Crazy Pets

Have you guys got any crazy pets?

I do (did) and would like to share some tales of them:

The first is gerbils: we started out with two, and then we had 26 (an upside down family tree, if you will). They all lived happily until the great gerbil wars began, and they started killing each other off until there was only one or two left per cage (aquariums, of which we have several). They all live bitter lives until dying of old age.

The last one is not so depressing: We have some dogs, and we have built a dog run outside for them to play in. We had to electricfy (sp?!?) it to prevent the dogs from digging there way out. This made one of our three dogs very scared when he got electricuted the first time (he got shocked 4 times in couple minutes, since he'd run around and try and hide with his back against the fence, thus sitting down on the wire). So now, this dog has dug himself a nice little hole to hide in in there. Actually, it isn't little; it's big enough for him to go down into and completely disappear out of sight, and then turn around in! He's quite a good digger, and I saw him actually moving some dirt around with his nose!

Anyone else have tales of odd pets?

Crazed Rabbit

Well I had a 6ft black indigo snake, a few rabbits and ducks . A few turtles and Parrots, More dogs and cats than I care to mention. Ferrets, frogs and chickens for starts. My aunt had a monkey. They are the worst.

We had a cat who would climb up the wood beam supporting the balcony and scratch at the door to be let in, she would even jump off to get down! This balcony is pretty high up, at least 10 feet!

We also have a dog who has caught and killed numerous little critters, the most notable one being a wild turkey, which she ate all of (except a few feathers). She and our other dog may have also somehow managed to kill a deer today. Appartently while outside they were barking up a storm and my mom had to take a long time to get them in. When she did one of the dogs had a very fresh deer leg in his mouth, it is not deer season and we have not heard gunshots today.

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We had a cat who would climb up the wood beam supporting the balcony and scratch at the door to be let in, she would even jump off to get down! This balcony is pretty high up, at least 10 feet!

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Thats pretty common for cats. I had one that would go up on the roof on hang down off the gutter and bang on the window of what ever upstairs room had a light on.

My cat was in a car accident, and had it's tail run over. The vertabrae at the end of it were crushed, meaning the tip was immobile. The vet said to leave it, and see if it got better, but it didn't, and my mum and I discussed taking back to the vet to get the tip amputated. The following morning I woke up to find that my cat had taken matters into her own hands, and chewed off the tip of her tail by herself.

I've still got the bit of tail, and plan to make a key-ring out of it.

We've got two incredibly stupid dogs (hers, not mine!), one perpetually pregnant cat, two birds I hear but never see, and from two to four small lizards depending on the day. And crickets. We always hear crickets in our house because they're in the lizard tank. Very cool falling asleep on the sofa, -30 outside, and you hear crickets like it's summer. It's neat, and oddly comforting.

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Very cool falling asleep on the sofa, -30 outside, and you hear crickets like it's summer. It's neat, and oddly comforting.

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And why were you sleeping on the couch in the first place ~D

Our dog used to carry me around on his back when I was 3.

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Originally Posted by Gawain of Orkeny

Thats pretty common for cats. I had one that would go up on the roof on hang down off the gutter and bang on the window of what ever upstairs room had a light on.

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True, but it is still pretty cool. The posts are really scratched up by now, but the two cats we have now won't try to climb the, they are lazy because we have a dog door.

Cat's can be pretty stupid:

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i had a cool male calico cat that i named Chigger. the name was derived from a morning ritual we had. chigger would sleep on my bed...somewhere, anywhere. in the morning, he would climb up on my chest and begin 'stretching'. i mean, it was time to get the human up so he could be fed and let out. now anyone with a cat knows that when a cat 'stretches' it does so with its claws OUT. i would appropriately, immediately bolt upright in the bed, grab chigger and throw (not toss, but THROW) him across the room.

apparently, chigger found this to be great adventure and quite satisfying. after all, he'd created quite an effect, gotten me up, gotten fed, and got let out. the routine never varied. every morning....EVERY morning i would awaken to cat claws digging into my chest! and just to rub it in, if i had a woman friend over that night, he would NEVER claw her. it was always me....AND, the woman would always be outraged at ME (!) for tossing that poor kitty across the room! it just wasnt fair :)

but i really did like that cat :)

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Let see. I had a gerbil myself when I was a kid. We used to feed it beer and spin it around in circles until it shook.

Then it's hair fell out and it died.

But that was when I was a Democrat.



Now I have respect for all things living. That's right. Every Gerbil now has an equal opportunity for economic freedom through hard work.

Have may not be the proper description:

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I have two cats. One is intelligent, the other - not so much.

I have a video on my phone of one of them (the less intelligent one) jumping into walls. He seemed to think there was something in the wall, or on it, and he seemed to think using his head as a battering ram was the best way to get to it.

My more intelligent feline companion knows how to open windows, cupboards, he's pretty bright for a cat.

I have had cats all my life, both indoors and out. My family also had labrador
dogs when I was young. ~:cool: . Right now I have an indoor cat and a mini-
weiner dog. My daughter has a Leopard Gecko in an aquarium in her room.
We used to have an Iquana and a large box turtle too :dizzy2: . Each is a nut in different ways, but always interesting :inquisitive: .

My last pet a little shih' tzu (actually he was quite large for being a purebreed) was the most pyschotic animal in the world. We eventually gave him the nickname "nipples" because whenever I got in a slugging match with one of my brothers he would nip at you constantly, but to make his madness even more apparent, we'd beat the furniture and he'd go into an absolute frenzy, my older brother learned his lesson when he decided to egg him on, and he jumped up and latched onto my brother's nipple... thus his nickname. We never beat up the furniture again ~D

The small mammals of my yard have entered into a nefarious plot against my dog. Daily I let him out and he chases the squirels up a tree, then trys to climb the tree. Some of the squirels can fake him out running on the powerlines.
Also he seems to think he has thumbs, and has a habit of trying to grab people. Also picks up a ten foot stick(windstorm and branches) by the far end and walks around with 9 feet of it in the air, then falls over and gets confused.

I once had a guineau pig that attacked my dog. The dog (a border collie) tended to attack any other dog/creature/vehicle larger than it, whilst reacting curiously to smaller creatures.

It was a pretty crazy creature that towards the end of its life learnt if it didn't bark when someone came in the garden it could leap out on them and was much more likely to be able to get a decent bite in. I blame the owner.

The Guineau pig was one of a pair that were a bit like a double act. One was scared of its own shadow, whilst the other thought it was living out "Escape from Colditz" and had a bite first eat later policy to anything new.

All my other pets have been pretty normal, but I think I need to mention my friends chipmunks. Chipmunks are cool.

My 7 month old Irish Terrier, Lewis, barks at parked cars. He also once tried to run through a 2 and a half foot wide doorway, while holding a 4 foot wide stick in his mouth. He nearly dislocated his jaw.

My old dog Spot (due to the numerous black spots on her neck) had this really long running chain, actually longer than the house. She used to run from the woodshed at one end, have the chain go taut around her neck, go back, and do it all over again. ~:confused:

I have a 3 month old Golden Labrador :smitten: his name is Monty and he is very cool. Although maybe not that crazy but he does all the usual crazy dog stuff like chasng his own tail, tripping over himself, and playing with his cool squeaky toys. He is the best. ~:cheers: :bow:

I've got two pretty damn weird dogs. One is an American bulldog called Lucy (from the Beatle's song), who is quite mean to our slightly older beagly mutt called Rosie. Lucy has made Rosie's ears her chew toys. She likes to bark at inanimate objects, including bags, brooms, shoes, and my hair.

I've also got two cats... my cat is probably the weirder of the two. She is a bit over weight, and spends all of her time in one room, because she can't get to any others because she cannot jump the fences we have to prevent the dogs from chewing up everything in the house. Except one time, when we put flea medication on her, she ran away, and jumped the fence. I chased after her, to find she was drooling all over. Quite weird...

I have this striped 3 year old Great-Dane , named Dane

Now the thing is that sometimes he just totaly freeks out when we take him out for the daily walk, he just thinks himself smart by running really fast in circels - and he also likes running straight past you , or if you decide to move to the side, run into you. Which you really don't want - since he's an 80+ Kg dog...
Also he's afraid of almost anything that ; drives ( bike , car ) and makes funny noises ( vacuum cleaner etc.. ) and he really likes barking at the trash -can for some odd reason.
Sometimes he does act smart though, he can open doors with his nose, and even close them too. He's also very obedient , most of the time that is -and by that I don't mean he actually listens to what I say , only to the guy that feeds him every day , a.k.a my dad ~;)

Still, he may be stupid most of the time , he's still the sweetest dog I know.

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I just remembered another thing about my stupid dog. If you get his water bowl and put it up to his face and say 'do you want a drink, Lewis?', he turns around and ignores you as if you don't exist. So funny...i love that little sod.