Assuming time, money, living situation, and the law wasn’t a factor. I’d love a skunk. I’d name her Oreo and i’d love her and she’d be my best friend.
Dragon. And anyone who says otherwise isn’t being completely honest with themselves. Everyone wants a dragon.
The post doesn’t say anything about feasibility/safety, so unless you can find dragon tamers for hire and a dragon-proof construction company, you’d likely end up dead and/or with an escaped dragon.
Also, it was about any pet in the world, so I guess that requires dragons to exist somewhere, sounds like a gamble on if they do…
Dragons are also usually sapient, meaning it can’t be a pet, just a slave.
You say all that like my safety is a concern. Yeah I want a dragon, yeah I don’t care if it eats me. Either it’s a cool dragon and my best friend or it’s an evil dragon and I get to unleash it upon the world. I’m not seeing a downside.
What about an aboleth or a tarrasque? Either one would be pretty cool.
Hells, I’d take a flumph.
Can I have a dog-sized dragon? Smaug would not fit in our living room and our budget can’t manage dozens of sheeps every week.
Have you not seen Rick & Morty?
You slut!
My previous cat from childhood until my early twenties and a Savannah cat.
EDIT: Corrections of the sentence.
Opossum
A cat, because I love cats. But I live in the city, I think it’s not appropriate for a cat to only live inside an apartment, and you can’t avoid buying meat for feeding the cat.
cats should not let be free roaming though… It’s dangerous for them and the wildlife.
Roaming free is dangerous to all wildlife.
Seems as both are bad options?
It’s dangerous for… the wildlife.
That’s very location specific, and doesn’t apply to most of the world.
Outdoor domestic cats and wildlife: How to overrate and misinterpret field data
That’s not really a study at all. That’s just somebody referring to an actual published study and saying “I don’t think so”.
It’s more someone referring to a published study and pointing out that every single one of the news articles written about it are misrepresenting its findings.
I’d have my cat. If the devil came acallin’ I’d sell my soul for me and the lil guy to be immortal. I could spend eternity in his company and it wouldn’t be enough.
Me too. We’re having to put our little guy to sleep tonight, he’s too ill. They’re pretty sure it’s cancer, but he’s not stable enough for diagnosis let alone treatment. The poor guy’s had basically a soda can’s worth of fluid drained from his chest cavity twice in the last 2 months.
My sincerest sympathies. You can comfort yourself with the fact that you’re doing the right thing for him by ending his illness and whatever discomfort/pain there may be.
We had to do the same with our little guy last year. He had kidney problems, and we gave him a saline drip twice a day for about a year. He never complained. But at a certain point you have to consider that you’re just prolonging their suffering, as hard as that is to accept.
That’s him away now. I’m just happy he wasn’t hurting yet. With the way things were going he probably would have had massive heart failure which is hardly pleasant.
Here’s a picture of the wee man just before the vet came.
I’m so sorry. I hope you’re okay. I had a cat die suddenly a month ago and its been rough. Please take care of yourself.
My wife is hurting worse than me. He got her through the pandemic, and they really bonded. I opened the cat flap this morning and pulled out his food before I remembered he was gone. Been a tough Saturday.
Sorry about your friend, it’s worse when they go suddenly with no warning. Sending hugs.Sounds like you both have a lot of love to give. Hopefully both your hearts heal smoothly. One day at a time.
That’s so cute.
You haven’t considered the horrific things that would undoubtedly happen, especially given infinite time, if you were to follow through on that sale.
For the sake of good taste and sanity, I won’t list any here, but I’m sure your imagination can fill in the gap.
I, also, choose this guy’s cat.
What a classic
Even though I don’t really want to get a pet because I don’t want to get too attached and end up heartbroken when it dies! If I ever change my mind, I’d get a dog. I also really like owls in general, but I don’t want to get a bird just to keep it locked in a cage for the rest of its life just because I want to feel like Harry Potter lol!
Get a Galápagos tortoise. Problèmes solved.
i’d like a parrot or toucan if it had enough freedom. Unfortunately I don’t think you can let them fly around by themselves without them leaving you forever or becoming an invasive species. Very region dependant pet.
Honestly gotta have cats though. They’re so much fun and they take good care of themselves. I would similarly only have a cat if i had a big garden for it
birds are actually higher maintenance than dogs and cats, more medical costs since you would probably need a vet specializing in birds. also the more exotic the bird the higher the cost, probably cant get toucan or even most macaw species from an ethical source. because of the birds unique respiratory system they would be susceptible to whatever pollution or things you spray in the house.
Some kind of a wild cat like Ocelot would be cool assuming they could behave themselves but since they can’t, a normal house cat is just fine too.
Apparently Cheetahs behave a lot like housecats if they are socialised from very young with similarly sized dogs.
It’s like meowschwitz in here
I have answered this the same way every time I’ve been asked:
A great big fuck-off raven.
Like one you could ride?
No, just at the large end of the real-world raven size range is fine.
I’m not, like, going to Mordor.
Penguin. No reason required.
Approve.
Evangelion fan located
- Fox (they are so cute)
- Cheetah (pretty and pretty chill)
- Snow Leopard (beautyful fluffy cats)
Can I have a pet human or is that too problematic?
It’s called having a child, and it’s a lot different from any other kind of pet.
Is this some consensual sex thing? If so, will you care for them and love them?
On the advice of my legal counsel, I am choosing to invoke my fifth amendment rights.
In that case, yes it’s problematic.
A binturong. They have a fluffy prehensile tail as long as their body and they smell like popcorn!
Assuming time… wasn’t a factor
T-Rex
I want an emu. Specifically, I want to hand-rear one from the egg.
I’ve done this with chickens and ducks and loved it. Emus are basically just giant chickens anyway.
