Thread: Not Traditional Pet

Nice one! Non-traditional pets can be the most rewarding.
We had rats for 2 or so years, and had a great time while they were around.
A housemate years ago had pet rabbits which were great fun, until they ate the door frame and lost us our bond!

Originally Posted by Toxic_Avenger

.......pet rabbits which were great fun, until they ate the door frame............!

Hi,
And the chairs, and any cable, (any size from phone to 35A stove wire) and carpet, and curtains, but they were cute.

Cheers

A friend had two emus, Fred and Mary. They were good pets and no trouble at all. Very good watch dogs. Night time intruders got attacked. Mate learnt to destroy any eggs. Fred became impossible to live with when he was raising chicks. Kept the thieves away from his free range turkeys.

A pic I took in Qld last June.

IMGP0988.jpg by Ron Beckett, on Flickr

Typical of the GOV, the fine is now $60K.

Also Hare's do not get Mixo or any Rabbit related diseases.

We are having a fun time looking after the twins as well as our boy.
Over Christmas I'm going to build a big run for the boy with a mesh roof as they can jump well over 6ft high.

When we where in Birdsville i had a Rabbit stew pie, very nice i must say. I do not mind a little game meat now & then.

Cheers
Dave

I was told when a boy, by an English family friend, that over there, they would hang the(dead) hare until green, then cook it. Didn't sound very appetising to me....but I have never tried it.

Hare was a special treat on the table when I was a young lad - Dad usually got Rabbits off a mate who shot them, or even from under the car if he’d hit them himself - but the odd Hare was also presented and made a very tasty stew. Much stronger flavour than Rabbit, but spitting the shot out into a central plate was still as much fun - the one that’s got the most shot in his Dinner got 5 cents extra pocket money. 👍😊

Originally Posted by Homestar

spitting the shot out into a central plate was still as much fun - the one that’s got the most shot in his Dinner got 5 cents extra pocket money. 👍😊

5c extra to make up for the inevitable lead poisoning, I bet!