Mother chooses pet crocodile over husband

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By britexpat

Now we know why Flan is still in Qatar....

An Australian woman, Vicki Lowing, says she divorced her husband after he asked her to give up her pet crocodile, Johnie, which she says is "like a child" to her.

The trained nurse from Melbourne, Victoria, who had looked after ill and abandoned animals for decades, adopted the crocodile after it was left on her doorstep in 1996 by an anonymous person.

Mrs Lowing, a trained nurse, said: "Husbands can look after themselves but my crocodile can't make his meals.

"As soon as I started looking after Johnie, Greg and I started having problems. We did nothing but fight. There was a lot of tension in the house.

"He said I devoted all my time on the crocodile instead of him. I felt like Greg was asking me to put him ahead of one of my children.

By LeisaF779• 16 Oct 2009 10:45
LeisaF779

I'ts a bit crazy but as they say, each to their own...

By PaulCowan• 16 Oct 2009 10:42
Rating: 4/5
PaulCowan

I think the wife has a point ...

By Dracula• 16 Oct 2009 00:08
Rating: 4/5
Dracula

Johnie is sooo cute! :/

By anonymous• 16 Oct 2009 00:07
Rating: 5/5
anonymous

Crocodile can't make his meals????

Maybe she should release the croc from her captivity in fresh water and he would take care of himself.. I find it amusing when people keep wild animals captive and call them their son or whatever..

Good for the guy, he is better off without her..

When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity. - Albert Einstein

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