I have yet to see it happen. I'm staring to wonder if it actually exists in the game.

I wish! No pets from Mikke's kids yet. My daughter's (my RL actual daughter) character has a pet. Very cute.

Mine brought home a freaking mud crab. Now I have that damn thing roaming the house.

Can you not plan out some freak accident or something? It's the only thing putting me off adopting kids in this game, the thought that they might turn up with some weird pet that makes odd noises and messes up the place. And this is coming from an animal lover!

I don't think so. He asked if he could keep it and to keep from pissing him off I agreed. I tried killing it and it's like it's not even there.

Hmph... what next? Saber tooth cats?

Lakeview Manor. The Dragonborn is working in his alchemy lab when Samuel walks in.

SAMUEL: "Hey, Pa. Look what followed me home."

The Dragonborn looks... and sees a Saber cat. 500 pounds of killing fury, in his house.

DRAGONBORN: "..."

SAMUEL (oblivious): "Can we keep him, Pa? Can we? Huh, can we?"

The monster cat springs. Fangs glisten. Blood sprays in all directions as the cat goes to work on the hapless Dovakiin.

DRAGONBORN: "AAAARRGGHHH!!!"

SAMUEL: "Uhhh... is that a yes or a no?"

DRAGONBORN (holding the cat's mouth open to keep its 5-inch fangs out of his throat): "Sam, you're so @#%$#@%ing grounded, it's not funny. Now go to your room!"

That was funny

I finally found Sammy the Skeever in the cellar of LakeView! He just paces back and forth watching the kids practice with their daggers. Hasn't knocked anything over yet nor has he appeared in the main house.

I have yet to get any skeever attacks in the cellar. I also reiterate that I don't think it's possible for your kid to bring a frostbite spider home. I have yet to see it and I looked around in the creation kit and couldn't find anything about it.

how big is this mudcrab?
Is it a giant one or a baby one?

Not sure I'd want a violent crustacean of any size in my house.

It's a baby. It's actually kind of funny watching it wander around.

They do ask you if it's okay to keep these animals and you have the option to say no, at which point the animal vanishes.

Alternatively, you could say "yes" and then just kill the animal if you change your mind. Your kid will be upset and will refuse to speak to you for a day or so, but then resumes his/her usual demeanor.

You can also stop it from happening, just institute a 'no pets' policy. Not sure if you can still adopt dogs afterward, though.

I've seen a video of a spider dwemer pet, I thought it was kind of cute.