Trying to promote good care practices for animals with plenty of enrichment opportunities. I hope I can inspire you to love the unusual, 'creepy' creatures with my jungle of exotic invertebrates, as well as my cute furry pets and aquatics!
Yeah to an extent, the last thing we want to do is stress them out and they need to be allowed to burrow in peace. I'll be honest, it's not a feature I've used as they resided on a quiet shelf which wasn't close to a plug. However, it's definitely super interesting to be able to capture ants and their behaviour on camera etc. It can inspire the next generation of hobbyists or inspire further research for example! Plus being able to monitor the ants is always helpful, particularly if they use substrate to block our their burrow so it's difficult to see without. Can help spot humidity or fungus issues etc.
@@jadesjungle 😊 Good point. Tbh I cant wait to get a messor barbarus colony. Unfortunately it is winter soon and they might hibernate, especially if I get one before next spring...
They very cute and tiny. I wanted one at first but I like to be able to handle my pets even when they are grown. I hear her saying that her babies let her handle them since she bred them, but as adults they wouldn't let her do it. Without being able to sex them you can have a serious inbreeding problem. She even said that she ended up with pups coming from two siblings mating I don't need a dormouse infestation in my house. Having their live insects in my house is the least of my problem. I used to have fire belly toads and I fed them live crickets and mealworms. Sometimes the crickets escaped and I could hear a lot of chirping in my apartment. Sometimes I could even see the crickets on the floor.
Very pretty animals and very smart. A lot of people don’t realize that snails are smart animals…. And they grow accustomed to who takes care of them. It’s actually quite fascinating.
My husband has a small colony of these. None of them mind being handled and have never bit. They cling to our fingers. Totally cute. Have had two litters of babies. Completely mature and still have no problems being held. Both parents and juvies.
I got my dormice from a seller who trains them to be handled and anytime I handle my dormice they r so sensible and don’t try to runaway they r definitely tamed. I have one white dormice and one gray dormice
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@@jadesjungle I meant if I want something that I don't have to handle but I can put in a large vivarium and it be like an arboreal hamster , would dormouse be good ?
They just aren’t domesticated yet. The reason mice and hamsters aren’t feral and can be handled is because they are domesticated and biters are culled Breeding these guys for the best temperament is the only way to create eventual “cuddly” dormice. In Asia, they seem to have progressed a lot farther and have high white piebalds! In the US, there’s a few people with piebalds and pretty tame ones. I think they’re farther along than spiny mice and Pygmy mice.
I think videos like this are so important because so many people get pets that don't really work for their lifestyles. They get something that needs a ton of interaction to be happy and then ignore them, or get ones that are better as watch and enjoy pets and want to handle them until they die of stress. They get animals that require a ton of space, but don't have the space or don't want to invest in a proper habitat. You have to balance a pet and your lifestyle or you just do both you and the animal a disservice, but the animal can't escape it.
Saying an animal “can’t ever be handled” just isn’t true. If You as an Owner and Caretaker are willing to put in the time and effort to bond with them it is entirely possible. It may not be easy, or it might because it depends on the animal and the person specifically
I never said they couldn't be handled full stop, I even said that I had handled them actually. I said they didn't like it, they were very quick so it would be risky, that it wasn't unusual that they wouldn't tame down and people have to be prepared for this. It's not realistic to say they'll tame down if you put in lots of love and time because they may not. You can put all the time in the world into a nervous animal and the most you'll be able to get from them is a gentle pet or them accepting some food like mine have. I'm no stranger to taming nervous animals and was quite happy with the way mine interacted with me. Some people would not be, they want them to come to them and cuddle, sleep, snuggle, enjoy their time together, which isn't ever going to be achievable. It's something to consider before getting one of these animals.
Thanks so much for this video because sometimes i think my bugs are dead because they lie on their back and mine are called samual and barley they are brown spiny leaf insect females
This will sound pretty gruesome, but would the babies be suitable feeders for other pets? Sounds mean, but if they're really that prolific and no one wants em, it's better than getting neglected or overrun.
I suppose any rodent can be used as feeders! Its slightly more complicated in the UK where live feeding is illegal under animal welfare laws, so you'd have to have a proper euthanasia setup where you could prove the animals didn't suffer and have suitable methods of storage for them all. They'd also only be allowed to be used for your own personal animals, otherwise you need extra paperwork for animal feed legislations etc. to sell. I doubt the people getting over run will have this as their backup for excess offspring unless they're super prepared and it was their intent to have food 😅 Might be able to find someone who breeds their own live food and hand them off tho, which I assume is where some might go to anyway when they're listed on selling sites for free 😬
I've been told the African land snail can hurt humans. Like we shouldn't hold them. And the can damage ur lungs. Is this true. I found some news articles.
its me again, my local pet store gave me 4 "male" dormice... he was in fact wrong lol... i now have a little baby dormouse in my enclosure!! do you have any advice on what to do from here?
How to carry a snail : style 1, put your hand in front of the snail, if it tries to get on then let it, if it doesn't wont then just show the viewers the enclosure, style 2, try to pick it up from the shell, if it is tightly on were it is leave it alone, and if it comes along with your hand you can now put it on your hands
Most of my pets are fish, amphibs, and reptiles, so a no-touch insectivore that needs heat is hardly a dealbreaker. I doubt I'd actually be able to even see the little things though, they look nocturnal.
I got them for the same reason you're interested in them (never kept mice, rats or whatever of the kind, and I wanted to experience a "reptile with fur" basically) and I'm very glad I did. I see mine every evening, they're incredibly active and interesting to watch before going to bed.
