HELP!! A gift for my girlfriend

"Köi-Lö" $##$$@$##$$.#$$ wrote in message
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"Nikki" wrote in message
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Your right, Although fish keeping can be nice and a lot of people like
it, its also not for everyone, i know i would like to be aware if i was
getting a live gift just to make sure i wanted it in the first
place..........
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I remember when someone gave my son a pair of white mince for his
birthday. They never thought to ask us if it were ok. It wasn't ok but
what can you do after the fact? Fortunately I was able to talk him into
swapping them for a battery powered Robot he wanted - and took the mice
back to the pet store.

When it comes to live things I think you are correct in asking the person
first. Not everyone wants a live pet.
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KL....
Aquariums since 1952.
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I guess we all run into that, a couple years ago my neighbor came down with
hamster in cage and knocked on my door, my six year old answered, she ask
for me "but" ask right in front of him....I was wondering if Luke would like
to have a hamster....ugh no he does not, yeah right ....Luke was by that
time on his 20th please mommy can I.....so i had no choice, the little (fill
in the blank) was mean and bit and i seen quickly why she did not want him,
a little fact she left out....he died after a year and a half and me getting
bit many of times.
I now have a bunny, two nice hamsters, my dog and fish, which is to much for
me but i can live with them.
nik

"Nikki" wrote in message
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......so i had no choice, the little (fill
in the blank) was mean and bit and i seen quickly why she did not want
him, a little fact she left out....he died after a year and a half and me
getting bit many of times.

Mice will bite also which was another reason I didn't want them around my
son and his friends. They also had a funky smell no matter how clean we
kept them. Not to mention we already had a cat and several dogs at the
time.

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KL....
Aquariums since 1952.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
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"Köi-Lö" $##$$@$##$$.#$$ wrote in message
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"Nikki" wrote in message
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.....so i had no choice, the little (fill
in the blank) was mean and bit and i seen quickly why she did not want
him, a little fact she left out....he died after a year and a half and me
getting bit many of times.

Mice will bite also which was another reason I didn't want them around my
son and his friends. They also had a funky smell no matter how clean we
kept them. Not to mention we already had a cat and several dogs at the
time.

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KL....
Aquariums since 1952.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
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Yeah not fond of them myself, i dont mind the hamsters they dont bother me
much, kids put them in running balls and they will trip me from time to time
but i deal with it. The one likes to chase me if he sees me walking in the
kitchen.
Nik

Nikki wrote:


Yeah not fond of them myself, i dont mind the hamsters they dont bother me
much, kids put them in running balls and they will trip me from time to time
but i deal with it. The one likes to chase me if he sees me walking in the
kitchen.
Nik

I know this is so off topic, but it reminded me of the last Hammy we
had.
He was the sweetest thing too. Would perch on my shoulder hanging out.
He always had his daily exercise time in his run about ball. Well I
quickly found out one day that our Rottie got the notion to *play ball*
with him. = O
She took her nose and gave him a whirl he'd never forget. Poor thing
was ok, but very dizzy. This was all in a few seconds before I went
running across the kitchen to save the poor little dude. I don't know
what made the dog decide to do this, as she had never done anything
like that before.
Needless to say, after that I blocked off the kitchen when the hammie
had run about time. I'm sure he did not want to go on that ride again!

Köi-Lö wrote:


Mice will bite also which was another reason I didn't want them around my
son and his friends. They also had a funky smell no matter how clean we
kept them. Not to mention we already had a cat and several dogs at the
time.

Mice have a natural body odor that really smells nasty. No amount of
cleaning their cages can change that.

Now on the other hand, Hamsters have an enzyme in their spit that is a
deoderizer. Makes them smell as sweet as a kitty's fur.

"Tynk" wrote in message
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Köi-Lö wrote:


Mice will bite also which was another reason I didn't want them around my
son and his friends. They also had a funky smell no matter how clean we
kept them. Not to mention we already had a cat and several dogs at the
time.

Mice have a natural body odor that really smells nasty. No amount of
cleaning their cages can change that.

Now on the other hand, Hamsters have an enzyme in their spit that is a
deoderizer. Makes them smell as sweet as a kitty's fur.
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My dog will see them run by in the ball and he gets the funniest look on his
face, I think he has no clue why or what..
I have a teddy bear hamster and a reg hamster, both black and furry, so
sweet, they will play together but since they were not little mates and
lived alone for some time I have not put them together, plus they are
male/female.
They do play nice together which I am glad for.
Funny story about my dog, I have a hermit crab who has been pulling escapes
every night (I am making him a new home) he climbed onto my dog the other
night, and the only thing that went though my head was oh god don't let him
clamp on to Eddie, just as I went to grab the crab Eddie stood up and
noticed him fall off, he spent most of the day barking at the crab and
looking around for him whining...strange animals in this house, the crab has
also climbed into the bunny cage. (guess he is looking for friends)
Nik