weird pets

[SLIK4]

just wondering what kind of not so typical pets ppl on here have had. the strangest pet i have it a turtle named lunchbox. my dad had a squirrel when he was younger.

[SilverBack]

I used to have a pet roach when I was 6. Jarred it in the park and didn't tell my parents until my mom went looking for the jar and found it dead under my bed

I also had a pet turtle that I flushed down the toilet, ..thinking it would swim back up...

[KCALB SIRAY]

I had a Northern Brown Spider, a Hamster the size of a Guinea Pig (he started out as the runt of the little, go figure), and weird Dog names like Booger and Stinky.

[YAR1S]

I 've had about every small animal there is....

parents allergic to dogs and cats = lots of small furry animals :p

three of the strangest ones I've had the pleasure of owning are:

1. Degu
http://www.bayou-bend.com/images/uploads/degu.jpg
had two of these .... they are friendly if you get them out but beware these suckers are fast!!!! and unfortunately hard to catch..... I had two and called them "Salt" and "Pepper"


2. Eqyptian Spiny Mice
http://www.rfadventures.com/images/Animals/JLC%20photos/Mammal/Spiny-Mice-3102.jpg
yes, thats right, SPINY mice... they are mice but have quils on their backs like hedgehogs and porqupines. I had two at first and that turned to 8 which turned to 10.... then I separated them.... gross thing is that when one dies all the others eat the dead one.... trust me they wernt underfed... little cannibalistic mice... LOL


3. Sudan plated lizard (not so fluffy)
http://www.animalpicturesarchive.com/ArchOLD-6/1139491958.jpg
cool looking lizards... they are pretty tame but I got rid of mine cause it was terribly smelly and hard to keep clean! He actually had a name.... his name was "GODZILLA" haha

[TEHxFALLEN V1.2]

My car... has to be the weirdest pet..


But most of the time she's my other girlfriend, Caroline (:

LOL!

[mrbond]

I've had a snapping turtle...actually two at different times. Found them both just chilling in the middle of a busy road.
Had to let them go after they got to be 13 inches long because they were starting to snap at me. Good times.
Right now I've got a couple of cockatoos and several dinosaur bichirs.

[SLIK4]

I also had a pet turtle that I flushed down the toilet, ..thinking it would swim back up...

:bellyroll: poor little thing lol. how old were u at the time?

[PETERPOOP]

seamonkeys.

[AlexNet0]

my girlfriends brother had 3 or 4 ducklings that would follow him all over the house, take showers with him, etc, etc. I thought that was the funniest thing in the world

[TinyGiant]

i've grown up working at a pet store.. with an animal nut mother.. here is what i have had for pets:

hamsters
gerbils
guinea pig
rabbit
parakeets
cockatiels
green tree frogs
african firebelly toads
green anoles
hermit crab
sun conure
umbrella cockatoo
zebra finch
garder snakes
6 lizards i caught and transported back from utah then sent back
5 or so cats
german shepherd
chow mix
jack russell mix
cockapoo
3 ferrets
55 gallon reef tank
55 gallon fresh tank
30 gallon reef tank (current)
10 gallon reef tank
90 gallon reef tank
5 gallon orb fresh tank
90 gallon planted fresh tank
2 more cats (current)
boxer (current)

probably more i cant remember

[SilverBack]

:bellyroll: poor little thing lol. how old were u at the time?

I remember not using my toilet for 2 weeks straight thinking it would make it harder for it come back with every flush

Some 5 year olds should not have pets :laugh:

[BailOut]

I had a Praying Mantis for 3 months when I was in Okinawa. She hung out on a bush outside the door of the aid station where she hunted, and in the morning she would be atop the bush. When I approached she would stand as high as she could and wave her arms about. All I had to do was put my hand near her and she would climb right on.

Her favorite place to hang out was on my shoulder, but if I was holding still she always perched atop a microscope near my desk. She loved to snack on sugar water and to have her carapace stroked. At the end of each day I would place her back on the bush outside my door.

Alas, after 3 months I had to go to Thailand for 3 weeks. When I returned she was gone and I never saw her again.

[Sabretooth]

My Pet List: Stragest first
Common Green Iguana, named Spike, female grew to 6 feet long
Hermit Crabs (3)
Budgies (2) -also known as a Parakeet
Fish:
75 Gallon Saltwater tank, coolest fish was my Porcupine puffer fish
30 Gallon Freshwater
Like 2 Beta fish (Chinese fighting fish)
Dogs:
1 German Sheppard
1 Pembroke Welsh Corgi, current
Cats:
5 Domestic Shorthair, 1 current (My oldest cat was 22 years old)
1 Mancoon
1 Manx

Not all at once...lol

[mrbond]

Praying mantii are very entertaining, depending on the type. When I was at my old fraternity, we had this "hive" of those, and I would occasionally go out there and just interact with them. Lots of fun. What were you doing in Japan?
YAR1S - degus are really entertaining. My first roommate at my old school had one. We would always play maze games with it.

[custom Lftback]

I used to have two Sugar Gliders, they were pretty cool!! Their names were, Kiwi and Joey.
http://thegliderpouch.com/images/glider1_w600.gif

[jclo3313]

I used to have a Mexican Red-Legged Tarantula. Her name was Liberty. My spider accutally got mites that ended her life. I enjoyed my tarantula.
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[YarisPR]

I found one Earthworm in the backyard so I took- it in and had it for like 4 months...... but the ants got him.... RIP Jim

[YAR1S]

Praying mantii are very entertaining, depending on the type. When I was at my old fraternity, we had this "hive" of those, and I would occasionally go out there and just interact with them. Lots of fun. What were you doing in Japan?
YAR1S - degus are really entertaining. My first roommate at my old school had one. We would always play maze games with it.

yeah they are cute creatures... they make the weirdest noises.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubXooY71Rdc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YH4J-fPhE4

[TEHxFALLEN V1.2]

I had a Praying Mantis for 3 months when I was in Okinawa. She hung out on a bush outside the door of the aid station where she hunted, and in the morning she would be atop the bush. When I approached she would stand as high as she could and wave her arms about. All I had to do was put my hand near her and she would climb right on.

Her favorite place to hang out was on my shoulder, but if I was holding still she always perched atop a microscope near my desk. She loved to snack on sugar water and to have her carapace stroked. At the end of each day I would place her back on the bush outside my door.

Alas, after 3 months I had to go to Thailand for 3 weeks. When I returned she was gone and I never saw her again.

Aww.. this short story was so touching and cute :smile: Never knew that a praying mantis could be such a friendly pet.

I found one Earthworm in the backyard so I took it in and had it for like 4 months...... but the ants got him.... RIP Jim

Damn ants! lol

[hatchbackkid82]

i want a pet hedgehog

[yaris-me]

Turtle.

[cali yaris]

Coco, my brazilian rainbow boa. Got her last summer as a baby, now 3 feet long. Totally sweet, very cool snake:

http://www.iherp.com/Gallery/89314/9771_29430_Large_HpKyMojsJ4OSli.jpg

[SLIK4]

Coco, my brazilian rainbow boa. Got her last summer as a baby, now 3 feet long. Totally sweet, very cool snake:

http://www.iherp.com/Gallery/89314/9771_29430_Large_HpKyMojsJ4OSli.jpg

i really wanted a ball python but because i still live at home with my parents (19 years old) my mom wouldn't allow it. very nice snake btw:w00t:

[RogueYaris]

I once had a 6ft burmese python that I fed 4lb rabbits.