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I'll start. My girlfriend's cat never purrs or does the "baking biscuits" thing even when he is clearly enjoying the cuddles.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I have a rabbit named Saffron that honks when she's excited 🐇📯

[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Unusual overall? A lot, since she's a chicken, and they're batshit crazy.

But unusual for a chicken would have to be her habit of cuddling. She doesn't do it often, but when she wants to cuddle she cuddles the hell out of you she pecks my arm until I wrap it around her, then borrows her beak into the crook of my elbow then starts her little content chuckle/purr.

After that, there are only two rules: no touch, only cuddle. And no moving, only cuddle.

Anything else is met with an indignant rage that can't even be matched by a church lady at a strip club getting teabagged. There will be squawking, and you will obey, or suffer the Wrath of Marans (which rhymes with Khan, and the s is silent because it's french).

The Wrath of Marans is mostly just more squawking, followed by angry stomping. But it's terrifying if you squint really hard. Okay, if you squint real hard and pretend you've been shrunk to the size of a particularly small mouse.

The Wrath of Marans can also be doled out for other crimes such as; not surrendering the biscuit, not surrendering the peanuts, not surrendering the completely inedible piece of aluminum foil in your hand, or the absolute worst crime of all; Picking The Chicken Goddess Up to Prevent Her Pecking Things That Will Hurt Her. Which can be elevated to all caps as needed. Which is just the same thing with extra squawking and some growls.

You pull the string, the pointer spins and lands on: The Chicken says BAAAAAWWWWWWK! I WILL EAT YOU, PITIFUL HUMAN!

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

My dog has a foot fetish. My snake has an armpit fetish. We tend to find them both randomly staring at empty corners. Weird cryptids.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 5 days ago

My cat is obsessed with grooming beards. As in…will not stop until you force him off. My partner plays a little game where they fight for kisses. The cat will try to get close and groom his beard and my partner will take advantage of the closeness to smother him in kisses. The cat is not a huge fan of the kisses so they do this thing where they both waver in front of each other like cobras, both trying to find an in to kiss/lick. Sometimes when my partner moves in for a kiss, the cat will lean backwards and turn his face to the side, denying the kiss. Then as soon as my partner backs off, the cat quickly moves forward to lick his beard again. It’s hysterical and I never tire of watching the game.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

My cat only does anything a cat does...friggin weirdo, like licking his ass elaborate when I am eating.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 days ago

My dog refuses to poop in our yard. Has no issues in any other, just not at home.

Once, he had a diarhea and wanted outside. I was a couple of times in the span of couple of hours so I thought fuck it, I will use it - I let him out and thought when he can't hold anymore, he will let it out and I will try to make it a training excercise for him to see it's ok. Nope! Had to take him in the end because he was shaking in front of the fence gate, tail between legs, looking at me desperately.

So I had to accept he would rather die than to let poop out in his yard.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago

Our family dog learned to pee from a boy dog. She would squat and raise one leg.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

My cat used to sleep on my head / hair.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago

my cat poops before she eats. most cats poop after they eat.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 days ago

My grandfather's cat used to play goalie. She would guard some area, like a doorway and expect us to tty to toss a ball or something through. She'd then catch it and return the ball to us for more.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago

my cat loves sitting on pillows and even more so on the sheets if the sheets are open. hes hairy and sheds so i dont let him on there but he is quite persistent.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 5 days ago (7 children)

I have a cat that plays fetch.

It sounds cute, and it is - until he's bringing you q-tips he dug out of the trash to play with.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago

Every time my cat sneaks to our bedroom trash and grabs a q-tip, he SPRINTS out the room and we both yell “CONTRABAND!!!”

Our cats also play fetch as well! We have these shitty bouncy foam balls we dub “regular ball” that they’ll often bring into the room to have us throw them. We have to keep a bag of treats handy at all times.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)

One of mine does that too. He only likes sparkle balls or rattle mice tho, so no risk of gross items from the garbage fortunately.

We have a wood floor and his favorite thing is to have me throw it in that room so he can slide halfway across it while fetching the toy.

He has definitely slid into the wall a time or two.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago

Our tabby also loves to fetch and he prefers the rattle mice too

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago

We got some of those trash cans that have to foot operated lid and a pretty heavy spring on the lid, they've been super helpful keeping our dogs out of the bathroom trash.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Our dog does a front leg "handstand" to pee. I assume she peed on her hind legs once and decided keeping feet of the ground is a better plan.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago (2 children)

So - both hind legs are in the air, am I reading this correctly? Would love to see that lol

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago

I have seen this. It was a teacup poodle.

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