Do you have a pet?

Hulaabeo · #1 06-09-2011, 05:13 PM

I would like to hear what people own/breed/keep around the forums! I myself own two leopard geckos of my own, very nice SHTCT's named Munch and Dot. My family loves animals so we have tons of pets and we occasionally raise an orphaned squirrel or bird.

enchilado · #2 06-09-2011, 05:18 PM

Not at the moment, but in the past past I've had guinea-pigs, rats, and an axolotl. Mum still has... I don't know how many guinea-pigs. Ten or something.

The axolotl was the best.

Wings of Fire · #3 06-09-2011, 05:22 PM

I have an adorable staffordshire bull terrier called Pebbles, I've had her since she was a puppy (Nine years now) and she's still a puppy at heart.

Hulaabeo · #4 06-09-2011, 05:32 PM

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Not at the moment, but in the past past I've had guinea-pigs, rats, and an axolotl. Mum still has... I don't know how many guinea-pigs. Ten or something.

The axolotl was the best.

Ah, exotics. You gotta love em.

DarkHoodness · #5 06-09-2011, 05:38 PM

2 dogs. 2 cats. Excellent companions, but unremarkable, even though one of the cats is incredibly clingy to me for some reason - But I'm not complaining.

As a more "exotic" pet, we also own an old goat who we feed our veggie and fruit scraps to, but he doesn't get on with other goats (even though he gets on with the dogs) and he has no other companionship, which is bad if you're a herd animal, so we have to take him out for a walk every day to give him some social contact. He'll follow you without a lead and comes when called, but he'll eat any greenery he can find (including from people's gardens, much to my annoyance) and is generally disobedient.

Mr. Bungle · #6 06-09-2011, 05:40 PM

I have a ten-year-old Chihuahua named Sam. He likes to collect cups he finds and store them in his bed. He'll attack if you try to take them.

I also have two cats, Clark and Syd(the latter named after Syd Barrett). Clark is ten, Syd is just over a year.

Daxter King · #7 06-09-2011, 05:43 PM

I have an Australian Shepard/Black Lab mix dog named Molly. Had her since I was in Kindergarten, so she's getting up there in the years. The vet was surprised how well she is given her age though, still, Im going to be a bawwing mess when she dies. =(

Gwan-Thwei · #8 06-09-2011, 05:47 PM

I got a grey and white cat named Bagheera that is four years younger than I am. I want a lot of other animals that I can't have...yet.

Hulaabeo · #9 06-09-2011, 05:58 PM

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I have an Australian Shepard/Black Lab mix dog named Molly. Had her since I was in Kindergarten, so she's getting up there in the years. The vet was surprised how well she is given her age though, still, Im going to be a bawwing mess when she dies. =(

Hmm, my dad has a Australian Shepherd/ Border collie mix.

Tadimo · #10 06-09-2011, 06:20 PM

When I was younger I had a variety of pets at different times: a dog, hermit crabs, fish, a rat, algea and mosquito larvae in a jar.

DarkHoodness · #11 06-09-2011, 06:46 PM

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...and mosquito larvae in a jar.

KILL IT! KILL IT! IT'S EVIL!

Tadimo · #12 06-09-2011, 07:15 PM

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KILL IT! KILL IT! IT'S EVIL!

Well actually before they grew into mosqitoes they looked kinda cute when wriggling around, like free sea monkeys.

DarkHoodness · #13 06-09-2011, 07:32 PM

Being serious, I can see why you found them fascinating - And I did once as a young child too until I started associating them with high-pitched whining doom topped by itchy red lumps...

Mozzies are one of the few animals I kill on sight whenever they come close to me or I find them in my house - I don't even do that to wasps unless they're a persistent hazard (preferring instead to capture and release them outside). Any standing bodies of water I find with mozzie lava swimming in immediately get tipped out if possible. I understand they're a food source for the local wildlife population, but FFS... How can a creature be so damned annoying?! And did I mention that they grow up to 3cm across here, and hurt when they bite you?

Mudokon_Master · #14 06-09-2011, 07:45 PM

I has husky. He's beautiful.

enchilado · #15 06-09-2011, 11:42 PM

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And did I mention that they grow up to 3cm across here [...]

I don't believe that.

***Nate*** · #16 06-09-2011, 11:48 PM

I've seen them that big and bigger in Maine. Of course, most of that size is the legs and the wings, but the body alone is larger than most mosquitoes are including their limbs.

DarkHoodness · #17 06-10-2011, 12:02 AM

Admittedly freaks that size are rare but yes, they do exist and are becoming increasingly common here in this South-East part of the UK, perhaps due to climate change - They have the same shape, markings and flying posture as their smaller counterparts. And hurt a lot more when they bite me. Maybe I'm immune to their anaesthetic or something.

Bloody things.

And some sites say they grow up to 5cm, I'm glad I haven't seen any that large here yet.

Dynamithix · #18 06-10-2011, 12:13 AM

I've never had a pet that was completely mine, only pets that have been my dads' and I just took care of them and played with them once in a while.

Anyways, he had 3 chinchillas, 2 gerbils and now he has a cat.

I'm still quite sad that one of the chinchilla's passed away at such a young age (No older than 2 years.) last year. I was crying like hell because he was my favourite of them all and so fluffy and adorable. He had some kind of unknown problem in his stomach and they were even able to cut him and find out the problem but he didn't make the night after the surgery. Ah fuck, now I'm all depressed again.

MarsMudoken · #19 06-10-2011, 12:25 AM

Well, if we're not counting me as an animal right off the bat, then I have this orange thing called Charlie. It might be a cat.

Havoc · #20 06-10-2011, 01:51 AM

I've got 3 cats. One of which I've had since I was like 6, the others are just over a year old. They drive me insane sometimes.

Dixanadu · #21 06-10-2011, 04:00 AM

I had two dogs.

I now have one dog.

I once had a cat, but it pissed everywhere and we got rid of it.

STM · #22 06-10-2011, 04:02 AM

Bet you want a tiger huh?

I have had in the past rats, cats, dogs and a mouse...oh and triops, those were cool.

At the moment I have a cat named Willow whose 2.4 years and I have 120,000 bees if you can class those as pets above livestock.

Phylum · #23 06-10-2011, 04:21 AM

I kept pet millipedes when I was 2 or 3. I put them in a plastic container. My parents made me throw it away once the smell of rotting millipede corpses and faeces became too much.

***Wil*** · #24 06-10-2011, 04:32 AM

Two cats, brothers, Simpson and BT. I had to have them fostered by an uncle for a year, which caused them both a huge amount of stress. I'm going to have to permanently either have them rehomed or have them move up with me before the end of the year. I can't imagine how much they're going to stress over that; breaks my heart just thinking about it.

DarkHoodness · #25 06-10-2011, 04:32 AM

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Bet you want a tiger huh?

It's very possible to keep large cats as pets if you so desired, and apparently most species of large cat would have exactly the same temperament as normal domestic cats. And many people do keep them (Warning: slightly disturbing). One of the main differences though is that when a domestic cat decides to take a swing at you (and anyone who's owned a cat knows how often they love to do that), it probably isn't likely to be fatal. Also, did you know that Cheetahs can purr?

MeechMunchie · #26 06-10-2011, 04:41 AM

JAI UN CHAT
JAIME MON CHAT
IL SAPPELLE ZIGGY

Old photo. He's bigger and marginally less fluffy now. He resembles a novelty cat-shaped cushion rather than a tea-cosy.

DarkHoodness · #27 06-10-2011, 04:51 AM

*spams up the topic* My cat looks a bit like that one - He's also a Maine Coon. They're the friendliest and most docile breed of cat that I know of and are normally hardy and resilient to diseases, although they're prone to sudden unexpected heart failure, like my cat's sister who died suddenly in 2009 despite being apparently healthy.

Another trouble with them is that even when you brush them they still have a nasty habit of puking up hairballs everywhere when you least expect it. That alone annoys the hell out of me. Also I'm constantly covered in his hair which is hard to wash off some clothes.

Still I'll be choosing another Maine Coon if I ever decide to get another cat after my one has passed. Their amazing temperament outweighs the problems they have.

EDIT: Oh I remember, my ex took a photo of him last year which I still have, plus there's one I took back when I still had a camera:

MeechMunchie · #28 06-10-2011, 04:54 AM

Ziggy isn't a Maine Coon. He's a crossbreed of a longhair B+W male and a shorthair tabby female. All his siblings were shorthair and smaller.

He does pick up a lot of crap in his fur though. We brush him now and then but he just goes outside and gets covered in clumps again so we don't usually bother.

metroixer · #29 06-10-2011, 06:46 AM

i have a dogge

dogge

STM · #30 06-10-2011, 07:27 AM

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It's very possible to keep large cats as pets if you so desired, and apparently most species of large cat would have exactly the same temperament as normal domestic cats. And many people do keep them (Warning: slightly disturbing). One of the main differences though is that when a domestic cat decides to take a swing at you (and anyone who's owned a cat knows how often they love to do that), it probably isn't likely to be fatal. Also, did you know that Cheetahs can purr?

Just because it's possible, doesn't mean you should, unless you have acres of land the correct temperature and geography, parters for sociality and an ample supply of live meat for hunting. Plus all the equipment needed should the tigers get ill or escape.