What if your pet grows and grows and grows ...

(08-01-2012, 02:51 AM)laurasav Wrote: Yes, I've heard about people ditching their snakes when they get too big & hard to handle. We've even had people here in Michigan, years ago, who bought tiny, baby alligators, but then let them loose into our lakes when they got too big and scary to remain as pets! That's a mighty weird creature to have in a Michigan lake! I know the DNR had to go catch the creatures. Not sure what they did with them - maybe gave them to a zoo. Maybe made alligator boots?! LOL
The big cats are always a problem when someone with too much money and no brains decides to buy a baby. They're very cute when little - but more than a handful when they turn into adults. Even the best handlers with the most experience with these large wild cats can find out what a nightmare a big cat can turn into. Remember Siegfried and Roy, and the near fatal attack on Roy by his beloved tiger, Montecore? No one should keep big cats as pets. If you have a large enough outdoor space to keep the cats in a wildlife preserve and have minimal contact with them, that's one thing. But to think you can keep them as house pets - no, not smart!

Alligator will not survive in Michigan. I've been in UP since 2004. Six to seven months of snow each year isn't funny for alligator. Besides, what are they going to eat when they get bigger? They can't keep eating white fish or trout, can they?

The problem with big cat is, they are strong enough to kill people when they simply hug you too hard. It had happened with tigers. One tiger gave his owner a hug, the owner died. Then cops came, shot the tiger. Then they shot the second tiger in the same cage, before they moved in to pull the owner's body out. What did the second tiger ever do to them?

With this 150kg pig, although there shouldn't be any aggression issue, if I were the owners I still would be more cautious than them. Just take a look at that photo with the husband sleeping beside the couch. What if the pig just simply roll over while dreaming? That's 150kg (over 330lbs) of pork. Can he handle it at once?