Interesting or funny pets.

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Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

Sooty was a mainly black Marino given to my mum by some bloke she didn't particularly like.
Originally she was our only sheep, and as such we became quite attached to her, and her to the food we gave her.
She had her own pen, as well as being let out on a rope.
I made the mistake once of putting my foot in a loop of her rope on the ground, which when she attempted to break the land speed record, gave me a lovely rope burn around my ankle.
Another time I held on to the end of the rope, which would have been about 30m long with her doing another speed run. My father takes much delight in recounting the story of how for a brief second he observed me being perfectly horizontal about 6 feet off the ground.
Then one day the rope took dads feet out from underneath him and he whacked his head on the ground rather violently.
But, she had personality. And a white fauxhawk.

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Hahaha I remember our dorset ram would chase me all over the paddock. I had a fair few bruises on my thighs as a young lad. Untill one day I jumped for joy when he was laying feet up. Only to find we got a ram with horns, yer they came off pretty quick! Haha

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Originally Posted by Judo

Well that was a coincidence... Just as I was reading this thread, our cat brought a piece of bark into the lounge room and proceeded to try and "kill it". :D

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Our dog does the same, although he chews it to a million pieces all stuck in the shag pile rug. "Oh no, not the shag pile!"

Our menagerie...

Ellie the Border Collie X Maremma (x German Shepherd we think)

The rest are "practical pets" (i.e. pets + food) ;)

Thought that last one was a Raccoon for a second :D

There's a cockatiel here which is intimate with blue things. It has its own old blue face towel so it leaves the dish cloth alone. It is also protective of the microwave and will swoop anyone who approaches it when the bird is out of its cage, unless it is walking around on the floor when it will attack your toes.

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Originally Posted by Plane Fixer

We simply have wild birds which sometimes come for a snack.
A rainbow lorikeet which adores grapes, he is a regular, some kookaburras which dont mind a scratch on the neck occasionally, a pair of magpies which sit on my knee and then burst into an earsplitting chorus, pied butcher birds which sit on my knee as well as a peewee which will sit on my hand.
Occasionally we have some drongo birds which will come and flutter nearly in your face for a small handout.
For a while we were wondering what ate all our small hot chillies and saw a few female satin bower birds taking them as also the cherry tomatoes.
We have just been away to Asia to visit family for a month and my wife said the afternoon she arrived home the birds come for a visit as they kept an eye on the house.

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That's pretty impressive. We used to have all types of birds come into our bird feeders. But never got that close. The big cockatoos would scare them off tho.

We have tempted them to us and it is a joy having a morning coffee on the back patio and have them come.
It appears that once we got the magpies trust, as well as the grey butcher bird, they all seemed to follow after that as I am sure other birds watch what the others are doing.
If the screen door is left open on accident the magpies will strut inside looking for us as if they own the place, while the butcher bird and lorikeet will tap on the window to get our attention.
A couple of time I have been away overseas at work and my wife has been feeling down she has said the butcher bird has sat on the patio table or the lorikeet has sat on her shoulder as if to say 'cheer up, we are still here' and they have lifted her spirits greatly. I am sure they can sense our feelings.

I think all animals know more than we think. My partner is due any day now, and digger often will come lay next to her and put his head ontop of her bump as if to get closer to bub, or protect them.

Having said that he does the exact thing when she has food, and gives her the big old puppy look haha

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Originally Posted by austravel

I think all animals know more than we think. My partner is due any day now, and digger often will come lay next to her and put his head ontop of her bump as if to get closer to bub, or protect them.

Having said that he does the exact thing when she has food, and gives her the big old puppy look haha

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Just for clarification, when he says digger is doing these things, its not me
I think his dog is also named Digger :)

Sorry Mr & Mrs AT, couldnt resist!

(Good Luck with Bubs)

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Originally Posted by digger

Just for clarification, when he says digger is doing these things, its not me
I think his dog is also named Digger :)

Sorry Mr & Mrs AT, couldnt resist!

(Good Luck with Bubs)

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Yehh,, but I can just picture you now,,,,,, food = puppy dog eyes :angel: