My cat died of old age and I decided I don't want cats or dogs anymore.
>Diurnal
>Fur
>Doesn't require tons of space like ferrets, I live in an apartment
>Is not a fricking rat/mouse
What are my options?
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I always wanted a ferret growing up. Do they really need a big house? Also don’t they shit everywhere? I had pet rats for years (some of the sweetest animals I’ve ever met), do ferrets treat the whole world like their personal toilet like rats do?
Degus
only dust bath is a bit messy but they're small so a big container will keep the sand in pretty well.
don't get a bird op. they should have never been domesticated. exvept for pigrons perhap. consider the chincilla
Fish.
This, get a fish tank and become /aq/ like me. Live out your god complex in a tiny glass box!
I am so sorry for your loss anon <3 Please know that NDEs are real and prove that there is an afterlife and that your cat is enjoying paradise right now <3
And NDEs are more real than this world, in every way. For instance, NDErs report expanded intelligence. One NDEr said that the greatest supergenius who ever lived, with the help of the greatest supercomputer of all time, would be immeasurably dwarfed by the intelligence she had access to while in the light, so much so that it would be closer and fairer to compare the intelligence of Einstein to that of an ant. Literally and seriously. And as another NDEr described their cognition during their life review:
>"I looked up, and saw four translucent screens begin to appear - and form a kind of gigantic, cubed box all around me. It was through this method that I was shown my life review. Without ever having to turn my head, I panoramically saw my past, present, future - and there was even a screen behind me that displayed a tremendous amount of scientific data, numbers, symbols and universal codes. I was in complete amazement because (as all of this was occurring) I realized I understood absolutely everything I was seeing - even in the most microscopic detail! There seemed to be no limit to the thoughts I was able to think or the ideas I was able to absorb. In this space, what we tend to think of as a limited comprehension or single-mindedness here on Earth, becomes truly infinite and limitless here! I kept thinking over and over how true it is what they say: that when we go back home - we all really are of one mind!"
From here: https://youtu.be/U00ibBGZp7o
Another way NDEs are more real is how one NDEr said that he saw more than 80 new primary colors in the NDE world, compared to the 3 primary colors we have here.
From here: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mysteries-consciousness/202204/does-afterlife-obviously-exist
So heaven is undeniably real.
Source of those people is trust me bro ?
just like how people on extreme psychedelic trips think they actually traveled through the universe
Rabbits
are for eating, not for petting
>*kills you're life*
Why can't there be an easy-to-care-for mammalian pet that cuddles, lives entirely outside a cage, and doesn't cause allergies to a large portion of the population or carry toxo?
Would a hamster take up too much space?
there's pretty much nothing that you can ethically keep that lines up with your requirements
another anon said birds but they are a huge huge money & time sink and are impossible to ethically keep with the space you have (also, not furry)
some anons are suggesting different small animals like guinea pigs etc but all those are going to have a much shorter lifespan than dogs or cats which i'm guessing is what's hurting you right now.
this might just be a time in your life where you need a break from pets anon. i'm sorry about your cat, they're great animals, it's good that it lived a nice long life though.
Chinchilla?
Chinchillas need to take dust baths regularly which is messy. Also if you look at them the wrong way they die.
>Also if you look at them the wrong way they die.
lol
Sadly, this is fricking true. Notoriously difficult little fricks to keep healthy AND happy.
Sounds like you just don't want a pet, then, since you pretty much locked off everything.
a GIRLFRIEND! Ha! Dweebazoid!
Similar situation. My issues is that I don't want something that will
1) jump onto counters/tables
2) get into my walls
3) require a cage
4) be primarily nocturnal (crepuscular is okay) or
5) be particularly large
So my option is probably skunk and that's it. My son wants a dog but that ain't happening, at least not until he's older and can take it for walks and clean its shit. I was thinking bunnies but he doesn't like how they look because they "have side eyes" rather than "face eyes."
I own my house but it's among the smallest in my development, measuring 700ft2 for the first floor and 450ft2 each for the second and basement, and I've no room for expansion.
>he doesn't like how they look because they "have side eyes" rather than "face eyes."
Based predator appreciator. Predators make the best pets. Get him a snake.
He wants something furry.
So do I, actually.
His mother wants a bird, but I don't like the idea of caging the thing.
No one wants a reptile or amphibian.
>Skunks can be pretty nice pets, but I wouldn’t count on them staying off your counters and tables if there is actually something they want up there.
Yeah? I knew a girl with a skunk and the thing couldn't get up or down stairs, needing to be carried. It just lived on the first floor and they kept the basement door closed always because they have shit eyesight and it could just fall down the stairs and hurt itself.
>Guinea pigs
Yeah, I had a dozen of them as a kid. I'm
He doesn't like them, either, especially not Abyssinian ones. I tried to push him towards guinea pigs but he simply wasn't a fan.
He really likes how stoats look, especially when they turn ermine for the winter but I explained that they can't be pets and we're not getting a ferret
My only experience with skunks is secondhand though my neighbor as a kid, but they definitely were capable of wedging themselves in a tight corner to use in climbing up the cabinets or pushing shorter stuff around to hop on top of to get to the table and higher counter. They didn’t bother if there wasn’t anything tasty up there, but they also had fallen off the same counter more than once.
Maybe 's friend's skunk was a striped skunk and the one
's neighbour kid had was a spotted one. Striped can't climb. Spotted will do it if necessary but prefers not to
Jumping spiders are furry, diurnal, don’t need much space, and aren’t rodents. Most smaller mammals that aren’t rodents usually require as much space as a ferret, if not more. Even small birds need a lot of space.
>jump onto counters/tables
Skunks can be pretty nice pets, but I wouldn’t count on them staying off your counters and tables if there is actually something they want up there.
Guinea pigs have somewhat more forward-facing and less creepy eyes than rabbits. They’re a bit too filthy to be entirely “cageless” but any short barrier that’s about 8 to 12 inches tall is enough to contain them. I used to have one of those slightly sunken living rooms from the 60s as their cage.
Birds.
A better job or the gumption to live in a town with a population under 1 mil so you can stop living in an apartment
>bringing up culture war talking points out of nowhere
take your meds
>out of nowhere even though he said he lives in an apartment
>>even though he said he lives in an apartment
they asked a question of what pet would work in their situation, and instead of answering said question, you had to screech about town/city sizes
>crying this much over seeing the phrase "I live in an apartment"
holy fricking kek. you fricking tourists are just the most pathetic "people"
btw i'm not OP. they probably left after seeing the diarrhea the tourists shit all over the floor
>culture war
>telling you to stop paying another man for the privilege of living in a stack of drywall boxes
>out of nowhere
>"i live in an apartment" - you
The fact is, you are a loser. No, you can not have big fancy pets. You can not have outdoor hobbies that are not allowed on other peoples land. You can not even work on your own car for thrift or for pleasure. And you may not be able to own more than one vehicle.
The simple fact is, you are not a free man. This has nothing to do with politics, it's an apolitical fact, you are not a free man, and you are worse off than someone who owns land and a house in every single way.
You are a slave. You can have fish, mice, rats, or caged birds. That's it.
>No rat or mouse
No rodens at all? This is kind of a beggers can't be choosers situation. All you have left are birds.
Guinea pig maybe, they're gonna WHEEK 24/7 and you'll hear them the entire time since you're in an apartment.
>Bro just be rich during a recession and buy a house and also find a good paying job immediately that covers all these expenses.
Tourists, like the Redditors they are, lived life on easy mode so they're unable to imagine living any life without a silver spoon in their mouth.
>Guinea pig maybe, they're gonna WHEEK 24/7
Mine only did when they heard things rustling or when my dad came home from work. One of them was obsessed with my dad and always wanted his attention and begged him to pick her up and shit.
They were otherwise quiet.
We kept them in a central part of the house with people constantly around do if they made noises, we'd definitely had heard them.
>bro just be rich
Bro stop paying for drugs, cars made after 2004, cable internet, tv, new smartphones… go to college or get a unionized blue collar job… never go to a restaurant again
Frick it isn’t hard not to be poor
you know its way cheaper to buy a house in the sticks than it is to rent a flat in your concrete jungle, yeah?