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Tuesday, 26 May 2026

Animals I wish I could have as pets

 Having now recovered from my first dose of chemotherapy, I'm back on the Long and Short Reviews topics and quite liked the sound of this one.

I follow a number of pets on Instagram. Most of them are cats and dogs, but there are two in particular I love - one is an alpaca, the other is a lioness.

Believe me, I'm well aware of why it would be a bad idea to have an alpaca or a lioness as a pet, at least without having a huge amount of training and relevant equipment to manage them. But I absolutely love the idea. I have this image of friends coming into our kitchen, looking out the French windows and seeing an alpaca standing calmly in the garden. "Oh, that's just Alfie. Don't mind him."

And, having had one too many salesmen at my door, I would love to have a lioness come padding up alongside me and give them the eye.

I'm interested to see what everyone else will say!

6 comments:

  1. I love this mental image!

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  2. This made me smile! Alpacas are a lovely idea, and a lioness as an upgraded guard dog 🤭. Also, glad you're back, hope you're recovering well ❤️‍🩹

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  3. In my area there's a family that keep a few!

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  4. An Alpaca named Alphie is perfect! I have two German Shepherd mix dogs and people are cautious enough of them, I could only imagine what a lioness would be like padding up. Continued vibes for recovery.

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  5. Admittedly that's why I used to think cheetahs would be fun to keep. They're not usually aggressive, but they would give in-laws and Jehovah's Witnesses pause!

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