Hi Everyone
I'm a single bloke and would love to have a low maintenance pet. Cats and dogs are out due to the area I live in, and I have a 4 year old son who visits at weekends.
Can you recommend a pet that would fulfil my needs (no rude comments please) and entertain my son.
Thanks
Some rabbits are really great if you do a little bit of research online and at your local pet shop you should find the right type.
I had a friend whose pet rabbit was quite old and very friendly, it liked to be petted for hours, and required very little work.
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Rabbits take a hell of alot of upkeep, I know form experiance, and if you have not got the time they would not be a good choice. Maybe a bird of some sort?
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A bird, a hamster, or fish
- especially some really good salt water fish
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get an elephant, no matinence whatsoever
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2 Degus. They are friendly, easy to handle and look cute for girls. Don't feed them sugar though or they get diabetes. Don't do an image search for them either or you get loads of pr0n...
Praying Mantises are good too. Scare off women though. And if you spray them with insect killer they get paralysed. They like watching MTV apparently.
do not get degus, i hate them, smell like *edit* (what are they anyways??)
j/k we had degus for a while, if you are looking for a couple cute animals get them, but, unlike elephants, they are not mantinence free
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And they sqeak a lot when they have arguments... Gah.
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Go for goldfish. A 24inch tank isn't difficult to maintain, and it will look very attractive if you put some aquatic plants in there as well - use good quality artificial plants, he won't know the difference Kids love looking at goldfish, but you will have to make sure he doesn't bang the tank.
Marine fish are sensitive to the tiniest changes in temperature and water, and tropical freshwater fish are so inbred these days that they are worse than sheep for just sitting around waiting for an excuse to die. There is nothing more pathetic than a depressed guppy.
Goldfish are good because they are very tolerant of different temperatures. Don't get a frilly one though because they are weaklings. Get a normal boring one, it will last longer.
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i've always been curious about keeping ferrets, a pair. they had some in a local pet shop once, but i didnt know enough about them at the time. cute, playful, and seem somewhat tame, but not really sure about the maintenance.
K.
even though you can't have them, I'd say...KITTY YAY KITTY
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Get a rat. No really, very underrated is your rat. Highly intelligent animal and very active (at the right times).
Just don't get a snake. They're basically creepy living statues that never move when you're watching them. Though they are low maintenance once you've got their environment set up.
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thanks for all the recommendations
gonna pop down the pet shop at lunchtime and see if anything grabs my fancy. fish and snakes are out as not very interactive, as are elephants octavian lol
gonna go for something small and furry that can be in and out of a cage, probably not with wings lol
Kids like to handle small furry animals, so don't pick a hamster because it will probably bite him.
anything rabid
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Here's the perfect pet for that single guy. Low maintenance, no feeding, no vet bills, full of unconditional love. Also a good protector. About to be accosted by a ruffian? Drop this little baby into your sock and... http://www.fadtoys.com/Merchan....e=19026
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Get a chameleon,its compact,and low maintenance,it cn cling to your finger and is harmless.All you need to feed him is bugs,wich are plenty everywhere
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birds, of any type, are very high maintenance if you want them to be interactive to any degree. if you want them to wither and die, then feed them and watch. this is b/c they are of the flock mentalty and need interaction.Originally Posted by [b
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Get a fighting fish... just needs a glass of water... very nice to look at and they only need the water changed once a week... also as long as it doesn't have another fish in the same tank it is fine... two fish in the same tank though and you find out that its name ain't to stave off comments about its beauty.
My one that I had in Sydney was a azure to deep blue scales... whenever it was feeding time I would hold a small mirror up to the tank and it would open its mouth, puff up its fins and get into a defensive posture (reminded me of linemen)... anyhow it learned after a while that it would get fed whenever it got into its fighting stance (as long as it had not been feed recently) and it would start doing so when it was hungry... it would also eat the fish food off the tip of my finger.
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Remember, if you get a rat make sure it is a female one (male ones are lazy buggers who spend the whole time sleeping), and make sure you can handle it everyday/get two. Also check that the breeder is well respected, many are far too inbred and get all sorts of nasty lung infections.
Yeah, rats are very nice. And make sure you don't get two male rats... or a male and a female...
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Snakes are interactive Just put out your hand... Little closer... Little closer...Quote[/b] (YAKOBU @ May 12 2004,03:21)]thanks for all the recommendations
gonna pop down the pet shop at lunchtime and see if anything grabs my fancy. fish and snakes are out as not very interactive, as are elephants octavian lol
gonna go for something small and furry that can be in and out of a cage, probably not with wings lol
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Re: Recommended pet for single bloke
Hi everyone
Sorry to dig out an old topic but events finally taken a turn. My local cafe where I go for lunch gifted me a chinchilla 2 weeks ago. He seems friendly enough but chews on everything. The previous owners said he was okay to roam around the room but after chewing my skirting boards, playstation lead, telephone books and packing I decided enough was enough. I have now bought a large ball that he can roam around the room in but get the impression he does not like it. The ball has plenty of breathing holes in it which I realised to my cost are large enough to let droppings through. After a 10 minute session there appeared to be excessive droppings all over my carpet which makes me think he isn't enjoying the experience. Unfortunately I do not have a garden so not sure what other options are available to me.
Any ideas anyone?
Re: Recommended pet for single bloke
Chinchilla kebeb?
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