Can pilot's have pets?

[ibaflyer]

I have an indoor rabbit. No Barking, No Meowing, he is litter trained and if he would happen to leave me a little package on the floor, it is as easy as picking up jelly beans.

 

[Pickle]

We have a bloodhound (see picture of the grumpy puppy to left), a cat, and a Chilean rose hair tarantula. The cat is totally self sufficient, as is the spider (who just completed her first molt). The dog we keep in her kennel when we are gone, and if it is a work day we have a pet sitter come over and walk her.

And, BTW bssthound, BLOODHOUNDS RULE!!!

 

[WrightAvia]

my wife also feeds a small herd of deer

Evidently, they don't have the brain wasting disease in your state with deer. Here, they are eradicating herds of deer with sharpshooters and have banned the feeding of deer, in an effort to control the spread of the disease.

 

[bssthound]

Pickle's opinion is:

BTW bssthound, BLOODHOUNDS RULE!!!

Won't get much argument from me. Especially since the basset hound is a descendant from the bloodhound. Bloodhounds are among the gentlest, sweetest animals on the planet. Are they as stubborn as bassets? I don't see how they could be.

 

[Pickle]

stubborn

Yes, bloodhounds are stubborn. It is that "take charge of the pack" mentality. Ours is going through her "teenage" years now and challenging our authority. But you are also right about being sweet, she loves everyone she meets, canine or human.

 

[Geigo]

Well I don't have a significant other, but my dog goes to "Grandma & Grandpa" when I am flying. When I leave early AM he goes and crawls under the covers, or durring the day he goes to work to keep all their employees in line! (Before any work can get done he has to get a treat. First things first you know!

As for Bssthound & pickle, here's another vote for hound dogs...badger hounds!!!

 

[bssthound]

In my opinion, in a nutshell, there's no more correct statement than "man's best friend."

 

[singlespeed]

Vector4fun

I can send over a couple of buddies over to take care of those deer for you. They can really be a threat to you and your wife. There're really mean and all and besides their goooood to eat.
LOL

 

[Vector4fun]

I can send over a couple of buddies over to take care of those deer for you. They can really be a threat to you and your wife. There're really mean and all and besides their goooood to eat.

You'd have an easier time shooting me than my wife's house deer. She has her own S&W....

Last Dec, right after the rut, I got up one morning and counted seven bucks in my backyard. But I'd have to drive 100 miles out past Llano, to my brother-in-law's place to shoot one.

Lakeway has so many deer, they outnumber kids on bikes in the streets. But the cops out there are pretty up tight about rifle fire in the city limits. So, they plan to trap and transport a bunch every year......

 

[singlespeed]

Vector4fun

I don't have the heart to shot one, but my wife is real good at running them over. MCI has the same problem and they send hunters out there to get them. The meat is given to homeless people in shelters. I guess everyone wins except the deer. It beats an a/c hitting them

 

[WrightAvia]

The deer win singlespeed...because they don't have to starve to death during the winter. That is, if you have as many deer as what you're talking about.

 

[jetexas]

I had a pet fish once. I came back from a trip and it had commited suicide, jumped right out of the bowl. Poor little fish. I just didn't see it coming.

 

[NuGuy]

Hiya,

LOL, I had an Oscar once (a carnivorous fish). I would put guppies or goldfish in the tank to feed it, and they would jump out, rather than get eaten by "Mr Jaws".

But when he got a few, he would try to chew on 3 or 4 at the same time. When he spit out the scales, it looked like a cloud of glitter. All in all, he was a very mean fish, possessed of a bad temper, but he would eat anything you put in the tank (cat food, hot dogs, bugs, etc).

I was living in New Orleans at the time, and on Thursdays it was "Crawfish Boil Night". If you went by in the afternoon, you could get a couple of live ones (before they got boiled). I would drop them in the tank to eat the crud off the bottom.

Turns out, they moult their shells every few weeks. Mr Jaws knew this, and he would wait, and one day I would get up to find nothing but crawfish debris on the bottom of the tank. Oh well, live and learn.

Best,
Nu

 

[WrightAvia]

I had a pet fish once. I came back from a trip and it had commited suicide, jumped right out of the bowl. Poor little fish. I just didn't see it coming.

He must have come to the end of his rope.

 

[eddie]

I just counted, and since I got her at 6 months old, my poor cat has moved 13 times, including the domicile closure which required us to live in a hotel for a month!

It's a good thing she is so laid back.