snowman
02-10-2010, 05:34 PM
Well here I am, like the title says this is my first post on this board. I decided that I would post here first before looking at the remainder of the board because I've often found that people fail to post there information later.
I'm 42 male, married with two kids, and hummm I'll try and guess, 137 animals living under our care! I know that sounds CRAZY and sometimes it is but the fact is that I raise snakes, so 130 of the 137 are colubrids. The remaining 7 pets are a dog, crested gecko, two hamsters, a fish (my daughters) and two Rio-Grande Paint turtles. Well then there is my wife's boa she has had for 17 years. Anyway I've kept many exotics over they decades :). I grew up on a farm and that allowed many opportunities that aren't always to easy to have when you live in the city. While some of you might find keeping zebra, porcupine, armadillo, Great horned owls, barn owls, crows, magpies, red fox, opossum or raccoons something normal it was something new and exciting for me every time a rescue was given to me in a chance to survive. Now I have had encounters with my share of squirrels over the years I've never kept one as a pet long term.
My goal in joining this site is to learn before I purchase... I don't want to purchase a squirrel to find out I should have done more research before making the plunge. My apology if you think I should have read every post and lurked for months prior to joining your site.
My sites are initially set on getting Richardson's ground squirrels. I grew up with 13 stripped ground squirrels in Western Kansas and while my dad kept them as pets as a kid I never did. Well what follows will surely be an adventure in learning! Please help me gather needed information!
I'm 42 male, married with two kids, and hummm I'll try and guess, 137 animals living under our care! I know that sounds CRAZY and sometimes it is but the fact is that I raise snakes, so 130 of the 137 are colubrids. The remaining 7 pets are a dog, crested gecko, two hamsters, a fish (my daughters) and two Rio-Grande Paint turtles. Well then there is my wife's boa she has had for 17 years. Anyway I've kept many exotics over they decades :). I grew up on a farm and that allowed many opportunities that aren't always to easy to have when you live in the city. While some of you might find keeping zebra, porcupine, armadillo, Great horned owls, barn owls, crows, magpies, red fox, opossum or raccoons something normal it was something new and exciting for me every time a rescue was given to me in a chance to survive. Now I have had encounters with my share of squirrels over the years I've never kept one as a pet long term.
My goal in joining this site is to learn before I purchase... I don't want to purchase a squirrel to find out I should have done more research before making the plunge. My apology if you think I should have read every post and lurked for months prior to joining your site.
My sites are initially set on getting Richardson's ground squirrels. I grew up with 13 stripped ground squirrels in Western Kansas and while my dad kept them as pets as a kid I never did. Well what follows will surely be an adventure in learning! Please help me gather needed information!