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Pics of the whole animal family
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cat001
Young Bun
All gorgeous, but I officially want to come and steal Benny, JD, Jack, Amy and Cleo
Haha, a reptile fan I see! :thumb: They're wuvely animals
Lynn's Bunny
Mama Doe
awe... my fav is lucy! She is gorgeous!
steph182
Wise Old Thumper
Haha, a reptile fan I see! :thumb: They're wuvely animals
Yessss! I'd LOVE a snake but my OH is a puff. I intend on having Bearded Dragons one day though
fluffiebunnie
Warren Veteran
Your photography skills are great... I love the furries... cant say I am that enamoured with the snakes and other ones tho :lol:
youthnovels
Wise Old Thumper
I LOVE the cat photos
cat001
Young Bun
Hehe, I'm sure if you got to know my snakies and geckos you'd think them adorable!
A little storie coming up...before I had reptiles I was rather indifferent towards them it was only when my sister first got JD as a hatchling that I started to warm towards them. Soon enough she got bored with the snakes so I took them on full time. I initially got my geckos from a college friend who also got bored with them, I couldn't miss out on the oppertunity to take in more animals lol. You learn that reptiles also have individual personalities, their own unique quirks and arn't all that different from other members of the animal kingdom. JD for instance is a fun loving care free personality, she loves to explore and is ever so good with people. As a hatchling she used to slither down my sleeve, coil up and go to sleep so we had a lot of quality time together!
Now she's much too big to fit down my sleeve but she still tries! :lol: She also knows how to manipulate me to feed her early, she gazes at me with a look of "don't let me go hungry, pleaaase" in her eyes! XD And she's tap trained, when I tap her viv she knows to come out for dinner. Snakes in general are also extremely reluctant to bite and only bite as a last resort if they see no way of escape, they'll even strike out with their mouths closed at a predator first before actually having to bite, they don't want to cause harm, they only want to survive.Sadly snakes and other reptiles are heavily persecuted by the media, in a similar way that so called 'dangerous dogs' such as pit bulls and staffies are. That contraversy started in the 80's before then they were considered a perfectly acceptable family dog, historically they were even considered the nanny dogs! Child friendly and loving breeds. Funny how the media can alter peoples perseptions so drastically. :roll: Every article I ever read about poor snakes that are abondoned and suffer terribly as a result are still made out to be the bad guys, it's so sad
reptiles are in fact just as sensitive to pain as cats and dogs and can get depressed just like any other animal, they're not mindless machines but can learn, be happy and sad, make decisions etc.Woops, didn't quite mean to write so much...and it isn't all directly aimed at you lol, can ya tell I love my non furries! :lol:
