08-20-2009, 08:34 PM
Quote:Greetings Lurkers!
Long time no communicate! Looks like a good time to be active again, what with changes in the air an so forth (DIABLO 3 WOO!). I just acquired a new addiction the other day, guess what it is.... SCORPIONS! That`s right, I care for scorpions now! So far I only have a pair of female Pandinus imperator but, I will soon be enlarging my collection. So my question is this: Does anyone else in the lounge care for/collect Arachnids?
Nomad
Apart from having some ethical objections to holding exotic animals (and people holding pets because of a hobby, even though scorpions are not really the same as smuggled parrots of course) which are sometimes stronger than other times, I find these animals very 'cool'. I am not sure I would want them myself, but in zoos i really love the terrarium exhibits with insects and arachnids.
I would love to see some pictures of your animals once, maybe with some nice story about how you keep them and what you feed them and such. I hope you try buy new ones from 'good' sources, which is often is a problem with the acquisition of pets. Dogs and cats (so no exotics) are despite the fact that they are not being robbed from their mothers by killing them as happens with apes, still often tools from individuals that only care about making a quick buck and don't care at all about animal well-being.