Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 hours agoWhat's the most exotic pet you've seen someone have?message-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down11
arrow-up126arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the most exotic pet you've seen someone have?Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 hours agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squareBooBerry@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoI once had a friend that had a defanged tarantula. It was an asshole. He had several spiders, actually, and they were all not very friendly creatures. Some things should not be pets
minus-squareCall me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 hours agoRule of thumb in my opinion, if you have to perform body modification on an animal, it doesn’t sound like it was ever worth keeping. Clipping bird wings, deforming monkey thumbs, declawing cats, etc. make me cringe bad.
minus-squareFelixCress@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·19 minutes agoWhy the fuck would anyone declaw a cat??? Or the thing with a monkey? But I don’t entirely agree with you - with some pets you need to cut their balls.
minus-squareOberyn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·3 hours agoWtf … wy would you defang tarantulas ⁉️⁉️⁉️
minus-squarechremylus@lemmy.imontheweb.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 hours agoYeah rip my fangs out id be an asshole as well
minus-squareBooBerry@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 hour agoBecause they’re venomous. The thing still bit him from time to time, though. But without the poison.
I once had a friend that had a defanged tarantula. It was an asshole. He had several spiders, actually, and they were all not very friendly creatures.
Some things should not be pets
Rule of thumb in my opinion, if you have to perform body modification on an animal, it doesn’t sound like it was ever worth keeping. Clipping bird wings, deforming monkey thumbs, declawing cats, etc. make me cringe bad.
Why the fuck would anyone declaw a cat??? Or the thing with a monkey?
But I don’t entirely agree with you - with some pets you need to cut their balls.
Wtf … wy would you defang tarantulas ⁉️⁉️⁉️
Yeah rip my fangs out id be an asshole as well
Because they’re venomous.
The thing still bit him from time to time, though. But without the poison.