Bragging rights

[Shubunkin]

I am opening this thread to continue discussions about our wonderful pets, be they dogs, cats, fish, birds, or horses... or anything you consider to be a pet.

[Llauralin]

Well, I haven't got as amny as I used to, but currently my family has a fat black cat, two rabbits, a bearded dragon, two chickens, and some twenty-odd pigeons.

Having animals is neat :)

[Greg the byzantine]

I have a pet rock:D

[Shubunkin]

I have a pet rock:D

awwww!! How cute!! What's his/her name? :D

[Greg the byzantine]

rocky

[Shubunkin]

Hobbes (Border Collie), Calvin (Sphynx with hair), & Monty (Dandie Dinmont Terrier)

Hobbes & Calvin are inseparable, they truly are affectionate towards each other...

[Greg the byzantine]

Awwe they look sweet

[Shubunkin]

rocky

Hey it fits!! :clap:

Is he up-to-date on his vaccinations?? :P

[Llauralin]

Awwwww....they're so pretty!

[Shubunkin]

Awwe they look sweet

they look sweet, but they are monsters... ;)

[gord96]

this is my dog Chico, he's a Mexican hairless

[Greg the byzantine]

Everone has real pets, I want one too

[Dust and Ashes]

Here's my babies!

Sugar is white/tan, Kiwi is brown (and Sugar's mom) and Kit is our fat cat.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/forgivensinner001/sugarcising.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/forgivensinner001/kiwi.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/forgivensinner001/Kit.jpg

[Dust and Ashes]

Oh, I almost forgot. Here is my secret identity, revealed for the first time ever. Yes, I'm the superhero known as Sergeant Steele on City of Heroes. :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/forgivensinner001/Letsrock.jpg

[Moros]

I have a pet rock:D

I made those when I was a kiddo. I'd pick out a rock, wash it, and then buy some plastic googly eyes and glue them on. My two favourites were named Boris and Kreevlov. :D

attached: hamster and ex-pet scorpion. i dont have one of my cat.

[Shubunkin]

awesome... all of them

and forgivensinner001, we all knew that.... :D your cover has been blown before you knew it... :P **just jokin'**

[gord96]

you guys are too polite! Chico is the ugliest dog in history.......actually that is not my dog....the dog won the world's ugliest dog contest somehwere in Asia or something.....i found it on the internet

[Greg the byzantine]

Oh thank God, I though I offended you with my first shocked smilie post. To tell the truth if you made it a little bigger and gave it some hair it would look like the rats here in NYC.

[gord96]

lol.....it was a joke....then I realized everyone on hear is too nice to say anything ;)

[Photini]

Here's me n my kitty Jasmine. I also have a parakeet named Zeus. I don't have any pics of him though. He's mean, so I doubt I'll take any either.

[Llauralin]

How do you attach photos? :confused:

[Shubunkin]

you guys are too polite! Chico is the ugliest dog in history.......actually that is not my dog....the dog won the world's ugliest dog contest somehwere in Asia or something.....i found it on the internet

I almost adopted a chihuahua named Chico, only he had hair. I have seen the hairless variety before, and their owners usually think they are very cute, so... didn't want to say... "hey! your dog is sooo ugly!!" :D But I've seen worse, believe it or not.

[choirfiend]

There's one of my tanks...I have 2 medium ones ( an 29 and a 38) for now, til I'm living somewhere a little more permanently. Next is Humphrey, my Paradise Fish. He was discovered by Linneus; the first fish to be discovered as a pet after the goldfish. He's an anabantid, like the Betta, so he breathes air.

Then it's my dog, Honey. She's going on 11 but she's as sprightly as ever when running after rabbits. She's a mutt thats part goldern retriever, part laborador, and part Chow-Chow, and her dad was a terrier mutt stray. She's got the curly ChowChow tail :)

[Melethiel]

I can't find my kitty...I think he's just wandered off into the woods though. If he's not back in a couple of days, then I'll start worrying. :P

I don't have any pictures. :(

[Marjorie]

I love my puppy! He has a livejournal, which makes him better than all your pets :D: http://livejournal.com/users/p_to_da_unky

In IC XC,
Marjorie

[ukok]

Here's me n my kitty Jasmine. I also have a parakeet named Zeus. I don't have any pics of him though. He's mean, so I doubt I'll take any either.

I used to have a cat named Jasmine too!

Poor baby was run over by a car and was so ill that she eventually had to be put to sleep :cry:

Here is a picture of my other baby, I gave her a bath yesterday and then snapped a pic of her :D

[Photini]

I used to have a cat named Jasmine too!

Poor baby was run over by a car and was so ill that she eventually had to be put to sleep :cry:

Here is a picture of my other baby, I gave her a bath yesterday and then snapped a pic of her :D
Awwww! What a cutie. :)

[Maximus]

One nice thing about having pets is that if there is a famine, you'll have a supply of meat, at least for a short while.

Keep some barbecue sauce handy or a box of Zatarain's crab boil.:yum:

Better start fattening some of those pups up, though, by the looks of 'em.

[Photini]

I woke up this morning to a furry orange butt in my face. No, not my hubby, silly! My furbaby, Lenny! And he was just so happy, kneading and purring up a storm. I just wish he would face TOWARDS me instead of away from me during these wake up calls...

Jasmine tries to pull that one on me every night. ewwww

[Llauralin]

One nice thing about having pets is that if there is a famine, you'll have a supply of meat, at least for a short while.

Keep some barbecue sauce handy or a box of Zatarain's crab boil.:yum:

Better start fattening some of those pups up, though, by the looks of 'em.
Well, ya' know, my uncles actually did try eating a couple of the pet pigeons once, and all I can say is....we'd have to be quite desperate to ever try that again. *Ugh, icky*

Now the rabbits and chickens on the other hand...they are a compleatly different matter... :yum:

[Greg the byzantine]

Well, ya' know, my uncles actually did try eating a couple of the pet pigeons once, and all I can say is....we'd have to be quite desperate to ever try that again. *Ugh, icky*

Now the rabbits and chickens on the other hand...they are a compleatly different matter... :yum:
MMM rabbit is actually pretty good :yum:

[gzt]

Don't tell anybody, but I like rabbit, too.

[Konstantinos]

I have a pet cuttlefish awesome animals they even BEG for food! if I walk by the tank Nikephoros (cuttlefish) squirts water at me!!! Wish my stupid camera worked! :(

[Konstantinos]

Neveer try rabbit souvlaki!!!! NEVER!! disguisting!! make a good stew though :D

[Dust and Ashes]

Well, ya' know, my uncles actually did try eating a couple of the pet pigeons once, and all I can say is....we'd have to be quite desperate to ever try that again. *Ugh, icky*

Now the rabbits and chickens on the other hand...they are a compleatly different matter... :yum:

Got that right, darlin'. Bein' a ole country boy, I like me some squirrel dumplin's or some fried rabbit. Mmmmm. Bread that sucker up good 'n throw in some salt 'n pepper 'n some time in a iron skillet full o' lard. Gotta have some fried green t'maters (seriously, I love them) on the side and some butter beans 'n mashed taters. HOOOEEE, that'll make ye slap yer mama. :thumbsup:

[Greg the byzantine]

Neveer try rabbit souvlaki!!!! NEVER!! disguisting!! make a good stew though :D
I never knew they made souvlaki out of rabbit I'm guessing it gets really tough on the grill, but I agree Rabbit stew especially stifado is really good.

[Konstantinos]

Only in Xanthi!!! ive had rabbit souvlakistifado is really good.

your making me hungry!!! :D

tougher then lether :D

[Llauralin]

Anyway, here's some of my not so appitizing pets:

[Marjorie]

Ahhh Llauralin, I'm in love with black cats. My mommy is allergic though. :( And no pets in college.

In IC XC,
Marjorie

[Shubunkin]

Well, didn't ever think this thread would become recipe a la pets :D ... well, this is what I was up to yesterday. There are no fish in it, yet, but now everything except the heater is up and working (can't get the heater to stop floating).... and next pH balance, etc., and hope the cat (Calvin) stays out of the aquarium. Oh, yes, and the aquarium we are calling Calvin Theatre. :P

This aquarium is at least 36 gallons.

[choirfiend]

Charitina,

Believe it or not, I'm really really knowledgable on running tropical tanks. The PH should be whatever your tap water is--DO NOT try to change it with PH kits. I can tell you why in a PM.

Do you know about Cycling? Have you bought your test kits for Ammonia, Nitrite, and Nitrate? Have you considered a fishless cycle? It's not as fun as having fish in the tank, can take about 3-8 weeks, but it saves fish from living wtih ammonia-burnt gills....PM me and we'll chat:)

[choirfiend]

PS.

If that air stone pump makes annoying noise, you don't need it at all, so you could remove it. And, I would suggest getting rid of several inches of that gravel--you're just asking for pockets of anaerobic bacteria to develop and if you're using an electric filter (which you NEED to be) then gravel is only for looks and you only need it an inch or two deep. It becomes a place for disease, a. bacteria, and other such nasties to reside....

What kind of fish are you thinking about? Whats your natural PH out of the tap?? You can test this by testing it right out of the tap, then letting it sit for a day in a ceramic or glass container and testing again. Sometimes there are chemical additives in our drinking water that evaporate over the course of a day that change the pH, but it will mostly likely stay the same....