What pet do you have?

[chitownmelli]

This is Apple. She is our 4 and a half year old Australian Shepherd / Border Collie big baby! She was a rescue, and she was beaten badly by her old family. She has settled down considerably, and has made a lot of progress. She can even stay home alone now without having an accident in the house! She is really happy too, because when we moved last fall, we also got her a back yard, and she can go out on her tie out and play as much as she wants!!! Apple loves to take long walks with her parents, and she loves to visit with her "uncle" who is our old room mate. Good luck to anyone else who tries to make it through the door when mommy is home alone during the day!!!

[neelia]

4 dogs: roxy (shepherd mix), einstein (border collie mix), mila (pitbull mix), ralph (chihuahua mix)

3 cats: buddha (short hair, gray), sumo (long hair, black, missing 1 eye, may go blind in the other if I can't get his surgery soon enough), diego (medium hair, black & white tabby, missing 1 eye)

2 rats: penny (dark gray) & bleu (light gray).

Needless to say - any savings that I can scrape up will help. Especially right now. Just got 2 of my kitties neutered. One that's missing an eye needs a surgery that will be anywhere from $1k-$2k. Not sure yet. My dogs just got in a fight costing me $600 to get one of their legs stitched up at the emergency vet about a week ago.

All 3 kitties are part of a litter of 4 that I rescued and found an animal rescue to take them once they were old enough. Sure enough - they're old enough and all of a sudden that rescue isn't answering my calls, etc. I only got a home for one of them (who wants cats who need future surgeries, etc?) and now have the other 3.

I'm a little overwhelmed, but (as much as my mother tells me to) I won't give them up, they're my babies. In the end, I'll be fine.

[buddysmom]

One cat - "Buddy". I adopted him 7yrs ago from a lady who does animal rescue work. He's the picture in my avatar.

[Leann]

Everyone is a rescue or could no longer be cared for by the owner, or was a stray.....

3 Dogs - Chubbs (Boxer/Pit/mutt), Chloe(Lab/Mutt), Ivan(Pit, not sure if he's mixed)
5 Cats - Angel, Maggie, Baxter, Snow Puppy, T.C. and now 6 w/ Miss Sassy
Bunch of Rats and Hamsters
Fish
3 Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches - Fluffy, Fuzzie, and George
4 Ball Pythons - Koenig, Kasey, Rex, Trixie
1 Cali King Snake - Nagiana
1 Pigeon - The Man
1 Iguana - Smokey
It seems I'm forgetting someone.........

Then there's the wild critters that live in the yard that we make sure have hidey spots to live in and water....1 old box Turtle, 1 fat brown rat, a few midland brown snakes, a bunch of skinks.....

Animal lovers here!


Edit: Now we have added~
2 Bunnies
3 Gecko's
another kitty (Li'l Miss Sassy) b/c my son's gf had to get rid of her
2 Box turtles found on the road in front of our house, were put up on the hill with the other one, they were all sunning together 2 weeks later, so it worked ok. I just don't believe in indoor turtles when they live forever in the wild and we always put extra veggies up there for them.

And we lost one Bug. My little guy was trying to help and over filled their water dish. He only put an inch of water in, but it was too much. :-(

[magpiedpiper]

Mack and Ruby - sibling Cane Corsos (Italian mastiffs) a little over 1 and 1/2 years old.

Mack is black and weighs 150 lbs, Ruby is brindle and weighs 115 (she was the runt of the litter). Both still have a bit of growing to do but should stop by the time they are 2.

Here they are at a year old -



They are goofy sweeties, and big babies!

Dave is a shelter rescued cat. And is the most dog-like cat I've ever met. He will eat anything - the smell of Arby's and bread drives him wild! He's a total lapcat and is always cracking us up.



Lola is our first pet - she's a picky, tiny, super soft diva, and doesn't like to snuggle or show affection during the day unless it's cold or she's out of food. But at night as soon as the light is off, she wants pets and snuggles and to sleep curled up on top of my head. Silly kitty. She doesn't sit still for photos so they are always blurry!

[coldpizza4breakfast]

Love seeing everyone's fur/scaley-kids. lol.
We are down to 2 cats. Hannah is a diluted calico who is about 12lbs./14 years old and the spawn of satan most of the time. We just recently brought inside our black cat, Siesta, when there were roving doggies on our property. She still goes outside some but I prefer her to be in since a few weeks ago dh found my daughter's orange tabby had been killed by a car. :( Siesta is one of a litter of 4 that a stray had here about 4 years ago. Siesta is the only one left as the others have wondered off. She is so named b/c when she's asleep it's like she's dead. And she sleeps a lot!
She also eats on top of the fridge b/c Hannah can't get up there (Hannah can't have dry food)... We also had two Red-Tailed Boas until recently - my youngest had a baby and moved so, sadly, she had to give them up.

My oldest daughter has:
4 ratties (we loves us some ratties!) - Kumar, Harold, and can't remember
1 hammie - don't remember
2 degus - don't remember their names
2 bearded dragons - Kiska and I can't remember (lol. I'm bad w/ names!)
1 mini lop bunny that is blind - Holly
2 large doggies - Sequoia, Oz
1 small doggie - Otto
1 crested gecko - Lenny


We also have some rouge raccoons and possums that we feed on occassion. They also self-feed on the muscles in the pond in the front yard.

[chevy_chick95]

I have Duramax- a one year old Pomeranian





AND my very very old persian cat Chelsi

[teufel07]

We have a black lab mix, who is almost three months old. His name is Midnight. We got him from a shelter. He was found on the side of the road, and was never claimed. We are so happy we could give this puppy a home. He is like my second child.

[mickee311]

We have 3 Shih-Tzu's, Sadie, Leeroy and their puppy, Charlie. We also have fish, 1 Oscar, a Plecostamus and 2 Mekong Catfish relatives.

[Hoshi]

I have 2 ferrets, several fish, and, technically, a dog.

Ferrets:
My girl is named "Slinky" and is a big sweety who loves to play and wrestle.
My boy is named "Mudkip" (the name is an inside joke with some friends), and he's a mischievous little thing. He loves to wrestle and play with Slinky, and for some odd reason, likes to lick her ears(???). He also makes it well-known when he needs food or attention...by grabbing the bars of the cage and shaking them!

Fishies:
1 glofish (a pretty orange/red florescent fish)
2 Cherry Barbs (female, wanting a male)
2 Otocinclus (algae eaters, small ones)
And... a Betta! In a separate tank, of course.

Dog:
Since I technically can't have animals in my apartment (Ferrets are okay, my landlord says, as long as I don't tell anyone here!), I had to give my doggie to my mother. He's a black miniature schnauzer. He's super-sweet and super-cute, and he knows it. He knows how to use the puppy-eyes to get out of any trouble he is in.

I love my animals! My Ferrets are now just know as my "babies"