What uncommon mammals do you keep (not dogs, cats, horses...)

[Cirith Ungol]

What uncommon mammals do you keep (not dogs, cats, horses...)

How are they kept? Do you have any funny stories to tell? What about personality, social behaviour shown towards you? Do they know any tricks?
Just come up with something to describe your pet and tell me why its a good pet to have arround...

 

[LPacker79]

My only "unusual" pet besides the snakes, tarantulas, scorpions, and roaches are my crayfish. But they're not mammals

2 Procambarus alleni....

 

[OldHag]

I have a goat...that is sort of oddish..I guess. The neighbors all think so anyway.
Meet Cootie!! My Nigerian Dwarf Goat
He rides on my 4wheeler with me. Goes hiking with us and carries our lunches.
He protects me from neigborhood kids by knocking them down and standing on them. He follows me everywhere I go and sits on my lap and sleeps. He goes down slides at the park and plays tag with the kids. Hes awesome!!

 

[Cirith Ungol]

The crayfish from outer space look really nice, but in this thread so far the little goaty takes home the prize! Too sweet!

Anybody there with possibly some rat stories? Chinchillas? Just trying to inspire the shy posters... there MUST be more mammals out there? Btw, I'm not really a bunny or hamster guy either bu if you have something interesting to say about them go ahead!

 

[Beastmaster]

Well, I've got a bunch of mice, that started out as food for my ball python, Clyde, but has grown into a messy sort of amateurish genetics experiment, as I've been enjoying watching various color patterns evolve through generations of snake food. I also have two cats, but I think you already said no cats - too mundane. I'll take my l.parahybana's urticating hairs over the scratches from my cat any day! He's the wildest pet I have...
Anyways, the mice make nice enough pets as they are slightly more interactive than a tarantula, but not nearly as cool. They have a sort of cockroach that you can pet with out feeling icky til it craps on you cool value, as opposed to a 9" tarantula that eats mice cool value...
Wrong site to be looking for mammal lovers... I love to watch my mice....get eaten! ;P

 

[MilkmanWes]

Sugar gliders and hamsters.

And my girlfriend, she is one of a kind and a mammal too!

 

[Melmoth]

I've always fancied keeping an armadillo. Has anybody on AB ever kept one of these armour plated cuties?

 

[Immortal_sin]

phew...armadillos STINK! They smell like rotten dead flesh, I would not want one for a pet lol
My weirdest mammal pet is a pot belly pig named Saucie. He does a couple of tricks, but mainly just hangs out.

 

[Zombie]

I have a goat...that is sort of oddish..I guess. The neighbors all think so anyway.
Meet Cootie!! My Nigerian Dwarf Goat
He rides on my 4wheeler with me. Goes hiking with us and carries our lunches.
He protects me from neigborhood kids by knocking them down and standing on them. He follows me everywhere I go and sits on my lap and sleeps. He goes down slides at the park and plays tag with the kids. Hes awesome!!

I'm green with envy.....I want a goat!


I have 1 ferret, Neitzche, who steals everything that, well, anything that isn't securely fastened to a surface....it's ok though, I know all of his hiding places....but then again, who's fooling who? I may have to aquire a crack habit in order to keep up with his antics.
I also have a cat, Norman, but she certainly wouldn't ever condescend to hang with the likes of me.

 

[Cirith Ungol]

Thanks for your stories folks! It's really fun to hear such things, yes even if this is the wrong place to look for mammals .

But Wes, where did you get the girlfriend? I want one! What size tank do you use, what do you feed her and with what hum and temp do you go?

 

[Spider-man 2]

I own a ferret, Lil Girl, who tries to eat chunks out of my siamese kitty. Also, she is psycho, curious, and nosey.

Here's a pic of her

I also half-own a squirrel, who lives at my brother's girlfriends's mom's house.

Here's Shelby,the squirrel

 

[Melmoth]

phew...armadillos STINK! They smell like rotten dead flesh, I would not want one for a pet lol
My weirdest mammal pet is a pot belly pig named Saucie. He does a couple of tricks, but mainly just hangs out.

Well Holley,that's put me off armadillos. Thanks

George

 

[Cirith Ungol]

I bet the ferret is quite the little tornado! Are the ferret and cat playing on that center pic? The cat seems to enjoy itself, that much (I think) I can tell

Very cute all of them. Especially the three on the bottom pic! What kind are the ones that try to eat the squirrel?

(I DO AM in a jokey mood right now... had a few newkies, so no offense )

 

[Spider-man 2]

I bet the ferret is quite the little tornado! Are the ferret and cat playing on that center pic? The cat seems to enjoy itself, that much (I think) I can tell

Very cute all of them. Especially the three on the bottom pic! What kind are the ones that try to eat the squirrel?

(I DO AM in a jokey mood right now... had a few newkies, so no offense )

Yea, my ferret is nutty. They are just play biting in the picture. Sometimes they get too rough and I have to seperate them.

LOL, I don't eat squirrels! I am on the right (the one kissing the squirrel) and my brother's girlfriend on the left. We are Homo sapiens, btw .

 

[Cirith Ungol]

Wes... btw, what are shugar gliders????

Spider-man 2: LOL, I don't eat squirrels! I am on the right (the one kissing the squirrel) and my brother's girlfriend on the left. We are Homo sapiens, btw .

How is the squirrel kept? Wouldn't it fall under some "wild animal" protection guideline? I dunno personally, am just curious. I guess squirrels too are rather speedy and wild. They look really cute tho! I'd love to have one, if I could train it to be nice to my furniture and other stuff (like if that was ever to happen )
Really nice!

Cirith

 

[Beastmaster]

Yeah! Milkman Wes, Show us your sugar gliders!! aren't they like some sort of flying squirel/marsupial? and don't they live like 20 years and need constant attention? I bet they're super cute!

 

[OldHag]

I'm green with envy.....I want a goat!


I have 1 ferret, Neitzche, who steals everything that, well, anything that isn't securely fastened to a surface....it's ok though, I know all of his hiding places....but then again, who's fooling who? I may have to aquire a crack habit in order to keep up with his antics.
I also have a cat, Norman, but she certainly wouldn't ever condescend to hang with the likes of me.

Well, after the "Mouse" incident in the petstore....what self respecting cat would!!!!???

P.S. I love my Female A. braunshauseni she eats like a WILD WOMAN!! shes great!! Thanks again

Michelle

 

[Zombie]

Well, after the "Mouse" incident in the petstore....what self respecting cat would!!!!???

P.S. I love my Female A. braunshauseni she eats like a WILD WOMAN!! shes great!! Thanks again

Michelle

Hey!
I should be revered in the feline community for that! There should be statues, parades, a key ceremony, and a holiday named for....

And I didn't know that was you who bought the A. braunshauseni, speak up next time!

 

[Ishkabibble]

I used to have a Racoon, then a couple of Ferrets, and the best "unusual" pet was a... Skunk. Descented. It was found by itself and my niece was a wildlife rehabilitationist and asked my older sister if she wnted it because she didn't have room for it, My sister moved and I cared for it for about 6 months before my sister got a permit to keep it where she moved to. Great animals, curl up on your lap just like a cat. Just don't mess with their food!

 

[Pheonixx]

well is a Chinchilla unusual? if so then i have one.

nah i really DO have one, and he is a crazy SOB.