lord_of_scorpions asked:
My roommate moved out, he found cheaper housing, I already have a tank with two emperor scorpions in it on my desk. I’m also think of getting a Chilean Rose Tarantula, what do you think? But are relative easy to care pets. So what do you think?
My roommate moved out, he found cheaper housing, I already have a tank with two emperor scorpions in it on my desk. I’m also think of getting a Chilean Rose Tarantula, what do you think? But are relative easy to care pets. So what do you think?
Or should I get like a small lizard, I have alot of Substrate left over from the emps
The only problem is transporting them home during winter break, I have to catch a bus home.
CASHLIN
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January 5th, 2009 - 3:04 pm
ewwww…. yucky. but yeah if you like them get em, maybe someone can insect/reptile sit for you when you go home?
January 8th, 2009 - 2:54 pm
having to catch a bus home makes it trickier as a lizard such as a Bearded Dragon needs to be kept at at least 70 degrees. I would do a bit more research on the issue.
January 11th, 2009 - 7:00 am
I might advice laying off the lizards, they might present a much greater problem as their housing requirements are greater. You also mentioned traveling in the winter, temperature must be considered for all of these organisms you are talking about. Take your time, do some homework on species requirements, and make sure your current captives thrive. Good luck.
January 11th, 2009 - 4:53 pm
It may make things more difficult to get a room mate
January 12th, 2009 - 5:00 pm
Hmm, a lizard would be kind of tricky to keep on a bus, especially since a large number of species must be kept at 80+ degrees. If you want a reptile, though, may I suggest either buying heat packs and putting those in with your lizard when you are bringing it home, or getting a corn, milk, or kingsnake, which tend to be more tolerant of cold temperatures for short periods of time (though they’d still need a heating pad, just to be safe.)
I hope that helps, good luck!
January 14th, 2009 - 8:46 am
Chilean Rose Hairs are very low maintenance pets and quite interesting to watch and have around. They don’t need very large tanks, so it could be fairly easy transporting it on the bus. Ha! I bet it would be great seeing the reactions on people’s faces on the bus! I would love to see that!
If you get a lizard make sure it’s one that will not need a big or specialized tank. Lizards can sometimes be a higher maintenance pet because they often need special lights or heating equipment. Leopard geckos would probably work out ok, though. They don’t need special lighting and they don’t grow very big (check out link below).
Amphibians are good low maintanence pets, too. I like toads, myself, but frogs and newts are pretty easy to take care of, too. Once I had a firebelly newt for 10 years. The little guy was one of the best low maintanence pet I ever had.