Your friend seems incredibly ingorant. No offense to your friend but it's pretty common knowledge, even to people who aren't in the hobby, that T's are entirely predatory... they don't eat vegetables.
I can totally see that! My beardie used to get the genetic frauds of a local breeder. (Spine kinks and bad neuro defects in his spider ball python pairings) i thought about doing the same with my Ts xD i think my smithi would like a corn snake
How do you figure? A fuzzy moyse bearly has teeth if at all worst they do is screech and wiggle.. Iv raised ky own feeder rats fir years and bever considered a rodent under 2.5 weeks old (also called a "crawler" as its just before "pup" just starting to open its eyes and not weaning) dangerous to any animal
Im lost.. From your last post i was under the inpression you said the rodent is more dangegrous? Now your saying beetles are xp
Wondering if you know parrots fear large spiders , also many birds are predators of Ts . For Ts genetic instinct would tell Ts birds are a threat . My macaw has clearly shown fear over my Ts and says (mommy no !!! )when she see' s me opening a t enclosure . She is very aware they pose a danger . Just food for thought .
Wow, sorry about your parrot. My parrots ignore the T shelves across the room, no changes in their behaviour at all; and with their parrot vision - they've got to have at least noticed the Ts 12 feet away. And most of my Ts are out in the open, and they seem unbothered sharing quarters either. I figure in the rainforests, Ts are probably used to the presence of parrots. I do T maintenance in another room (because I prefer a nice table to work on) but I do fear if a T should escape, the parrots would probably eat it (assuming the cats didn't catch it first!). My parrots and I have to walk by the T enclosures on our way out of the room for 'play time' out of their cages, and they have never even glanced at the Ts (of course, they love one-on-one time with me so I guess the presense of T enclosures can't compete with their joy of getting out for a while). It is sad your parrot is so upset by your Ts. I hate to see a frightened parrot. :-(
i feel bad for the birdie too =[ its one thing if your bird wants to eat you other pets its another when they are petrified of them =\ [tho id be concerned of both with it being a parrot ;P] only think i hate more then a screaming parrot [and i dont mean mouthy or whistling i mean the one squalling for attention you can hear down the block] is a petrified parrot =[