Hi there,
I went to my LFS the other day and they have a puffer that looks very much like a dog face but the guys were saying he was 30 years old! I thought dog faces were supposed to live around 15 years? Maybe it was something different, anyone any ideas?
Life span
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Re: Life span
Did he look like this puffer?
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What size was he?
I guess anything is possible, but I just can't trust what a pet store employee says, that age seems unlikely because puffers are not often cared for well enough for them to reach old age.
ug.php/v/PufferPedia/Marine/A_Nigropunctatus/
What size was he?
I guess anything is possible, but I just can't trust what a pet store employee says, that age seems unlikely because puffers are not often cared for well enough for them to reach old age.
Re: Life span
He does a little but colours are different, he's kind of like a Stars and Stripes but without the stripes! I'd say he is about 24 inches, but lives in a big tank, about ten feet long.
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Re: Life span
24 in including the tail?Nic479 wrote:He does a little but colours are different, he's kind of like a Stars and Stripes but without the stripes! I'd say he is about 24 inches, but lives in a big tank, about ten feet long.
Perhaps it is a mappa
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Or maybe a guineafowl
Have you looked through the puffer pedia?
Re: Life span
No he's defo not a map puffer, he doesn't have that many spots and his belly is totally plain greyish? I will have to go back and get a picture of him, he is gorgeous! And yes 24 inches inc tail
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Re: Life span
Yes get a pic! But I still would have a hard time believing it is 30 years old........but ya never knowNic479 wrote:No he's defo not a map puffer, he doesn't have that many spots and his belly is totally plain greyish? I will have to go back and get a picture of him, he is gorgeous! And yes 24 inches inc tail
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Re: Life span
Unless they kept it for 30 years, IDK how they'd know it was that old.
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Re: Life span
Maybe someone brought it in to the shop as they couldn't care for it anymore. Saying that though why would you give up a pet you've had for 30 years.
Cannot wait to see the pix/vids, can you hold up a dollar bill next to it to give us an idea of how big it actually is?
Thanks
Cannot wait to see the pix/vids, can you hold up a dollar bill next to it to give us an idea of how big it actually is?
Thanks
Re: Life span
He is in a aquatics shop that has several branches, apparently he has had several homes in the different shops and they have had him from a baby! He's kinda a shop mascot, very adorable, he rubs his face on the glass when he sees you.
Next time I go I will try to get a decent picture, can't put a dollar bill next to him tho as I live in the uk!
Next time I go I will try to get a decent picture, can't put a dollar bill next to him tho as I live in the uk!
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Re: Life span
nonsenseNic479 wrote:can't put a dollar bill next to him tho as I live in the uk!
, that is what money exchange offices are for 
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Re: Life span
Tim wrote:nonsenseNic479 wrote:can't put a dollar bill next to him tho as I live in the uk!
Lol
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Re: Life span
30 years are possible with proper care. I know such Arothron specimens from zoos.
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Re: Life span
Where bouts in the uk are you fella?
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Re: Life span
Nottinghamshire, but I'm a lady!
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Re: Life span
Lol I don't know why we always assume. Sorry
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