Bearded dragon, puppy, and, cockroaches??

[Dianns]

HI ALL


Right now I'm accompanied by my best friend Daisy. She's a purebred English/American labrador retriever. She does have pedigree but I didn't buy her papers. My boyfriend's aunt's dog had a litter and when I saw her lil nugget head I had to have her!



Let me introduce you to my goodest boy Ashen. He's very docile and gentle. It's astounding how patient he is with my puppy. When she gets too rowdy he'll correct her with a nip, but never so hard as to hurt her. It's like he knows she's just a baby. Ashen is, approximately, 3 or 4 years old. I rescued him so I'm not sure of his age.



This may come as a surprise to many of you but I actually keep cockroaches as pets! Actually I'll take it a step further, I have a business culturing cockroaches. There are over 4,000 species of cockroach in the world. Only about 11 of those species are pests. That means cockroaches are not inherently dirt-roaming, clutter-loving, wall-skittering nightmares. They're detritivores - they keep your environment clean! And there are many aesthetically-pleasing species, as you can see from above. From left to right: Gromphadorhina oblongonota (wide-horned hisser), Simandoa conserfariam (Simandoa cave roach - extinct in the wild), Neostylopyga rhombifolia (Harlequin roach), Blaberus craniifer (Death's head roach) sub-adult.

 

[Maz]

Your pets are adorable Lovely puppy/dog and lizard? Gecko? I will confess I know nothing about insects and cockroaches - but it is really fascinating and you might like this thread @elusive isn't around much at the moment but I'm sure you'll like the thread!

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Something a bit different! I know these won’t be to everyones liking & some of you will probably think I’m nuts! If you don’t like things with lots of legs & antennae waving about maybe best not to look! I sort of accidentally got into isopods when I began making terrariums at the end of last...

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[Dianns]

lizard? Gecko?

Bearded dragon

I'm sure you'll like the thread!

Ah yes, isopods! They've become very popular recently in the reptile/invertebrate community. I've no interest in them but I work closely with many people who keep them. They can be very colorful and shapely, just like cockroaches. They make for great clean-up crews in bioactive enclosures!

 

[Socks' Mum]

I like your dragon. He must be a nice pet. He seems to be enjoying the sun in the window, and very tame. @Eriathwen has a scorpion and mantisses and I think isopods, and snails. Quite fascinating. To have a rare species must be interesting. Daisy is lovely ❤

 

[Dianns]

Quite fascinating. To have a rare species must be interesting.

Tysm! They're all wonderful. You wouldn't think arthropods would be such great pets until you see it for yourself. You're able to watch the part of nature you rarely see do its thing. Just like hams, even insects have their own personalities! Nature's very wonderful.

 

[Socks' Mum]

A thought though, hamsters could be similar to what's on the menu in the wild for a dragon's dinner. I think a hamster would naturally afraid of a bearded dragon and lovely Ashen might think a hamster potentially appetising. I don't know if they would be able to live in the same room comfortably

 

[Dianns]

A thought though, hamsters could be similar to what's on the menu in the wild for a dragon's dinner. I think a hamster would naturally afraid of a bearded dragon and lovely Ashen might think a hamster potentially appetising. I don't know if they would be able to live in the same room comfortably

Not at all. Bearded dragon's are mainly herbivores with insectivoration being their secondary diet type. I had a mouse that got along very well with him! He would look at it like he was watching a TV show. A monitor lizard, however, would be a very bad neighbor for any rodent. Their main diet is small animals, and they're very brutal in how they paralyze their prey... Monitor lizards are much much larger than beardies. Beardies can be great with other animals bepending in their temperament!

 

[Maz]

I think historically there hasn’t been a problem having a bearded dragon and a hamster in the same room - cats can be more of a problem as they roam and aren’t kept in enclosures. If either of them showed signs of stress it might need moving one enclosure further away or to a different room.

 

[Socks' Mum]

Not at all. Bearded dragon's are mainly herbivores with insectivoration being their secondary diet type. I had a mouse that got along very well with him! He would look at it like he was watching a TV show. A monitor lizard, however, would be a very bad neighbor for any rodent. Their main diet is small animals, and they're very brutal in how they paralyze their prey... Monitor lizards are much much larger than beardies. Beardies can be great with other animals bepending in their temperament!

Aw, he sounds like a nice fellow. I'm glad he's not a threat to hamsters ❤