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29-Aug-07, 11:50 AM
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G'day guys,
Is anyone else keeping native mammals? We keep 4 species - Spinifex Hopping Mice, Sugar Gliders, Squirrel Gliders and Brushtail Possums. They are relatively simply to look after, and by the looks of things we will have baby Squirrel Gliders at the end of the year. We've bred the Spinifex Hoppers several times now and they have more than doubled their numbers.
I'd really like to get in touch with people who have or are keeping Kowari's and Dunnarts, plus the harder to keep species like Echidna's.
Cheers
Jonno
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29-Aug-07, 11:52 AM
|  | Invert nut Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-05 Location: QLD Gender: | | | Would love to keep some native rodents buts unfortunatlycant  . Got pics of your spinifex hopping mouse setup?
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29-Aug-07, 11:57 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: brisbane Age: 25 | | | | i would love an echidna! lol it will never happen though lol
what are spinifex hopping mice worth?? they are soo cute |
29-Aug-07, 12:01 PM
|  | Badonkadonk Bandit Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-03 Location: Nikonia Gender: | | | You'll curse the day you get a pet Echidna  |
29-Aug-07, 12:18 PM
|  | Yes, that Hix Moderator | Join Date: Mar-04 Location: Sydney | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by nuthn2do  You'll curse the day you get a pet Echidna | Was thinking the same thing! 
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29-Aug-07, 12:51 PM
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29-Aug-07, 12:57 PM
| | Yes, that Hix Moderator | Join Date: Mar-04 Location: Sydney | | | They dig, and they are very powerful, quite capable of destroying things. They don't usually like being handled and it can be difficult to do if you don't know exactly what you are doing. They pick up paralysis ticks quite frequently. Quite happy to bury themselves in the ground all day with only a few spines sticking out.
And feeding is labour intensive. You have to make a slurry that is almost liquid, comprising meat, milk raw egg and other additives. As a result, their poop stinks (because of the meat).
Best kept by zoos and fauna parks IMO.
Hix
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29-Aug-07, 02:38 PM
| | Badonkadonk Bandit Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-03 Location: Nikonia Gender: | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Hix They dig, and they are very powerful, quite capable of destroying things. They don't usually like being handled and it can be difficult to do if you don't know exactly what you are doing. They pick up paralysis ticks quite frequently. Quite happy to bury themselves in the ground all day with only a few spines sticking out.
And feeding is labour intensive. You have to make a slurry that is almost liquid, comprising meat, milk raw egg and other additives. As a result, their poop stinks (because of the meat).
Best kept by zoos and fauna parks IMO.
Hix | And that's their good points. Try picking one up, even if you can get by the spines they have an extraordinary ability to stick to any surface like snot to a velvet jacket. |
29-Aug-07, 03:53 PM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: Sydney Age/Gender: 18  | | | | Would love to see your spinifex hopping mouse setup, Jonno. Thinking about getting some. |
29-Aug-07, 04:00 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: Brissy, QLD Age/Gender: 23 | | | oh and echidnas are extremely shy..
ditto about seeing the spinifex hopping mouse setup 
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29-Aug-07, 04:01 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-06 Location: Queensland | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by darkangel i would love an echidna! lol it will never happen though lol
what are spinifex hopping mice worth?? they are soo cute |
The mice will be fairly cheap, It's the licence to keep them that will hurt.
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29-Aug-07, 04:51 PM
| | Yes, that Hix Moderator | Join Date: Mar-04 Location: Sydney | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by nuthn2do And that's their good points. Try picking one up, even if you can get by the spines they have an extraordinary ability to stick to any surface like snot to a velvet jacket. | And wherever the spines prick you, you end up with a prickly little rash. I used to get the on the belly and when the spines pierced my shirt, and on the palms of my hands.
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29-Aug-07, 05:03 PM
| | Invert nut Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-05 Location: QLD Gender: | | | | i have seen hopping mice go for $5-$10.
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29-Aug-07, 05:04 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-06 Location: Australia Gender: | | | | Hi,
Is there any permit you can get to keep spinifex hopping mice in Queensland ?
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29-Aug-07, 05:07 PM
| | Invert nut Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-05 Location: QLD Gender: | | | | exhibitor's permit, i think you need a business that needs one to be able to get it.
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