SPF Pets

[domino]

Crabs.  They are wonderfull pets.  Low maintenance.  An occasional scratching seems to be all they need to thrive.   My girlfriend gave them to me.  I try to give them back but they seem to have formed an attachment to me.

Barn cats.  They pretend to be shy but love to stare at me through the windows at night as though i am the pet in the cage.  The grandkids have half-tamed 'em even though i told them not to.  I like them to be distant and wild.....just like my girlfriend.

[jonah]

daddy's little bastard.

[gooey]

3 budgies. (parakeeeeets)

[thinbuddha]

In my household, we have 4 cats, a golden retirever and a small parrot.

None of them behave- they are all given free reign.  I need that "Supernanny" chick to come by and make my pets hang out on the naughty stool.

[CJ]

Sorta like my two cats here.

     We all live here, They are dependent on me for substance,but i doubt that crosses their mind,exept when they are telling me they want a refresh.

     I keep ahead of that,but I doubt it has anything with being thirsty or hungry. It is the bond between oh...parent amd child. Refuse to call myself 'mother', but it would be edjucational to watch someone else give my backyard cat it`s dailly pill. Backyard cat Even turns on the vet after a few tries...

     Wev`e grown used to each other,and it bothers me because they are in their latter years. Hopfully,we will get to retire together,though that is jus` luck on my part being somewhat young(55 when that happens, and almost 54 now).

     My cheap answer is that I will prolly pick up another cat... and females are easier to bond and house train,... get a cat on your side,youv`e got a true friend. People who like cats know this,just not as easy as a dog.

     My not so cheap answer is that I will grieve,but I have had the opportunity to do that over people now too. Matter of perspective.

      Still ,over the two dogs it shore hurt,and these  two creatures have actually growin closer to me.

      Damn.

[Arjuna]

If memory serves (which it rarely seems to these days) there are two rather non - descript malmutes missing from this thread...


. . . .When the hell did you get a cat TStT?

[TooStonedToType]

I've had the cat about 9 months?  It was a gift from Mr. and Mrs. TM.  He's good travelling, being around dogs, just a great cat.

[Syd]

 These are our babies. Becca is on the left she is an 8 month old doberman and Rikku, on the right, is a 3 year old boxer.

[space]

Noel Persephone, an 18 year old chocolate point Siamese princess...

I found her as a Xmas present for my wife on our first married Xmas together...a physician advertised in the hospial newsletter, and I inquired.  Her father was a multi-blue ribbon show cat, and her mother pedigreed but not shown.  The doc said she had not planned to breed Noel's mother, but the mother was so exceptionally friendly (esp. for the famously haughty Siamese) that she decided to let her have one litter.

She is an extraordinary cat.  Very socialized and affectionate...to people.  Has absolutely no interest in other cats.  She's built along the lean mean wedge-head model of Siamese, long-limbed, tremendously athletic.

When she was younger she used to love to play fetch with, of all things, the metal lids from her food cans.  I would frisbee the lid to the top of a 6' armoire, she would jump to a chair and then to the top of the armoire (a leap of almost 5 feet!), grab the lid in her mouth, leap the 6' to the floor and bring it back.  She could leap from a flat footed start to perch on my shoulder when I patted it--I used to love to show that off.  She has all her claws and teeth:  anyone who would declaw a cat should have at least one fingernail ripped out just for clarification.

I used to play-fight a lot with her:  her favorite was when I would flutter my hand along the floor like a bird and then lift it quickly into the air.  She would leap 3' up, throw all four legs around my forearm, and drag down Mr. Hand...then she would disembowel him with hyperenergetically pumping rear legs, though she never hurt me...much.

She is still chipper, though she sleeps a lot more now.  Still brings out her favorite toys for intense monkey (that's us) play.  She can still fly up the stairs on a good day.  She is testimony to good health care and the active life, lean diet, and love.  Her vet is astonished at her health, alertness, poise...her hair is perfect.  She has never known cruelty of any kind and seems to have no fear whatsoever, though she once responded very dramatically to a rubber snake.  She has the voice of a ticked off banshee when she chooses to use it.

When we brought her home she could curl up in my cupped hand, and she never got very big.  She still weighs in at her prime weight of about 8.5 lbs.  When she is feeling esp. affectionate, she loves to head butt my knee (I'm still a floor sitter, after all these years).  

When she passes we will mourn her like the close friend she is.

[winder]

We too have a chocolate point Siamese, but at 18-19 lbs, athletic is not an adjective for accurate description.  Affectionate? - yes, to a fault.  Active?  If whining for food and attention qualify as active, but otherwise not.  Not a mean bone in his body, unless a strange cat enters the yard, and then all the freaky siamese vocalizations emanate.

We also have either a long haired mutt of a cat, or a very small Maine Coon cat.  We was orphaned or abandoned as the runt of a litter, so he was never properly socialized as a cat.  He is nasty most of the time, being intolerant of the attention that most cats crave.  The exception is when he chooses to pounce on my chest to purr, but only when he decides to do so; I have no say in the matter.

Last but not least, we have a black-and-tan Cocker spaniel.  This dog is great.  Not only does he play fetch, we wrassles and gnaws on my arm without inflicting pain when we horse around.  He loves to watch me work in the yard.  He knows the meaning of "upstairs" and "downstairs" which somewhat amazes me.  He is Mrs. Winder's dog, but he and I love one another too.  The cats were my gift to the mix.

[CJ]

iF I get another cat(not till territory is vacated) I`ve been considering a Maine Coon. We thought we had some sort of miniture cats(they are sisters, 14 years now) when they were growing up,very last growth spurt got them up to 6-8 lb.

     However I`m starting to realize that could be years away.. prolly.Fine by me,completly fine.