Boring pets

KKkitty · 31-12-2014 7:10pm #1

I have fish in a tank and find them boring enough. What other pets can be deemed as boring?

beertons · 31-12-2014 7:12pm

Get some more fish. It's probably lonely.

Sheep Lover · 31-12-2014 7:14pm

Put a ring of fire in the tank and watch the fish jump through it

AdFundum · 31-12-2014 7:15pm

Rocks

KKkitty · 31-12-2014 7:15pm

beertons wrote: »

Get some more fish. It's probably lonely.

Have about 10 in the tank now. Apart from feeding and cleaning out the tank there's no other real interaction with them. It's not like you can take them out and play with them.

syklops · 31-12-2014 7:16pm

Cats. Its all me me me.

dmc17 · 31-12-2014 7:16pm

KKkitty wrote: »

Have about 10 in the tank now. Apart from feeding and cleaning out the tank there's no other real interaction with them. It's not like you can take them out and play with them.

Go in and swim around with them. They probably think you're boring too!

The Peanut · 31-12-2014 7:17pm

I've a gimp in the cellar. Seems to recoil everytime I visit.

AdFundum · 31-12-2014 7:18pm

KKkitty wrote: »

Have about 10 in the tank now. Apart from feeding and cleaning out the tank there's no other real interaction with them. It's not like you can take them out and play with them.

For me, the fascination with fish is the creation of a miniature Eco system. it's like permaculture in a glass tank.

KKkitty · 31-12-2014 7:18pm

dmc17 wrote: »

Go in and swim around with them. They probably think you're boring too!

I'd need a slightly bigger tank for that to happen haha.

DVDM93 · 31-12-2014 7:19pm

I wonder do the majority of people buy 'boring pets' like fish to function as a home decoration or something you can love and look after like a dog. Genuine question.

beertons · 31-12-2014 7:20pm

You need a piranha. You'll see them dance then.

Talib Fiasco · 31-12-2014 7:20pm

A foreign wife

_Brian · 31-12-2014 7:20pm

KKkitty wrote: »

I have fish in a tank and find them boring enough. What other pets can be deemed as boring?

Surely they have fulfilled your expectations?
Or what did you think they would do.

We have
2 goldfish - greedy and goldy, not so exciting.
4 chickens - kids love them and we get eggs 9 months if the year.
2 pigs - interesting creatures, fun to feed, kids named then rasher and sausage, to be killed and in the freezer in Feb.

longshanks · 31-12-2014 7:21pm

syklops wrote: »

Cats. Its all me me me.

That's because cats are bastards. All of them.

omen80 · 31-12-2014 7:21pm

What a stupid thread. Complaining about your boring pets?

You're boring.

WoollyRedHat · 31-12-2014 7:23pm

KKkitty wrote: »

Have about 10 in the tank now. Apart from feeding and cleaning out the tank there's no other real interaction with them. It's not like you can take them out and play with them.

I don't think you're trying hard enough. Dress up as one and throw yourself in the tank with them, try to get to really know them, understand their culture ya know.

Sir Osis of Liver. · 31-12-2014 7:23pm

My brother kept a snail when he was a kid.
A right boring bastard of a pet.

The Peanut · 31-12-2014 7:24pm

We've fish, cats, dogs, a pony, 2 sheep and a cow. Fish are relatively boring but good for teaching kids the responsibility of having a pet.

And they're easily replaceable....

First Up · 31-12-2014 7:25pm

syklops wrote: »

Cats. Its all me me me.

The dullest cat is more interesting than most people.

DeJa VooDoo · 31-12-2014 7:26pm

KKkitty wrote: »

I have fish in a tank and find them boring enough. What other pets can be deemed as boring?

Drain all the water out and it gets interesting....for a minute or two.....

KKkitty · 31-12-2014 7:26pm

My kids wanted them so we got them. Wasn't sure what to expect from them to be honest. Had a catfish in the tank and it was amazing to see that cleaning around the tank.

syklops · 31-12-2014 7:27pm

I had a terrapin for about 10 years. Some people thought her to be boring, but to me she was fascinating. Its a very subjective thing. Fish can be interesting or dull depending on which fish you have.

First Up · 31-12-2014 7:27pm

The Peanut wrote: »

We've fish, cats, dogs, a pony, 2 sheep and a cow. Fish are relatively boring but good for teaching kids the responsibility of having a pet.

And they're easily replaceable....

You think so? I find replacing kids to be bloody expensive and time consuming.

syklops · 31-12-2014 7:28pm

First Up wrote: »

The dullest cat is more interesting than most people.

Look everyone! Its a cat person!

First Up · 31-12-2014 7:28pm

Dead parrots are boring, unless they feature in a Monty Python sketch.

calanus · 31-12-2014 7:29pm

I loooove my brick!

SEPT 23 1989 · 31-12-2014 7:30pm

I would consider snakes and spiders boring but each to their own

Poor Uncle Tom · 31-12-2014 7:31pm

Anything from the taxidermist....

Karl Stein · 31-12-2014 7:37pm

longshanks wrote: »

That's because cats are bastards. All of them.

They can be but they can also be loveable, charming, and funny. Cats make great pets which is why they are the world's most popular pet.

Capt'n Midnight · 31-12-2014 7:53pm

Cats aren't pets.

Cats have pets.

And they find them boring.

KKkitty · 31-12-2014 9:53pm

Karl Stein wrote: »

They can be but they can also be loveable, charming, and funny. Cats make great pets which is why they are the world's most popular pet.

I have a cat. All lovey dovey and then we feed him and he's gone.

Day Lewin · 31-12-2014 10:00pm

Pet rocks was a real fad in the '70s

We once had fish who lived in a tank in the kitchen and they used to line up and watch US eating our dinner. Absolutely true fact.

One of them used to fling himself out of the tank sometimes and be found gasping on the floor;
And also our cat used to sometimes be found near the tank with wet paws and a guilty expression!

So he had quite an exciting life, all in all.

ShadowHearth · 31-12-2014 10:02pm

Jaysus, WTF with people and Fish Tanks these days. I know at least 4 people that got those stupid Fish tanks and spend a fortune on them.
1 buddy already sick of it and looking for someone to take it from him.

Fish, what a stupid pet!

stop animal cruelty · 31-12-2014 10:17pm

goldfish...never again

Karl Stein · 31-12-2014 10:25pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Cats have staff.

FYP.

Day Lewin · 31-12-2014 10:42pm

@ ShadowHearth, our "fish tank" was an old Ballygowan water-cooler; sort of a giant plastic bottle with the top sawed off.

No expense was incurred, LOL. Even the fish were pretty cheap. That same one, Rincewind, lasted a whole year - he had Fish Magic in his fins LoL, and nine lives like his enemy, the cat. I just gave him a fresh jugful of water every couple of days.
Oops silly me - #watercharges

Ihatecuddles · 31-12-2014 11:16pm

KKkitty wrote: »

I have fish in a tank and find them boring enough. What other pets can be deemed as boring?

It gets exciting when you teach them to drive it!

KKkitty · 31-12-2014 11:21pm

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

It gets exciting when you teach them to drive it!

Have tried but they forget it too quickly.

First Up · 31-12-2014 11:26pm

katemarch wrote: »

@ ShadowHearth, our "fish tank" was an old Ballygowan water-cooler; sort of a giant plastic bottle with the top sawed off.

No expense was incurred, LOL. Even the fish were pretty cheap. That same one, Rincewind, lasted a whole year - he had Fish Magic in his fins LoL, and nine lives like his enemy, the cat. I just gave him a fresh jugful of water every couple of days.
Oops silly me - #watercharges

No wonder he left

Mister Vain · 31-12-2014 11:31pm

Karl Stein wrote: »

They can be but they can also be loveable, charming, and funny. Cats make great pets which is why they are the world's most popular pet.

No way? Even more popular than dogs? :eek:

Hairy Japanesse bastards.

Capt'n Midnight · 01-01-2015 12:22am

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

It gets exciting when you teach them to drive it!

Actually ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbNmL6hSNKw

KKkitty · 01-01-2015 12:26am

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Actually ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbNmL6hSNKw

With my 10 fish they wouldn't know if they were coming or going in that.

Donnielighto · 01-01-2015 1:06am

katemarch wrote: »

@ ShadowHearth, our "fish tank" was an old Ballygowan water-cooler; sort of a giant plastic bottle with the top sawed off.

No expense was incurred, LOL. Even the fish were pretty cheap. That same one, Rincewind, lasted a whole year - he had Fish Magic in his fins LoL, and nine lives like his enemy, the cat. I just gave him a fresh jugful of water every couple of days.
Oops silly me - #watercharges

Did he take the Luggage when he left?

First Up · 01-01-2015 1:19am

Mister Vain wrote: »

No way? Even more popular than dogs? :eek:

Hairy Japanesse bastards.

When the cats decide to take over they will remember their friends. Mine are planning it now.

Woshy · 01-01-2015 1:40am

syklops wrote: »

Cats. Its all meow meow meow.

FYP!

I always think people who have snakes or spiders for pets are a bit odd, what can you do with them besides watch them eat other living things?

AlanS181824 · 01-01-2015 1:53am

Not a dog anyway!

KKkitty · 01-01-2015 2:13am

Woshy wrote: »

FYP!

I always think people who have snakes or spiders for pets are a bit odd, what can you do with them besides watch them eat other living things?

They're fine for a zoo type place but don't get having them as pets either. Suppose with snakes they shed skin but not much else.

KKkitty · 01-01-2015 2:18am

http://www.animalfair.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/545732_285722524836583_177387432336760_663409_452482755_n-560x401.jpg

Mister Vain · 01-01-2015 7:33am

First Up wrote: »

When the cats decide to take over they will remember their friends. Mine are planning it now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkMvKeX7erI

Oink · 01-01-2015 7:39am

Woshy wrote: »

FYP!

I always think people who have snakes or spiders for pets are a bit odd, what can you do with them besides watch them eat other living things?

I'm all for tolerance and all that but I'd wonder about someone who bonds with a tarantula the way I'd bond with a cat/dog. Each to their own I suppose.

Boring pets

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