Pets

MonkeyMel21 wrote: »

dufus12 wrote: »

MonkeyMel21 wrote: »

A five year old human...does that count?

Not quite but I like your thinking!!!!

We had a caterpillar but it turned into a moth so we let it fly away.

ncboiler89 wrote: »

MonkeyMel21 wrote: »

Tell me more about this dung beetle @ncboiler89

I take it with me after I take the high end escort for a walk. It cleans up after her.

janann65 wrote: »

We have a pug (who owns the house and just lets us live there ) and a German short-haired hound that we rescued from a shelter who thinks he is a lap dog.

squidvicious666 wrote: »

I share residence with a mutt, a jack russell, 2 arabian horses, and 2 barn cats.

chivalryder wrote: »

I have a car and 3 bicycles in my possession right now. Does that count?

jenniferinfl wrote: »

I had around 40 tarantulas.. Loved those little guys! But we moved several years ago and our new neighbor is an older gentleman who sprays pesticide nearly constantly out of a backpack sprayer. Anyhow, tried our best to prevent contamination, but, lost one after another to the dumb neighbors frequent poisoning.

At the moment, we have 5 cats, 2 spend most of their time in our sunroom (don't like the kid) and were intentionally acquired and the other three are semi-ferals we had spayed/neutered and feed. My husband can pick them up, but, I can only pet two of them if I move slowly and the third one is a disappearing ghost for me.. lol I think they blame me for their neuters. They live outdoors, but for severe weather I'll grab the two I can grab and bring them in.
We have three 12 year old dogs. Adopted them back when we weren't planning on having kids and three dogs seemed like a great idea. I love them and I'll miss them when they're gone, but I'm also horrible enough to be a bit relieved that they are nearing the end of their expected lifespans. Three dogs, two housecats and a kid is a bit much, sadly enough. I also have a pet tortoise, but, we live in Florida which makes him a pretty easy pet. He has the run of the sunroom and he and the cats have grown up together. I have an outdoor pen for him where he can graze for awhile in the afternoon.

We have a gerbil as well, he's another easy awesome pet. We got him because the dog my daughter loves the best was pretty sick a few months ago and we thought she would need to be put down. So, we were hoping the new gerbil would distract her. BUT, wouldn't you know, the old girl rallied and she's doing okay again. Just watch her outlive the gerbil.. lol

I do want to get tarantulas again. No one else on our street sprays pesticide all the time. Have to figure all the pesticide has to have shortened old neighbor's lifespan somewhat. Whenever he isn't around to spray anymore I'll get more of the little guys. Not that I'm wishing an early demise on him or anything, other than his obsessive pesticide usage he's an alright guy.