Most "unusual" pet you've ever had?

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  • kotarea
    kotarea Posts: 212 Member
    Lets see I have :smile:
    6 horses;sunny, reba, mac, hanna, eddie and chance,,
    2 donkeys; sammy and opie,
    9 goats,
    1 cow;moo moo,
    8 dogs;jack, jenna, jessie, bruce, apollo, max, toby and blue,
    3 cats; george, meeka, and Jazmyn,
    2 parrots; rio and gray,
    Lots of fish,
    1 duck; forest,
    2 geese; boris and marie
    1 Turtle; Remmington
    2 ferrets: juno and oscar
    1 Salamander; Stumpy
  • hbrittingham
    hbrittingham Posts: 2,518 Member
    Three sheep that I bottle raised when they were orphaned. Holly was the first and she had free run on our farm. She wore a dog collar so people didn't think she was some random sheep that wandered away from a farm. She actually did get stolen once, the police had to go track her down and bring her back. The officer transported her home in the back of the police car and couldn't even make the call to the precinct to let them know because she was baaing too much. It was time for her bottle and she was hungry! She'd also go with my mom's cockapoo and chase the neighbors when they went down to the road to get their mail. She chased a lot of my brothers' friends when they came to visit, too. She just thought she was one of the dogs. I could call her and she'd come running.

    Then we got Molly and Dolly and bottle raised them, too. They never had the personality that Holly had. I think they bonded to each other instead of me.

    I had a pet squirrel one time, too. A local vets' office had a litter of them brought in after a storm. This was before there were wildlife rehabbers in our area, so they were finding people to raise them. I took Charlie home. He was so cool and loved to snuggle against my neck. Nobody else could touch him, he'd bite them if they did, but he loved me! I would let him run around the yard and climb trees in the hopes of eventually turning him lose, but he died unexpectedly one night in his cage.

    Now I have three cats and 4 dogs + however many boarding/training dogs are staying with us.
  • Veil5577
    Veil5577 Posts: 868 Member
    A tarantula.
  • warriorprincessdi
    warriorprincessdi Posts: 617 Member
    I had a chicken named 'whitey' (She was a white hen lol) when I was a child that I taught to do tricks... I've also had a crayfish named Dr Claw who lived almost four years.... I have a snake at home now, most people say that's weird and crazy... I just think they are the crazy ones :)
  • gym_king_carlie
    gym_king_carlie Posts: 528 Member
    a Human named....wait....I mean a dog....yes I've owned a dog, no one in my basement right now :P
  • _KitKat_
    _KitKat_ Posts: 1,066 Member
    I have had ferrets, rats and tortoises as family pets but the one that causes the most questions have been my 2 English Mastiffs.

    One day I want a skunk :glasses:
  • sculli123
    sculli123 Posts: 1,221 Member
    Lets see I have :smile:
    6 horses;sunny, reba, mac, hanna, eddie and chance,,
    2 donkeys; sammy and opie,
    9 goats,
    1 cow;moo moo,
    8 dogs;jack, jenna, jessie, bruce, apollo, max, toby and blue,
    3 cats; george, meeka, and Jazmyn,
    2 parrots; rio and gray,
    Lots of fish,
    1 duck; forest,
    2 geese; boris and marie
    1 Turtle; Remmington
    2 ferrets: juno and oscar
    1 Salamander; Stumpy
    I guess you win. lol
  • Coltsforlife
    Coltsforlife Posts: 124
    A gopher lol , He has lived in my backyard for a year and wont die. So i guess that counts as my pet right?
  • MelisRunning
    MelisRunning Posts: 819 Member
    I've had hermit crabs, a rat...actually pretty much every rodent, my chickens of course, but my favorite pet has been an Iguana named Puppy. I got him newly hatched and he grew to be 5' long. He rode around on my shoulder all day long and refused to eat out of a dish. The only way he would eat was if I would hand feed him. Spoiled reptile.
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    Lets see I have :smile:
    6 horses;sunny, reba, mac, hanna, eddie and chance,,
    2 donkeys; sammy and opie,
    9 goats,
    1 cow;moo moo,
    8 dogs;jack, jenna, jessie, bruce, apollo, max, toby and blue,
    3 cats; george, meeka, and Jazmyn,
    2 parrots; rio and gray,
    Lots of fish,
    1 duck; forest,
    2 geese; boris and marie
    1 Turtle; Remmington
    2 ferrets: juno and oscar
    1 Salamander; Stumpy

    and a partridge in a pear tree . . . :flowerforyou:
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    I had 2 chinchillas ( one of which only had 3 legs), I now have 8 Sugar Gliders
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    I wanted a sugar glider so much as a kid. I still think I'd like to have a pair.
  • _BlueGreyGreen_
    _BlueGreyGreen_ Posts: 943 Member
    A pig living in my apartment, his name was Elvis and he barked like a dog
  • stormbornkraken
    stormbornkraken Posts: 302 Member
    An iguana and she was by far the best pet I ever owned!
  • Seevan07
    Seevan07 Posts: 23
    I had seven salamanders at one point. I briefly had a skink. I LOVE amphibians and reptiles.

    Friends of mine have had a king snake, corn snake, ball python, tortoise, leopard gecko, rat, scorpion, and tarantula. I got to play with all of them!
  • dabears6352
    dabears6352 Posts: 34 Member
    Years ago I won a duckling at a carnival. He was awesome. Loved to sleep with our German Shepherd. But as he grew up, he could clear an entire row of lettuce from the garden in less than a minute.
  • laynerich15
    laynerich15 Posts: 1,918 Member
    Pet kangaroo called skippy. I use to ride him to school
  • Guns_N_Buns
    Guns_N_Buns Posts: 1,899 Member
    Pet kangaroo called skippy. I use to ride him to school

    In the pouch, presumably.
  • MyTurn2BHappy
    MyTurn2BHappy Posts: 475 Member
    I had a baby alligator once.. We used to use a key ring, tie a string around it and take it for a walk.. I don't know what happened to that thing.. My dad probably flushed it into the sewer system LOL
  • ashdawg8790
    ashdawg8790 Posts: 819 Member
    I've never had an unusual pet but I would LOVE to get a pet skunk! Unfortunately, they're illegal in Maine. :grumble:

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