Low maintenance pet: what about a Cactus?

Taskmaster · 10-10-2016, 02:22 PM

Preferably one I can raise and eat it's fruit...or it eventually. Any ideas?

jpnh · 10-10-2016, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by TheAxiom

Preferably one I can raise and eat it's fruit...or it eventually. Any ideas?

I think it would be a much better choice than a cat

F30lolz · 10-10-2016, 02:26 PM

I have three of them and they all share the same name, pricky.

Umi|all|day · 10-10-2016, 02:27 PM

A piglet

Taskmaster · 10-10-2016, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by jpnh

I think it would be a much better choice than a cat

I thought the same thing.

Taskmaster · 10-10-2016, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by F30lolz

I have three of them and they all share the same name, pricky.

I was thinking 'Fred' personally, but I like that name. Are they edible?

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Originally Posted by Noob4sure

A piglet

I don't eat pork. I'd like to (eventually) raise a cow...for milk and eventually meat. I feel that I would chicken out at the last minute and be unable to eat it due to an emotional attachment. Then again, I've had some pretty delicious steaks....

jpnh · 10-10-2016, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Noob4sure

A piglet

A friend of mine has a pet pig.....they are very very smart and extremely funny

Its a great companion for their dog......and apparently was house trained in a matter of days

Taskmaster · 10-10-2016, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by jpnh

A friend of mine has a pet pig.....they are very very smart and extremely funny

Its a great companion for their dog......and apparently was house trained in a matter of days

I hear this too...but not for me. Pigs are odd.

What about this?

http://tastylandscape.com/2013/07/30...ctus-to-fruit/

EALm4 · 10-10-2016, 02:32 PM

Pet rock

Taskmaster · 10-10-2016, 02:33 PM

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Pet rock

Too high maintenance for my taste.

Banana Hammock · 10-10-2016, 02:39 PM

The amount of food you feed your pet will be much greater than the amount of food you will get from it so the return on investment is quite poor.

I would suggest getting a plastic plant named Alan and buying a nice pack of Ribeye for yourself.

F30lolz · 10-10-2016, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by TheAxiom

I was thinking 'Fred' personally, but I like that name. Are they edible?

Better 1/2 won't let me near it

so I would have to say no lol

Taskmaster · 10-10-2016, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by duck fat

The amount of food you feed your pet will be much greater than the amount of food you will get from it so the return on investment is quite poor.

I would suggest getting a plastic plant named Alan and buying a nice pack of Ribeye for yourself.

This doesn't sound half bad at all - sold

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Originally Posted by F30lolz

Better 1/2 won't let me near it

so I would have to say no lol

Yeah, depending on the type, they will have edible fruit/flowers/leafs. You could just sneak a nibble....

UncleWede · 10-10-2016, 02:50 PM

We have lots of pet cacti in the back yard. Went out Saturday night as I was prepping the grill for tri-tip, and just cut a few leaves off. Wife knifed off the stickers and we threw directly on the grill. Love me some nopales.

And yes, they do grow those prickly pears, but I don't care for them much.

Taskmaster · 10-10-2016, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by UncleWede

We have lots of pet cacti in the back yard. Went out Saturday night as I was prepping the grill for tri-tip, and just cut a few leaves off. Wife knifed off the stickers and we threw directly on the grill. Love me some nopales.

And yes, they do grow those prickly pears, but I don't care for them much.

Oh? What do they taste like? Worth growing a cactus for?

UncleWede · 10-10-2016, 02:56 PM

Kinda like a slimy celery, but with a zing.

Once they start to grow, it's pretty difficult to kill. The patch we took from Saurday, I went out with a machete and chopped down from about 7 feet to around 3.5 feet, straight across. All that did was prompt a whole bunch of new growth of the small, edible leaflets.

bimmette · 10-10-2016, 04:39 PM

How about a vacuum robot? I talk to mine.

Taskmaster · 10-10-2016, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by bimmette

How about a vacuum robot? I talk to mine.

I could totally see you doing this.

PINeely · 10-10-2016, 05:08 PM

My mother brought one back as a souvenir when I was a kid, that thing lived for years. We watered it maybe two, three times? As plants go that is about as low maintenance as it gets.

Higher maintenance but way cooler, consider a venus fly trap.

Mr Tonka · 10-10-2016, 05:40 PM

Chickens. Eggs and meat. Yum. A friend of mine in Carrollwood has a coop in his back yard with 5 chickens. It takes up a 5' x 7' piece of his back yard. He gets at least 5 eggs a day. (he's got 5 kids so they eat them)

UncleWede · 10-10-2016, 05:52 PM

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He gets at least 5 eggs a day. (he's got 5 kids so they eat them)

LIES!! No chicken lays more than 1 egg a day, and they don't even do that all the time.

BMW F22 · 10-10-2016, 05:54 PM

Gf wants a pet pig. I'm thinking hell no.

Cactus plants are very resilient. Keep it in the dark for months with barely any water and it'll survive. I water mine once a week (just a bit) and it's pretty healthy right now.

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