A couple of years ago I had two Bunnies. Harrison was my first bunny. All white, with a little black on his nose and hind. I had him for 11 years (the Vet was shocked). When I let him out in my apartment, he would run about, do these crazy flips. Then when he wanted to rest, he would stretch out on his side, with legs crossed and relax. And if he wanted to sleep, he would flip over on his back. It freaked me out the first time. I thought he was dying. But he was just tired. If my Dad played the guitar, he would run over and lay in front of my Dad's feet. Timber, my second bunny (all black) with floppy ears, was a beautiful girl bunny that would make little purring sounds when you asked "come here". Harrison made no sounds. She also loved to play hide and seek when I wore my very long bathrobe. She would go in and out of the hem when she saw it. They were both so cute. They would bump their wet noses into my ankle. They are now in Heaven, frolicking in the grass.
Posts: 209 | Location: Westchester, New York | Registered: April 17, 2008
Originally posted by Dan: We had a cat(Patches)at the nursing home where I work, whom I later adopted out of there. He would always sit on my medication cart and watch me get the pills out. Then he would go into the residents' rooms with me and come back out with me. Otherwise, he never went in the rooms at all. I also noticed if I moved to one side of the building, it wouldn't be long before he was over there, too. And if I went down a hall he couldn't get into, he'd still keep an eye on me through a window until I came back. He also learned that getting on the elevator would take him to other floors where he could pester the other cats. One time he decided to climb the Christmas tree and brought the whole thing down. After I brought him home, one time he went over to the neighbor's house and was meowing at their door trying to rile up their terrier.
Oh, gosh! Sometimes they can be too smart for their own good! And how tall was the tree he toppled over?
Posts: 189 | Location: Cal Poly SLO | Registered: July 21, 2009
Originally posted by Airish: A week ago, the Spanish version of the "Tooth Fairy" is "Ratoncito Pérez"(Pérez the mouse),gave my daughter two small turtles, Roberta and Tina. It wasn't a good idea because she is still asking me how the little mouse put the turtles on her night stand. As pets,they aren't very funny animals but my daughter is happy with them :-)
Laura&Jose
I have a two-word answer that solves the "curiosity crisis" as I call it: "He's magic!" And as with the turtles, they can be pretty funny! I also have a tortoise, and sometimes he tries to climb out of his enclosure, and has gotten stuck one time, teetering on the edge!
Posts: 189 | Location: Cal Poly SLO | Registered: July 21, 2009
Originally posted by Elizabeth Tudor: I got a new playmate for my budgie Milly yesterday. His name is Broccoli, he's still a bit shy, but he has lovely big black eyes
Cheers, Anni
I love budgies! My neighbour had some, and they were funny, especially when they'd try to fly! Their wings were clipped, of course, so when they'd flutter off her shoulder, they'd spin in circles like maple seeds!
Posts: 189 | Location: Cal Poly SLO | Registered: July 21, 2009
Originally posted by Gina: Great topic! I no longer have any pets, unless you count the games I play on Facebook. They don't truly count... I have a handsome German Shepard and when he was a year old, I had one stick of butter, my last stick of butter on the counter to soften before I made cookies and I went to open the front door to play with Blackjack and he ran inside, reached up on the counter and swallowed the entire stick of butter before I had a chance to take a breath! So I went next door to me neighbor, who we bought Blackjack from and asked if I could buy a stick from her since it was her dog that ate it and I really wanted to make those cookies! I miss that sweet dog.
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and he ran inside, reached up on the counter and swallowed the entire stick of butter before I had a chance to take a breath!
Oh, gosh! Sounds like something Linus would have done! Another story: one of my mom's friends has a chocolate lab, and when she was a puppy, she ate an entire loaf of French bread! An entire loaf! Amazing the damage one little puppy can do!
Posts: 189 | Location: Cal Poly SLO | Registered: July 21, 2009
I just welcomed a 5 pound Cockapoo into my life. Besides wanting to play at 04:00 AM and not entirely house-broken, she's pretty darn good.
Mark@QR
Aww! Out of curiosity, does she randomly howl in her sleep? My dog, a beagle puppy, does and I am curious if it's just a beagle thing, 'cause, of course, beagles are BIG howlers!
Posts: 189 | Location: Cal Poly SLO | Registered: July 21, 2009
Originally posted by freesoul: I have always had cats, some years ago they were even eight!! Now I live with one, who is 15 years old and has a few health problems. She is still a 'hunter' though, you have to keep an eye on her all the time when you're cooking or eating. And in Sept she fell down from a 5-meter balcony and she landed perfectly...
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you have to keep an eye on her all the time when you're cooking or eating.
Same with my dog! Nothing is sacred anymore. Sometimes when my head is turned to look out the window when I'm eating, he tries to snag a taste off my plate (a nasty habit my dad sparked by giving him table scraps or letting him lick the plate when he was a young puppy)!
Posts: 189 | Location: Cal Poly SLO | Registered: July 21, 2009
We had a cat(Patches)at the nursing home where I work, whom I later adopted out of there. He would always sit on my medication cart and watch me get the pills out. Then he would go into the residents' rooms with me and come back out with me. Otherwise, he never went in the rooms at all. I also noticed if I moved to one side of the building, it wouldn't be long before he was over there, too. And if I went down a hall he couldn't get into, he'd still keep an eye on me through a window until I came back. He also learned that getting on the elevator would take him to other floors where he could pester the other cats. One time he decided to climb the Christmas tree and brought the whole thing down. After I brought him home, one time he went over to the neighbor's house and was meowing at their door trying to rile up their terrier.
Posts: 253 | Location: Michigan | Registered: November 05, 2006
Great topic! I no longer have any pets, unless you count the games I play on Facebook. They don't truly count... I have a handsome German Shepard and when he was a year old, I had one stick of butter, my last stick of butter on the counter to soften before I made cookies and I went to open the front door to play with Blackjack and he ran inside, reached up on the counter and swallowed the entire stick of butter before I had a chance to take a breath! So I went next door to me neighbor, who we bought Blackjack from and asked if I could buy a stick from her since it was her dog that ate it and I really wanted to make those cookies! I miss that sweet dog.
Posts: 571 | Location: Everett, Washington USA | Registered: November 11, 2006
I have always had cats, some years ago they were even eight!! Now I live with one, who is 15 years old and has a few health problems. She is still a 'hunter' though, you have to keep an eye on her all the time when you're cooking or eating. And in Sept she fell down from a 5-meter balcony and she landed perfectly...
Posts: 531 | Location: italy | Registered: November 01, 2007
A week ago, the Spanish version of the "Tooth Fairy" is "Ratoncito Pérez"(Pérez the mouse),gave my daughter two small turtles, Roberta and Tina. It wasn't a good idea because she is still asking me how the little mouse put the turtles on her night stand. As pets,they aren't very funny animals but my daughter is happy with them :-)
Laura&Jose
Posts: 78 | Location: La Rioja, Spain | Registered: November 11, 2006
