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[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Quick and dirty:

Anyone have/had/looking to get/wanting any pets? If so, let's hear about 'em!

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[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

I have a Saint Bernard.

She is large, drooly, and completely unaware of how large she is. Also, she loves everyone. As physically as she can.

...

By which I mean BODYSLAMMINGLY.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

EEEE YAY.

[endsthegame]

Oh, and since I completely forgot to mention, I also have two chickens.

Known to us as Alex (Hayden) and Weasel. ...Yes, both references to the Marvel mercs, shh.

[crazypilotman.livejournal.com]

I (or rather my hubby) has one dumb mutt dog. I'm not a dog person myself, much.

I prefer cats. I have been thinking to get another, my kitty of 12 years passed away last September. I still miss him sometimes.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Nodnodnod.

I like both but I can see the appeal of both depending.

[likethegun]

Someday, I will possibly have a dog. A *little* dog, omg. I would prefer a cat, but I'm allergic to them, which makes me especially sad because cats seem to love me. :(

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

There are some medications, I think, if you're really prefer a cat. My roommate is allergic to cats as well and we live with three of them.

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

I had a German Shepherd for 8 yrs. He was my baby. I still haven't replaced him yet. Oddly enough I'm allergic to cats.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Awwww. Shepherd's are beautiful, lovely animals.

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

We don't have a pet right now, but the people across the street of us keep getting cats and dogs and then abuse/neglect them. So currently two of their cats have decided to live on our side of the street. One of them is currently sleeping under our table and we're probably going to steal adopt him.

He's wee and very scared of people so it's taking a lot of patience. My mom wanted to name him Pollux, but I think we finally reached a consensus on naming him Maori.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Awwwwwwwww. Yay for your awesomeness and kindness to animals.

[ecirpnellehada.livejournal.com]

Now that we have the house, we'll be getting two cats.

We will be naming them LOL and ROFL.

Best. Cats. Ever. Even if I'm more of a dog person.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

*snorf*

[nottheclone.livejournal.com]

Growing up, I had a cat. I say "I", but the truth is my parents got her the year before I was born and were the ones to name her Rama (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendezvous_with_Rama) because, well. I come by my geekery quite honestly. Then I came along, and as you can see (http://www.thekimera.net/lj/img001.jpg), we were clearly BFF.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Heeee.

[im-afrog.livejournal.com]

Omg, that's adorable!

[thismaskiwear.livejournal.com]

I swear, that picture never, never gets less cute.

[raspberryturk]

I have a cat and a cockatiel, myself. Both of them like to have a spot of honour on my shoulder, but alas, they can't do so at the same time. (Mind you, they've tried, silly things.)

I would like to start myself another freshwater aquarium. I used to be a nut for brightly-coloured cichlids, but a few years back when I moved up to the city, I was unable to keep my tank for lack of space. Now I'm living in a house with room to spare, so I might look into starting another one.

But the animals don't end there. Also living in my home (though not belonging to me) are two more cats, a rabbit, and a corn snake.

And we want more. Yes, we're nuts.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

...you sound like my roommate's old apartment.

[raspberryturk]

If it makes me sound less insane, the bird used to be all I had. And ending up with the cat was an accident (and a long story), and I just recently moved in with the other critters. They sort of conglomerated as four roomies came together.

I was a nice, normal bird lady, I swear.

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

I actually have never had a pet, nor do I really want one. I had a ladybug for like...three days when I was very little? And a family cat who died when I was three, but I don't think that counts.

ETA: Though my mom is constantly threatening to buy me a puppy or a kitty, and my grandma did give me a puppy my junior year of high school. Thankfully, my mom intervened and he went to a family friend who wasn't terrified of dogs.

[solo_sword]

I want a dog. A lot. Unfortunately my apartment is way too small for one, especially since I like big dogs, and ones that could easily kill a person, like Dobermen (shh), German shepherds, huskies, pit bulls...

I am going to take the opportunity to share a pet story, though. See, about... oh, four roommates ago, one roomie who we shall call J. had a stickbug. She was teaching in a class where their class pet stickbug had wee stickbug babies and she brought it home and kept it in a little plastic thingie on the kitchen counter. And it grew and grew and then it turned into THIS. I hated that damn thing and it freaked me out (I'm fine with bugs, as long as they're not big bugs) and I kept insisting it should pay rent since it obviously needed its own room now. And it got bigger after this pic was taken.

About six months later J. moved, taking the stickbug (named Sticky, btw), and one day she went to put him in the plant she had outside on the balcony for some air... and the stickbug ran away, never to be found again.

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

I have three cats at my house but I only consider one mine. Her name is Yoda. She likes eating cake and avocados. Oh, and I have a dog named Rowdy. He doesn't really do much except dress like a total pimp.

Here, have a picture of Yoda and Rowdy (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a230/sammie_jo_/YodaRowyd.jpg) together.

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

I currently have one cat, who is the sweetest, snuggliest cat you will ever meet. She loves everyone.

Growing up, we always had three cats and a large dog. I really really miss owning multiple cats, but it's just not practical in my apartment.

[arjiki-diamonds.livejournal.com]

I have a monstrous siamese/domestic white named Cookie, but you already knew that.

Observe. (http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2064327&l=b3674&id=120403486)

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes, I did. Is a fluffy kitty!

[hanged-magician.livejournal.com]

At the moment, I have a black Oriental Shorthair cat named Malika (Mali for short) that we adopted two years ago. She's an absolute sweetheart and very vocal, which is a 180 degree turnaround from the shy, scared little thing she was when she first came to live with us.

We also have three ferrets: Roxas, Hervey, and Tobi Lucifer Wade Wilson. Shhhh. We couldn't agree on one name, so he got three. We're dorks, which is why they have fandom names (Kingdom Hearts, Suikoden, Naruto/Lucifer/Marvel). They're great kids, especially Tobi, who is a shoulder-ferret and loves hoodies even if he's big enough now that him sitting in your hood makes it awfully hard to breathe. It's sad, though, because we don't have much time to devote to them...so for their sake we're looking for a new home for them.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

FERRETS! *wants*

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

I have a wee Russian hamster. Called Anchovy.

Seem to have this thing with naming my pets after food.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

AWwww. is cute!

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

Totally. (http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/9645/anchovy1lw8.jpg)

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

My beloved American Eskimo (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/thena8572/cody.jpg) died last year at age 14. I've thought about getting a new dog, but my living situation is a little up in the air right now. Basically, I moved home to help out my dad when he was sick and never ended up moving out.

We did end up taking in my sister's cat while she was overseas doing research for her thesis, and I was very happy with that. But it turned out that my dad was severely allergic to cats. After having to rush him to the hospital because he couldn't breathe, I had to find a new home for the cat.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Ow. I'm so sorry.

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

It was rough. But the only good thing that came out of it is getting in tough with the local chapter of Heart Bandits (http://www.heartbandits.com/), which does American Eskimo rescues. I've been talking to them about joining as a volunteer, which has really helped.

[im-afrog.livejournal.com]

As of right now, I have two cats: Bonnie and Brewster. They're brother and sister and they're all mine. My dad jokes that I'm their mom since a) I got licked by Brewster while at the shelter and b) Brewster and I share the same color hair. We're both redheads.

We sort of have a third cat, Christmas (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v114/StargateAddict/Picture%20Meme/124-2449_IMG.jpg?t=1219612975), except she's an outdoor cat and has become somewhat wild in that she'll only come around to be fed and then scamper away for a few days. Yeah, silly thing.

I soooooooo unbelievably want a huskie. One day. One day, I shall have one.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

My roommate wants a Berner. She grew up with one. Awww.

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

We've got three kitties -- Bella, the beautiful, fluffy, elegant diva, Emmers, the grumpy cat, and the youngest one, Chase.

You all know Chase, because he's running around Fandom. Only, Rikku calls him Petey.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Heee. That's awesome.

[the_merriest]

.... Oops. It'd help if I read the whole page before pinging, wouldn't it?

[sith_happened]

We have a year-and-a-half old beagle named Niact, which is very funny if you are a government nerd and speak fluent acronym. That picture shows how he prefers to get his belly rubbed. Rolling over is for other people.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEe is adorable.

[harrydresden.livejournal.com]

I have never had any pets. Woe.

Someday I will get a dog. A nice big dog that can eat people I don't like...

[ktarian-wildman.livejournal.com]

I have an eleven year old cockatiel called Rainbow (who is more of a family pet) and a rabbit called Snowie (who is really my brother's).

Previously we used to have another rabbit called Snowie who died quite a few years ago (actually I'm surprised that he lived for as long as he did) and we've had several pet mice even though we no longer have them because dad had the habit of accidently killing them because he kept leaving them outside.

I want to have a pet cat but no one in my family likes them so I have to wait until I move out of home before I can have them. I already know that I will be naming them after characters from the musical Cats (I really want a cat called Skimbleshanks).

[wantstodirect]

I really want a dog. Which is impractical in terms of time and space and neither my roommate or my cat would be pleased if I brought home a dog. So I'm waiting until I can live somewhere else.

[thankgoditsme.livejournal.com]

Had lots and lots of pets. Despite being really, really allergic, I've almost always had a cat. Usually cats with weird names. Oene, Xena, Puss Puss, Calamari (and her many, many kittens), Monty II, Venus, Gus, Misty, Luka, Pavlikowski and now my family has a cat named Tags. Then there were the many, many mice, guinea pigs named Milo and Otis, the seahorse, the clownfish, the earthworms (all named Travis after a classmate), two rats (Scout and Amy), a frill-necked lizard, a couple of chickens, a snail and plenty of fish.

Mostly recently, my fish named Madrox died. He lived a long and prosperous life for a goldfish.

I don't have any larger pets of my own for the moment, but when I settle in one place for a long period of time, I'd like to get a Newfoundland dog, a couple of cats (I get lonely without a cat around) and maybe a rabbit. Rabbits are illegal to own here, so they're a novelty.

[the_merriest]

Now would be a good time to admit that Rikku's very dim kitten, Cuban Pete, who used to be the Jerries' Retarded Kitten Oracle?

... that's my (and Sokka-mun's) cat, Chase.

He really is that stupid. And adorable. And a cuddleslut. N found him by a dumpster, mewing and crying, and brought him in all LOOK, HE IS ALONE AND NEEDS OUR LOVE and he was the most adorable dumb little thing I'd ever seen. We already had two kitties, and the apartment building said we couldn't have more than two, so I was hardlining on the point, but .... being practical does not work in the face of So Much Cute.

As for how he ever wandered into the game? .... Never, ever ask a chatroom to talk you out of writing class about your dim-as-hell kitten. Enablers. :)

[canadianpopstar.livejournal.com]

Omg. I can't believe I didn't participate in this until now (damn work and its sapping of my energy.)

Pets and me = kind of a running joke. I am a BIG animal lover. To the point that when I go to Meijer, I don't impulse-buy candy or anything -- I'm way more likely to accidentally come home with a parakeet.

To date, I have had: two betas (Winslow and Pintsize), five goldfish (Marten, Dora, Hannelore, Faye and Sven), two parakeets (Jaye-bird and Buster), one hamster (Bristow), one dog (Toby), three dogs by roommate-proxy (Yoda - roomie 1; I don't remember the other two dogs' names because I kind of hated this roommate and blocked out everything to do with her), nine cats (K-Mig, Mickey, Jagger, Domino, Burbank, Moose, Sully, Patches the Ninjacat!, and Mowgli), one cat by roomie-proxy (Baby) and one lizard, Mohinder, who was shared between myself and my awesome old roommate before he moved away.

As of this very moment, I have three cats (Sully, Domino and Mowgli, who's a kitten), and that's it. I've been very good and haven't bought any small animals, mostly because given that I moved back home, I have a lot less control over the environment and the cats could easily upset them. I want very much to get a puppy when I'm stable (school and job-wise) enough to do so, because I love dogs possibly more than any other kind of domesticated animal -- my last serious boyfriend had pitbull puppies that used to knock my tiny little self over, and I've always wanted something similarly large and dorktastic.

My roommate still puts the lizard on the phone when I call, though. We're dorks.