[Ireland]

Do you have any pets?

If so, what kind of pet do you own? Ferret, cat, dog?

I have a Tonkinese cat named Oliver. He's three year old (almost 4). I rescued him from a cat rescue group on Jan. 3rd of this year. He weights 12 lbs. and loves to lay on my lap...and get it in the way of me typing on my lap top. >____>

[Coda]

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Three cats, two birds, and a fish.

>.>

The cats are Calvin and Hobbes -- they're littermates, Hobbes is orange with stripes and Calvin is a fluffy longhair with a dark coat and light underbelly; they've got some Maine Coon in them so they're rather large cats -- and Chi, who is smaller than the boys (which means she's a normal-sized cat but it's easy to forget that) with short but dense black and white fur. Hobbes loves to play fetch, and he'll get a ball and meow really loud until you throw it. Calvin is a cuddly little ninja and you'll find him in your lap and not be sure when he got there. Chi loves our son and sleeps in his bed with him.

The older bird is a blue and white female parakeet named Bluebell. The younger bird is a white-headed gray cockatiel named Totoro. Bluebell mostly keeps to herself, but Totoro's gregarious. He likes perching on people's heads, and he gives mommy kisses (complete with smooching sounds) and cuddles. He used to say "Peekaboo!" (or at least, he makes noises with that tone and cadence) if you hid behind a blanket and said "Where's Totoro?" and popped out from behind it, but he's grown out of that. He says "good morning" (again, tone and cadence, not actual speech) and after some morning cuddles and kisses, he sings songs -- he likes the Mickey Mouse March most, but he also sings the My Neighbor Totoro theme and the tune from my wife's alarm clock.

The fish's name is Wheatley. He's a red and blue crown tail betta fish. There's... not much more to say about him.

[Glitch]

I have 3 cats and a doggie!
Olive, Momo, and Digit! Digit has 22 toes <3

Duchess is my doggie, she is my whole world <3

[Salone]

That is Phil. I don't think Phil is with me any more. He was less of a pet and more of an entity that hung around and I'm pretty sure was incapable of death. To remind me that the food chain can be turned in to a loop, he used to crawl under my blankets at night or would run across my feet under my desk.

Haven't seen him in a while, but he's most likely just moved to an abandoned warehouse or something. And the bottle in the picture is fairly big, not a standard soda bottle.

[Ireland]

Your pets have awesome names. X3

I love when pets have creative and unique names. After working at a doggy day care, I've seen way too many Spots, Rovers, and Fidos...

[Glitch]

My mom has bred dogs my entire life, every litter is a different letter of the alphabet. So we would have to think up 5-10 a names, then b then c . . . I think I have gone through the whole alphabet at least 3 times. xD

[Coda]

Phil reminds me of our Spider-Bro.

We have problems with fruit flies in this part of California, so when a spider took up residence making a web in the corner of our bedroom window, we made a pact of nonaggression -- he could stay and have all the fruit flies he could eat, and we wouldn't bother him as long as he stayed on the windowsill.

He was probably there for almost a year, and he did indeed eat many a fruit fly.

[Tohopekaliga]

I don't have any pets.

But I have at least three animals in my house at any given time. All lizards.

Little guys get in through...I don't even know how. But I see them all the time. Most are outside (I'm sure there's a couple dozen within the vicinity of my house), but sometimes they get in...often lay their eggs, then there's baby lizards scurrying around.

On the plus side, they eat bugs like roaches and ants.

[Suzerain of Sheol]

Originally Posted by Salone

That is Phil. I don't think Phil is with me any more. He was less of a pet and more of an entity that hung around and I'm pretty sure was incapable of death. To remind me that the food chain can be turned in to a loop, he used to crawl under my blankets at night or would run across my feet under my desk.

Haven't seen him in a while, but he's most likely just moved to an abandoned warehouse or something. And the bottle in the picture is fairly big, not a standard soda bottle.

On the behalf of every arachnophobe out there, *squeeeeeeeal* *shriiiiiiiek* *hyperventilate*

[Salone]

Originally Posted by Suzerain of Sheol

On the behalf of every arachnophobe out there, *squeeeeeeeal* *shriiiiiiiek* *hyperventilate*

Oh, right. Um. Trigger warning. Spider.

Yeah, that'll cover it.

And aye Toho, there's a surprising amount of geckos over this way. They hang out on my windows and just act as free decoration. Every now and then one gets in, which I'm okay with because the South is home to some horrifying insects.

[Coda]

I hear the mosquitoes are either so small they can fly through your screen door, or so big they open it and walk in.

[Tohopekaliga]

Around here, they're almost all Brown Anoles. I looked it up one day, it's an invasive species from Cuba. The native ones are green, and much, much less common.

[Salone]

Originally Posted by Coda

I hear the mosquitoes are either so small they can fly through your screen door, or so big they open it and walk in.

Common misconception. The mosquitoes invade every house no matter if the door is closed. The big things that people think are giant mosquitoes are erroneously known as Mosquito Hawks, but they do not eat mosquitoes, nor are they some sort of insectile avian. They're just Crane Flies that are absolutely useless.

[Ireland]

I like lizards. =3

...truly I like 99% of animals. >___>;

It's people I'm not fond of.

[Coda]

Yeah, I know about crane flies, it was a joke. >.> Because some mosquitoes ARE pretty big (especially after they've eaten) -- just not crane fly big.

[Glitch]

this is supposed to be a happy thread! instead it is now filled with discussions of bugs! eeeeep!