What pets do you have?
 

I'm sure I saw a really old thread about this but rather than necropost I thought we'd start afresh. :)

I have a cat called Bert, he's 14 and we rescued him from a shelter when he was 5.


I also keep Degus, I have two girls (Pepper and Daisy) and a boy (Dougal). I won't bore you with pics of all of them but I love this one of Pep.



They look like Splinter right? If Dougal wasnt a rescue and hadn't already known his name trust me, he would have been called that. He's even got a funny ear like Splinter in the first movie. :D

So what animals do you keep everyone? Please do include pics but don't forget to spoiler them if they're huge.

I've got a Pug hence my username.

I have a little dog :3 it's a mut~

Aw, I love pugs NinjaPug! What colour is he/she?

I get to see a lot of my customer's dogs BT, my favourite two are mutts :)

We've got three dogs of the chihuahua variety (though only one of them is a purebred). Our oldest little lady is named Muneca, she has to be at least 15 though I wish we could find her papers to be absolutely sure. Our other girl's name is Kallie. She's pretty dumb, but she makes it up for it by being super cute. Our little boy, who has to stay outside and is a smidge bit bigger than the girls, has about a million names, but mostly we call him either Chipotle or Popo. He's got eyebrows like a doberman.

Oscar is a fawn pug.

I have a rabbit named Owen. He is adorable.

I have a Husky-Labrador cross called Abbey.

I have two Red-Eared Slider girls named Lara and Hariette. I did have a male, but. He died way before his time last summer sadly. His name was MacGyver.

We have two cats. Tony is a 16 year-old Tonkaese but still acts like he's a year old. He enjoys running around the house while playing with his catnip mice and perfecting his lion growl. I don't think he's ever going to get it right. He doesn't growl at anyone. He just enjoys doing at while he zooms around. He also loves taking flying leaps onto my back early in the morning around 2 or so. This is usually followed by a lengthy bout of purring on his part. He enjoys sitting or sleeping in the lap of any human who will allow him entry.

Guy is our Ragdoll. They are a very fluffy breed of cat. He's a gentle giant, towering over our Tonk. Tony is something of an alpha male, but guy doesn't mind letting Tony be in charge since he's got such a sweet nature. He enjoys licking the faces of his owners, as well as petting us with his paw just as often as we pet him. He also gives endless amounts of Eskimo kisses. For such a physically intimidating giant of a cat, he has such a cute kitten's meow. He enjoys snuggling with his smaller buddy and talking about everything and nothing during TV shows. They're both awesome boys.

I have a saltwater aquarium with many colorful fish.

* Tree frog
* Firebelly toad
* Hermann's tortoise
* 3 toe box turtle
* Razor back musk turtle x2
* Red earred slider turtle x2
* Common snapping turtle
* Alligator snapping turtle
* Big, black 30 lbs. cat

So 11 pets.

I have an Albino Hedgehog named Sonic. I know it is a terribly uncreative name, but Sonic is the reason I have always wanted a pet hedgehog, so it seemed only fitting! He is a little over a year old.

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Don't have any pets, but we did have a Yorkshire terrier named Toby. He was technically my sister's dog but Mom and I took care of him all the time and we often thought of him as ours since we bonded with him the most. He was such a good dog. He would lay next to me on the couch and watch TMNT with me. Had he lived, I'm sure he would have watched the Nick show with me, too.

Although I'm a true Gemini, I'm also a aquarist...

This is a DIY 45 gallon coral reef system. It's been running for about 2.5 years. It survived Hurricane-Superstorm-f'ing whatever Sandy. There are fish, hard coral and soft corals, and some Mangroves too. All in all , there is a lot going on here. It's my way to get away from things when I'm stressin. Can't wait till i have a mortgage and a space big enough to do a Bad Ass setup (150+ gallons) It's a pretty cool hobby...

Word to the wise: Do not setup up some elaborate DIY fish tank system at your parent's house, let it become established, then move out a few years later and not bring the tank with you... I didn't have the resources to bring it to my apt. Alas, I have to go to my Mom's house everyday (14 miles each way) to care for the tank/s. See also: Pain in the A**!! When setting up a saltwater system, you def want to think ahead at least 3 - 5 years how you will manage caring for a tank. You could also simply not get as crazy as I have...


these pics are from various times through 2.5 years

A couple days after startup

Do not, I repeat, do not add this much to a coral tank inside 6 months and then act shocked when alot of it doesn't survive. This was definitely an imoulsive case of too much too soon. You MUST take baby steps when approaching salt water fish tanks...

The whole system

The brains of the operation

Coral/fish close up

Mangroves

Top view looking down

Tpo view looking down with a more natrual light

circa late 2012

I don't have any recent front shot pics, I'll add the 10th pic when I get a chance.

I want pics!!!

Loving the pics everyone! Keep 'em coming :)

There's a really interesting selection of pets going on here, it's nice to read all about them.

I have one old greying gerbil who's lived for five years now. :)

Awesome pics, Sofistocat. It's funny you should say you consider yourself an Aquarius as I am an actual Aquarius.

I knew I would get somebody with my dry humor. I did not say "aquarius" I said "aquarist"... my geminism is giggling a bit :tlol:

A beagle named Milo, though we all call him Wishie. This picture is a few years old but it's a really good one.

http://i40.tinypic.com/2zzjf9y.jpg

We've got a Pharaoh Hound named Elf (came with the name) who is 12 years old now- this is an earlier pic.


Here is Elf with our AWESOME cat Monty that we lost to cancer a couple years ago. Monty had polydactyly- so he had a thumb on each front foot. He was a lot of fun and was a weird cat- we still miss him.


Our newest member Trinity (after the character in The Matrix) that we adopted after losing a dog to cancer in the summer of 2013. She is a Lab/German Shepherd mix. She was only a year old when we adopted her but she instantly took to our 2 year old and is just nuts about him!


I have kept many aquariums over the years- at one point I had 11 going at once (TOO MUCH WORK!!!!) and I love them. My favorite that I've ever had was my 75 gallon Reef/Fish Saltwater Tank. I've since had to break it down since being a work at home mom running my own business didn't leave enough time to devote to it, but I want to set it up again some day. Here's a pic of it about a year in:


And my favorite fish- my (later became female) Semi-Picasso Clown (there was a pair, but she was my favorite) in her Sebae Anemone

We have two beautiful and sweet cats, Named Demona (black female) and Ash(grey male).
Both are named after characters from TV and movies. Demona, obviously, is named for the character from Gargoyles. Ash is named after Ashley J. Williams from the Evil Dead movies. Unfortunately, they are currently living with my mom, as our apartments don't allow cats. But we still visit them as often as we can, and we still love them! Demona is a sweetheart, and Ash is- well, he's a bit of a lover-boy. Not to mention an attention hound....

Link: http://msmarvelduckie.deviantart.com...253A1389762865

This was my previous dog, a Whippet-mix. Pepper was my study dog since he went through both a bachelor's and master's degree with me.

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...ife/pepper.jpg

I currently have one pet, a 8-year old Whippet named Skye Dancer. She came with the name. Also she has been my special companion for the past 4 years. I got her in 2009 when my Whippet-mix passed away due to heart-failure. At the same time, Skye's owner passed away and she was given back to the breeder. Through lots of e-mails with the breeder and a cashier's check that contained the money that I was saving for a trip, I purchased the dog who was shipped up from Southern California. She is unique to due to that her right eye is partially blue.

This is her today:

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...kyeouting2.jpg

Now, I have another Whippet in the wings that I am adopting. Her name is Sweety who was a stray from Hawaii. I am suppose to get her sometime in February. What is special about her is that she cannot hear out of her right ear.

Aww, well they're all gorgeous! Sweety looks like she'll be as her name suggests :)
I'm curious, I can't see in the pic, are both her eyes the same colour? Some dogs who have one blue eye, one brown are deaf in one ear.
I always think rescues make the best pets, they're more challenging but the reward is tenfold seeing them learn to trust and love again.

Thanks. :) All three were rescues.

As for Skye Dancer's eyes...one is 95% brown and the other one is all brown. This is an older picture of her but one can see the blue in the one eye.

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...scan0004-2.jpg

Nice pic guys. Here is my buddy Marvin. He's a 10 year old bengal I got from a breeder after they were done using him as a show cat.

Awesome pets, guys. So cute.

Very nice indeed! I like the hard corals and that Bubble-tip Anemone is awesome! Is the pink SPS in the middle Stylophora or Pocillopora?

A german sheperd named Angel, a Australian shepherd mix(?) named Rosebud, and some fish. (That keep having babies...) :D

Edit: Oh mah gawshhh. :thyper: I just looked at a y'alls pets and Eeee they're so cute!

Very cute :)

I can add two Yellow-Bellied Sliders to my pet roster. A male named Salvador and a unnamed female, I'm thinking of naming her Bellatrix, not decided yet.

Not sure where else to put this, but it's really weighing heavy on me. My 12 year old Pharaoh Hound has to go in to get his tail amputated tomorrow and I'm really worried about him pulling out of the anesthesia due to his age and his natural sensitivity to anesthesia. I just need to get it off my chest I guess and could use any doggie prayers anybody could send. This dog helped me through a lot and was my personal service dog for years, I just don't think I'm ready to lose him yet.

Got some fish, I can't have a dog or a cat as my father is allergic.

Aww Dawn, sending you and your doggie lots of warm wishes and good vibes. I really hope it all goes to plan and you're back on here 2moro telling us it all went well. X

Thanks, I hope so too! I will update you all once I know how he's doing.

No worries. I have a 12 year old Dalmation / Dachshund mix who goes under regularly with no trouble. She barely acts her age though. Pestering me for fetch atm. She has a bum liver and does just fine with her regular dental exams and mri's

The dog I had before her lived to 19 and had regular teeth cleaning which required anesthesia twice a year. She was just fine.

All will be well.

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but almost 2, woke up this morning the cat had tipped over the fish bowl trying to get it. I got a cat, dog, and fish.