What would you adopt?

OMG we would have quite a menagerie!! Mostly I'd want felines.
Caracal
Sandcat
Bobcat
Lynx
Jaguar
Ocelot
Pallas Cat

Non-felines:
Red fox
Fennec fox
Wolf
Raven
Quetzal
Shark
Dolphin

Originally Posted by Mom of 10 Cats

OMG we would have quite a menagerie!! Mostly I'd want felines.
Caracal
Sandcat
Bobcat
Lynx
Jaguar
Ocelot
Pallas Cat

Non-felines:
Red fox
Fennec fox
Wolf
Raven
Quetzal
Shark
Dolphin

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Exactly the same here, except i dont know what a Quetzal is!

Originally Posted by Bikeman

But a giraffe or two would be rather fun. I could saddle it up and ride it to the mall and back. I wonder how much they'd eat?

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i was reading this thread and started thinking (while reading ) what kind of animals would i want and i got to the above quote and nearly woke up my daughter i was laughing so hard . i got this mental image of a giraffe with a western horse saddle and a bit and reigns lmao

if i could adopt anything it would be a whole family of manatees!!!! and sugar gliders, and dragons(you have to believe lol) and a pack of wolves oh i could go on but i will spare you

Glad I could make someone laugh with that. Perhaps when the admin's find something other than the standard cat or otherwise oddball avatars I could perhaps request a Jerry Seinfeld avatar instead.

Wife also could spend hours looking at the naked mole rats exhibit at the zoo. Perhaps a colony of those would be a good addition to our home. The great thing is that they're probably legal to own here, and encased behind the glass (like at the zoo) they would fascinate our two cats (+wife). It would be similar to a larger ant farm.

BTW, to the poster a couple pages back who wanted either a tiger or a shark know that there are Tiger Sharks?

Originally Posted by Mom2SalemIsis

i was reading this thread and started thinking (while reading

) what kind of animals would i want

and i got to the above quote and nearly woke up my daughter i was laughing so hard

. i got this mental image of a giraffe with a western horse saddle and a bit and reigns

lmao
if i could adopt anything it would be a whole family of manatees!!!! and sugar gliders, and dragons(you have to believe lol) and a pack of wolves oh i could go on but i will spare you

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A snow leopard and a walaby. As long as they dont eat each other

White Tiger
Panda Bear
Wolf
Koala Bear

Ooh! I want a snow leopard too!

Oooh a tiger or a cheetah. And a wolf.

And a little family of meerkats.

Oh I don't know where to start! lol
I would say my top five are:

Tiger
Cheetah
Lynx
Wolf
Penguin

I'd have an arch here.

Originally Posted by lilleah878

I REALLY want a monkey. I've wanted a monkey all throughout my life. LOL! I didnt know there was an option to actually have one.

I hear they go crazy sometimes though, So I'd have to have some serious training. And I dont much think my kitties would appreciate a monkey. lol

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you never know... this one quite liked kittens and puppies

I met her and her owners in Cambodia.

Ooh, I want a meercat and manatees too!

I would love to have a serval cat, they are one of my favorite cats.

Originally Posted by ugaimes

After visiting the Big Cat Rescue in FL, I'd love a fishing cat, a sandcat, a snow leopard, and a white bengal tiger (which has always been my favorite animal). I'd also love a koala, a kangaroo, a penguin or two) and, for my backyard 500,000 gallon tank, a couple of manatees surrounded by tons of seahorses!

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Ohh! Ohh! Ohhh! Can I have a seahorse, too!?!? I have always wanted to steal a Lobster from Red Lobster when we are there so he/she doesn't get eaten. That sickens me to watch them while we are waiting for a table & then see my family eat them. I would use your tank idea & steal every lobster from every Red Lobster in the country!

I also want a mini rooster! They are so funny! He will be my guard dog!

I wuold adopt an otter, cheetah adn any cat that needed a good home!

I've always thought squirrels were adorable - I love to watch the way they move and play.

Of course, that's out of the question with cats & dogs, so I'll stick to watching them through the windows.

A couple of years ago, through volunteering at the animal shelter, I had a chance to help out a naturalist who was fostering an orphaned baby Barbary ape she had rescued in Africa. Her plan was to raise him until he was old enough to go into a zoo.

I had no idea what to expect when I arrived at her house, and I was pleasantly surprised -- the little guy was tiny, maybe 15 inches tall, all arms and legs, bright yellowish fur, very cute... and he liked me right away, which his foster mom told me was uncommon. He patted my face and kissed my ear and we were friends. He was very active, bounding and swinging around the house, and all in all, he was just adorable...

Until his foster mom left the room. Then he began to screech, and the amount of noise coming out of those tiny little baby lungs was ASTOUNDING. He screeched and screeched and screeched some more, until it seemed that there was nothing left in all the world but one giant endless SCREEEEEECH!

Fortunately, all the woman had really wanted was a chance to take a shower for the first time since she had arrived home with the baby, and this she accomplished quickly enough to leave my hearing partially intact.

I helped out again on another occasion, keeping the little fella in a kitchen at a car dealership during a fundraising event for this woman's ape-rescue organization. She came in as often as she could during the evening, but the baby remained in a state of all-out panic nonetheless. This time, he not only screeched endlessly, but also engaged in a very dramatic two-hour marathon POOP. All we could do was hold him over the sink and imagine the car salesmen rinsing their coffee cups there in the morning. ~ bleah ~

The poor little guy couldn't help it, of course -- he was a baby, an orphan, and he was terrified without his foster mom around him every minute.

I tell this story as a warning to those who might actually think of adopting an ape or monkey. No matter how dearly we may love such creatures, most of us simply cannot manage such a total commitment as they require. Although there are certainly anecdotal stories of successful adoptions, the most likely scenario is a painful and sad one for both animal and human.

Having said that... MY animal adoption fantasy involves three hundred acres of oceanfront land in northern California, maybe in Mendocino County, plus about a billion dollars. I would build houses for myself, my extended family, and a couple of special friends, and some guest quarters, of course. I'd fence it all in and add a free veterinary clinic and animal rescue facility, several barns, a visual arts studio where free art classes are given, and a theater-in-the-round where free concerts and plays are presented, and classes are taught in music, dance, and drama. And I'd build a small observatory and planetarium with scheduled skywatching classes, all free to the public.

And I'd have many indoor cats (including some Maine Coons and Norwegian Forest cats), several outdoor dogs (including some Golden Retrievers and Border Collies), a few cows, a few horses, a few sheep, a few goats, a few llamas, and a few buffalo (or American bison -- nobody seems to know which is correct).

Then I'd adopt some giraffes and some zebras and some springboks... and assuming that everyone would miraculously be friends and nobody would ever get hurt, I'd also adopt some wolves and coyotes, some whitetail deer, some elephants, some polar bears, some penguins, some tigers, and some lions. I'd invite some two-toed sloths to live in my trees, and I'd plant eucalyptus so my koalas would be happy.

And yes, like everyone else, I love little red foxes, too! I'd have a rainforest aviary full of tropical birds and flowers... and a lake where all kinds of ducks and geese and swans could live... and a garden full of the varieties of flowers that especially attract butterflies... and an orchard full of peach and cherry and apple and pear and pecan and pistachio trees grown without pesticides, so the birds can enjoy them, too.

And I'd have a railroad that runs through it all, not a cutesy one just for kids, but a full-scale railroad with a fabulous old steam engine like the one in "The Polar Express," so people could come and ride through my property and see all the critters. And I would be the engineer in a blue-striped hat, with one of my dogs riding in the cabin with his head out the window! :-)

Ahh, fantasy is a wonderful thing!

OK, Carol. If you build it, I will come visit, and I'll even bring my two giraffes. I'll tell the Mrs. to leave her naked mole rats at home (they don't travel well). The art colony idea is also a winner.