Need help on care...

[eddie]

I am thinking of getting a chiuaua to go with all the iggies I have, but am stumped as to the proper caging requirements..
I am planning on keeping it in a 5 gallon tank with some gold fish, but what are the temps I need to put it at?
Does it need a gradient?
Should I use a UTH? Or a CHE???
What about humidity?
Will normal air moisture of the carolinas be sufficient or do I need to mist it several times daily?
What about food?
I have heard about f/t , but I don't think the pet stores here carry frozen cats.
Is it ok to feed live or am I better off whacking them?
I found some really neat looking chiuaua morphs, like snowball, tangerine and albino online from a J.Underhill for about $6000 each.
Is this a good deal?
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	Morph A morph is a color or pattern variation that is proven to be genetic. Common morphs include albino, anerythristic, gentically striped, Hypomelanistic, and many others. Morphs also include combinations of simple traits such as "Sunglow" which is Albino and Hypomelanistic. These traits may be recessive traits, co-dominant traits, dominant traits, or created through selective breeding (ie Pastel).

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[Ed_r]

EDDIE You Ok?
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[Boacephus]

Go for it dude, 6k is a great price!!!!!!!!!

You won't have to worry about the humidity, but I would still go with the mistings. I had one for awhile, I had a place in Korea I ordered my frozens from, catpro.com.korea, good prices but shipping was a little high. For some reason the little bugger never lasted in the tank with the goldfish. I think it had something to do with the fish, goldfish are notorious for crapping alot. Hope this helps you some, just let me know if you have anymore questions, my vet(he's the vet at the local humane society) is great!!!! Oh yeah the heat thing, don't worry about the gradient, they have such a high tolerance and are skittish so they can raise their own body temp up to 20 degrees cal. If you want to help them out I usually set them in the oven on 350 for about an hour, I got that from the Korean website.
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[RevMojo]

Ed, if you have to ask, you dont wanna know (like buying diamonds)
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[LiZaRdLaKe]

Ya, have you seen those new sunburst ones that their breeding? They are wild.
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[KolleenJ]

If your going to get one, check out their new subspecies, the bohemian-anklebiter-canus

I heard they are a nice cross-out of the chihuahua [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
They require a tad bit more hinidity, and adjust well to a captive climate.
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[Bry]

Eddie, you should use a hot rock for heating your chihuahua. The ones with exposed wiring and heating element are the best. These will warm him right up, whoo doggie!

Bry
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[Ophiophagus-hannah]

$6000 seems like a good price...you just have to make sure a pair are from the same strain like Kahl strain, barker strain ...etc.
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[XzyluM]

Oh man, Underhill is one of the best dealers, very reputable person... [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_lol.gif[/img]
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