Show off your pets.

Another 'not ours' is Alfie. He's only eight weeks old and adorable.


We have no need to have our own pets (very practical as we're always out) and regularly get adopted or visited by other people's pets, strays, adventurous souls and wildlife. Over the years this has also included escaped chickens, ducks, a peacock and a pig!!!

With the chickens, the owner (lived half a mile away) came straight to us as he knew animals tended to gravitate in our direction. He wasn't able to take them back immediately as they were busy digging a wasps nest out of our compost heap

The ducks were domesticated and had flown in from a big estate a couple of miles away.

The peacock and the pig (not in the same year) were more complicated. We phoned the police (they take an interest in this sort of thing in the Shineyland area) to report their appearances. Both had already been reported missing.

The peacock had belonged to a Colonel (don't know who) who had lived 12 miles away but had died a week ago. Apparently after he died a number of his fowl pets had suddenly upped and gone.

The pig had come two miles in the night and plonked himself in our back garden. He was very friendly and no trouble at all - except getting him into the owner's Landrover.

 

He still sleeps a great deal.