The Pets Thread

[minute5072]

It's my cat now

nooooooooooooooooooooooooo

a brief moment for departed pets

[wullie72]

I am supposedly unable to keep pets in my new flat so I'm looking at getting a couple of rats

Go for it they make cracking pets. Such clean funny friendly creatures, one of the best laughs i had at basil was when he was cleaning himself so intently that he fell onto his back still holding ont his back leg cleaning away till he had finished. He was also adicted to tea, i couldnt have a cup in peace till i put down a saucer of it on the ground for him to have

[Lithium05]

he is a gorgeous thing, trouble is, he knows it

My cat's like that, but she's a miserable swine. Doesn't like it when people go anywhere near her (unless she wants something) and washes for about half an hour if anyone touches her!

Edited April 16, 2008 by Lithium05

[greenfairy43]

He's just gone on loan as my daughter's going away soon

[rollergirl]

He's just gone on loan as my daughter's going away soon

awww he's lovely

[Katster]

He's just gone on loan as my daughter's going away soon

I wish we lived closer together then we could share one. There's no way I can afford either the time or the money for a horse right now but I do miss having one

Is that your daughter by the way? She looks so much like you if so, I thought it was you!

[Katster]

Go for it they make cracking pets. Such clean funny friendly creatures, one of the best laughs i had at basil was when he was cleaning himself so intently that he fell onto his back still holding ont his back leg cleaning away till he had finished. He was also adicted to tea, i couldnt have a cup in peace till i put down a saucer of it on the ground for him to have

From what I've heard they definately sound fun. I want something I can interact with but something which the management committee of the flats won't be aware of. Rats are sounding like my ideal option

[midnight_toker]

* midnight toker wishes she could work out how to stick a picture here!! *

we have 2 cats : Kaya and Jasper. Kaya is a right pain - very demanding & noisy, but she's just being true to her breeding of half Bengal / half Burmese. Jasper (aka Lord Waspington the third of Chessington / Waspie / Lord Chompie-Chops) on the other hand is the best cat I have ever had the priviledge of owning. Such a nice personality.

We would love a dog but it's not fair while we're both working full time. We plan to start trying for a family in the summer, so hopefully will get a doggie when I give up work (yes, I know it will be hectic!!)

I kept tropical fish for a long time and loved them. Had to stop though as it was an unnecessary expense. If I win the lottery, I will defo get more. I used to call it channel 5 as I could sit and watch them for hours.

[Katster]

Connie's proper name is Karalou Constant Joy.

Cleo is just Cleo, named after Cleopatra due to her liking for men.

Having said that Connie often gets called Connie Onnie or Connieflower, and Cleo often gets called Cleo Meo or Cheeko.

[modey]

Almost the spit of my cat Ash, who died a few weeks ago.

that's uncanny

[zion]

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Edited October 10, 2013 by zion

[greenfairy43]

awww he's lovely

Cheers...he's a babe!!

I wish we lived closer together then we could share one. There's no way I can afford either the time or the money for a horse right now but I do miss having one

Is that your daughter by the way? She looks so much like you if so, I thought it was you!

That would be fun Katster. I'd like to get one for myself now, but it's too big a commitment. He was cheap to run, as ponies go, but it's one expense I'm enjoying not having!

And cheers! I wish I looked like my daughter!

[greenfairy43]

that's uncanny

That's what I thought when I saw the piccy of yours.

[Katster]

This is Honey, you may call her Honeymonster!

i'm currently wanting a hedgehog, or a ferret...

Honey is cute, she reminds me of the dog from the Storyteller series which was on years ago if you remember it?

I looked into getting ferrits but I found them to be a bit smelly for my liking. I don't know anything about keeping hedgehogs as pets.

[Cultseeker]

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[greenfairy43]

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WTF has she got on her head?

[Cultseeker]

WTF has she got on her head?

My ganja cap.

She's always nicking my clothes.

[wullie72]

From what I've heard they definately sound fun. I want something I can interact with but something which the management committee of the flats won't be aware of. Rats are sounding like my ideal option

As long as you handle a rat regularly & interact with it then it will be a good pet, call it by its name regularly & when it comes to you after you call it by its name reward it with a treat or a tickle after a while it will come when you call its name. Basil used to love to sit on my shoulder & get under his chin tickled.

One of his great loves was when i had a packet of ready salted crisps was to lick the remenants of salt from inside the pack but once i forgot to leave it out for him & threw it in the bin. I saw him leap up onto my bed & then wander to the bottom of it & start hunching up for a jump. He leapt & knocked over the bin, I couldnt see it as was hidden by the bed and wondered what he was up to, then the crisp packet with the back end of a rat hinging out of it came sliding into view. He was pushing into the corners but as he did proceded to slide his way across my bedroom floor til he hit the skirting board at the other side of the room

Edited April 16, 2008 by wullie72

[Cultseeker]

As long as you handle a rat regularly & interact with it then it will be a good pet

This is true.

I used to whistle to Satan and he'd come running out of wherever he had gone foreging. Straight into my big jumper pouch. I was so f**king grunge me like.

I used to do this on the Metro quite a bit. Well, he did. Half loved him, half were scared. What a character.

Edited April 16, 2008 by Cultseeker

[zion]

Honey is cute, she reminds me of the dog from the Storyteller series which was on years ago if you remember it?

I looked into getting ferrits but I found them to be a bit smelly for my liking. I don't know anything about keeping hedgehogs as pets.

I do not remember this storyteller series but if it looked like a scruffy mutt then i'm sure it bares a resemblance!

Ferrets i've had before have never smelt bad but maybe i was lucky lol, when they swim it's really cute though that's what sold them to me ha. Looking after domestic hedgehogs is quite easy, you can buy earthworms from pet shops to give them and you can keep them in an outdoor hutch or indoors in a cage type thing but they're quite good at escaping, of course you can just go to a vet and they'd give you all the advice you need or even the petshop you buy one from, also good because they hibernate. Also gerbils are a good little things and lots of fun but need a lot of sawdust so they can build tunnels!

[sifi]

I have three cats, which came with with my wife. I always used to be a dog man, but I'm not either a dog or a cat man.

My last dog lived in India, Cyprus and the UK before he died. And was once taken for a walk around my parent's garden in Delhi by George Bush and George Schultz. Neither of whom he didn't bite. Bad dog.

Edited April 16, 2008 by sifimaster

[Cultseeker]

I have three cats, which came with with my wife. I always used to be a dog man, but I'm not either a dog or a cat man.

That's your worst presentation of English yet mate.

I feel somewhat let down. Extremely lazy. D-

Edited April 16, 2008 by Cultseeker

[Katster]

I do not remember this storyteller series but if it looked like a scruffy mutt then i'm sure it bares a resemblance!

Ferrets i've had before have never smelt bad but maybe i was lucky lol, when they swim it's really cute though that's what sold them to me ha. Looking after domestic hedgehogs is quite easy, you can buy earthworms from pet shops to give them and you can keep them in an outdoor hutch or indoors in a cage type thing but they're quite good at escaping, of course you can just go to a vet and they'd give you all the advice you need or even the petshop you buy one from, also good because they hibernate. Also gerbils are a good little things and lots of fun but need a lot of sawdust so they can build tunnels!

Yeah I like gerbils, I'm after something a bit bigger that recognises me as another being though. A gerbil just wanders all over you shitting and pissing itself as it goes

The scruffy mutt from storyteller:

[Katster]

That's your worst presentation of English yet mate.

I feel somewhat let down. Extremely lazy. D-

I have noticed him making mistakes more and more frequently...I agree this one is particularly bad!

[zion]

Yeah I like gerbils, I'm after something a bit bigger that recognises me as another being though. A gerbil just wanders all over you shitting and pissing itself as it goes

The scruffy mutt from storyteller:

aha yeah my gerbils just dug tunnels in their sawdust all night and slept in them all day!

That is definitely Honey haha, i feel bad she's a girl but has a beard, poor confused dog!