but that was a nightmare I brought him and my other one up to the house to hose them in the garden but he untied his lead rein and off he shot

We got him down the stairs before mum got home but he was kicking and squealing all the way, they arent as dumb as you'd think, lol. Fortunately his bowel was apparently empty so there was no evidence
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Old 17-07-2007, 07:58 PM
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im having troubles getting my colony of lobster roaches to er,, do anything..i think that will end disastourous..
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Old 17-07-2007, 08:43 PM
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errr i have bad time with crickets also....they escape and end up hoovered up or squished or in cats belly.
errr when i was little i waas cleaning goldfish out and mum said top it up with some hot water to take chill off water.....8 boiling kettles full later and jesse spencer the goldfish was belly up ummmmm lol but i took it out(there was steam coming off water btw) put it in coldwater in the bath....and it survived and i still have it lol
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I had a black moore that I tried to dry with a towel when I was a kid, he lived for years after, lol
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