Possum. Five possum. I love them.
Spiders. I have, on more than one occation, collected spiders at work to stock up on the ones that died at home.
Unbelievably based
Lemur.
Growing up, some friends had a house kangaroo. It was afraid of everyone but them. Sometimes when visiting I’d find it on the couch and it’d sorta have a low key “oh fuck people” reaction, get up and hop off.
Edit: There’s a nice story of one night the old bloke saw the roo grab and drag the labrador out of the warm spot in front of the fire only to steal the spot for itself.
These people also had a donkey that was welcome in the house.
Rural Australia in the 80s.
bunny
Elephant. Never met one outside the zoo, but I imagine they would be hard to say “no” to.
But then you wouldn’t be able to ignore the elephant in the room.
How would you get em in the house tho?
First thing to do is open the door.
Then get on the floor
EVERYBODY WALK THE DINOSAUR!
Sorry, I got excited that no one else said it yet.
Second step is to take the giraffe out.
Hey, someone got it
Yes. My other comment option would have been something about the footprints in the butter…
No no no, use the gate.
- Step 1: open door
- Step 2: ???
- Step 3: die
Raven if they were going to be chill about it.
They are not chill. They will ransack your kitchen
Spiders.
They protect my plants from gnats and hide out during the day to not disturb or frighten me. Best roommates I’ve ever had.
I’m down with this. I generally leave any spider smaller than a nickel remain where it’s at, and the others are placed lovingly just outside the door.
I have a rule in my house. Do not kill spiders. Reason: If there is a spider, there is something I don’t want in my house, it is its job to get rid of it. When the food is gone, so is the spider.
So I’m scared of spiders, but if they’re chill I’m chill too. So I just let them be and they usually leave me alone. And I hate it when somebody kills a spider, just want somebody else to take the big ones outside for me :-)
Nice try druid
Turtles. I can always trust a turtle.
It’s all fun and games until they bite one of your toes
I’m a falconer so I’ve let many raptors into my home and vehicle. Birds have very sensitive lungs so I do give a lot of thought to air quality in those spaces though. No idling cars or near them for a length of time, no candles, no teflon, that kind of stuff.
miniature donkey
Had a neighbor’s mini donkey escape last year and found it grazing outside our fence line. She lived in our front yard for several days while we searched for her owner. She was a Super chill animal who liked to stand inside a dog kennel we had setup.
I haven’t even met her and I already love her.
Guinea pigs. They are just the best things ever
Secomding this. My fiancée and I have a standing rule that if we ever find an abandoned guinea pig, we’re taking them in. We have spare cages and our two piggies would be more than happy to have another friend.
I’ve put turtles in the car several times, to bring them to water. Birds, we’ve taken to the seabird rescue. I think that’s it.
I’m not letting anything in my house that’s not reasonably certain to be housetrained.
I suppose if it’s a short ride or in an outdoor space, anything non-venomous and between the size of a fly and a goose is cool. (Bats are honorarily venomous, because they carry hella disease)
