Yesterday we moved to a five day sit in the Scottish Borders and met the pets.
Let me introduce you to Hebe, the house duckling. It’s a first for me.
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Haha! How cute!
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They are runner ducks. But I do agree with you.
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One of the pets on a housesit was a bearded Dragon named Killer!
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OK so when it comes to unusual I guess pigs don’t come top of the list however this is George, so what’s unusual about George apart from the fact that he’s a very LARGE pig? … He had to dine indoors, not his house, the main house and in the kitchen at 9.00am & 6.00 pm and proceeded to lay in the middle of the floor for an hour’s post digestion time.
He was given free “run” of the house, fortunately he couldn’t make the stairs to bed … it was back to his own house for that.
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My idea of heaven. I have a very soft spot for “round” pigs.
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A bearded lizard, and the live crickets to feed her.
A different sit was a shark!
Okay, a SMALL Epaulette shark, very pretty, in a large marine tank.
The guidelines for feeding her were “put a shrimp in your fist and let her eat from there”
Er, nope, a targeted drop worked just as well, if not better.
(Not putting our skin in the tank water)
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How unusual. The walks must have been very slow……
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Sheep was a first for me this year and I loved it.
Didn’t think I could but I sure can.
Pheasants!
White squirrels!
Foxes I never saw but had to feed and clean their bowls.
It’s been a wonderful year 
Can’t wait to see what lies ahead.
Oops got some humans in there 
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I saw my first ever white squirrel last week. Thought it was a freak of nature but obviously not.
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Only us! 
But yes they are very rare.
Oh dear. Bad influence
Dottie the gecko, north London along with 2 cats - short sit, so I didn’t have to do anything but admire her -
A ball python whose name I never learned in Pleasantville, NY - it lived with 2 cats and a dog. Had to feed it a defrosted mouse 1 x a week -
Rae (tan) and Smokie, a pair of miniature horses living in a backyard in Miami, FL
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Wow @toml you got to watch some amazing pets! Dottie the gecko is adorable! And those miniature horses are my dream, wow! I think I’d pass on the snake though haha. How was it watching the miniature horses? What did their typical day look like?
Rescue raven, here he is still recovering. He didn’t make it back into the wild but is now in a caring home with another raven. I was his hand feeding him raw meat and living insects (as a vegan, haha ;):
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Hi @Timmy thank you so much for sharing this … Does he have a name or should we ask for suggestions from the community?