1/22Greetings from Saddleworth – Monty the alpaca just chilling. Picture: Claudia Mathers
Scales, feathers and fur: SA’s quirkiest pets
We love cats and dogs but this gallery is full of the more unusual pets of SA – from snakes and alpacas to birds and stick insects.
2/22This is BT (Bar Tender) because his tank sits on the bar. He’s a very interesting character. Picture: Rachel O’Loughlin, Morphett Vale
3/22My guinea pigs Cazna and Patty are one-year-old and sweet, friendly girls. They are best friends and do everything together. Picture: Donna Douglas
4/22My kookaburra. Picture: Matt Rycroft
5/22And two very cute, baby bearded dragons. Picture: Matt Rycroft.
6/22This is Chica – definitely very cheeky but so sweet! Picture: Maz Kronbergs, Port Noarlunga South
7/22Our steers Fez, Red and Eric. They do love their greens. Picture: Jen Amor, Mt Compass
8/2210-month-old deer Buddy was adopted by Leila in the Adelaide Hills after he was rejected by his mother after after birth. Picture: Tait Schmaal
9/22Morning kisses – Keeta the whippet and Roxy the blue-tongued skink. Picture: Lily Franklin, Brighton
10/22Pirate the Tawny Frogmouth. She was hit by a car when only a fledgling and is blind in one eye, so cannot be released. Picture: Simon Adamczyk
11/22Asha with her Spiny Leaf insects in Morphett Vale. Picture: Kylie Cook
12/22This is Vinnie, our orphaned Eastern Grey Kangaroo. We found him in a vineyard at McLaren Vale. He’s become part of our family. Picture: Jess LaPia
13/22My sand monitor, Picture: Matt Rycroft
14/22Bino, our Darwin carpet python, checking out the garden in Morphett Vale. Supplied by Kylie Cook.
15/22Xena my Bredli snake. Picture: Reece Martin
16/22An inquisitive lace monitor, or tree goanna. Picture: Matt Rycroft
17/22Mrs Hissalot, our Barn Owl. Picture: Matt Rycroft
18/22Best friends Sunny and Trev aren’t unusual in themselves but they do make an unusual pair. Picture: Samantha Jones, Mt Barker
19/22Lace monitor. Picture: Matt Rycroft
20/22Spike getting in the Christmas spirit in Hallett Cove. Picture: Melissa Collins.
21/22Ringo the non-fire-breathing bearded dragon with Barbie. Picture: Sherrilee Day
22/22Adelaide celebrity Gary the Goat, who thinks he is a kangaroo. Gary can often be spotted with the local kangaroos at Seaford Meadows. Pictrue: Marilyn Drewien.