What's the most unique pet you've ever owned?

[Yorkiedaze]

We raised a barn owl from the time it was just covered in down, but we released it after it was old enough.

[Mom2BabyNatalie]

Okay, well... besides Natalie... I took in, rehab'd and released a wonderful little wild raccoon a couple summers ago.... she was attacked by a neighbors dog and left for dead in our yard.

Probably wasn't the smartest thing for me to do, considering... but we lived out in the boonies and it would have taken hours, if not days - for the game ranger to come out and get her.... not to mention, they likely would have just put her down.... the dog had essentially taken her tail completely off... it was holding on by nothing but a few tendons... and she had puncture wounds all over her lil' body... she was in bad shape....

I had her 6 months before they finally forced me to release her... (state law)

[Mom2BabyNatalie]

a couple more....

[sweetr72]

Awwww what a cute racoon!! I bet you were sad after 6 months of having her...

I am amazed at all the "pets" people have had...fun thread!!

Dawn

[LuvnmyYorkie]

I've never had any weird pets, but my (step) grandparents had Mountain Lions. I think over the years they've had like 5 different ones. The only 2 I ever met were Rocky and Pebbles. They were mean, so you couldn't really pet them. But when my step mom was growing up, they had 3 others that were like dogs. They would sleep in their beds with them. They would raise them from cubs and since they had such a big family (8 kids), they became amazing pets. They have pictures of one of them laying with one of my aunts when she was a baby. They would play with thier collie in the back yard. Its even kinda weird to me...lol.

[chachi]

We have yorkies hamsters and fish but our most unusual is our aquatic turtle. When My Husband was younger he had alot of unusual pets including tarrantulas

[nvnvgirl]

Dena~ those raccoon pictures are so cute! Whatever happened to his tail?

[nvnvgirl]

Originally Posted by chachi

We have yorkies hamsters and fish but our most unusual is our aquatic turtle. When My Husband was younger he had alot of unusual pets including tarrantulas

What kind of aquatic turtle do you have? I'm looking for one that doesn't grow too big, LOL...I had 2 red eared sliders, but they got too big so my neighbor put them in her koi pond (which is probably where they basically came from; I think her turtle came over and laid her eggs at my house and Max kept "finding" these tiny little turtles, most of which were dead, but one of them eventually poked his head out and a couple of days later, I found another one "swimming" in our pool). I really liked having them but I don't want to get a huge aquarium again, so I'm trying to find something that doesn't get too large!

[Brianna2191]

Does anyone know of a land turtle that stays small? I had aquatic turtles when I was younger, but I really don't like cleaning aquariums and such.

[xLoLa]

few years ago i found a baby squirrel, it was so small, soo cute, took care of it for about 4 months then let it go.

[sweetie3]

I had an Iguana once.I use to take him every where with me.I always got a lot of attention when I was out with him.then I got smart and bought two more and got skin mites YUCK YUCK YUCK.I HAD TO GIVE THEM TO A FRIEND AND HE TOOK REALLY GOOD CARE OF THEM.TOO BAD WE DIDN'T KEEP IN TOUCH IT WOULD BE COOL TO SEE HOW BIG THE BABYS BECAME

[sweetie3]

Originally Posted by LuvnmyYorkie

I've never had any weird pets, but my (step) grandparents had Mountain Lions. I think over the years they've had like 5 different ones. The only 2 I ever met were Rocky and Pebbles. They were mean, so you couldn't really pet them. But when my step mom was growing up, they had 3 others that were like dogs. They would sleep in their beds with them. They would raise them from cubs and since they had such a big family (8 kids), they became amazing pets. They have pictures of one of them laying with one of my aunts when she was a baby. They would play with thier collie in the back yard. Its even kinda weird to me...lol.

amazing
WHAT!! OMG! I would love to see pics
I have always loved big cats.

[lunasmom]

I HAD AN ALLIGATOR AT ONE TIME.....

[labrown]

This is the weirdest thing I've got.

new fishes 016.JPG Mr Hawkfish. He is like a tiny prehistoric dude.

PIC_0007.JPG Some form of worm that grew out of the liverock in our aquarium. Now it has sprouted two heads out of the one tube, it looks like it has eyelashes, and it winks at you when you walk by. There are a lot of weird things in my aquarium.

[MeganS]

Hmm....We had a newt (how the heck is that spelled?) My brother brought it home from scout camp one year in a gatorade bottle (filled with water), he found it in a stream. Its name was "Sheryll" and it lived for like 4 years. Then I had a box turtle named Scooter. My old friend Kim gave him to me in 4th grade. Unfortunatly, he was rehomed during our situation. and then we've had a few frogs, gerbils, and other things of that sort haha.