Pets

Adam! · Post by **Adam!** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 5:08 pm

My tan-orange-marmalade meatloaf, Mr. Field, in his natural habitat.

Chester's favorite pastime.

mico saudad · Post by **mico saudad** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 2:01 pm

Caravan Ray wrote:Ferrets are banned as pets in Queensland.
So are rabbits.

I didn't think cats were allowed either, so are you breakin' the law or am i just a little ignorant of the complexities of Australian civil code.

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 2:30 pm

abecedarian wrote:
Caravan Ray wrote:Ferrets are banned as pets in Queensland.
So are rabbits.
I didn't think cats were allowed either, so are you breakin' the law or am i just a little ignorant of the complexities of Australian civil code.

No - cats have never been banned. But there are plenty that would welcome it (me included).

We got ours a few years ago to control the rats/mice in the feed shed on our farm - now we live in the city and the cat came with us - and now we have a vicious little killing machine as a pet.

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 2:39 pm

i would love to have a pet skunk, but most states have rules about them. some states you only need a license. others you can only have certain color skunks. it's weird. i just want a skunk, man.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 3:29 pm

the other day i had a dream that there was a skunk in the house (my parents' house). then it turned out that the skunk was really my cat in disguise, like some wizard had made her look like a skunk. and my other cat was disguised as a capybara (speak, the world's largest rodent!). luckily when i woke up they were as normal.
-bill

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 3:31 pm

i've heard that both skunks and capybara make great pets.

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 4:03 am

HeuristicsInc wrote:the other day i had a dream that there was a skunk in the house (my parents' house). then it turned out that the skunk was really my cat in disguise, like some wizard had made her look like a skunk. and my other cat was disguised as a capybara (speak, the world's largest rodent!). luckily when i woke up they were as normal.
-bill

If you paint a white stripe down the back of a black cat - it becomes very sexually attractive to French skunks. I think I saw that on a documentary once.

I would also like a capybara. When I had my alpaca farm - I always thought it would be cool to run a few head of capaybara too. And some free range guinea pigs. And a sloth. Sort of a 'South American Mammal World on the Gold Coast'. oh...and a Giant Anteater too.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 11:09 am

speaking of weird pets, i read a newspaper article that this guy had pet komodo dragons, and he died, and when they found him they'd been eating him. yuk!
-bill

ken · Post by **ken** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 11:34 am

HeuristicsInc wrote:speaking of weird pets, i read a newspaper article that this guy had pet komodo dragons, and he died, and when they found him they'd been eating him. yuk!
-bill

Now that is love.

Ken

pegor · Post by **pegor** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:07 pm

fodroy wrote:i've heard that both skunks and capybara make great pets.

My Mom worked as a Vet assistant in Oklahoma (in the '50s). They had lots of bizness removing the scent glands from skunks so they would be more pleasant pets.

insert Pepee Lepew plastic surgery joke here ( I got nuthin')

starfinger · Post by **starfinger** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:12 am

We have a hamster named Prudence.

She learned how to open her cage over the holidays, and escaped into the basement via the heating system.

Anyway, we just assumed she ate mouse poison and died, but a few nights later she woke me up by running around on top of me in the bed, and we managed to catch her.

If she escapes again, we're getting hamster poison.

-craig

Reist · Post by **Reist** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 11:02 pm

Caravan Ray wrote:If you paint a white stripe down the back of a black cat - it becomes very sexually attractive to French skunks. I think I saw that on a documentary once.

I think you saw that on looney tunes.

Niveous, that is a lot of guinea pigs. I've got two at my house, and I love them. Right now we're taking care of a dog named spud for our cousins, and he throws up all over. I really don't think I'm going to own a dog for a long time ... never a pit bull or anything. What do you guys think about people getting mauled by dogs?

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:02 am

people getting mauled by dogs is great.

bz£ · Post by **bz£** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 1:03 am

When Spud throws up all over, that's great too.

Eric Y. · Post by **Eric Y.** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 1:21 am

fodroy wrote:people getting mauled by dogs is great.

i had a friend in high school (coincidentally, his name was dan) who wrote a short screenplay called "mauled by dogs." as i recall, it was about a guy who got mauled by dogs. and then he got shunned by society for some reason and it was some kind of social commentary about stereotyping or something. he was a weird guy. for logistical reasons we never managed to film it.

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:27 am

you've blown my cover! or something.

Bjam · Post by **Bjam** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 8:16 pm

My cat could beat up your cat.

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 8:51 pm

my fist could beat up your cat.

dogs rule, cats drool.

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Thu May 04, 2006 1:08 pm

My ex just emailed me that our cat Kilgore had to be put down last month. Damn cancer

Something about having received many vacinations in the same spot over the years? Has anyone heard of this?
His twin sister Venus is still crazy mad and running around, though

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Thu May 04, 2006 1:31 pm

My condolescences, Roymond.

I'll ask my wife, who is extremely animal knowledgable, but on a quick google search I did find one story of a cat dying and the owner blaming repeated vaccinations on the same area leading to creation of a mass.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Thu May 04, 2006 2:27 pm

Sorry to hear it, Roymond. ...but that was one beautiful cat.
-bill

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