This thread is open for discussion about your pets.
you might want to talk about....
what pets you have
what pets you want
a pet you just got
if you just lost a pet
and anything else about pets!!!
I have a dachshund... she is 11
Re: Pets
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 2:44 am
by VirtualWeasel
My dog likes to get hit by cars repeatedly and not get injured or even scratched.
Re: Pets
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 2:53 am
by Leyyuce
Continuing on my Yorkie: Seeing as it's getting warmer, we've given her a bit of a haircut- she's more adorable than ever. We were very lucky to pick up a pup like her from the humane society (I never buy from breeders), although I would have gladly settled for any of the dogs there. Yeah, I would absolutely recommend getting a Yorkie.
Anyway, has anyone here had any experience with ferrets? I was thinking of adopting one, as the local shelter just had a bunch of them come in.
Re: Pets
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:00 am
by Check-Nate
My aunt has a yorkie.... It dosen't like strangers at all.
I like them....they're adorable
They need to trust you in order for you to touch them though
Re: Pets
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:04 am
by VirtualWeasel
Ah... Ferrets. Believe me, I have had more animals than you can count. Ferrets are fun, lovable animals. But they can be quite the evil little buggers sometimes. They are highly intelligent and will probably sift through cabinets and such if they are loose around the house (which is fine, by the way. They can learn how to use a litter box and are much like dogs). They will bite, and can be quite annoying at times, but they are fun and lovable.
Re: Pets
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:21 am
by Leyyuce
Thanks for the info. Not surprisingly, Google was of little help in my search; I stumbled across a multitude of vague personality descriptions stating facts such as "the ferret is an animal that is a whole lot of fun but requires attention". (This line is used to describe every single mammal by the average PetCo employee).
Re: Pets
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:22 am
by Chaos the N'wah
I have four cats (two American shorthairs, one A. Longhair and a calico) and two pugs
I'd love to have a ferret, I had a 'friend' bring one over and I asked to hold it. She responded by saying that it hates other people, bites them, claws them and won't let anyone touch it 'cept her. One *Just let me hold it* later and the thing loved me to death, climbing around on my shoulders and head, falling asleep while draped on my shoulders like a shawl and running on my shoulder opposite from anyone trying to take it off me. Thing was adorable.
Re: Pets
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:24 am
by VirtualWeasel
I'm contemplating purchasing a Coatimundi. What do you guys think?
I realize they are a handful, and are like toddlers, but it is certainly handleable for me.
Re: Pets
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:32 am
by Check-Nate
VirtualWeasel wrote:I'm contemplating purchasing a Coatimundi. What do you guys think?
I realize they are a handful, and are like toddlers, but it is certainly handleable for me.
I never heard of that before......sure go for it if you really want it
Re: Pets
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:33 am
by VirtualWeasel
This is a Coati for anyone who doesn't know:
Spoiler:
Re: Pets
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:34 am
by Leyyuce
You've further convinced me to adopt a ferret, ChaosDawns.
Re: Pets
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:42 am
by VirtualWeasel
I do know that males will try to kill you when they grow older. So I will definitely get a female. They seem to be pretty mellow. They have a tendency to... Explore your cabinets (At least I've heard).
Re: Pets
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:27 am
by Shanks
I've missed my family's labradors alot since I moved out of home. Sadly one passed a way a few months ago far too young from a lingering heart condition caused by Tick Venom
Re: Pets
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 6:53 am
by JockoBeans
My mother has parrots. Yes parrots. AND I HATE PARROTS!!!!
Anyway, it is illegal for me to purchase a ferret. I live in California, so escaped domesticated ferret can be competition for the local Black-tipped Weasel population.... or so the gov't says.
Re: Pets
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:20 am
by VirtualWeasel
Anyway... It is illegal to purchase a Coati in Colorado... Unless you have a license to own exotic pets. Which I do...
Re: Pets
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:23 am
by JockoBeans
Funny that I found one of those wild weasels in my front yard a couple of years ago and I live in the middle of a city of little over 100,000 (not counting illegal aliens )
Re: Pets
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:25 am
by VirtualWeasel
Weasels are fun... I like them. They can be cute, too.
Re: Pets
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:28 am
by JockoBeans
I like them, because they eat the damnable rats that infest certain areas of my city. It is sad that I hardly see them in the wild and they used to be quite plentiful in valley I live in, the same goes for badgers (mean hole-in-the-ground jerks).
Re: Pets
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:33 am
by VirtualWeasel
Well, that's humans... Always killing animals...
Re: Pets
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:36 am
by JockoBeans
And animals are always killing humans. It's the natural cycle that has been around since Time's beginning.
Re: Pets
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:36 am
by VirtualWeasel
But humans are killing faster than animals are killing... Anyways, this is hopelessly offtopic.
Re: Pets
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:40 am
by JockoBeans
Aw but we have always focused on killing each other, animals just tend to get caught along for the ride.
Anyway I used to have a old black cat, but he died a couple of months ago. God I miss that cat. He was my amigo.
Re: Pets
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 8:51 am
by SquareRobot
After I move to my new home, I'm digging up the yard to make a koi pond. I'll toss some tadpoles up in the piece too, see if I can get some bullfrogs and koi chillin'. But for animals to be more pet-like, I'm looking at rottweilers and some kind of large bird.
Help me decide: do I get a parrot or macaw and teach it swears or do I get a raptor? Be kind of neat to have a falcon.
Re: Pets
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:17 am
by Argonanza
Has anyone witnessed a dog giving birth? It's quite amazing, really. And the smell, you never forget the smell og newborn puppy.
Re: Pets
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 12:46 pm
by SquareRobot
Birth is nasty. I've seen human, feline, canine and bovine birth. Disgusting. I make sure my females get spayed.
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