Herps and other pets.
Hey groundhog,how did u get your water dragon and cat so comfortable around each other?
22 cats?? i made my bf stop collecting after 3,our house is just too small
Believe it or don't, of the 22 cats, +/- 18 are herp-safe, and quite a few are downright herp-friendly. (Okay, maybe not with anoles or small geckos:shock
Also, an adult water dragon will bitch-slap a cat, and the cats quickly learn to respect that tail
Of the 8 dogs, only one female pit has a real prey drive, everyone else is cool. 'S funny, when the male WDs bob at the female pits or rotties, the dogs move. The male rottie and pit, though, actually growl and bob back!
This is Stacy, who mothers ALL the small pets:
This is Alf, who scared the #@% out of Taz:
Worry not, Stacy kept him in line too!
Now lemme tell you about Onyx, a black cat who detests other cats but likes other pets (When I walk the dogs, she comes sans leash). One time, I could not get a frozen rat for my python, so I killed a rodent in front of her--she hissed and slapped me. I firmly said, "no" and proceeded to feed the snake--she watched in amazement. Hmnnn... About a week or so later I'm watching the ball game, and I hear, "thwap, thwap..." Onyx had dispatched a baby rat and put it on top of the python's cage! (The sound was the snake striking the top.) To this day, Onyx will not hurt a pet rat in the house, and she'll slap any cat that tries. Here in the States, we say, "go figger..."
When no one else is home, I often let the WDs--green and Aussie--free-roam; the males are more a problem for each other than are the mammalian carnivores (and again, Stacy keeps everyone in line).