What type of pets do Kilties like?

[John M.]

We have two cats, one local scorpion (Vaejovis Confusus species), & one South American Tarantula (A. Avicularia "pink toe").

[Panache]

As I am married to a vet we have more than our fair share of pets.


One Husky/Border Collie named Bella. She used to be my wife's dog. Then about 6 years ago when I went away to the hospital for heart surgery and was gone for two weeks she sat in my favorite chair and stared out the window the entire time. When anyone came to the door she would run over to it and bark. When she determined it wasn't me she return to her vigil. When I came home she bounded about the house barking and leaping high into the air. She followed me around CONSTANTLY for the next three months (I just love stepping out of the bathroom and tripping over my loyal pet). She's a good doggie.

One tortoise shell cat named Smudge that we raised from a 4 or 5 day old orphan (had to bottle feed her). She's also technically my cat* and has been best described as my "psycho familar" (though doesn't that mean she should do my evil bidding instead or her own evil desires?) Tortise shells, can't live with them, can't turn them into sporrans.

One Leopard Gecko named "Lasser" (Technically Sinbad's pet)

One Ball Python named Pandora , Pet O' the Flame-Haired Celtic Amazon Goddess

One Red Tail Boa named Perseus, Ditto

One Milk Snakename Prometheus, Ditto

(Long story short: Snakes are more like slow moving sculptures than pets. They look kind of cool, but just try teaching one to fetch)

Assorted goldfish and minnows in my pond, mine but there are raccoons in the neighborhood that beg to differ.

Cheers



* Does any cat really belong to anyone? It seems it goes the other way round

[Rex_Tremende]

Though this topic has come up before, here's a recent photo of my geriatric Welsh terrier, Quincy, with his breeder, who stopped by for a visit last week.

Regards,
Rex in Cincinnati

[JBfromBS]

Dogs all the way. Here's a shot of my Mastiff, Dagger:

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

Great thread O'Neille!

Down from our high point of a few years ago. And Panache, we have something in common with our wives, my wife is not a vet, but only missed it due to us having to move before she finished her DVM at NC State, but she has been a vet tech for many years until we had our own 2 legged pets, errr, kids!

Anyway, at the height we had 3 dogs and 7 cats. A shepherd, rottweiler mix, doberman mix, and a terrier mix dog. Then the first cat we ever had together, a 3 legged blue cream, an orange tabby stray, 2 tortoise shell liter mates, a pure white, and a pure black cat. We only have the terrier mix and the last 4 cats left, but we were looking at the greyhounds for adoption recently...

[O'Neille]

but we were looking at the greyhounds for adoption recently...

I have a friend with a greyhound that is too cool. They have the softest hair you would ever feel on a short haired dog. If they would stay still long enough they'd make great dog pillows. O'Neille

[gilmore]

Great thread O'Neille!

we were looking at the greyhounds for adoption recently...

It's wonderful that people adopt greyhounds past their prime so that they don't have to be put to sleep. The ones I have known have been incredibly well trained and well behaved, eerily so sometimes. A friend calls them Stepford hounds.