Duck Addicts Anonymous (DAA)

[Albert the Saxony]

How expensive are chameleons to buy?

There are many types, but the most popular ones at pet stores cost under one hundred. If I were to get another I think I would get a Parson’s chameleon, but I think they are over a thousand dollars.

 

[Albert the Saxony]

I just read that it takes up to two years for Parsons chameleon eggs to hatch! Talk about having some patience, I am anxious about my goose eggs and they only take thirty days.

 

[Albert the Saxony]

I’ll take that back, I don’t think I would buy a chameleon of that size. Just imagine how many grasshoppers and crickets it would eat!

My old chameleon used to eat tons of grasshoppers and she was 1/3 of that size. In the summer it was great, I would just go outside and catch some grasshoppers for free, but in the winter I had to buy crickets.

 

[Isadora]

My mom wants to get some call ducks. She sent me a photo of these. I'm assuming they're pet quality?

 

[Painted Calls]

My mom wants to get some call ducks. She sent me a photo of these. I'm assuming they're pet quality?
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Yes ma'am.

 

[Isadora]

Yes ma'am.

What else is there to look for besides the obvious lack of short bills and necks?

 

[Painted Calls]

My mom wants to get some call ducks. She sent me a photo of these. I'm assuming they're pet quality?
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Cute snowy pair though!

 

[Painted Calls]

What else is there to look for besides the obvious lack of short bills and necks?

How long their body is, the depth of chest, shape of head.

@shawluvsbirds can you post those diagrams from your Call book?

 

[HeatherKellyB]

Seriously I just googled the little cuties and now I'm looking at turtle tanks

It's been like twelve years since I've had one.

They really are adorable, aren't they? I'm a bit nervous about keeping Tiny Tiika because of how messy mud turtles are. Cumberland Sliders are messy too and get big, from my experience. I think if I had actually planned and really studied up on everything, I'd probably be very interested in a tortoise or a box turtle (even though I've heard that box turtles are a little more difficult to keep than I assumed)

I had a Russian Tortoise named Linus. The little shit was always escaping and he was fast don't let people tell you different.
Freaking had him outside in a play area with a little wooden house and he dug an escape tunnel in the wooden house area like a freaking Alcatraz inmate breaking out of jail.
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Fat Minnie acting all brave, but when Linus walked towards the nasty snatch she ran away, lol. (Can you tell I don't like her much, lol)
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Oh my gosh! How old was he? I love him, even though he's a little rebel. Hopefully he lived/s a happy healthy wild and free life

 

[Painted Calls]

I had a female veiled cham many moons ago. Hateful wench.

Chams in general are not for beginners. I also HIGHLY advise against buying from pet stores. Especially chain stores.

Now back to ducks for me.