Category: Animal House
Hello,
So I've recently gotten into insect pets. More spacifically, madagascar hissing cockroaches. And, before you get all "OMG Eww!" let me just say they aren't the same as your typical New York City pest roach. For one, they don't carry illnesses. They also die in 99% of the climates in Europe and America if released into the wild. They dont bit or fly. And, they make cool hissing noises. I find them fascinating and have a small gender-split colony. I also have a millipede. My millipede is really cool, her legs feel like the softness of a catapillar and her exoskeleton is hard. Does anyone else have an iterest in bugs or have any experience with them
I don't expect many of you do since there is a societal stigma against bugs, especially cockroaches. But, maybe you will surprise me.
Interesting topic. Personally I wouldn't keep cockroaches, especially if they hiss, that would make me nervice, haha. When I was younger I used to collect beetles. They didn't last long, but it was interesting. Now it's rare to find certain insects these days. I don't think there are many left.
Omg just no no no. Not for me. lol
Different folks, different strokes. Insects as pets are definitely not for me.
Nothing against the creeping things of the world, but if I get a pet, it's got to be something affectionate. That said, insects are certainly interesting to me in an off-handed way ... mostly for source ideas for creating disturbing creatures.
My foster-uncle used to keep a bee in a jar. Scariest thing, I ever heard. The fear is he'll let it out. That was when I was a kid.
I wanted a pet lady-bug, though. Give me a nice lady-bug, and I'd smile. But, oh well. I don't know how to care for one.
That hissing? No way! Hissing scares me to severe panic attacks. You have fun with that colony. I hope you have some nice pets, that like how you treat them.
I'll stick to my kitty, and her annoying habbits. And, hope someday, I get a dog guide. Not till I'm out of here, though. When I get a nice stable environment.
Hiss at you later.
Blessings,
Sssarah
lol, sista sarah! yeah, hissing insects? scary even if I come even close. I've held crickets and cockroaches for a science experiment. twas cool because those tiny things move around very fast! I won't consider having one as a pet, but I know someone who has a lizard, a snake, and a spider as a pet. lol, have fun!
a bee in a jar? hmmm, why? do you know?
A bee? who the hell will have a bee as a pet? that's scary shit!
When I was little I'd keep little grasshoppers and wood bugs as pets.
Hissers, unlike many other insects do show what is thought to be a sign of affection. THe sort of gently move their legs and anteni around without moving and make a series of very soft hissing noises the same way a cat would pur when you pet them. They also learn to come to your hand without food.
I'm not revolted by insects or anything, so long as they aren't terribly aggressive or dangerous. Wasps and hornets are a little scary to me, and bees a little less so. Anything else...well, I confess that there's not an enormous draw, but I'd be curious.
I've petted a tarantula once. It was profoundly strange.
I think we as a society are used to pets that we can actually pet, to some extent. More traditional things like cats, dogs, birds and the like. Even stuff like rodents and fish we're okay with because they're recognizable, while most insects are seen as alien, even as pests. It's the reason most people in my opinion are hesitant about reptiles as well.
This is not to say that insects are bad pets. They aren't. I'm just musing on their relative unpopularity, I guess.
No no no. NO buggies. That would weird me out.
All the urban farmers are now raising crickets and mealworms as alternative protein sources. I've known herpaetologists -- people who keep cold-blooded creatures like reptiles, amphibians and insects. Though insects are usually kept as food for the other creatures.
No, I've never tried crickets or mealworms for food.
Interesting stuff though.
I've heard of people keeping tilapia or coy in a barrel on their porch, as a meat source. But I just can't see how a blind person could properly manage fish. I've kept quite a few different bird species though.
interesting topic and no thanks i would not enjoy having insects or reptiles as pets as they kind of creep me out but we all like different things but i enjoy my kitty cat and like dogs and other things and yes your right fish are just not an ideal pet for a person whom is blind or visually impaired because you can't do much with them like be able to hold them or do much with them like we can with our furry friends, smiles.