Non-traditional pets

[Nancy]

Which animal that isn’t a traditional pet would you most like if you could?

A penguin or a cow for me.

 

[Soldi]

A giraffe

 

[Lucille]

An alpaca.

 

[Dark Carnival]

 

[COB]

A fruit bat.

 

[VoR]

One of my lockdown addictions has become cute animal videos on YouTube, particularly unusual animals being rehabilitated. I know it's terribly basic, but the heart wants what it wants, and this house beaver is just too much.

 

[Indie]

A blue footed booby

 

[AGinAg (37)]

A SLOW LORIS

 

[AGinAg (37)]

One of my lockdown addictions has become cute animal videos on YouTube, particularly unusual animals being rehabilitated. I know it's terribly basic, but the heart wants what it wants, and this house beaver is just too much.

CuteVor is here.

 

[VoR]

See also: HOUSE KANGAROO

 

[Kate]

Don’t make me choose. I want a whole ZOO

 

[Sally Thomsett]

PAULA WILCOX

 

[floppet]

I'd have a honeybadger. Tough little bastards but cute too (if you ignore the snarly teeth and giant claws obviously). I'd name him Wilburforce Gibletmuncher.

 

[Beverley]

Nancy, you should get some stick insects. They're very loving.

 

[wendy the Go_At]

A BADGER

 

[big ron]

Penguins aren’t equipped to be solitary so you’d need a load, which would be fine with me.

 

[big ron]

Ive always liked the idea of some ducks waddling about the house. You can get nappies for them so they dont shit all over the house.

 

[GNL]

My heart says 'raccoons' but my mind says 'pets are hard work enough WITHOUT them having hands'.

 

[jivafox]

All I’ve ever wanted is a tank of Piranha but apparently they’re far too quick to CHOMP EACH OTHER so they’re difficult to keep.

 

[Kate]

me

 

[RS]

A giraffe, an alpaca and some kind of ape/monkey/gorilla..

I wouldn’t let them into my home though.

 

[RS]

A little lamb would be nice too, but it will have to leave when it grows big and ugly.

 

[Marilyn]

With no thought for how any of them could logically be pets in real life, I want the following:

Opossum
Possum
Wombat
Capybara
Tapir
Hippopotamus
Raccoon
Alpaca
Llama
One of those tiny pigs
Normal size pig

and then your more realistic exotic/uncommon pets like frogs, puffer fish, African Grey parrots, hedgehogs, lizards etc

I have successfully manipulated my Facebook algorithm to serve me almost exclusively animal stuff on my news feed (99% of my human friends are muted) and it’s such a happy place now

 

[D5K]

I'll have an axolotl please:

 

[big ron]

They had an axolotl for sale in the pet shop across the road from my old house. I felt it looked really sad.

 

[big ron]

Llamas and alpacas are meant to be awesome animals to keep, dead friendly and really protective.

 

[big ron]

These African pigmy goats look like amazing little things to have around:


https://www.instagram.com/goatstigram/

 

[RS]

A cockatoo

 

[floppet]

Llamas and alpacas are meant to be awesome animals to keep, dead friendly and really protective.

A sheep farmer that I do the books for has llamas in with his sheep. Apparently they are excellent protection from foxes and dogs.

 

[dmlaw]

I'd like a pangolin, although obviously not one of the Covidy ones.

 

[COB]

I'm a big fan of the Pallas's cat/manul:

 

[AGinAg (37)]

I'm a big fan of the Pallas's cat/manul:

Aww look at HIM!

 

[Lucille]

I'd like a pangolin, although obviously not one of the Covidy ones.

RATHER NAUGHTY THOUGH

 

[big ron]

A sheep farmer that I do the books for has llamas in with his sheep. Apparently they are excellent protection from foxes and dogs.

Yep, they're cool as fuck too. We went to an alpaca farm once just to hang around with some of the hairy bastards.

 

[Dark Carnival]

I think CROWS are beautiful

 

[Lucille]

I think CROWS are beautiful

You want PET CROWS? In a PARIS FLAT?

 

[Dark Carnival]

You want PET CROWS? In a PARIS FLAT?

Because Stylish Anteater is a better idea in a Paris flat?

Just the concept of a pet crow. A friend of mine had a crow as a child. His name was George.

 

[RS]

RATHER NAUGHTY THOUGH

What a vile creature

 

[Kate]

@Dark Carnival on the Paris Metro next week

(yes I KNOW it's raven not a crow)

 

[GNL]

I think CROWS are beautiful

They're SO SMART too.