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I think I only met the fox once or twice, he brought it to our house on its leash. I remember it very well though. Not sure about the legality of ownership here in Britain but I've not heard of people breeding foxes as pets here.

I used to think that, but I couldn't be complicit in killing small animals and birds. I adore birds of prey though. Had a sparrowhawk crash land on top on my greenhouse once trying and failing to get a sparrow. She ended up in a bit if an undignified heap, not her best try, lol!

A girl up the road had several ponies over the years and used to sometimes bring her pony down to my house and take me for short rides. On holidays I'd go for an hour pony trek then barely be able to breathe for the rest of the day. It was pretty bad but I endured it just so I could ride.

That's still pretty cool. I always wanted foxes to come around my place in Florida. I had tortoises (endangered tortoises), buzzards, and possums, as well as poisonous snakes. We often could hear foxes but we never saw them.

A few friends of mine have owned parrots. I'm always nervous around them. I always figure they're gonna take a chunk out of my ear.

I haven't ridden regularly in about 30 years, if not more.

We used to have a lot of foxes around here, but I haven't seen or heard one in seven or eight years. They vanished when work was being done on the tram system nobody wanted. =(

We had pet tortoises growing up. Mine lived with us for 25 years before she got very ill and had to be put out of hr misery. We also acquired two strays, but only one is still alive now and lives with my sister.

Cockatiels aren't much bigger than budgies (which we've also had a lot of - my late brother-in-law had an aviary in out back yard where he bred show birds. I showed and tried to breed zebra finches). They do have sharp beaks though, and I was on the receiving end every time tee were claws or beaks to be trimmed. Worst of all though was a tiny stray lovebird I caught in the back yard one day. Vicious little beast!

I haven't ridden for at least that long either.

I heard foxes in the park this evening when I was walking Merlin. First I'd heard! That park butts up against a creek that runs to various woods throughout and outside town. I've seen an otter run from the creek and into the pond in the park and deer walking into the park, so foxes venturing in there wouldn't be a surprise. I try not to walk there too late in the evening any more though, I'd be too worried about spotting a coyote.

I never had any tortoises live longer than a year. The ones who lived next door to me at my Florida house, we marked them so we could recognize them. A couple of them were probably 30 or more years old from their size. WE were always most excited to see babies!

My friend has budgies currently. She's had them for years (mostly because she doesn't want to break her heart on rats again). She's promised when I move back to Florida that we'll put up a fence for my dog(s).

Cool, I bet they do venture into the park. You're so lucky to see an otter in the wild! I've seen plenty of deer and foxes, but never an otter or a badger. Running into a coyote would not be fun, I'm glad we don't have those here.

That's sad. One of our stray tortoises laid eggs one very hot summer, but nothing came of them. The weather here really isn't warm enough. My sister has a vivarium so the tortoise is cosy and doesn't need to hibernate. He wanders around the kitchen floor when she's home.

Budgies are great companions. Two of mine were strays found in gardens. We had a lot of budgies over the years.

I have spotted raccoons and possums in the park so foxes following them wouldn't be a big surprise. The deer made nests behind the house I'm living in currently one year - only for one night, though, and fortunately, because this area is pretty traffic-busy.

Yeah. I wouldn't mind having tortoises or turtles but I don't have the time/money to put into a safe place for them to live properly. Awww to the eggs.

One of my friends had a beautiful parrot land on her head when she was outside. No one ever claimed him so he's lived with her for about 30 years now!

We don't have possums or raccoons in Britain, sadly. Beavers and wild boar have been reintroduced in places, but nowhere near where I live. Traffic is always a danger to wildlife, sadly.

They're fascinating creature, but they do need the right conditions and proper care. Yes, it was sad. We did our best but I don't think they were fertile anyway.

That's quite the stray to acquire! We've had tortoises, a lost guinea pig, budgies, the lovebird I've mentioned before, and a ferret I found in the garden. Everything but the tortoises and the budgies got back to their owners. Good thing with the ferret because my rabbit did not approve of it being in the cage below his.

I'm not too keen on raccoons - fought with them on the roof a couple of times - but I do like possums. Mostly because they eat ticks and they're so ugly, they're kinda cute.

Traffic is terrible for animals. I always see deer dead on the side of the road when I travel to Kentucky (across the river) and have also seen dead coyotes - as well as raccoons and possums and a very few times, skunks.

Definitely an intriguing stray. The problem is, the bird only likes her in a household of four...plus all the other animals.

I'd just bet the rabbit didn't liek the ferret under it!

Raccoons I've heard can be a nuisance, but they're very smart. Possums are definitely cute, I wouldn't call them ugly. Then again, I've never met one in person, only on nature documentaries.

It's so sad to see anything that's been a victim of traffic.

Oh dear. Some creatures can be a bit overprotective of their chosen people.

Yeah, poor Misty was stamping all night. I didn't get much sleep either, I could hear him, but there was nowhere else I could the ferret where it couldn't get out.

Raccoons are kind of dangerous and can be rabid (as opposed to possums, who hiss and pretend to be dangerous - and very very rarely are rabid). I had a young possum eating my cat's food when I was younger. He'd hiss at us and I'd tell him he was silly and no one was going to mess with him. He'd usually hide in a box and hiss from inside it when we (me & my dogs) were outside.

It really is.

Merlin is! well, he's protective in the house. He doesn't like strangers (read: anyone but Mom and me) in his house.

Awwww, Misty. I know you guys are enemies.

Yeah, I tend to forget about rabies. Living on an island with quarantine restrictions has kept it out most of the time. Scary!

The possum siounds adorable!

Next door has a dog like that, but Scrumpy was probably abused, he hates men especially and is wary of most people except those he lives with.

Sadly Misty has been gone for some years, but he was a lovely rabbit, a big softie.

Yeah, I was shocked when I saw a video of a woman jumping into a pack of hounds to rescue a fox from them, thinking, "She's gonna get rabies!" Then I heard the accents and realized, Oh, British. Though I applauded her efforts anyway.

Possums are adorable for little golem creatures.

Merlin was probably abused. I think he lived on the street for a while. He's housetrained though - so he did have a family at one point. But he acts a lot like a street dog. I hope Karma will help him - I think he misses Rogue at least on some level.

My friend is a rabbit and small animals fan. She volunteers at the humane society so she can play with the bunnies, ratties, mice and hamsters.

Fox hunting is deplorable. We did manage to get it banned over here, mostly, but I think it still happens some places.

Two of my neighbour's dogs are rescues, and most of their cats we unwanted. The chickens are ex-battery hens. Lots of animal lovers around here.

Guinea pigs are my favourite pets. I miss having them but I'm not in a position to at present. Rabbits are my second favourite, but I won't have another. I had to put Misty through dental surgery so many times and I can't take the chance of having to do that with another animal. Too much to deal with now I live alone. My mum used to to help with the post-surgery meds. One person cannot do it alone.

I am very against hunting with dogs. I'm not too keen on hunting in general because I don't care what hunters say, they really have the advantage.

I have had a few rescue dogs - Callie, Chief, Pewter, Vinnie, Merlin, and now Karma. And the dogs I paid for, Frosteigh, Li'l, Dodger, and Rogue. All but Vinnie were Schnauzers. I'm rather loyal to my breed but I'd still love a Border collie if I ever get somewhere I could have that active of a dog.

I can understand that about not having another rabbit or pig. I get too depressed without dogs. When Li'l had to be put to sleep, I didn't get a dog for two years (I lived with my parents then and they didn't want another dog). It was a pretty miserable time for me.

Yeah, it's just so cruel. Hunting for food is one thing, but I don't think any kind of hunting deserves to be classed as a sport.

That's a lot of dogs. We only had one, also surprisingly named Callie. I've known two miniature Schnauzers and they were both wonderful dogs. One of our friends always had border collies so I'm very familiar with them. She and her husband were extremely active, loved taking long walks in all weathers, so they needed dogs that could keep up with them.

We've almost always had pets of various kinds, birds, cats, guinea pigs, rabbits tortoises, but now I'm on my own it's not so easy. I miss having a pet, but unless I'm in a position to care for one properly I won't have one.

Right. My brother and my nephew both hunt but they don't use dogs. And they do their own butchering and use practically everything.

When I was younger, we also had Lassie and Bruno, another Bruno, Frostie, and Stripper as dogs. All of them died from cars. :(

That's funny that your dog was named Callie, too! I named mine after the character on Blake's 7.

Lassie and Bruno (the first Bruno) were both Border collie mixes. Wonderful dogs. Lassie looked like the famous dog, Bruno looked like a wolf in miniature.

I grew up on a farm until I was 11 - so we had all kinds of animals (including horses, cows, rabbits, barn cats, hamsters, mice, and fish).

That's responsible hunting.

Cars are a menace to all animals, unfortunately.

I have no idea why my mum called ours Callie. She needed a name and that's what she chose. I loved Blake's 7 when I was a kid! Had a soft spot for Vila, lol! Avon was also a favourite.

Friends of ours had a dog that was supposed to be a Sheltie, but was huge and looked like Lassie. Lovely dog, but three times the size of their previous Sheltie.

My sister and her husband had a Bruno, a massive long-haired German Shepherd. He looked like a wolf, but he was too much for them with two young kids and he went to be a police dog.

Must have been cool living on a farm, but a lot of work with so many animals.

Must have

Yes, cars are rather horrific for animals in general.

Avon, Cally and Vila were my favorite characters in Blake's 7. I still have a lot of fanzines that one of my friends gave me, somewhere in my Stuff.

Our second Bruno was a German Shepherd mix. He was marked like a GSD but looked more like a heavy hound doggo.

Ours was a little farm (what they'd call a hobby farm nowadays). 5 acres of land, about six - eight cows, the two horses, the rabbits, the dogs and the cats.

They can be pretty bad for people too.

I tried to re-watch B7 some years ago but couldn't get past the first episode. TV these days is more action=packed, I think I've been spoiled for some of my old favourites where the pacing was slower. I should try again though. I'm sure the further I got into it the more fun it would be. I have huge stacks of cult TV magazines. At one time I was subscribed to at least five, lol!

Over here we'd call that a smallholding. =)

Yass, agreed. I was always worried about one of my friends who rode her bike to work every day (rain, snow, what have you) in a busy city. I would actually like to do that here - and my city isn't very busy, and there is a bike path mostly from my home to where I work - but drivers still don't pay any attention to bikes (except me, and I'm usually cursing at the bike riders because they're going against traffic or darting into it or right in front of me).

I have not seen B7 in...a very, very long time (probably back when I first saw it on TV)? I remember very much enjoying the fanzines. I think I have at least one of the paperbacks? (Or was that a Sapphire and Steel paperback?)

The series I want to see again is Robin of Sherwood. *siiiiiigh*

I want another little farm. I doubt I'll ever have the money to do that though, unless my coworker adopts me.

As a cyclist AND a driver, I know what you mean. I'm very careful of cyclists when I'm diving, but some of them are idiots. But then again, some drivers are too. One time the same post office van pulled out of side streets right in from of me twice in less than 5 minutes. I've lost count of the times I've had to slam my brakes on, or swerve across the road to avoid being hit.

I think I used to have a couple of B7 paperbacks, but I must have got rid of them for some reason =( I do have Sapphire and Steel on DVD though, and it's still just as good as I remember. My older sister was a bigger fan of Robin of Sherwood than I was.

You never know, it could happen, maybe!

I really want a bike so I could get a trailer and haul my dogs around for long rides. I think that would be a blast! I used to take my two dogs along as passengers when I was much younger in the metal saddlebags. They loved it. I loved it. And it seems like it'd be great exercise (again).

I found the collected Sapphire & Steel dvds at a book & music exchange store. I was very excited and I got it for next to nothing! I've only seen Robin of Sherwood available once or twice here in the States.

It's great exercise, but my hips are getting bad enough that uphill is for walking, lol! Downhill is the fun part. I bet your dogs would love being taken out in a trailer.

That's so cool! I hope one day you'll find Robin of Sherwood. The different region codes for DVDs are what cause the problems. It's no good getting DVDs that you can't watch.

Merlin and I walk pretty much daily but some days we don't get very far depending on weather. I figure I could get some good pushing in by hitching a trailer to a bike and riding around with two dogs in the back.

I do, too! I really loved that series (or at least the first two seasons of it with Michael Praed as Robin). Robin Hood has been one of my heroes since I was very very little and that visual versino of Robin Hood is my ultimate favorite.

...well, that and Disney's animated "Fox as Robin Hood". Because I think that started my love for foxes.

It would give you plenty of leg and back exercise, that's for sure.

Yeah, his dark hair fit the role better than Jason Connery. The Fox made a great Robin Hood too

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