I’m not letting anything in my house that’s not reasonably certain to be housetrained.
I suppose if it’s a short ride or in an outdoor space, anything non-venomous and between the size of a fly and a goose is cool. (Bats are honorarily venomous, because they carry hella disease)
All the cats around us are mostly feral and won’t even come close. Letting them in would result in piss, shit, and marking everywhere. I happily try to feed them some treats here and there, but no way they’re coming inside the house.
Crow and octopus. Both are moderately devious without being prohibitively dangerous.
Crows or ravens are so cool!
Second both of these answers. If I was incredibly wealthy the first thing I would do is have an octopus pet.
miniature donkey
Had a neighbor’s mini donkey escape last year and found it grazing outside our fence line. She lived in our front yard for several days while we searched for her owner. She was a Super chill animal who liked to stand inside a dog kennel we had setup.
I haven’t even met her and I already love her.
baby raccoon.
Snakes, as long as they aren’t venomous
bunny
Guinea pigs. They are just the best things ever
Secomding this. My fiancée and I have a standing rule that if we ever find an abandoned guinea pig, we’re taking them in. We have spare cages and our two piggies would be more than happy to have another friend.
Elephant. Never met one outside the zoo, but I imagine they would be hard to say “no” to.
How would you get em in the house tho?
First thing to do is open the door.
Then get on the floor
EVERYBODY WALK THE DINOSAUR!
Sorry, I got excited that no one else said it yet.
No no no, use the gate.
Second step is to take the giraffe out.
Hey, someone got it
Yes. My other comment option would have been something about the footprints in the butter…
- Step 1: open door
- Step 2: ???
- Step 3: die
But then you wouldn’t be able to ignore the elephant in the room.
Spiders. I have, on more than one occation, collected spiders at work to stock up on the ones that died at home.
Unbelievably based
Any animal that doesn’t pose a threat?
Growing up, some friends had a house kangaroo. It was afraid of everyone but them. Sometimes when visiting I’d find it on the couch and it’d sorta have a low key “oh fuck people” reaction, get up and hop off.
Edit: There’s a nice story of one night the old bloke saw the roo grab and drag the labrador out of the warm spot in front of the fire only to steal the spot for itself.
These people also had a donkey that was welcome in the house.
Rural Australia in the 80s.
I’m a falconer so I’ve let many raptors into my home and vehicle. Birds have very sensitive lungs so I do give a lot of thought to air quality in those spaces though. No idling cars or near them for a length of time, no candles, no teflon, that kind of stuff.
Turtles. I can always trust a turtle.
It’s all fun and games until they bite one of your toes
I’ve put turtles in the car several times, to bring them to water. Birds, we’ve taken to the seabird rescue. I think that’s it.
