Do you have a unique pet? Out of the norm?

[msW8ing]

Loving all the stories. Thank you all so much.

[Quintease]

I currently have two rats only one of them is ill.

Each time a rat dies I swear no more, but I always forget

[blackboot]

I've had aquatic frogs that I think are great stress relievers. I had a ceramic little castle in their tank and everytime they'd peek out a window from inside it--I'd laugh. I've loved many rats and think they are wonderful pets. My favorite male would play fetch and hide n seek. I also had a Double Yellow Head Amazon parrot who lived until her early forties. She was my baby. Last but not least, I've also had the joy of one Toy and three Standard Poodles in my life. I included them because Poodles are not really dogs, but are people disguised in curly-hair suits.

[Starbuck]

My German Shepherd, Apollo, all 104 pounds of him, sounds so vicious when he barks, but I tell you he's afraid of his own shadow! I can take him out in the yard and he won't leave the grassy area because he's too afraid. While my other dogs love to get in the truck and go, Apollo will get in but then it's like pulling teeth to get him out at any place other than home. So much for Pet Smart!

Now the funny part: Apollo can see and chases a beam of light on the floor, like a cat! He'll follow and chase that stupid light as long as you move it. When you stop moving the light, he'll pounce on it like a cat and start digging at it. I swear he could dig a hole to China! He even knows the word "light" and begins to look for it if we say it. I think my dog is a little off his rocker what do you think?

[CherylNYC]

I inherited my late girlfriend's disabled Maine Coon cat. He probably didn't get enough oxygen in the womb and was born with three feet, a slight head weave, and very slow reaction time. He moves more like a clumsy puppy. It took him a while to learn how to go in and out the back door into the fenced-in backyard, but he's mastered it fully now. If he were a child he would certainly be in special ed.

Bacchus is the sweetest, most good natured, affectionate cat I've ever known. He has no idea what claws or teeth are for. Caren found him on the street when he was far too young to be separated from his mother. She named him Bacchus because she was so happy that he survived.

[smouldering]

I don't know about Unique but as a kid I always had pets, hamsters, bunnies, lots and lots of cats and my dog Oreo that lived to be 19.
About 7 years ago I had two Ferrets, chance was a cinnamon and Luna was a sable, Luna was blind and deaf but got along just fine for 3 years and then she got sick and passed, shortly after she passed Chance did, he missed his friend and died of a broken heart i'm sure.
Over the recent years I've had a few rats and a mouse that actually lived to be 5!
I have a 9 and a half year old Golden Retriever and a 3 year old Puggle now

[Okiebug61]

My Jasper a standard dachshund watches TV and barks at any animal he sees on the screen. I can't even watch horse racing without him bouncing around on the floor barking wanting to play with the horses on the TV.