# I have the only dog/cat/gerbil/pet who \<insert quirk here\>

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 4, 2016, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-the-only-dog-cat-gerbil-pet-who-insert-quirk-here/751160 "2016-04-04T11:45:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-the-only-dog-cat-gerbil-pet-who-insert-quirk-here/751160/101 "2016-04-18T10:06:35Z")

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\*\*AnalogSignal \*\*- your Aby is gorgeous! We had one some years back - she was easily the most beautiful cat to grace our home!

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**Author:** ![FlyingRat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/59ef9b/32.png) [@FlyingRat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRat)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-the-only-dog-cat-gerbil-pet-who-insert-quirk-here/751160/102 "2016-04-18T12:20:34Z")

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I had a dwarf hamster, Seashell, who liked to groom my fingernails and my teeth. She was pretty delicate about it, but adamant (to the point of muscling her head inside my mouth on more than one occasion). I’ve heard of pet rats doing this, but never a hamster.

Her mom, Anemone, would react uniquely if I woke her up in her nest: give me a dirty look, grab my finger in her teeth (firmly, but not hard enough to hurt), carry the finger to the other side of the cage, drop it, and then go back to bed.

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**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-the-only-dog-cat-gerbil-pet-who-insert-quirk-here/751160/103 "2016-04-19T01:40:21Z")

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> [@FairyChatMom](#):
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> \*\*AnalogSignal \*\*- your Aby is gorgeous! We had one some years back - she was easily the most beautiful cat to grace our home!

Thanks! He has a flair for striking dramatic poses. Like this one: [Dramatic Abys - Imgur](http://i.imgur.com/83DBfHC.jpg)

One of the Aby girls is in the background.

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