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Things Mammalian Pets Do That Reptiles Do Not...

Hypancistrus

Hypancistrus

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...and I appreciate it.

1. Shed copiously onto baskets of warm, clean towels removed from the dryer but not immediately folded. Thus, when you go to dry your face with said "Fur Towel," you get a mouth full of fur and feel compelled to shower. Again. :eek:

2. Poop on the basement floor when you don't correctly interpret the "dancing jig" as an I-Have-To-Poo jig and not an I-Am-A-Small-Stupid-Chihuahua jig.

3. Tap dance on a persons kidneys in the middle of the night in an effort to "wake the sleeping Huuumans" in order to play, beg for food, or simply to have the bed for ones own furry self. (If tap dancing doesn't work, try ear chewing or licking body parts that are sticking out from under blankets)

4. Chew the corner off of the fringe on the couch. Really? Is it not bad enough that the poor couch is sagging under at least 200 pounds of dog and cat hair? You HAD to chew the corner off, too? :nope:

5. Dig holes in the yard for the lawnmower (or person pushing it) to fall into, unawares.

6. Calmly lie down on ones feet, purring, only to turn into "psycho-kitty" at the blink of an eye-- leaping into motion, clawing all exposed skin in the process.


I'm sure you all can ad onto this list. :bang:
 
7. Wander around randomly leaving vomitus/regurgitated material around the house for the humans to step in.
 
Hypancistrus said:
3. Tap dance on a persons kidneys in the middle of the night in an effort to "wake the sleeping Huuumans" in order to play, beg for food, or simply to have the bed for ones own furry self. (If tap dancing doesn't work, try ear chewing or licking body parts that are sticking out from under blankets)
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I hate that! I have my dog in the kennel at night, but during the day, say, if I am laying on the couch....he always manages to jump on my stomach/side in just the right spot to cause the most amount of pain.
 
Hypancistrus said:
2. Poop on the basement floor when you don't correctly interpret the "dancing jig" as an I-Have-To-Poo jig and not an I-Am-A-Small-Stupid-Chihuahua jig.
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I know this all to well. My chi thinks if I have time to spend "playing" with the snakes, rats, mice or watching TV I have time to take her out so she can sit in the yard and enjoy the day/night. She is the slowest puppy anyone has ever seen, it takes no less than 10 min outside after a gallon of water and being crated all day to find the right spot. She is on her own time table.
 
Chew up houseplants.

Chew up plastic bags.

Vomit said materials on the floor next to the bed in the spot one first steps into upon getting up.
 
Require you to get a pet sitter for a lousy week-end away from home. Heck, I could go away for an entire week if it weren't for the furry pets or the furry snake food.

Bark at all hours of the day and night because a leaf fell off a tree or because the neighbor's idiot dog started barking at 3:00 in the morning because it trained it's idiot owner to get up that early to let it out so it could bark at a falling leaf.

Requires you to see a doctor and take at least a week's worth of antibiotics because it bit you. A snake bite requires only one good shot of "medicine" and maybe a bandaid to keep it a little cleaner as you finish feeding and cleaning.
 
Wake you up too early because they have to pee or are hungry. I like that my snakes let me sleep in. Heck, they don't complain if I'm a day or two late feeding them. The furry ones would never stand for that!
 
my mammalian pets get kicked and my reptilian pets do not, so for us soccer players it is better to have mammalian pets
 
Use cat litter boxes! Or, worse--DON'T use the cat litter box!

Which is why we no longer have cats :).

Dogs--roll in stinky and/or dead stuff. Drool. Bark. Beg for food. Eat what cats do--or should--leave in the cat littler box. Lick my mouth. Sniff genitals and butts. Jump up--big paws or little paws--and either scratch legs or clothing, or leave muddy paw prints.

Yeah, I DO love dogs. Why? Dog knows :).
 
Well, mine does peepee and poopoo when and where he is supposed to. I love that.
And he doesn't chew on or drag around anything.
He does like to sit in my lap and watch TV. And he has quite an attention span.

But like any dog, he loves the horrible cornucopia of smells of the dumpster outside, and loves to sneak in a long dashing curve...the trajectory of which 'connects' with the dumpster. Mr. Smarty Pants.

Oh yeah, and the nose 'in crotch' and 'up butt' part is annoying.
 
Eat anything and everything within reach, and sometimes what is not. I'd like to see my snake eat 3 pounds of brownies that are hidden in a cubby hole! And then end up vomiting said brownies all over the house, deciding that keeping everything one place simply isn't good enough.
 
I love the fact that I can ignore my snakes if they watch me eat, but with two dogs and two cats sticking paws and noses in my food, it's hard to ignore them.

Also, like gelshark, I have a tendency to kick a few cats. But it's really not my fault. Spook is black and going through that "every time you move I'll attack you" phase and at two in the morning with no glasses on and no light, I just can't see her.

Another thing. I don't mind picking up snake poo with my bare hands, but I won't do it with my cats or dogs. Is that weird?
 
pridecity said:
Another thing. I don't mind picking up snake poo with my bare hands, but I won't do it with my cats or dogs. Is that weird?
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Not at all, lol. I work at a vet hospital and I deal with dog and cat poop every day. I use gloves 75% of the time. Cleaning snake enclosures, bear hands. I never really thought of that before, until you brought it up. Pretty funny.
 
Tinkerbeller87 said:
Not at all, lol. I work at a vet hospital and I deal with dog and cat poop every day. I use gloves 75% of the time. Cleaning snake enclosures, bear hands. I never really thought of that before, until you brought it up. Pretty funny.
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Obviously I use paper towels 100% of the time, never bear hands. :laugh01:
 
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