trancejeremy
Adventurer
In college, one of my roommates had a cockatoo. While it was pretty neat, it was also messy as heck. If you get one, don't expect to get your cleaning deposit back.
Thurbane said:Cats - no. Sorry, I'm just really not a cat person. I dont dislike them as such, but would never have one as a pet. Either you need to keep them cooped up inside all the time, or you let them out and they go killing native fauna (it's their nature, so you can't blame them). Also, there are already a ridiculously high number of cats in my neighborhood...
Also, of the three animals I mentioned, my housemate is most comfortable with a lizard.
In terms of a parrot, I would like to spend a lot of time with it, and teach it to speak. The flat probably isn't big enough for a decent sized cockatoo or galah cage, so I'd be looking at something smaller, like a parrakeet or budgie. I'm told that parrakeets are quite good talkers.
I'm also told that ferrets are a lot of fun - probably the next most interactive mammal to a dog or cat. The smell wouldn't really bother me (my dog used to pong quite a bit, too), and I have a good friend who is a vet who could remove it's scent glands.
It's a hard choice...
Thurbane said:Fish - no. I've owned fish before. Too boring, die too easily.