NICO pets

[snwbrdr435]

Here's one of my tanks, no filter just a heater and c02 injection.

[Pieceofsand]

^^ hey that's is one nice looking tank.

i've always been a fan of plant tanks.

nice!

[Watermelonwarrior]

Heres a few pictures of the family cat from when he was a kitten



These are from when he got stuck in a tree. To give you an idea on how high he is there is a house on the right side of the picture that you cant even see...

[bluepillow]

^^ your link doesn't work.

basically the bigger the tank, the easier it is to keep the maintenance. that goes for both fresh and salt water tanks.

salt water is a bit harder than fresh water. and would cost more because you have to buy the salt. once you go through the ammonia-nitrite-nitrate cycle and the water becomes stable it's just as easy as fresh water. salt water fish are far more interesting than fresh water fish. you might as well get live rocks if you're getting a salt water tank.

i wouldn't go any less than 30 gallon if i'm aiming for salt water. go 50-75.

It was a 55gal. I don't have the kind of money to spend on fish at the moment, so I'll be putting that off until at least the Fall. I haven't done much research on saltwater, because if it catches my interest enough I'll end up buying it tomorrow lol.

[Pieceofsand]

haha good luck.

[brandonDavid]

i guess i'll join in, this is my ball, who's currently under the care of a buddy of mine. around 4 feet. and i guess he's since developed a habit of flipping his water dish every night.also have a dog(blue heeler). i'll throw pics of her in here later.

[Gia1085]

Pso Pso my cat..



Ting.

[breadbox]

Not only did we get another dog, but my Girl got a Chinchilla, despite my disapproval.

His name is Cheech.

[JustinStrife]

Sebrina in her favorite spot in the world. Don't have a picture of her brother Smudge but his spot is on my bed.

[APEXi240]

Bella on the left, Oscar on the right.



In action.

[daconkiftador]

My 3 y/o cat named, Jambi the squirrel-master:

[LAKE ERIE Z32]

here is my Siberian husky named Yukon giving the "hello ladies look"



this was our boxer Bo who we just recently lost to cancer R.I.P.



lastly our chihuahua Hank... the tank

[danshaz82]

thats my puppy (not a puppy, but i call him that) hunter, and my cat tigger

[jdansmith]

Meet Abby, the newest member of the family.

[nissangirl74]

Abby is beautiful. I had beagles when I was growing up.

[Razi]

I want a pet rat!!

[themadscientist]

Nismo, the fat



Biscuit, the dumb



Cinnamon, the angry

[PyR0NiAk]

Meet Goober

Exploring:

Meal interrupted:

[RCA]

Not gunna lie, pet rat looks AWESOME! Does it eat any and every thing like the rats in the sewers? DO you need to do anything special to their big teeth? Does it smell?

This is my cat friendly (I think she is a feminist)

[nissangirl74]

Not gunna lie, pet rat looks AWESOME! Does it eat any and every thing like the rats in the sewers? DO you need to do anything special to their big teeth? Does it smell?

Actually, our rats are on a good diet. We don't feed them a lot of crazy crap. Barbie likes cereal (none of the junk, the good stuff), cookies and pretzels. Oprah really likes celery. Both of them love the end pieces off all the veggies when I make salad. We got them the week before Christmas and they have grown A LOT. They are big enough you can scratch their bellies. As for their teeth, I get wooden blocks for them to chew on. No issues so far. They don't stink. The only thing that has any odor is their pee and that's true of any animal. Dar's pretty good about keeping their cage cleaned out. They get baths, just like the rest of the critters.

[RCA]

That is awesome!

So is it normal for owners to feed their rats what they like or is their "rat feed"?

[nissangirl74]

I get them Rat food from PetSmart. It doubles as food for the mice too. It's supposedly to be nutritionally balanced. If you take good care of them, rats can live to be 8-10 years old. His were just a few weeks old when he got them, so we'll see how long they last. They love to play and interact, they also like to roll around in their exercise ball. They are very social creatures, they like having a friend. Petsmart claims that rats that live in pairs have better temperaments and live longer.

[nissangirl74]

For some reason, I want one of these really bad. Not like we need another critter to keep up with, just sayin'

[Jesda]

FEELS GOOD MAN

[tati25]

I have a Golden Retriever with 18 months. He takes up the entire backseat of my car.

[flohtingPoint]

My fellow world traveler, Bodybag. She missed me a lot while I was at NICOfest.

[polk240sx]

[LongBeachCoupe]

Idk how i missed this...
Heres moe, I rescued him!

when we first got him he was in bad shape


now better...


Curious

[cellardoorv]

Someone bumped the pets thread?

Yesssss, an excuse to whore out my baby!

[nissangirl74]

I had to delete the previous post of the rats. The pics didn't resize when we made the switch and they were so huge, they were distorted.

Here they are again...

Her name is Barbie. She is very curious and loves to explore.


She also loves cookies.









Our newest additions:



These two doves decided to take up residence above our A/C. Their first nest fell apart and two of the eggs fell to the ground so we put a box up there for her with all of her twigs in it. She's been there for a couple of months now, just chilling. She pops her head up every time someone walks out the door. The male usually sits on the eave of the house, seemingly keeping watch over her. Any time another bird gets near, he chases them away.