Whats everyone's favourite animal and what pets do you keep or would like to keep?
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No question.
We have had many over the years, had to put down 5 so far, one is left...she is 20 and healthy and happy, but when she is gone...that's it.
I can't deal with saying goodbye and crying for days afterwards...just can't again...
Karcreat
Level 6
May 2, 2018
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it is really hard but I find the positives outway the negatives but I do understand.
Involved with animal rescues for a long time and have shared my home with fish, birds, reptiles, rodents, cats and dogs. Our dogs passed away of old age and now we're in a small place so constrained to cats. Currently have 4 permanent cats and 5 foster rescues. We help with wildlife rescues as opportunities arise although mainly by catch and transport to the rehabbers; sometimes with monitor in place.
pixiedust
Level 8
Apr 29, 2018
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I love/respect animals too. My favourites are sharks, sloths, snakes, and spiders. Currently, I have dogs, cats, guinea pigs, chinchillas, tarantulas, snakes, geckos, horses, and a donkey. I would love a pet pig and may be alpacas.
graceylou
Level 8
Apr 18, 2018
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wow, awesome. you got to get a pig
@LeighShelton I would love to but I already have a zoo as it is. May be one day.
I know what you mean. I would have so many dogs if I could @graceylou
@LeighShelton I have 4 dogs currently. I had 5 but we had to put down our old guy. I work with dogs and cats as well so I’m always surrounded by animals.
wow, that's brilliant, what a job. I used to have 6 dogs myself.
I love all animals, I would happy living in a petting zoo. The one animal I would love to have, but never will, is a parrot.i love birds.im not a believer in owning exotics , so I live vicariously on You tube.
Kojaksmom
Level 8
Apr 15, 2018
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birds need to fly
I have 4 dogs, 4 turtles, 1 fish, and 2 humans. Looking to rehome the humans and 2 of the dogs.
NothinnXpreVails
Level 8
Apr 11, 2018
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id love another dog
@LeighShelton the two humans and the two canines in question belong to each other
damn I don't want the humans
@LeighShelton me either
Hairy nosed wombat, I love them 
Andyg17
Level 5
Apr 11, 2018
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yes there amazing
I am owned by three dogs, but I love all animals! I feed and provide shelter for the neighborhood feral cats, (I've tamed a few and was able to find homes for them). I have a special affection for Opossums. They are so misunderstood! Marsupials are amazing! Many times I find opposums eating with the ferals, they are peaceful little souls. ♥️
Stephanie1961
Level 5
Apr 11, 2018
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I love most animals, humans and snakes are 2 I don't want as pets, snakes here are deadly and humans destroy and befoul their pen.
Rugglesby
Level 8
Apr 11, 2018
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As well as other peoples !
I used to live with a red bellied black and a couple of 6 ft pythons, they're not as bad as people think. No one's died of a red belly bite in Aus. since soon after the invasions my herpatologist friend told me, they've had the antivenom ages.
@girlwithsmiles I have browns in my yard occasionally, They worry me, had one in my house. I have 3 green snakes, I love them, a carpet python in my shed, he is ok for now. Yesterday I was called to remove a yellow faced whip snake from a pool. My last acreage was covered in large red belly blacks, as a kid I was taught the are "mostly" harmless, but they cause necrosis so not that great. Thankfully not aggressive.
Yes, I'm with you on the browns; they're a different fishy kettle Never come across a yellow faced whip, how cool! So you're not as anti snake as you first appeared. Cool.
@girlwithsmiles I don't like them as much as say cute little kittens, and I really do like the tree snakes. I won't kill a snake of course and am trained to rescue, rehabilitate and relocate non venomous ones. The whip snakes are very common up this way, both on the coast and inland.
I was at a meeting one day years back, a girl opened her car door and one fell out and bit her, no venom this time. They are not deadly, but very fast and usually bad tempered.
Gosh, well I hope I don't see one then.
A Pig. As Winston Churchill stated " It is the only animal that treats you as an equal."
VAL3941
Level 8
Apr 11, 2018
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yes there really intelligent too
Don't know about that. Sone Pigs I have met ( humans ) certainly lack a lot of intellegence.
As far as living today, I'm a fan of the skunk and okapi. I have 2 dachshunds and 3 pit mixes.
Fulishsage
Level 6
Apr 11, 2018
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me too
All my pets are rescues: Maine Coon cat, keeps me in dead mice and fur everywhere, one tuxedo cat, sweet, two chihuahuas- hyper and loud. I would like some sheep but don't have a farm.
Spinliesel
Level 9
Apr 11, 2018
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brilliant
@AMGT She lands on me like a ton of bricks!. Spends most of her day and night hunting in the barn............, then brings me presents. Her name is Hella, the daughter of Loki.
My favourite wild animal would have to be tardigrade or axolotl. My favourite pet is a cat, though I could keep just about any domestic animal save for dogs (I live in an apartment) or birds (just can't get into keeping birds.)
ETA:. Oh, and right now I live with a giant cat.
memorylikeasieve
Level 7
Apr 11, 2018
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My favorite animal goes meow.
indirect76
Level 7
Apr 11, 2018
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Humans?
I love skunks. They are amazing little animals.
JeffMesser
Level 8
Apr 11, 2018
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They are hilarious as pets, but a lot of work.
me too
When it comes to wildlife I am partial to species I have had up close personal experiences with. Without tipping all the way into Woo Woo, there's a spiritual aspect to that. So: great Horned owls, grizzly bears, elk, and great blue herons. As far as pets go, I'm a cat person through and through. Cats and horses. Our horses all died of old age, but we proudly are owned by a couple of sweet cats.
Rangepainter
Level 4
Apr 11, 2018
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wow awesome
My favorite animals are horses and birds. I am a fanatical bird photographer and have kept both horses and birds most of my life.
Photos:
1.Aguilah, my male Asian Fairy-bluebird here in Songkhla, Thailand.
2.Me jumping a log on my Walking Horse, Banjo, near Soldier, KY
3.Me at 14 years old, on my Haitian mustang stallion, Lightning, near Cap Haitian, Haiti
4.Me with my hand-raised Mitred Conure parrot, Pandy, my farm near Morehead, KY
birdingnut
Level 8
Apr 11, 2018
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very nice
Im jealous of you and your birds!