My very small zoo and their stories.

[AppyLoosa615]

I wanted to introduce my animals personally.

Emmy, my 8 yr. old (this may) Doberman Mix.

I adopted her from a Doberman Rescue when she was 1 yr. She had been in foster care for 6 months prior and before she got rescued she was in a neglect situation with another dog left in the backyard and I was told the people who had her decided to feed her and water her whenever they felt like it. She wasn't the dog I wanted and she was the only "puppy" left so I was like "oh what the heck" and I got her. She ended up being my true soulmate and I am so glad I took a chance on her. I always say our song is "Accidently in Love" by the Counting Crows :p We think she is mixed with some sort of hound. She is SUCH a princess and HAS to live in the lap of luxury. I have a ton of pics of her, LOL, so I'll TRY to just choose a few. :rolleyes:

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Rainier the Bearded Dragon- aka Mista Lizad Man or MLM (I call him the latter two more than I have ever called him by his actual name, LOL) (approximately 7-8 yrs old?).

I acquired Rainier from my best friend who I got Speedbump (one of my Bettas) from. She originally got him from her College's Bio Dept. His background story is that He was originally in an enclosure with 2 other Beardies. 1 female and 1 male. You might be able to guess what happened next. Him and the other male fought and in the process he lost 1/2 of his tail. He has had a few homes prior to me (including my best friend) if I remember correctly. Apperantly, he was kinda aggressive from what I am told by my friend, and he bit someone so hard they had to go to the hospital. So his name was Stitch after the character in Lilo and Stitch since he had varying moods. She had to go back to college and wasn't able to take him too. So I took care of him and soon she called me to tell me she couldn't keep him so since I was already taking care of him or else she was going to put an ad on CL or something. She asked me 1st if I wanted him. I right away said "oh yea! he is never leaving me! He's mine!" I hated the name Stitch and truly felt he deserved a more majestic fitting name. I name him Rainier (means ruler or kingly in latin, but I named him after the french version of the name. Also he had this cliff/mountain decoration in his previous habitat that was his favorite to sit on so it reminded me of the mountain Rainier so my own meaning for his name is "The [dragon] king of the mountain") He is such a good guy, I can touch him all over his face he never tries to bite me, and I spent some good $$ getting his parasites under control, syringe feedings, etc. and upgrading his little 20 gal. long tank to a 120 gallon sized tank. I moved in with my BF recently and brought him with me and downsized his 120g to a 40g breeder tank because the heat wasn't holding in his tank and he was lethargic and not eating or pooping. After his new home was set up he has perked up and is now a normal healthy B.D. again :)

MLM in his first tank while I was watching him for my friend (see his big bug belly?? eww parasites!! -shudders-):

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MLM in his 120g:

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In his new 40g Breeder:

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Watching TV (He loves music, especially stuff you can rock to, and TV):

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Greta, The Eastern Box Turtle (and her temporary home. Don't know her age):
I got Greta the day before my BDay this year. My neighbor called me to come an get this turtle she almost ran over with her car at the entrance to our neighborhood. She was just walking next to the sidewalk. There was construction going on right across from our neighborhood and she wasn't scared at all of me or my dog and had a hearty appetite and didn't seem to belong anywhere to anyone, so I decided to keep her. I am planning on making her an outdoor enclosure so when it gets warm she can stay out there during the warm months of the year (hopefully soon). She laid some infertile eggs this summer and fall. That was pretty exciting. Her favorite food is tomatos.

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MORE IN THE NEXT POST, sorry its kinda long LOL!!!

[AppyLoosa615]

Asher and Toadie (Toadwart) the female Guinea Pigs (approximately 4yrs old).

Asher and Toadie were adopted when they were approximately 7 months old in VA. I went with my BF to pick them out for companions to Noboz (the other gpig I had just went and adopted with him a month earlier who unfortunately passed away after an traumatic illness and surgery a few months later) They were together so I didn't want to separate them. Asher came with her name and her name fits her well. Toadie was named "Lucky" before but it was too generic for me so I named her Toadwart after my favorite character in the Gummy Bears Series. When we tried to introduce the gpigs with Noboz, Asher the little vampire gpig chased Noboz around, bit her on her ear and made her bleed a little. So since then she refuses to get along with Toadie, who she lived with before, and is aggressive towards her too :rolleyes:. So they all had to live separately. (Noboz had such poor socialization skills, you could tell she didn't have the most privileged life before, she didn't know what the heck to do with Toadie so I just kept them separated too). Asher and Toadie now are fat and spoiled little guinea pigs always begging for fruits and veggies and greens (Emmy taught them about begging I swear!) I think they like their set ups, each having a section in a split almost 6 ft long cage and talking to each other, but living separate.

Asher (ornery little vampire boss pig):

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Toadie (with her little rebel mohawk hairdo):

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[AppyLoosa615]

My Bettas:

I have a 55g tank, divided into 5 sections. One for Speedbump, 3 Albino CoryCats and 2 Cardinal Tetras, the other 4 are divided into seasons themed sections.

Speedbump, the Yellow Male Betta (you can see one of the Cardinal tetras next to him) :
Speedbump came from my best friend's College's Bio. Dept. They did some science stuff with the Bettas and she asked me if I wanted one at the end of the schoolyear and I said sure (He was my BDAY gift from her to me in 2009). The 3 Cardinal Tetras think Speedbump is like the leader of all leaders, when they first came to the tank, they would follow him EVERYWHERE. He is like a demi-god to them I think :P (the cardinal tetras have calmed down a bit now and there are only 2 left now:( )

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(Bettas from Petco)
Firefly (Spring Section):

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Lyre, The Golden Boy (Summer Section):

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Firedrake (Autumn Section):

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Phantom (Winter Section):

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I'm so sorry so long!! Everyone gets a variety of different flavored cookies for this!!!

[WashingtonBay]

Cool menagerie! Looks like a very well loved 'zoo'.

I love bettas and have often had them. I've kept usually one in most of my community tanks. Don't have one now... just big goldfish, but I do like to rescue a few of the things when I go to PetSmart or someplace where they're sitting in those little cups...

[AppyLoosa615]

yes, they are all very spoiled. the Bettas every time I go past the tank all swim up to the glass almost at like the same time and pace and beg for food :rolleyes: like I don't feed them enough. I think my dog taught them to beg too... BAD influence.

[HeavensEast]

You have a cool bunch of pets. Thanks for sharing their stories and photos. :)

[Petra]

Cool pets! Thanks for sharing the stories. You did a great job with your beardie. And your dog looks so sweet!
Nice little zoo you have there. :)

[AppyLoosa615]

thanks!

[Dakota Sunrise]

Neat!:) Thanks for sharing the pictures.:) I love your dog and the guinea pigs, but then all your pets are cute.:D

[CaddoCinnamon]

I love your little zoo.

[vicklynn]

Thanks for the pics!!

I think Emmy is very pretty!

[Fjords <3]

Cool pets! Your dog is soooo adorable. Her face in the first picture almost looks like my dog's face (black lab). I love Dobies XD

[AppyLoosa615]

I think Emmy is very pretty!

My Emmy? if so, thanks! she doesn't need to know she gets compliments though her head is so big it takes up the whole house ;)

Cool pets! Your dog is soooo adorable. Her face in the first picture almost looks like my dog's face (black lab). I love Dobies XD

dobies are my fav. breed :)