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Two cats - Betty (black, female, 13 years - I got her from the local cat rescue home back in 1996) and Boo (black/white, male, 7 years, got him as a kitten back in 1999). Rabbit (Sausage, light brown, 2 years, from a local animal rescue home). Guinea Pig (Pip, brown, 2 years, from local pet shop) Two fantail goldfish (both called "Nemo" according to my 2 year old daughter!).
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For the moment, workload is a bit low, so here's a ridiculous question for you all: What pets do you have? What do they do that's funny? What's his/hers name, color, # of legs/paws, ...? We have a black hamster at home named Franklin, he tries to stick objects into his jaws that are bigger then he is... the funniest thing he does is hang upside down in his cage. I'm still wondering how he does it, because it's all full plastic except the top part (to open it), so he actually has to jump. Once we forgot to lock the cage and he managed to escape !! Occasionally he stands on top of his wheel, falling of when the starts to turn. The wonderous world of fauna :-)
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I have 2 little kittens, Tabitha and Trixabel, both are British Shothairs. Tabby is a Blue and Trixi is a cream, tan and grey calico. They were both born on 4th August '06 (which incidentally was 2 days prior to my wedding) and they're half sisters. However, Trixi was a litter of 7 so is tiny compared to giant Tabby who was a litter of 1. They do too many thing that are funny to name, in fact I can watch them for ages without getting bored. They have PROPER scraps which includes ear biting, swatting using claws, headlocks and even bundling one another off of sofas or tables. They seriously make me laugh. They are also the cutest little things ever! I am totally in love with my kittens (and I was more a dog person before the wife convinced me to get cats).
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Is that all? :) We have three birds that have so far managed to survive multiple assaults by our two cats - mainly the younger one. One buddgie is smart enough to let itself out of and into the cage. Not good karma, I'm afraid. In fact, that one has survived being carried down the hall in younger cat's mouth while children screamed :) Two dogs - one is a psycho mutt, the other is a benign lab/husky mix. Two cats, oh - already said that. One cat is psycho, white, named Calvin for all the trouble he gets into. The other cat is an orange tabby. All pets belong to children with exception of orange tabby. Fish we tried, fish died... maybe another time.
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charlieg wrote:
named Calvin for all the trouble he gets into
:laugh: :laugh:
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I don't have any pets at the moment. I used to have a Border Collie. He was one of the most intelligent dogs I've ever known. Very loyal and loved to have his belly rubbed. He used to stand on a chair to look out the window at the street. And if you asked him "Is granny coming?" He'd dash straight to the window and stay there until she arrived. As soon as he saw my grandparents car he'd race to the front door. We then had to hold him back because he was overexcited and would have knocked her to the ground. As soon as my granny was safely sitting on the sofa we'd let the dog go and he'd race over. My granny always had some treat for the dog. As soon as he'd got his treat and eaten it he'd then go to get patted by my grandad, who had been completely ignored by the dog up until that point. His name was Cuirm, he was black, white and tan. He died on the 28th September 2001 at the age of 15 years 10 months. We'd had him since he was 8 weeks old. I'd love another dog. But I now live in a city centre and it would be cruel to keep a dog couped up in a flat all day without a garden to play in.
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote:
I'd love another dog. But I now live in a city centre and it would be cruel to keep a dog couped up in a flat all day without a garden to play in.
Yeah, I know what you mean, would you consider a Cat at all ?
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Is that all? :) We have three birds that have so far managed to survive multiple assaults by our two cats - mainly the younger one. One buddgie is smart enough to let itself out of and into the cage. Not good karma, I'm afraid. In fact, that one has survived being carried down the hall in younger cat's mouth while children screamed :) Two dogs - one is a psycho mutt, the other is a benign lab/husky mix. Two cats, oh - already said that. One cat is psycho, white, named Calvin for all the trouble he gets into. The other cat is an orange tabby. All pets belong to children with exception of orange tabby. Fish we tried, fish died... maybe another time.
Charlie Gilley Will program for food... Whoever said children were cheaper by the dozen... lied. My son's PDA is an M249 SAW. My other son commutes in an M1A2 Abrams
Not good karma, I'm afraid. In fact, that one has survived being carried down the hall in younger cat's mouth while children screamed :)
:laugh: You must live in a rural area ?
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote:
I'd love another dog. But I now live in a city centre and it would be cruel to keep a dog couped up in a flat all day without a garden to play in.
Yeah, I know what you mean, would you consider a Cat at all ?
Ray Kinsella wrote:
would you consider a Cat at all ?
Same deal. I know some people that keep a cat in an appartment and it never gets let out, but I don't think that's natural. My ex had cats and they were free to roam out in to the garden and around the neighbourhood. It kept them healthy, well excersised and slim.
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I have 2 little kittens, Tabitha and Trixabel, both are British Shothairs. Tabby is a Blue and Trixi is a cream, tan and grey calico. They were both born on 4th August '06 (which incidentally was 2 days prior to my wedding) and they're half sisters. However, Trixi was a litter of 7 so is tiny compared to giant Tabby who was a litter of 1. They do too many thing that are funny to name, in fact I can watch them for ages without getting bored. They have PROPER scraps which includes ear biting, swatting using claws, headlocks and even bundling one another off of sofas or tables. They seriously make me laugh. They are also the cutest little things ever! I am totally in love with my kittens (and I was more a dog person before the wife convinced me to get cats).
J4amieC wrote:
I am totally in love with my kittens
The problem with kittens is that they grow up. My ex got kittens and they were as cute as anything. However, they grew up and became truculant.
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Ray Kinsella wrote:
would you consider a Cat at all ?
Same deal. I know some people that keep a cat in an appartment and it never gets let out, but I don't think that's natural. My ex had cats and they were free to roam out in to the garden and around the neighbourhood. It kept them healthy, well excersised and slim.
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I thought they where pretty independent, that it is just a question of getting a cat flap and off you go, locking a cat up all day seems pretty cruel to me. Sounds like you miss having pets around the place, thought it might be a good alternative ?
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Not good karma, I'm afraid. In fact, that one has survived being carried down the hall in younger cat's mouth while children screamed :)
:laugh: You must live in a rural area ?
no, not really, though the subdivision is one of the older ones in the northern Atlanta area.... meaning we have trees, and I cannot touch my house and the neighbor's house at the same time... :) It's just that with a large family, the children's interests are diverse... the cat/bird thing was funny afterwards... we heard my 8 year old crying... you know, that cry that triggers EVERY primordial response to kill whatever is hurting her (any dad/mom knows this sound). I went up the stairs 4 at a time, and when asked what's wrong, she says, " Jack (the cat) is eating Bob (the bird)". Primordial response disabled.... Yell at cat, "drop it!" Believe it or not, Bob still lives. No, I have no idea why they named the bird Bob :)
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I thought they where pretty independent, that it is just a question of getting a cat flap and off you go, locking a cat up all day seems pretty cruel to me. Sounds like you miss having pets around the place, thought it might be a good alternative ?
Ray Kinsella wrote:
locking a cat up all day seems pretty cruel to me.
I would have to agree with that.
Ray Kinsella wrote:
I thought they where pretty independent, that it is just a question of getting a cat flap and off you go
I live on the 6th floor (7th by American definitions). Even if I installed a cat flap the cat would then either have to get through the fire doors onto the stairs or learn how to use a lift. At the bottom it would need to go through another door to get into the courtyard for the building. From there it could take another set of stairs to the ground level and out through the bars in the service gates.
Ray Kinsella wrote:
Sounds like you miss having pets around the place
Yes, that's true.
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no, not really, though the subdivision is one of the older ones in the northern Atlanta area.... meaning we have trees, and I cannot touch my house and the neighbor's house at the same time... :) It's just that with a large family, the children's interests are diverse... the cat/bird thing was funny afterwards... we heard my 8 year old crying... you know, that cry that triggers EVERY primordial response to kill whatever is hurting her (any dad/mom knows this sound). I went up the stairs 4 at a time, and when asked what's wrong, she says, " Jack (the cat) is eating Bob (the bird)". Primordial response disabled.... Yell at cat, "drop it!" Believe it or not, Bob still lives. No, I have no idea why they named the bird Bob :)
Charlie Gilley Will program for food... Whoever said children were cheaper by the dozen... lied. My son's PDA is an M249 SAW. My other son commutes in an M1A2 Abrams
charlieg wrote:
we heard my 8 year old crying... you know, that cry that triggers EVERY primordial response to kill whatever is hurting her (any dad/mom knows this sound)
Thank God, I don't know that sound yet, but I am getting married in December so I imagine that it is in the post. I hate kids, what I mean is that I am ill at ease around them and would run a mile when they cry, so I suppose that is my current primordial response when I hear kids cry ... run. ;P So I can't relate. On a funny related story we once cooked our Goldfish (small orange fish). Our central heating system was being converted from a back boiler (coal fired) to a gas fired central heating system. So we had to move out of the living room to the sitting room while this was being done, all the furniture also had the come out of the living room while this was being done. I put the Goldfish fish bowl on the Mantelpiece over the fire in the sitting room and later mum lit a fire because the room was cold, no central heating remember, after an hour or so we noticed steam rising from the Goldfish Bowl and the Goldfish fish floating at the top of the bowl... poor Scooby Doo.
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Ray Kinsella wrote:
locking a cat up all day seems pretty cruel to me.
I would have to agree with that.
Ray Kinsella wrote:
I thought they where pretty independent, that it is just a question of getting a cat flap and off you go
I live on the 6th floor (7th by American definitions). Even if I installed a cat flap the cat would then either have to get through the fire doors onto the stairs or learn how to use a lift. At the bottom it would need to go through another door to get into the courtyard for the building. From there it could take another set of stairs to the ground level and out through the bars in the service gates.
Ray Kinsella wrote:
Sounds like you miss having pets around the place
Yes, that's true.
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote:
Even if I installed a cat flap the cat would then either have to get through the fire doors onto the stairs or learn how to use a lift
:laugh:
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J4amieC wrote:
I am totally in love with my kittens
The problem with kittens is that they grow up. My ex got kittens and they were as cute as anything. However, they grew up and became truculant.
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote:
they grew up and became truculant
I had to look up the meaning of that - aggressive . Were they Boys or Girls? The breeder I got mine from had about 5 adult cats (2 of which were of course my kitten's mum's) and they were all very affectionate. They're like kids - its the way you raise them, and although Im a first time pet owner I think im doing pretty well so far. My kittens certainly seem content. On a related note, and im sure its been said before, in my next life I ho[pe to be resurected as a Cat. Their life consists of; Sleeping, Cleaning,Playing, Eating. Pretty much in that order.
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charlieg wrote:
we heard my 8 year old crying... you know, that cry that triggers EVERY primordial response to kill whatever is hurting her (any dad/mom knows this sound)
Thank God, I don't know that sound yet, but I am getting married in December so I imagine that it is in the post. I hate kids, what I mean is that I am ill at ease around them and would run a mile when they cry, so I suppose that is my current primordial response when I hear kids cry ... run. ;P So I can't relate. On a funny related story we once cooked our Goldfish (small orange fish). Our central heating system was being converted from a back boiler (coal fired) to a gas fired central heating system. So we had to move out of the living room to the sitting room while this was being done, all the furniture also had the come out of the living room while this was being done. I put the Goldfish fish bowl on the Mantelpiece over the fire in the sitting room and later mum lit a fire because the room was cold, no central heating remember, after an hour or so we noticed steam rising from the Goldfish Bowl and the Goldfish fish floating at the top of the bowl... poor Scooby Doo.
Ray, you boiled your pet fish? Wait on the kids for a little bit!:laugh: Seriously, about kids, be careful. My wife kids growing up. Babysitting was not her favorite job. She has 11 children now, plus all the neighbors' kids :mad: when the neighbors go shopping (I kid you not, they KNOW someone is always home). Still, cooking for fish? Well, I suppose locking our cat under the house for a week almost qualifies - 2 am and you hear this *weird* whining sound from the downstairs furnace... :) Addendum - my wife loves kids... as long as they are hers... :)
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote:
they grew up and became truculant
I had to look up the meaning of that - aggressive . Were they Boys or Girls? The breeder I got mine from had about 5 adult cats (2 of which were of course my kitten's mum's) and they were all very affectionate. They're like kids - its the way you raise them, and although Im a first time pet owner I think im doing pretty well so far. My kittens certainly seem content. On a related note, and im sure its been said before, in my next life I ho[pe to be resurected as a Cat. Their life consists of; Sleeping, Cleaning,Playing, Eating. Pretty much in that order.
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For the moment, workload is a bit low, so here's a ridiculous question for you all: What pets do you have? What do they do that's funny? What's his/hers name, color, # of legs/paws, ...? We have a black hamster at home named Franklin, he tries to stick objects into his jaws that are bigger then he is... the funniest thing he does is hang upside down in his cage. I'm still wondering how he does it, because it's all full plastic except the top part (to open it), so he actually has to jump. Once we forgot to lock the cage and he managed to escape !! Occasionally he stands on top of his wheel, falling of when the starts to turn. The wonderous world of fauna :-)
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V. wrote:
What pets do you have?
A dog called Chaarpaayn[^]. Chaar is Marathi for Four and Paayn is Marathi for Leg/Legs, so Chaarpaayn means "Four legs". Yes, that's how bad my sense of humor is.
V. wrote:
What do they do that's funny?
Perhaps this is one of those things that you have to see to find it funny, but it goes like this: Chaarpaayn often lies down and licks his sides. One second he's licking himself softly, like a bitch would fondly lick her pups, the next second he's biting himself, baring his ugly X| teeth as if he were biting a cat. He bites himself madly for 5-10 seconds, then switches back to his fond-licking mode. :omg: It's totally weird and looks like something out of Me, myself and Irene. Maybe dogs can have multiple personalities too. :~
V. wrote:
What's his/hers name, color, # of legs/paws, ...?
Answered above. What? You didn't see the pictures? ;P The first picture is toooo cute. :-D Chaarpaayn is still with my parents, so I miss him dearly. :sigh:
Cheers, Vikram.
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I'm a Tolkien fan myself, but that's a strange name for a pet. :~
Cheers, Vikram.
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charlieg wrote:
we heard my 8 year old crying... you know, that cry that triggers EVERY primordial response to kill whatever is hurting her (any dad/mom knows this sound)
Thank God, I don't know that sound yet, but I am getting married in December so I imagine that it is in the post. I hate kids, what I mean is that I am ill at ease around them and would run a mile when they cry, so I suppose that is my current primordial response when I hear kids cry ... run. ;P So I can't relate. On a funny related story we once cooked our Goldfish (small orange fish). Our central heating system was being converted from a back boiler (coal fired) to a gas fired central heating system. So we had to move out of the living room to the sitting room while this was being done, all the furniture also had the come out of the living room while this was being done. I put the Goldfish fish bowl on the Mantelpiece over the fire in the sitting room and later mum lit a fire because the room was cold, no central heating remember, after an hour or so we noticed steam rising from the Goldfish Bowl and the Goldfish fish floating at the top of the bowl... poor Scooby Doo.
That's not a funny story, man. :doh: I'm not saying it's in bad taste, just that a story about a pet being boiled alive doesn't inspire me to laugh.
Cheers, Vikram.
"Life isn't fair, and the world is full of unscrupulous characters. There are things worth fighting for, killing for and dying for, but it's a really small list. Chalk it up to experience, let it go, and move on to the next positive experience in your life." - Christopher Duncan.
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Ray, you boiled your pet fish? Wait on the kids for a little bit!:laugh: Seriously, about kids, be careful. My wife kids growing up. Babysitting was not her favorite job. She has 11 children now, plus all the neighbors' kids :mad: when the neighbors go shopping (I kid you not, they KNOW someone is always home). Still, cooking for fish? Well, I suppose locking our cat under the house for a week almost qualifies - 2 am and you hear this *weird* whining sound from the downstairs furnace... :) Addendum - my wife loves kids... as long as they are hers... :)
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charlieg wrote:
She has 11 children now
Wait .... Wait .... you have 11 kids ... your kidding right ? Well we haven't made any firm plans yet regarding kids, just something that will probably happen in the next few years. I amn't in any hurry to have kids, but you know women ... tick-tock ... :-O
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That's not a funny story, man. :doh: I'm not saying it's in bad taste, just that a story about a pet being boiled alive doesn't inspire me to laugh.
Cheers, Vikram.
"Life isn't fair, and the world is full of unscrupulous characters. There are things worth fighting for, killing for and dying for, but it's a really small list. Chalk it up to experience, let it go, and move on to the next positive experience in your life." - Christopher Duncan.
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
That's not a funny story, man. :doh:
Fair enough ... BTW we didn't set out to cook our Goldfish it was accident.