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We have 5 awesome pets entered into the November 2024 Pet of the Month Contest. View all the pets and descriptions below and then go to top of page and click on your choice for POTM and then click the "cast" button.

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This is my queen (green arrow) camponotus castaneus, common name: chestnut carpenter ant. This ant is native to Eastern North America, but is only found in Canada on Pelee Island in Lake Erie and in Point Pelee National Park. As such, collection is illegal in the park and most folks aren't taking the ferry to the island unless they live out that way, the only way to obtain this ant in Canada is to purchase it from a reputable source that has import permits from places in the USA. This colony was purchased in such a way. I spent a whole summer collecting wild native ants to send in as a supply to the shop and did a trade in for this lady. Selling queen ants seasonally kept our heads above water during the pandemic when both my husband and I were out of work, and now it has evolved into a hobby for myself as well.
She has the potential to live over 20 years, but more likely less. Her workers may only live 1.5 years tops.
Ants are an interesting pet, I have many colonies, but this lady is my favourite. Unlike most carpenter ants, this species nests mostly in soil and requires more humidity to survive in captivity than other species, but also given that she's a more southern species, hibernation isn't as strict as with the more abundant northern species in my area who require 5Β°C temperatures for 3 months in order to live longterm. Instead, she is taken off of heat for 2 weeks during winter and fed less protein during this time as a short diapause rather than a full blown hibernation period.
She is fed by her workers, she never leaves her nest. In fact, after workers hatch many queens do not even care for their own brood. They let their workers do all the work while they simply lay eggs every day. She is no exception to this, though she is more attentive to her workers than some other queens I have. She does interact more with them.
They are fed a daily supply of sugar water available 24/7 in a gravity liquid feeder in an outside part of their home and once or twice a week they get a protein source food, usually a cricket or mealworm. Sometimes other wild insects depending on what is seasonally available. They are very fond of mosquitoes.
This species must be kept warm, mine stay on a heat mat at 26-28Β°C all year round with exception of their short winter diapause.
Ants make great pets for those with space constraints or want a relatively low maintenance pet for an office desk. Starting colonies requires patience, but they'll grow in time and it's fun watching how they interact with one another and show very caring behaviors towards their own colony.
 
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Sadie, aka Sassy Sadie the Alligator, was adopted from a Houston shelter as a pup. Her whole litter had been turned in at 6 weeks. When the adopter moved and could not keep Sadie at his Aunt's house she was 13 weeks old and she came to me. She is said to be a Border Collie / Labrador mix. She is now about 16 weeks old and paper is a favorite snack.
From What are you doing today, a comment about my crating Sadie.
Crate training does prevent my furniture from being eaten, and she keeps her toys there. She has a HUGE backyard but sleeps in the house, in her crate. She watches tv with me and enjoys Delectable cat treat commercials very much. When she watches tv she is in my lap or next to my chair, but since she is still potty training I do have to keep an eye on her, and if I can't keep an eye on her she is crated or outside, and if she is crated and needs to potty, she barks to let me know. It works well. All my dogs are crate trained. they know to go to their crate to get a treat when they come in from outdoors. They sleep there. 2 have orthopedic mattresses, as needed. They are good. Pity people don't train their pups, then dump in the street or take them to the shelter. A lot of dogs get euthanized when training as a puppy would make them canine good citizens. She is crated when the big dogs are loose in house because 14 year old shar pei mix does not appreciate puppy nibbling on him and I don't want her hurt. He is old and will probably not be around in a year, but the rotating crate system works well.
 
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Here's our Rocco...
Rocco is a Meyer's parrot which roots originate from Africa. It's one of the few wild parrots in Africa that has the same build as an amazon parrot. This species is small in size. Males tend to become bigger than the females. Males have also more yellow on the front of the wings and head than the females have. And the color of their feet differ in both sexes. She was in anest of three and I chose the most cheeky one. For the cheeky ones can be taught much more...
Although, Rocco is a boy's name, Rocco is a female. For this type of parrot takes about a year till a year and a half before they'll show their real sex. But in the meantime, she needed a name. And Rocco was the first name that popped in mind.
She's got a turquoise color on her back and belly area. This turquoise flows into a shade of green on the body in the direction of her throat area. Like most short tailed parrots, these birds are more climbers than flyers.
Rocco is 23 years old by now. They're known to reach ages of 40. She screams more when new female visitors are around. But with male visitors, she's calm. This species is not known for being well speakers. But she does say some words. Unfortunately, not on command.
I had another one. An older brother of hers, named Mikey. Unfortunately, he has died a number of years ago. He imitated much more sounds, like the cooling of my fridge, knocking on the door sound (which made me realize that a lot of people have knocked on my door when I was at work) for instance.
These birds are very intelligent. The remark that has to be made is that these types of parrots choose just one particular person to be real friends with. In this case: me...
This photo also made me realize to dust a bit more often... 😜
This photo was taken when she flew on top of the chandelier... And watched me wwhat I was doing...
 
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This is Miss Chungus. She's a 2.5 year old hen who will sit on my lap for hours given the opportunity. She got her name because she rapidly grew to twice the size of all the other chicks she was raised with, so I thought she was going to be massive. Then she taught me you can't use early growth rates to make that kind of guess and reached a distinctly medium final size lol many of my other chickens over time have ended up bigger. But, she knows her name and so Chungus she remains. Every morning I go outside, rain or shine, and have a cup of coffee with her flock. She spends most of that time on my lap and likes to lick the occasional coffee drip from my mug. Then she tries to convince me to take her into the house and have a second cup of coffee with just her sitting on the couch with me so she doesn't have to compete for attention with any other chickens - and she often wins. She has a son and a daughter who both inherited her riddiculous gregariousness and love of people.

She was not fond of the TFF sign and kept wanting to run behind me when I set it down...I had to bribe her with a grape.
 
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This is Ari. She is an approximately two-year old a Russian Blue. We got her from a shelter in August, and she has been a good buddy to tide Mrs. Badger through hunting season.

This picture shows her reaction to the Hallmark Christmas movie that Mrs. Badger was watching. At last, I agree with a cat on something.
 
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Slowly scroll upward as you review the 5 awesome entries and then in the poll at the top of this thread, click on your choice for Pet of the Month. Be sure to click the CAST button to register your vote.
 
21 votes. A good start.

Tomorrow we will begin accepting entries for Decembers TOTM. We will be accepting aquariums 16 gallons and smaller. If you have a tank that qualifies, we hope you will enter.
 
If you haven't yet voted, take a moment and choose the pet that deserves to be annointed as Pet of the Month πŸ‘‘
 
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