Low maintenance pet: what about a Cactus?

PINeely · 10-10-2016, 05:01 PM

Chickens are actually a really good idea. Don't get the dark brown ones though because they're mean as hell.

UncleWede · 10-10-2016, 05:05 PM

Rhode Island Reds (the dark brown ones) lay the best eggs, the most consistently

bimmette · 10-10-2016, 05:06 PM

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How about a vacuum robot? I talk to mine.

I could totally see you doing this.

Uhhh, no I've never done that. But I sure as hell will be doing that next time I vacuum!

PINeely · 10-10-2016, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by UncleWede

Rhode Island Reds (the dark brown ones) lay the best eggs, the most consistently

Our Plymouth Rocks lay the best eggs IMO. Our Rhode Island Reds lay the most frequently however.

Lups · 10-10-2016, 05:39 PM

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Preferably one I can raise and eat it's fruit...or it eventually. Any ideas?

Oh god, so much work

There are forums that will tell you how to make them grow and soon you'll be like I and orchids.

Kill them when they are young. Do it now.

Aatish · 10-10-2016, 06:00 PM

This girl I knew had a pet Cactus. Gave it some cruel name. Think it died. There's was a cremation. 'Twas quality.

Mike. · 10-10-2016, 07:09 PM

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Gf wants a pet pig. I'm thinking hell no.

Cactus plants are very resilient. Keep it in the dark for months with barely any water and it'll survive. I water mine once a week (just a bit) and it's pretty healthy right now.

i went through this, just say no.

I would rather get a pet crow.

BMW F22 · 10-10-2016, 07:10 PM

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i went through this, just say no.

I would rather get a pet crow.

Lol. Yeah, I don't think she was that serious and I was never going to be on board with it either. I have two dogs and that's enough.

Aatish · 10-10-2016, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike.

i went through this, just say no.

I would rather get a pet crow.

Save dat milk $$$

Mike. · 10-10-2016, 07:41 PM

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Save dat milk $$$

how shitty was my pumpkin?

Aatish · 10-10-2016, 07:46 PM

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how shitty was my pumpkin?

I was able to recognize it as a gnome, without reading the caption. So there's that

Mike. · 10-10-2016, 07:47 PM

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I was able to recognize it as a gnome, without reading the caption. So there's that

dude i was going up against a damn artist I was fighting a losing battle

Aatish · 10-10-2016, 07:51 PM

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dude i was going up against a damn artist I was fighting a losing battle

You made a noble effort, good sir.

Mr Tonka · 10-10-2016, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by UncleWede

LIES!! No chicken lays more than 1 egg a day, and they don't even do that all the time.

Maybe he's got 6 chicks... I didn't really count them, but i recall his wife stating that they get 5 eggs a day.

Taskmaster · 10-10-2016, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Tonka

Chickens. Eggs and meat. Yum. A friend of mine in Carrollwood has a coop in his back yard with 5 chickens. It takes up a 5' x 7' piece of his back yard. He gets at least 5 eggs a day. (he's got 5 kids so they eat them)

A friend of mine just got some chicks too. They look cute enough, but I can't see myself cleaning up after them.

Taskmaster · 10-10-2016, 09:32 PM

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My mother brought one back as a souvenir when I was a kid, that thing lived for years. We watered it maybe two, three times? As plants go that is about as low maintenance as it gets.

Higher maintenance but way cooler, consider a venus fly trap.

Can it be eaten? I just went to Publix (our grocery chain) and got a cactus pear. It wasn't bad

jpnh · 10-10-2016, 10:14 PM

How about a bunch of blue agave plants.....then you can make your own tequila.....

Aatish · 10-10-2016, 10:26 PM

A rock.

RunFlatOut · 10-13-2016, 05:03 AM

If Trump gets elected then just wait for the wall to go up and get a Mexican, lowest maintenance you'll ever find and will help you with the DIY projects too.

Disclaimer: just a joke Mexico, as is the Donald. Except he's a really bad one.

RJ_ · 10-13-2016, 08:36 AM

I built a little cactus terrarium in an old fishbowl that I kept on my desk at work.

Those things are incredibly hardy. I had a stubby round guy, a tall flowering guy, and a few pencil plants in case I needed to poison anyone in the office.

Most of them were overrun with mold when I overwatered it before going on vacation...oops. It was at that point that I put the lid on it to seal the mold in and didn't touch it anymore. The pencil plants were still alive and green 3+ months later when I left that job.

Taskmaster · 10-13-2016, 09:26 AM

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I built a little cactus terrarium in an old fishbowl that I kept on my desk at work.

Those things are incredibly hardy. I had a stubby round guy, a tall flowering guy, and a few pencil plants in case I needed to poison anyone in the office.

Most of them were overrun with mold when I overwatered it before going on vacation...oops. It was at that point that I put the lid on it to seal the mold in and didn't touch it anymore. The pencil plants were still alive and green 3+ months later when I left that job.

Hmmm

Jhenka · 10-13-2016, 09:56 AM

Get a Tarantula. They require just about as much maintenance as a goldfish does.
One cricket once ever 2 weeks or so and water ever few days.

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RJ_ Baby-faced Assassin 1203 Rep 152 Posts Drives: when car isn't broke. Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Department of the Posterior iTrader: (0)	I built a little cactus terrarium in an old fishbowl that I kept on my desk at work. Those things are incredibly hardy. I had a stubby round guy, a tall flowering guy, and a few pencil plants in case I needed to poison anyone in the office. Most of them were overrun with mold when I overwatered it before going on vacation...oops. It was at that point that I put the lid on it to seal the mold in and didn't touch it anymore. The pencil plants were still alive and green 3+ months later when I left that job.
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