If anyone knows the truth about having strange pets, it's me. Ask any of the people I know, and they will tell you about the lovely (and wide) selection of pets I have had over the years. Having an out of the ordinary pet can be fun and a great conversation piece, but can also be very time consuming and tiring.
My first "strange pet", Thanasomis Ambre. Ambre was a scorpion, bought from the local flea market for $10. She was an emperor scorpion of about five inches long, from head to tail. While Ambre was cool to look at, she wasn't a very "cuddly" creature. I can account for being bitten or pricked multiple times during our short lived relationship. Ambre died after only being in my care for a week, and although I will never be fully certain, I believe it was from being mishandled by family members.
My second "strange" pet was a piglet. She was a Vietnamese piglet given to me by a man living in a nearby city on a farm. She was VERY cute and if you laid with her on the floor, she would nap with you and everything. She loved to have her belly and ears scratched, like a dog. The downside to Piggy (the name she was given), was that she was very tempermental. Piggy was not fixed and in heat when we got her, making her a very moody and noisy pet. After a week, it was decided that since I didn't have the money to have her fixed, I wasn't quite ready to have my own pet pig.
My third "strange" pet is a rabbit that is currently called "Bunny". She is a nine month old Lionhead rabbit (the fluffy type) with the personality of a young puppy. She is the friendliest rabbit I've ever been around, and is hardly skiddish at all. Taking her to the dog park or having friends hold her has yet to be a problem. She is very cute and sweet, but no one is perfect and Bunny is no exception. She, during the larger part of the day, runs freely throughout the house. One problem that I have with her is that she poops rather often. Luckily, rabbit poops are hard and easy to sweep up. The second problem I have had with her is chewing: she chews anything that can be chewed by her small teeth, such as boxes and wicker. To combat this, I have given her her very own basket, hay and old towel to munch on during the day.
Some more normal pets I've had are three different dogs (Hershey, Sanchez, Timothy), two cats (Fiestacat, and Coffee), a Guinea pig (Lump), and a hamster (Princess Peach).
