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[gfisher2002]

O.k. So let's pretend you could no longer keep ANY reptiles of ANY kind. (No grumbling, just pretend with me here) I know this would be a nightmare but if you couldn't have any reptiles, what kind of animals do you think you would keep (if any)?

[Scotty Allen]

Humans, they're far more interesting !

[marisa]

HAHA Scotty you crack me up.

[SnowFoxx]

Freisian horses, probably a male lion, house rabbits most definitely, PUGS!, And a bird or two (planning on that, actually) and of course all the farm animals (plow horse, milking goats, sheep, chickens) for the homestead/extreme survivalist camp Nick and I will have a few years from now.

- Victoria

[asphyxia]

I have always wanted one of those little house hippos


Brian

[Lisa]

Ferrets, various rodents, cats, dogs... Oh wait we already keep all that except the ferrets, and the ferrets are due to space.

[Lisa]

Originally posted by asphyxia
I have always wanted one of those little house hippos


Brian

I'd like a house hippo too but i can't find any good care sheets.

[Alicewave]

Dogs are the only other thing I am not allergic to. Probably a farm of Shiba Inus and Akitas.

[Aaron_S]

Give me some bats,monkeys,or 3 toed sloths.I'm sure i can't get the sloth but i have seen the other two offered. There's other animals but thats just a couple off my list.

Brian,I have some house hippos living in my closet you want one?

[gfisher2002]

Hey Lisa, check this out. copy it to your browser.
http://www.cgl.uwaterloo.ca/~beconrad/hippos.html
It's hilarious. This guys thinks he has a house hippo.

[gfisher2002]

I guess you don't have to copy it, it turned into a link. Click on the "keeping a hippo for a pet" link in the article. It talks about feeding your hippo 80 kgs of grass a day and building an Africa River in your back yard. This guy is great!! LOL LOL

[Scotty Allen]

Hippos are cool, but I'd still like to have my very own hobby farm for humans.

[Edwin]

Hmm.. I would probably get a sugar glider or go back to fish. Eels sorta look like snakes.. lol

[Tim_Cranwill]

Good question. I honestly can't think of anything right now. I became allergic to dogs and cats when I was about 18 so they are out.... a monkey maybe??? :)

[RachelS.]

uhhhh... sharks, birds, maybe a wolfe or 2, tiger.... many more <<< that's all I can think of for now, lol and that's only exotics. There's no way my parents would let me keep any of those anyway.

Oh yeah... gotta have horses and monkeys, too!!

[J_Riley]

Salamanders and frogs and toads I guess (you did say reptiles). Mammals suck ;)

[KrokadilyanGuy3]

...I would just span out in my falconry and get my own USDA/USDI
permits to keep my own big cats when I move out.
Xain

[gfisher2002]

Those are some great ideas. I would probably have hamsters, birds and definately a house hippo. LOL

[Ryan]

A ton of dogs probably Alaskan Malamutes and ferrets. I already have one ferret and you really can train them like in that movie Beastmaster.

[Gregg M]

I would move to where ever I could keep reptiles....... But if I had to pic it would be some sort of big cat......

[nouserpif]

Honestly, I have wanted a shrink ray for so long to shrink people down to like 3"... And have like 50 in a big tank, and do stuff with them, and have them as pets...
Hahaha, that seems wierd now.
Kitties, BUGS! (if they don't count as what you mean by "herps"...), Billions of Sea Monkeys.
Dan Conner

[eyespy]

Pygmy hedgehog and birds of all different species, especially rare parakeets like Princess of Wales.

[Nanashi04]

gee, that's hard... I have a softness for cats, but I think I'd rather breed Bullmastifs - good dogs. :) Maybe some fish or two... I'd keep birds, but they hate me. o.o;

[XxRachxX]

id have.......rats, koi carp and various types of crustaceans! oooh and sheep:) my second fave animal:) a parrot or two. and...an armadillo.....how cool are they?!?! wow!

[Greg West]

Dogs are the only other thing I am not allergic to. Probably a farm of Shiba Inus and Akitas

Shibas are such a cool dog. I am totally getting one once I can afford one. basically a minerature Akita. Great looking dogs. I want a black and Tan one when i get one

Greg

[AstroZombie]

If I couldn't have herps, I'd have a house full of parrots.
Parrots are intelligent, interactive, vindictive, snuggly, evil, charming, and they learn how to swear real well...hehe..I want a house full of feathered little truckers like my Diablo (Meyers Parrot). Nothing like a pet that can sing along to Slayer songs (gonna teach him some Elvis tunes next) and share a cheeseburger with you.:D

:skull: Jenn:skull:

[unknownclown]

Well Id still have my black one eyed Chow doggie and the cat, maybe a terantula or 2, scorpions, the rabbit, birds, the rats might stay since my daughter likes them but the mice would be out the door so quick! Id love a ferret but I dont think ferrets would get along with a 2 year old and the dog or cat... well maybe the cat.

[Lisa]

Originally posted by gfisher2002
Hey Lisa, check this out. copy it to your browser.
http://www.cgl.uwaterloo.ca/~beconrad/hippos.html
It's hilarious. This guys thinks he has a house hippo.


oh god... the hippo care is hilarious... i had to put my customer on mute cause i was laughing to hard

[gfisher2002]

Glad you liked it Lisa.

[BAZ]

I would love to keep big cats but lets be realistic... not possible for 99.9% of us coz of laws (not easy to hide a cougar or tiger in your home and still be able to give it the best care.. kinda dangerous too). So I think it would all come down to what one can hide from the bylaw officers.

I would love to keep a couple of flying foxes (fruit eating bats) they look like cute little dogs with wings. I would get myself a Harris Hawk (I'm getting one next year) and maybe a Macaw or two.

I would not get a monkey... they are generally a pain in the arse to keep... too mischevious ( throw their poo at you and just make a complete mess of things).. although I do think them little Squirrel monkeys are really cute.... yeah maybe I would get one of those.