Pot-bellied Pig: This pet says “attention whore” WAY better than dying your hair green or piercing your eyelids. When people approach you about the farm animal you have on a leash, look embarrassed at the attention as you soak it in like a vital nutrient…
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Hissing Cockroaches: The word “pet” is a hard one to define… but, you’ll have to disqualify any creatures that can get a restaurant shut down by the health department. Owning these animals indicates that your sole goal in life is to gross out girls to show that you “like” them.
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Duck: You got one for Easter as a child and your parents didn’t have the foresight to throw it into a dumpster before you got attached. Two years later, your bird-buddy “runs away” and your mom serves you a mysterious poultry dish with orange sauce.
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Jehovah’s Witnesses: Okay, you caught them fair and square by tricking them into your basement and locking the door; but, if you don’t get them out three times a week to run or chase a frisbee, they don’t do well in captivity.
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Wolves: Wolves or wolf-hybrids are beautiful and intelligent animals. They also have a strict hierarchy where the strongest and most dangerous member of the pack is in charge. That member is NOT you.
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Tarantulas: Owning a tarantula makes you look cool, but only if you have the narration aspect of it down pat. “Look at it, my dear, as it silently stalks its prey, coldly waiting for its chance to jump on and inject its venom into its next meal. See how its prey is helpless and even understands that it is doomed. Nature at its harsh core. Please, will you go out with me?”
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Ferrets: Wonderful pets that stink, bite and leave hairballs around your house. Perfect for someone who doesn’t have a rat infestation but would like to simulate one.
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Sugar Gliders: Who doesn’t want a flying opossum? They look so cute when they are sleeping… which is good because they are nocturnal, so you’ll be seeing a lot of that particular cuteness.
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Chimpanzees: Chimps are intelligent and can be quite loving. Like most pets, chimps have their bad days. Unlike most pets, chimpanzees might pull your arms and legs off during one of those days. Never own a pet that might maim you to avoid putting up with your nonsense.
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Turtles: Having one of these as a pet violates my first rule of exotic pet ownership: Never pay money for a pet that can be replaced with a rock. Owning a turtle as a pet is like owning a pair of locking pliers that randomly snaps shut on parts of you. They make great service animals, though. If you get just a little injured, say from a turtle bite, you can send it for help… and, by the time help comes, you’ll probably be living in a different house and with a tarantula…
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You know what my choice would be. And I’m rather disappointed my wombat didn’t make the list…
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Wombats aren’t considered pets… just giant weird-looking pig-rats…
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They’re better pets than Jehovah Witnesses and hissing cockroaches. Even you have to give me that…
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Given!
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Don’t let Rg fool you. I have it on good authority that her real choice for a pet is red squirrel.
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I refuse to like this comment on pure principle.
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Her husband’s choice would be a wild turkey…
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They do share a stubborn streak.
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I agree with Rivergirl, wombats are pets and they have deadly bums, so way better, put them on the list Charles or I’ll call Terse Llama 😤
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Terse Llama is in my basement keeping an eye on the Jehovah’s Witnesses…
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The tide is turning. Wombat lovers unite!
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Deb is from Australia. She might even BE a wombat…
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Even better!!
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Of course, but then she has plenty of time to plot
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A fellow wombater? Yay!
They are a most underrated creature. Perhaps we should start a club…..
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The wombateers???
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I like it.
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We could have a mascot – Thundabutt the Wombat (Thunda for short)
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Yes. I see tee shirts, keychains…. the marketing possibilities are endless. And later, we could branch into the fitness sector with a wombat buns of steel workout.
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I love it 😉
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When I was in college I had to live with 3 ferrets. The problem (for me) with said creatures was that each of their owners SWORE it wasn’t THEIR ferret that crapped in the corner so no one would ever clean it up. I really began to detest those little creatures. And their owners!
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That’s a coincidence. The only time I’ve known ferret owners was in the dorms at Texas Tech. I don’t hate ferrets anywhere near as much as their owners…
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I’ve always wanted a sugar glider or a tarantula (hey I would probably call it Ungoliant or Shelob), but we’re not allowed to have either here 😥 Damn border restrictions…
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You can make your own sugar gliders by sewing a piece of tarp under a lemur’s arms. You’re welcome!
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Having a pet tarantula would be great. We could go visit my friends that are arachophobes and watch them have heart attacks.
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I had a friend who kept two snakes in her dorm room in college. She’d go the the pet store to buy live mice for their meals. Apparently, during midterms one semester, she got a bit behind on the feeding and one of the snakes disappeared. She never figured out what happened to it.
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Store-bought mice don’t taste as good as the ones a snake can find in your crawlspace…
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They apparently are preferable to your cage mate only if provided with regularity.
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Exactly… like Frosted Flakes!
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