Strange/Funny animal behaviour...

[ChEEbA]

Just thought I'd write this after witnessing something one of my cats (phantom) does...I have a broom...like, one of the ones made out of natural wood-like material for bristles...and yeah, my cat eats it, sits there licking it, and occasionally rips peices off.
He also eats flowers, and the dead leaves that fall off my chilli plant.
Also, the same cat seems to enjoy going up onto high places, simply to KINDA ambush you - you see him, he sees you, he cries, and jumps down.
Oh, and he likes to eat very spicy things.

My female rats do this thing where they have stand-offs, if you've ever seen this, it's really funny...they do this when they're moved into a new cage, every time, I guess they're having power disputes - but they do this, and then start grooming eachother, then have another stare-out, then groom eachother....and so on and so forth.
That reminds me, my small female rat, wil groom ANYTHING, including the guineapig, which is such a stupid freak that it just starts squeeling in panic...but yeah, it's funny, the little one ALWAYS does the grooming, even with way biggest rats. She's a clean freak I guess - she's been known to give manicures with her teeth, and attempt to clean ears and hair before too.

The ferrets I own...well, they're just constantly doing crazy shit, waaaay to much to go into, but they're always entertaining.

My OTHER cat, Dusk, uses the litter...and for some reason, when he does...he scratches it around for like a half an hour afterwards.
and not just the litter, but the floor, and door of the enclosure it's in too. PSYCHO!
That, and, he usually sits in front of a column heater, he leans right up against it too, so much so that if you pick him up, he's unpleasantly hot...- he's grown so used to this that he even sits in front of it with a stupid look on his face, when it's OFF.

I used to have a great dog, Ned (R.I.P) a three legged cattledog/german shepherd, first of all, he could still run WAY faster than me...Also, he'd dissapear from my yard on a daily basis when I was at early primary school (he knew the area super-well) and would return every afternoon. One time my mother decided to follow up on this, and had a look around.
He was visiting a local factory, at lunchtime, every day. All the workers new him SO well...said they felt sorry for him, and fed him every day - Way to milk the sympathy, Ned.., anyways, this was harmless enough, so we let it continue - he always WAS a rather chubby dog.
Also, he'd sleep by my bed, and do that thing dogs do...yknow? My hand would be at the side of the bed, and he'd sit there, nudging it onto his head...it was funny, and cool...but goddamn sometimes I just wanted to sleep.

My dog Loki - as well as biting things like chainsaws (recently), lawnmowers and other noisy/mechanical things, he also attacks inanimate objects, such as swings in the park - if I let him go, he will literally spend hours grabbing a swing and trying to rip it down, put it this way - you DON'T want to be on a swing with him around. He also attacks trolley wheels - he even flipped one over once.
He also has this thing, when he's in the car with us, at stop lights, if there happens to be a bus, or a motorcycle - he wants a fight, you should see him, it's fucking hilarious.
He's a great dog though, the kindest nature you could ever know.

So, that's all I can really think of for now...I'll let y'all know if anything else comes to mind.
So, I'm assuming I'm not the only one in here that has witnessed some strange and funny animal habits - so, if you've got time, let us all know about some of the crazy shit you've seen in your time.

- B.

[ItsAlive75]

My dog Bailey used to jump up to look out the window, and every time he did he'd let out the biggest fart...

I bet that's what killed him.

[ChEEbA]

So, what...like, the fart launched him out the window?

Here's another one - My ferrets chase my cats. They're very fearless...it's always the funniest thing when you see the cats look at them like they're completely insane, and move away...sometimes phantom gets pissed off and tries to slap them, but they only seem to enjoy it.
The cats usually end up going someplace high.


SO, c'mon people - give me more.

- B.

[friday13thfan]

my dog Spike sleeps on top of my head/face every nite so i usually awake with my dogs ass on my mouth

[ShankS]

one of my cats drinks water from the raised birdbath... she stands on her back legs with front paws on the edge lapping away... the water must taste of bird essence lol

[ChEEbA]

the water must taste of bird essence lol

Yummy...
Yeah, my cat stands up on his hind legs a lot, usually to reach for something edible though.

so i usually awake with my dogs ass on my mouth

Yknow...you COULD probably shove the dog down the end of the bed...?



I know there's more people with animals here, so...lets hear it!

[urgeok]

i have a cat thats always done this one thing .. she stretches - a lot - and every time she does, she sticks one back leg straight out like a ballerina ...

i sort of forgot about it but when friends come over they always get a laugh out of it ..

[friday13thfan]

Originally posted by ChEEbA

Yknow...you COULD probably shove the dog down the end of the bed...?
know there's more people with animals here, so...lets hear it!

he is a yorkshire and i do but he comes up when im dead asleep.. plus like ewveryone should knoew yorkies are just little things. yet no matter what the size of the other dog he will chase it.. he picked a fight with a saint benard once kept nipping at the big guys feet yet he just ignore my dog lol. my dog is going to get him self killed someday

[Marroe]

Oh where to start...I'm petless nowadays, but I had some fun critters back in the day. I had a Vientnamese pot bellied pig named Lucy, who was a persistant ass jumper. I used to sleep on the living room couch and every single night she would jump right on my ass...and yes, it hurt my lil bum. I would throw her off, and she would jump right back on me every single time...we'd go back and forth forever before I would finally get her to come up and lay AWAY from my ass. She also hadda thing for ripping up tile, my mom sent her away because she ripped up the almost the entire dining room floor.
I used to fight with my cat, Sistinas. She liked to lay on my chest and watch my face...I'd breathe in and out a certain way just to piss her off, stupid of me tho because she'd attack my face everytime I did....but it was still funny that it made her so mad. I also used to cup my hand around her head, not touching her, to get her going...she would jump and wrap herself around my arm and try and chew the palm of my hand but her nose would be in the way, haha, that was great.
I had this parakeet who I loved, but he was so fucking stupid. He hated being in his cage, he'd try to open the door with his mouth and get out, but he'd get halfway out and get stuck...he did this like everyday.

[ChEEbA]

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