Post Your Pets!

Subhuman · Post by **Subhuman** » Tue May 31, 2005 9:35 am

Zuul, my beta fish

Whee, I have a beta fish too. Mine had a near-death experience last week when I accidentally dumped him in the sink along with the water. He flopped around for a bit until I located the plug. They're hardy buggers.

And now, my doggie:

Corgan_dane · Post by **Corgan_dane** » Tue May 31, 2005 9:55 am

Bart, looking pissed about something, as usual.

Cobweb, looking freaked out by everything, as usual.

Poe, the blind pekingese puppy. Not looking at anything, as usual.

Tynan · Post by **Tynan** » Tue May 31, 2005 10:20 am

"Rules of attraction" eh subhuman 8)

Komiyan · Post by **Komiyan** » Tue May 31, 2005 11:38 am

Ahh, Sam, you have a chameleon! I've always wanted one of those.. Does he make a nice pet?

Also, this thread needs more fluffy white dogs.

Happy Wilma in snow

Carlin · Post by **Carlin** » Tue May 31, 2005 1:10 pm

My dog Ace. He's can usually be found sleeping, chewing on blankets (bad! no chewing on clean blankets) and sleeping some more. Then barking at anything that may or may not be moving in the general vicinity of our yard.

Sam_Charette · Post by **Sam_Charette** » Tue May 31, 2005 2:10 pm

Komiyan wrote:Ahh, Sam, you have a chameleon! I've always wanted one of those.. Does he make a nice pet?

Depends what you mean by a "nice pet"

Chameleons are more a "look but don't touch" kind of pet. Some of them don't mind being handled, but the norm is that it will upset them. Mine typically runs away from my hand, and often hisses (louder than my cat, I might add) if I try to pick him up. He hisses less if I trick him into walking ont my hand, though

I do plan on trying to socialize him a little, though. They can be trained to feed from your hand if you're patient enough. I don't expect him to like me enough to want to play with me or anything, but I'd like him to be comfortable enough to not run away from me when I need to get him

He's quite interesting to watch, actually. It's really neat to watch him hunt, and see just how flexible he is, how strong his prehensile tail is, and how long that tongue shoots out. Most importantly, there's nothing cooler than an animal that can look directly at you, even though his head is facing away from you

(as seen here)

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Tue May 31, 2005 6:36 pm

mimo wrote:Great idea for a thread!

Carson (he has two different coloured eyes)

HAWT!

Leko · Post by **Leko** » Tue May 31, 2005 6:53 pm

This here's my buddy Chase. How he got his name is my favorite pet story. ^_^ We were at the pound looking at dogs, this one specifically, and my brother was messing with the automatic door. I dropped his leash right when the door opened, and he naturally bolted... he was all the way across the parking lot by the time we got to the door, but we called him back and he came. It was so cool. He just came barrelling back across the parking lot...

He managed to escape from our house several times over the years since we adopted him, but he's mellowing out now. He turned seven in April.

CJBurgandy · Post by **CJBurgandy** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 9:32 am

PeppermintAfterlife wrote: Yay! Shelties!

half thai... likes Shelties....

you are starting to become my favorite Male Spacer.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 9:38 am

cjburgandy wrote:
PeppermintAfterlife wrote: Yay! Shelties!
half thai... likes Shelties....

you are starting to become my favorite Male Spacer.

YES!

*does a snoopy dance atop a piano till it falls apart*

Grabmygoblin · Post by **Grabmygoblin** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 9:39 am

we're getting a new puppy Thursday. I'll post pics then.

Fullcircle · Post by **Fullcircle** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 12:41 pm

Wow, I love the creative names people have picked out for their pets on this thread! I know I've posted pics of my critters before, but... Bwah, I can't resist! Plus we have some new pics and a new bird.

This is Q. S/he is a Diamond Dove, and ever so tiny quiet nervous and sweet. We couldn't figure out the gender so since all Q are named Q regardless of gender we figured that'd work. Plus s/he has a lil starfield on hir wings! ... Meh, Next Gen fans will get it

This is Mordred... he is a mouse. A very strange odd mouse. No, he's not squished or a bonsai mouse or anything, this is just his favorite sleeping position. Weird mouse. The other pic is his second favorite way to sleep... the Blair Witch position.

This is our cockatiel Zell. She is a noisy little cutie who hates everyone except my fiancee. I'll do if KW isn't around, but... yeah. Love her anyway

No idea why she felt like sitting on the scale, but it makes a cute pic. She looks very proud of herself.

Gir (named for the character on Invader Zim) likes to run. Run run run run. He who lives by the wheel, dies by the wheel. Here he is taking a brief rest.

The eldest pair are Cleo (my 16 year old cat) and Daphne (our bunny wabbit). They get along pretty well for the most part, with occassional typical sibling behavior.

Ninja bunny! She seems to really admire Cleo. No matter how cranky the cat gets, Daphne wants to be near her.

SMACK! Stop Stalking me!

But when Cleo has hairballs, Daphne worries about her and is there for moral support. We want one more pet, but don't have the space or cash him for just yet... A miami phase corn snake! Someday

Sam_Charette · Post by **Sam_Charette** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 1:18 pm

fullcircle wrote:Lots 'o pets

I wish I lived in your house.

Stinkywigfiddle · Post by **Stinkywigfiddle** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 2:26 pm

McDuffies' cat looks like a younger version of my cat.
Maybe I'll post a picture sometime.

Housecats have it made.

-Rain- · Post by **-Rain-** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 3:59 pm

My doggie, a Yorkshire terrier called Ever.

Yes, that's a weird name, let me explain:
when we were thinking about a dog (I really wanted a cat, but my mother hates them), we had to choose a small dog, because we live in a flat. Plus, it had to have pedigree (so said my mother), just in case we wanted to earn some money breeding him (*sigh* I was 12 then, now I have made them undestand how wrong is that, with allthose homeless pets in the pound).
The thing is, with pedigree dogs, each year has a letter assigned (those who were born in 1993 had the "E", it seems"), so I guess the breeder picked a random word from the English dictionary. So now my dog is called Ever (it suited him, somehow).

before haircut

after haircut. He seems to be laughing at us the whooole day...

And Gus, my russian dwarf hamster. He is soooo cute... and he likes human flesh soooo much...

see the hunger for my fingertips in those little black eyes...

Sam_Charette · Post by **Sam_Charette** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 5:06 pm

-Rain- wrote:and he likes human flesh soooo much...

Who doesn't?

<.<

What??

PieceOfSkunk · Post by **PieceOfSkunk** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 5:10 pm

There seem to be a disproportionate number of cats here, but I'll tip the balance further in their favor with my own, who goes by the name of Churchill.

Leko · Post by **Leko** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 7:28 pm

I used to have a Hermit Crab that ate fingers too.

Those things are scary.

Kris X · Post by **Kris X** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 7:53 pm

-Rain- wrote:yorkie pictures

*Cries* My Yorkie got eaten by coyotes.

Pimpette · Post by **Pimpette** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 9:35 pm

Kris X wrote:
-Rain- wrote:yorkie pictures
*Cries* My Yorkie got eaten by coyotes.

That's terrible!

On a related note, a friend of mine has a rather grouchy grey tabby that fought off a coyote once.
Her name is Millie and she hates just about everyone. Scary cat.