To ask you to send me money so I can....

[brasty]

buy an enormous field and outbuilding to house a herd of capybaras?

Never heard of Rottnest but have to persuade the family they have always wanted to go there on holiday.

It’s a famous island off the coast of Perth. You get a ferry there from the port of Freemantle and stay as long as you like.

Quokkas in abundance though although you’re not supposed to feed them but I did, whoops.

Are you on PayPal? Giant guinea pigs on stilts.

I was all for chipping in my massive £5.80 until you mentioned that giraffes were a step too far. Now I must find someone else to donate to, as giraffes are an absolute must 😱

IF you are getting quokkas you have got to get some pika's too!!

Can I visit & cuddle them? If yes I'll bac youan imaginary 5 grand!

strike fail

Ahh, but have you met dassies?

Not rodents - their closest relatives are the elephant and the manatee, believe it or not.

For what it's worth, guinea pigs make delightful mini substitutes!

This!

Wombats are cute and will let you cuddle them until they get to adolescence and then they go bat shit crazy.

I think we should create a whole MN lookist compound in which only cute animals are allowed. They have to be cute as adults too otherwise we'd get in trouble with the RSPCA for turfing out the non-cute ones once they passed through the baby stage.

So I think we've got:

capybaras
otters

can we have pandas? I realise this might require an extensive breeding programme probably not catered for in OPs original budget!

Dassies are beautiful. And related to elephants and manatees - wow.

I will empty my bank account (not huge...) if you will agree to take my Basset hound too.
She is luffly, and loves all other animals (well, sheep, hens, rabbits, GP's) and wants to cuddle not eat them.
But she is a noisy pain in the arse and at 7 stones is NOT a lapdog (news to her).
PLEASE???

For what it's worth, guinea pigs make delightful mini substitutes!

Yes, and OP could build a tiny house/garden with miniature everything so it's basically the same effect. :)

I would have suggested pygmy elephants to add to the menagerie, but I'm still disappointed they are not 2ft tall as I'd imagined...

Tapirs are the best by far. Apparently they are endangered partially because they taste delicious. (look at his little spots though)

Ray Donovan also looks like a capybara

Dassies own Table Mountain.

They’re adorable. Give me a call with your bank and card details and authorise a small one off transfer to me of £50 and I’ll donate fifty billionty squid.

Wow what a bargain Mummy of Little Dragon

PinkTiger wombat shit crazy? 😂

How about Quokka's

Pika's?

Google animals at Golders hill park (2stupid to send link, sorry)
They have giant cavies

I think I need a large estate for all these animals now.

Mummy Give me a call with your bank and card details and authorise a small one off transfer to me of £50 and I’ll donate fifty billionty squid.

Squid are no good though, they're just not cute enough...