Tell the "tail"

[Jaylee53]

This is about the other friends we have...or had.  

Have you had a four footed friend that happened into your life.   One that showed up unexpected...one that was always there or just there and  you didn't know any different?

I have had a life of many furry and feathered friends in my life.   I have even had some wonderful aquariums that lasted for many years.  I still have a houseful of greenery that I work hard to maintain.

I've been very fortunate to have some in my life that loved me loving them....I was the richer for it.

[Quinn]

Reply by Bob Stepp 33 minutes ago
I'm sure crocs make warm, fuzzy pets.

Or, really ugly shoes.

[Quinn]

Found a kitten living in the back yard. He wouldn't go away so I had no choice but to take him, I couldn't let him freeze. As was customery in my family, I named him after a dead realitive--Great Uncle-in-law Martin Flannery. It took a few weeks, but I found him a home. Two days later he was back. That happened four times before I threw in the towel. I had him for six years when he didn't come home one day. I was crushed, I really was, he was the best pet I ever had [Don't tell my current dog, but the best still :-)]. I held out hope, but after six months I knew he wasn't coming back. Shortly after that my allergies started acting up. When I had tests done at the allergist he found that I had developed a rather severe allergy to cats. Of all the things I was allergic to in my life, cats was never one of those things,
I swear that Martin left me with that so I would never own another cat...

[Jaylee53]

I have some shrimp...they've been fine since 2006!  Where they gonna go...?

[Bob Stepp]

"I'm on my second cat"........For Pete's sake let that cat loose.....it's been 4 days now Kooner.

[Jaylee53]

!!!  :-D !!!

[Bob Stepp]

Five days now.......poor cat...:=(

[Jaylee53]

Years ago...I bought a skunk.   Sweet little kit...named her "Sunflower".   She got along fine with my "Maggie Mae" (cat).

She used the litter box and loved to play.   A few months passed and all was fine until I awoke one morning and found all my yarn unraveled throughout the house...every cupboard door open and contents all over the place.  A bag of potatoes strewn about and each one nibbled upon.  

I found her...sleeping on an upturned litter box.  My darling Maggie looking at me with a rather unhappy look!

Needless to say I quickly found a 'rescue' shelter' for her....way out in the country.

Not a good choice in pet...

I have 2 1/2 cats now...plus a couple of shrimp...and a bird that is over 20yrs old.   Had a dog for 12 yrs...sweet boy.

My kids grew up in a house of pets...hamsters..hermit crabs..parakeets..Cockatiels...various inhabitants of  aquariums. 

I will always have a companion of some sort...some less needy than others.

[Bob Stepp]

Some more cuddly than others....

[Aggie]

I have lots of cows.