What's been your weirdest pet?

[sue666]

I love something a bit 'out of the norm' and when it comes to pets the strangest I've had is a piranha called Omar and a Mexican red-legged tarantula (no name). What's yours?

 

[clarkeuk]

hog island boa
royal python
Russian rat snake
creamsicle corn snake
but all in the past now ,just have a Lakeland terrier now

 

[Redron]

The missus............

 

[Dutto]

The missus............

I see that you are on the Isle of Skye ...:thumb::thumb:

... I hope for your sake that the missus is on the mainland! :whistle::whistle:

My weirdest pet was a chameleon that was shared with another apprentice and lived in our cabin onboard ship.

Opening your eyes from sleep and seeing what looked like a huge dinosaur walking slowly up the side of your bunk board is a shock not to be recommended.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I had an iguana for many years.

 

[Motorhomebrew]

Not a weird pet but I once had a jack Russell named milo like the one out of the film the mask. As he looked just like him. Only my milo was an absolute nutter. He was very temperamental. He'd let you in the house but the minute you stand up to leave you'd had it. My tip to anyone visiting was to wear thick socks and to bring a ball. Lol oh and to pray for courage

 

[cheapbrew]

I had a cockeral called Roger, a big Rhode Island Red, people gave him a wide berth, but he would come indoors and jump up next to me on the sofa and loved a stroke and would hunker down and go to sleep next to me, it freaked some people out when they visited and after a few minutes sitting there they suddenly noticed Roger fast asleep next to me!

 

[Cwrw666]

We currently have: 2 bearded dragons in the living room, a dozen or so fish, and a magpie that lives in a cage in the kitchen which is now 11 years old. And before anyone complains about keeping wild birds in cages, we've had it since it's parents booted it out of the nest and if we let it go it wouldn't last five minutes.

 

[Notlaw]

Never had owt unusual, but always fancied getting a parrot and teaching it to say "help, they've turned me into a parrot"

 

[sue666]

hog island boa
royal python
Russian rat snake
creamsicle corn snake
but all in the past now ,just have a Lakeland terrier now

I love snakes once had a pic taken with python around my neck, not sure what type but it had a beautiful yellow colouring. Now we just have a Rhodesian Ridgeback , a duck, and a dozen hens !

 

[sue666]

I had a cockeral called Roger, a big Rhode Island Red, people gave him a wide berth, but he would come indoors and jump up next to me on the sofa and loved a stroke and would hunker down and go to sleep next to me, it freaked some people out when they visited and after a few minutes sitting there they suddenly noticed Roger fast asleep next to me!

I keep Jersey Giants and a couple of years ago I ended up keeping 2 cockerels from a batch we hatched. All was well until it turned to Spring and whilst feeding them one day they both leapt at me when I wasn't looking! This kept recurring and its not funny with birds that big so I called on a friend to help them 'meet their maker' !

 

[Chippy_Tea]

As i said earlier i had an iguana, (couldn't post a picture) it looked very similar to these.

 

[murphysmum]

Well my cat (Murphy) is certainly weird - all knock knees, hooked tail and boss eyes, but its all part of his enduring charm! In addition have 2 gargoyle gecko's - Merlin and Baboushka who are a kind of breeding pair or would be if she didn't keep laying her eggs in the water bowl! Before she died during a shed had a pink toed tarantula called Molly who was a real cutie in her own way too. Would love to keep chickens, but its not possible where we live but one day!

 

[keat64]

About 20 years ago, I rescued a Starling that had fallen out of the nest and broken a wing. We kept him as a pet for over 12 years.
Starlings are great mimicks, so we learnt him to talk, he also taught himself the telephone ring tone, as well as the alarm set tones for the house.
He could meow, do a human sneeze, and swore like a collier.
He loved a bath, and would quite often try and take a bath in my pint of beer, telling me to p*** off when i tried to shoo him away.
Because he couldn't fly too good, we quite often let him have a rummage for bugs on the lawn.

His name was Jack.

 

[FatDad]

I've had corn snakes, bearded dragons and a red tailed boa. These days I have a dog and four cats.

 

[Hoppyland]

they both leapt at me when I wasn't looking! This kept recurring and its not funny with birds that big so I called on a friend to help them 'meet their maker' !

:lol::lol::lol:
Yep, had a psycho Light Sussex cockerel once. He was definitely a problem. Given the chance, he'd sneak up behind you, and attack from the rear. If you turned round, he'd give a perfect impression of a dedicated forager - hey look, some good worms here. Turn round again & he was suddenly 2 feet closer. But if you didn't turn round, he'd attack claws & spurs out. Nearly 10kg of evil killer wanting to take you out! Not me, though. Only the rest of the family. He really liked me - unless I put my orange chainsaw wellies on - Husqvarana ones. Talk about a red rag to a bull - he just went mental.
He tasted pretty good, though ... :thumb:

Yeh, Ok, he wasn't exactly a pet!

 

[sue666]

:lol::lol::lol:
Yep, had a psycho Light Sussex cockerel once. He was definitely a problem. Given the chance, he'd sneak up behind you, and attack from the rear. If you turned round, he'd give a perfect impression of a dedicated forager - hey look, some good worms here. Turn round again & he was suddenly 2 feet closer. But if you didn't turn round, he'd attack claws & spurs out. Nearly 10kg of evil killer wanting to take you out! Not me, though. Only the rest of the family. He really liked me - unless I put my orange chainsaw wellies on - Husqvarana ones. Talk about a red rag to a bull - he just went mental.
He tasted pretty good, though ... :thumb:

Yeh, Ok, he wasn't exactly a pet!

Yeh its pretty scary when they go all psycho and really want to do you some harm, I'm very petite only weighing 7st and even me armed with a yard brush they weren't giving up the b*******s !!!! lol !

 

[Dutto]

:lol::lol::lol:
Yep, had a psycho Light Sussex cockerel once. He was definitely a problem. Given the chance, he'd sneak up behind you, and attack from the rear. If you turned round, he'd give a perfect impression of a dedicated forager - hey look, some good worms here. Turn round again & he was suddenly 2 feet closer. But if you didn't turn round, he'd attack claws & spurs out. Nearly 10kg of evil killer wanting to take you out! Not me, though. Only the rest of the family. He really liked me - unless I put my orange chainsaw wellies on - Husqvarana ones. Talk about a red rag to a bull - he just went mental.
He tasted pretty good, though ... :thumb:

Yeh, Ok, he wasn't exactly a pet!

Aged about 6 when my Godfather took me to see his chickens ...

... where the cockerel attacked me, hooked into the back of my knees (between socks & shorts) and ripped a couple of lumps out of me!!

Move forward three months to when my Mum suggested that I went out with my Godfather to choose a chicken for Christmas.:lol: :lol:

I knew exactly which chicken I wanted so despite "It's years old and it'll be as tough as old boots!" I got my choice ...

... and it tasted just fine! :thumb: :thumb:

 

[sue666]

Aged about 6 when my Godfather took me to see his chickens ...

... where the cockerel attacked me, hooked into the back of my knees (between socks & shorts) and ripped a couple of lumps out of me!!

Move forward three months to when my Mum suggested that I went out with my Godfather to choose a chicken for Christmas.:lol: :lol:

I knew exactly which chicken I wanted so despite "It's years old and it'll be as tough as old boots!" I got my choice ...

... and it tasted just fine! :thumb: :thumb:

Revenge is sweet I love it lol !

 

[mike-os]

dumeril boa i guess