BlueLancer
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Further to UXB's comments a fully trained diesel mechanic in the same shape as UXB's monkey.
What is an ideal pet for a boat?
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Al Dickson
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We have two dogs on board and I don't find they contribute at all, get underfoot at the wrong time, need walked, will gladly try to throw themselves overboard at seals and sometimes howl at the neigbours if we leave them alone.
They also can't cook, sail or work out a course to steer.
SWMBO and the kids apparently "love them" but I can't see much point until such times as I am allowed to use them as Roving Fenders.
Perhaps we should get a ships cat and see what happens ...
They also can't cook, sail or work out a course to steer.
SWMBO and the kids apparently "love them" but I can't see much point until such times as I am allowed to use them as Roving Fenders.
Perhaps we should get a ships cat and see what happens ...
Baggywrinkle
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A hippo or an elephant. You don't need to reef early when you have so much moveable ballast. 
LittleSister
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We find our imaginary stick insect (named Robespierre), to be the perfect shipboard pet for a small sailing cruiser.
RobF
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sailorman
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A plastic shoulder-parrot, complete with white plastic guano-droppings and 'handler'....
Nice parrot
VicS
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I have cat and a parrot.
Not much to say about the parrot. Only speaks when spoken to, but I have had no mice on board since getting the cat.
Not much to say about the parrot. Only speaks when spoken to, but I have had no mice on board since getting the cat.
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mjcoon
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Years ago we were offered an upgrade to a larger flotilla yacht. The downside was that we had to co-operate in cockroach eradication from said boat. They were nesting around the calorifier under the cabin sole.
The yacht (Island 390 "Jacaranda") was one which had been on the front of the company's brochure a few years before. What a come down!
Mike.
Searush
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I have pet Barney Kulls living in a garden under my boat. They're not much trouble at all, they feed themselves, don't need walking & are toilet trained.
Jenaline IV
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A stuffed one
AntarcticPilot
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Pet rocks were once popular! Ideal for a yacht; don't smell, don't need toilet outings, don't eat, don't drop fur, don't get seasick. And as a one-time geologist I have to say, full of a certain quiet interest!
salinia
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jheynder
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wazza
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Always fancied having an Alligator aboard... no alarm needed.. ok maybe I'd need to change my boat to an Endeavor 38 and my mooring to somewhere like Miami, but so what
Searush
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Hmmm, it now turns out we maybe teaching a middle-aged Jack Russell to sail & swim next year.
Her ratting abilities may be useful around the house, but not sure about how she will cope with meeting a boat for the first time in her life (age 5-6 ish).
Her ratting abilities may be useful around the house, but not sure about how she will cope with meeting a boat for the first time in her life (age 5-6 ish).
mjcoon
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I have no especial fondness for dogs, but aren't Jack Russells famous for their overweening self-confidence and willingness to take on much bigger dogs. So hopefully a yacht would hold no terrors (or terriers)...
Mike.
Nostrodamus
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I had a mouse but the dam thing gave up on me when I had a furious internet session
Topcat47
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I have a small teddy bear (my wife bought it from the RNLI as a mascot). It's ideal and has kept my boat free from thieves, cockies and rats ever since (or so Swmbo aleges).
mandlmaunder
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Just done the same thing with a four year old and she took to boat life in a few days, she didn't have a problem where she was and as long as she was feed and walked at around the same times as on land she was fine.
Mark
Searush
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Cheers, we'll see how she copes with a new house & family first.
I'm a firm believer in one thing at a time!