originally posted by: and14263
Anyone out there got a pet that isn't a dog or a cat?
Any interesting reptiles? Mammals? Fish?
I wouldn't call them pets but I have a selection of different tetra fish, a selection of cat fish, some loaches and frogs...
Anyone got a skunk or out?
When we were living in NY, before the divorce, we had 2 cockatiels and a snapping turtle. My daughter had a blue Cockatiel, and mine was pure white.
Misty Cloud (Very friendly and shoulder trained)
Mr. Coco (a biter so he would refuse to leave his cage, and he and Misty would NOT share a cage, as he was very territorial. However he was very
protective of her, if you left the room with her and she was out of his sightline, he would begin to freak out and go insane!)
Mr. Snapper our snapping turtle that ate local minnows, small fish caught with a net, and small frogs caught at the local pond, until he was old
enough to be released into the wild.
When I moved, I couldn't take the birds with me, so my ex's aunt took them where they still are today being very well cared for.
*edit, I grew up in a house we called the zoo. We had 2 hamsters that were supposed to be boys, that gave birth to over 104 hamsters and ate well
over half before we got rid of the whole lot of them! We had 2 parakeets, one died because one of our 7 cats bit it under the wing scaring it, giving
it a heart attack. When my stepmother bought another parakeet and put it in the old 'keet cage, the old 'keet pecked it to death. I've had one
guinea pig in college name Johnny, and one growing up name Hersey because he looked chocolatey. I got on while I was married, then broke out in
severe hives, so I gave him away free in the paper. My ex was ticked, but the doc said it was either that or throat close up next. I also grew up
with a 4 1/2 foot ball python. I didn't mind the snake so much, I minded the rats who escaped being dinner and wound up on my pillow at night while I
tried to sleep. LOL I have a "thing" about rats. It isn't pretty. LOL That's just some of the animals I grew up with. And of course the various
fish I've killed over the years. I call myself Dr. Kervorkian of the fish world. Can't keep them alive for nothing man. I've tried every trick in
the book. We've come to an understanding. They hold up giants signs in the pet store saying, "KEEP HER AWAY!" LOL And I agree to their demands.
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