Hamsters
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- saroose0
this solves everyone's problem. just get one of these
- ArtDirector0
those chinchillas look obese
- donal0
not for long! http://www.chin-chillas.com/exer… look at him go!
- chossy0
ha ha donal
- ArtDirector0
one slip, and he'll saw his head off
- gruntt0
you'll have to eat at least 6 to get full.
- Nairn0
if I said to you I've considered it, would you think I was psychotic?
Unfortunately, there is a little voice in each of us which makes suicide a very hard point to ponder, and I've genuinely worried myself when considering these things in the past.
Simple fact is - there ARE too many of us. Whilst I should maybe make the first step and kill myself, I often wonder whether it'd be better to start off by killing all the other people - the ones who've never even bothered thinking about it.
But that just sounds psychotic, doesn't it?
truth is - i [obviously] dont know what the answers are, and I'm only being black/white here to force a point.
At least I think about these things.
- chossy0
hamster = what barbecue wings actually are
- Nairn0
Christ, why do I always come across as an utterly self-righteous twat on this board?
Truth is, I'm just as confused as everyone else...
...and generally a bit of an angry young man.
/my apologies - xxx
- saroose0
donal, you're right about real men and chinchillas. Just look at the following lyric from one of fat joe's rap dittys
"... yo joe got 50 on dis 1 but who the fuck he think he is. fat ass. nas yea, jada
yea, but fat joe. nigga get yo ass back in yo chinchilla coat. nas is ..."what a man!!
- saroose0
there's a message in there for us all i think!
- Nairn0
not 'ignore', i hope saroose!
:)
- saroose0
i'm full of love nairn-and its sustainable at that-once you're not a long haired, woven shoe wearing smelly hippy
hippies never, townies forever!!
peace out
- ********0
Pro's : small, quiet, easy to take care of (dispenceable food and water reserves so you can leave it for a few days on its own).
Cons: Smell... have to change the mulch in the cage quite often and cleaning it isn't much fun. They soak the woodchips with sweet smelling urine and pellets. Sometimes they squeek for long periods of time. So if its in a room where your trying to sleep this could prove to be annoying.
All in all a hamster can be a fun pet, it also depends f your lucky enough to get a cool one. Some of them are actually very friendly and will play with you, others will run from and bite you (they have two sharp front teeth that WILL puncture your skin if they get pissed).
Having sad that , I've have good experiences. I used to put it in rc cars and drive it around which was a lot of fun, and he seemed to like it al well.
For a very small kid it makes a good first pet to teach them how to care for an animal, before moving on to a dog.
- DragKng0
My daughter has a dwarf hamster... very cute and so soft, easy to take care of (because kids don't actually follow through on that "I'll take care if it... I promise")
Stupid as a board though... dumb dumb dumb... they will walk right off your hand and break their necks if you're not careful, and can be furry staplers if you ask me, even the friendliest ones don't like being surprized.
We have rats as well... if you are looking for a smart robust rodent, this is the one for you. You can train them to do things, go in a litter box, come when you call (you just need a little persistence). Child friendly, and no trying to escape ... they will even give "kisses" ... if you're into that kind of thing.
Chinchillas are a no no... they are like ENORMOUS hamsters: craz, not social, nocturnal and always trying to escape... then trying to catch them is hell. My friend had one (he got rid of it) but before he did it managed to elude him for a couple of weeks and chew all of his cords... freaked me out too... it would hide and then run/hop(?) across the apartment at top speed.
- Fariska0
I just genuinely feel that very few people even begin to consider how important each consumer decision really is... especially with something as seemingly innocuous as a cat!
..as evidenced by fariska's innate reaction.
Nairn
(May 30 05, 08:04)Dude, like you i'm a careful consumer.
But that link you have posted seemed to me a little "terroristic". I belive that you can apply the same level of analisys to everything in the human world and get the same conclusions: "if you do anything you do disasters"I was not saiyng "f*ck off the consequences, i WANT a cat"
but there's a big distance from having a cat and be responsible for genocide of other species.
- Nairn0
fariska - that's fair enough - and I wasn't trying to cast any aspersions... but unfortunately (once again) to make a point one must state things in terms of the absolute...
...which is why our jihadi-loving friends get so much bad press.
*cough
- vb_0
"380 million people in the EU"
i thought 450 million?
- Nairn0
'Prossibly'. It's hard to say now - which bit(s) are we talking about?
I seem to recall 'it' was about 375 million back in 2000.
Anyway, that just further enforces my point, so I'm happy to go with 450.
Jesus, 450 MILLION people!
That makes 'us' 150 million more than the states, right?
Harken! World War 3, 50 years time. - (EU vs US) vs Every other motherfucker, pah!
- vb_0
i'm full of love nairn-and its sustainable at that-once you're not a long haired, woven shoe wearing smelly hippy
hippies never, townies forever!!
peace out
saroose
(May 30 05, 08:19)"peace" out, eh?