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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 07:43 PM
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List the names of the pets you have owned in your life.
Edited on Tue Jul-24-07 07:53 PM by bob_weaver
Tiki Two - male cat - named because before I was born my family had a cat named Tiki
Sam - male cat, no idea how he got the name
Mighty Mouse - male cat - my sister named him
Buster - female cat - we thought it was a male cat until we took him to get fixed
Katrina - female cat - stepmother named her
Toby - male cat - I named him
Pushti - female cat - third Pushti our family has had
Aloysius - male cat - sister named him
Ninja - male cat - originally named Cinder, my friend called him Ninja and I liked it
Kohl - male cat - neighbor named him, I'm currently trying to come up with a better name
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YDogg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 07:44 PM
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1. My pets have pwned me.
That, and I am bad with names.

:-(
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lost-in-nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 07:49 PM
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2. hmmmm
Ugly a dog that was just ugly
timmy another dog who got hit by a car, died and came back to life and scared the friggin shit out of us

Duffy a cat- named after Duffy Dyer of the GREAT NY Mets
Atrau another cat
Shaharazade dog
Muffin my favorite dog in the whole world- part beagle, part poodle
Do-We beagle
Max beagle


lost
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 08:05 PM
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3. no fair
you can't just say the dog came back to life and not share the story behind it.... :hi:
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lost-in-nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 08:28 PM
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16. Ok
Timmy got hit by a car, me and my dad went to get him and bring him home....
put him in a blanket, and we were going to bury him the next day

well about an hour after leaving him wrapped up in a towel and in a box


he came scratching at the side door, just like he used to.....
I can not tell you the feelings we had....
he was an awesome dog....


he was dead as a doornail.... stiff

we freaked out


lost
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 08:09 PM
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4. Starting with my turtles:
Myrtle and Fertile.

Cats: Tulip, Charles, Leonard, Spot, Alice, Woody, Teddy, Milo and Jeoffry.
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 08:10 PM
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5. Let's see
Skip Salarczek - Puppy named for my 1st Grade Best Friend
Stanley Livingstone - A Turtle
Snoopy - A Beagle
Muttley - A Dog
Tigger - A Cat
Snow - A Dog
Ezra - A Cat
Dog Food - A Cat
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RedCappedBandit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 08:10 PM
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6. I've only had four thus far..
when i'm on my own there will undoubtedly be many, many more!

Peanut - The little guy was around when I was born.. he wasn't very friendly.. but I was distraught when I found out he wouldn't be coming home again.. I thought he disappeared, but I later learned that he was hit by a car and ended up seeking refuge under our deck. Parents didn't tell me about it in an attempt to not hurt my feelings or whatever..

Tiny - "My" first pet.. Little brown hamster. Used to fight with my brothers hamster all the time, and wouldn't you know mine was actually the better fighter! Of course, i'm the little brother and can't say the same thing about myself. Both of these hamsters lived a pretty long time..

Jesse - My family decided to get a Sheltie after both the hamsters passed away. He's getting old, but he is still with us! Love the guy.

Pippin - My friends cat had kittens, they were cute, and I brought one home with me. My dad wasn't too happy, but I don't care. The stupid cat rocks.
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Jack_Dawson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 08:11 PM
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7. Please don't make me relive Frida killing Thumper
:cry:
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The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 08:13 PM
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8. In short order: (can I include X wives?)
Dogs: Angel, Cindy, Riley, Max, Buster, Wiggles
Cats: Evil (my current cat), little man, punkin, nosy
Birds: Pretty boy, dorothy
Lizards: merlin and gwenevere
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 08:16 PM
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10. Yes
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femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 08:14 PM
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9. Too many to list!
I have had all kinds of pets since I was a toddler, often several at once. Here are some I can remember:

Dogs: Lady, Taffy, Major, Bobo, Fluffy, Parsnip, Max, Mindi, Copper, Tyler and Brandy.

Cats: A couple of Spookys, Figaro, Jupiter, Fatcat, Growler, Robin, Charlie, Jazzbo and Jellybean, Lurker.

Many birds, fish, hamsters, guinea pigs, etc.
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triguy46 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 08:17 PM
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11. Too many cats, too many years.
Many of the cats have been named things like "gray kitty" or "boy cat." Over 28 years here on the farm, way too many.

But, More importantly, my Labradors have been: Boss, Daisy, Rex, Coal, Cezar.
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Lyric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 08:18 PM
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12. Counting a few fosters...
Ginger
Snowball
Casper
Tiger
Precious
Sable
Lily
Jeniah
Gabriel
Zorro
Savannah
Josephine
Byron
Poe
Dorian Gray
Eliot
Daniel
Toby

(all save for the last one were cats)
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YankeyMCC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 08:21 PM
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13. Meatball - cat
Jack - stray male dog we took in - mostly German Shepard I think
Thomas the turtle - I don't know what the turtle's gender was
Several fish in an aquarium
Happy - pure breed collie
Nathan - male dog - mutt we adopted when we lived near St Louis, he was abandoned probably by a family that was hit by the floods that year
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 08:22 PM
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14. sure...
childhood:
cats- Skipper a male black and white long haired cat, was around from the time I was very young; Muffin a black long haired cat who got his tail lopped off under the hood of our neighbor when she started her car :P poor kitty, the neighbor thought there was something wrong with her car and she turned it off really quickly. Later they found a cat's tail and we found our tail less cat :(.

dogs- Snoopy a dorky cockeroodle who loved to run out the door and down the street as fast as he could go. He ended up "living on a farm" :shrug:; then there was Tippy, a loyal and defensive dog who bit the babysitter when she picked my sister up again taken to "a farm" :shrug: ; Lady was a sheltie who was the quintessential dog who was loved by all, she was run over in front of our house, coincidentally the only time I remember seeing my dad cry as a child.; Lad was a sheltie who was trying to fill some mighty big shoes of Lady and he was laid back and a good dog.; Heather was a hyper and possibly abused little sheltie who shook when you held her and shook, she never got over that and was always nervous :( poor thing.

Adulthood:
cats- Abnor (short for abby normal) a gray striped tabby cat who used to stalk me around the house, I think he was possessed. He got hit by a car but didn't die and came back home with a broken bone and damaged spinal nerve in his tail. I tried to help him recover by giving him meds and squeezing his bladder for him 3 times a day. After 3 weeks the vet said it was not going to heal and so I had him euthanized. Max was a Manx cat who had no tail and was very playful, and funny. He bit into an electrical cord and it killed him while we were gone for the weekend.
dogs- Wilson was a half Rottweiler and half Doberman he was a good looking dog and he was poisoned by someone that tried to break into my father in law's house where he was staying. Kerry was a dalmatian who was a very good dog and lived to age 13 1/2. Keltie the sheltie is a baaaaaad dog... she is better, but every once in a while she likes to take a shit in the house. :eyes:

other than a couple of parakeets, and some fish, i think that is it
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 11:21 PM
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34. Wow - you've had a run of bad luck!
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malta blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 08:24 PM
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15. Let's see if I can do this...
Turtle: Yertle

Hamsters: Buck, Wilma, Fred, Rocky...and lots of babies that were given away as soon as possible

Dogs: Rusty (standard poodle), Gretel (weimeraner), Brandy (Doberman), Luna (the best dog EVAH)

Cats: Ruby (orange tiger), Miss Precious (all white), Snowball (white persian), Cosmic Charlie (grey tiger), Donna Meeche (calico), Pigeon (all black), Sapa Inca (orange tiger), Quagmire (all black), Tikal (siamese), Kobe (DH's kitty that met an untimely demise just 4 weeks ago - RIP)


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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 08:35 PM
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17. Fritz, my canary
Sam - male cat
Pibbles - male cat
Master Fuzzums Esq. Sr. Schonblom (aka "Biggley") - male cat
Bob - male cat
Etheldread ("Edie") - female cat
Bagatelle - male cat
Nicholas - male cat
Andreas - male cat
Blackberry - guinea pig
Maximouse * - male cat
BenBen * - male cat
Brenda * - newest cat, a female

When I was a kid we had turtles and gerbils but I can't recall their names.

*pets in my household today
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Adsos Letter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 08:46 PM
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18. Oh man...
well...

CATS: General Stonewall Jackson, Cossette, Mewie

DOGS: General P.G.T. Beauregard (English Bulldog), Bing (Cocker Spaniel), Rolf (German Shepherd), Dolly (German Shepherd), Tasha (Austrailian Cattle Dog), Talley (Australian Cattle Dog).

BIRDS: Clutch (Quail rescue), Peaches (Cockatiel), Ahab (Cockatiel), Patton (Parakeet), Sigmund (Parakeet).

FOUR-FOOTED CAGE CRITTERS: Mu (Chinchilla), Geo (Chinchilla), Ezekiel (Hamster), Isolde (Hamster), Hezekiah (Guinea Pig), Squeak-ums (Guinea Pig), George (White Rat), Georgina (White Rat).

SNAKES: Houdini (Canadian Garter Snake), Ozymandias (Canadian Garter Snake).

TURTLES: Oscar (California Mud Turtle), Oscarlina (California Mud Turtle), Clyde (Pancake Turtle).

AQUARIUM FISH: Lots, but the only ones we actually named were...Tertullian (Clown Loach), Eusebius (Clown Loach), and a Plecostimus we called "Cottamus" 'cause thats how my youngest pronounced it when she was little.

:D
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 11:23 PM
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35. Now we know who the top dog is!
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Der Blaue Engel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 08:50 PM
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19. This was a trip down memory lane, most happy, some devastating
Past pets:

Ruff - male collie (named Puff by former owner, changed to Ruff by my dad) who pulled me from a pond when I was a baby - killed by friend's dog and my father's indifference to the suffering of animals
Topsy - black and white female cat
Toby - gray tabby and white male cat (hey...I named him too) :hi:
Caleb - male black lab
Timmy Tiger - male brown tabby
Swee'pea - "guest cat" - peach-colored tabby who hung out with me the summer before college
Fud - male lynx point siamese (after Cat Fud)
Pyewacket - male lynx point siamese and white persian mix
Cujo - male lhasa apso/poodle mix (smart as a whip, thought he was a Big Dog)
Puncinello (Punchie) - gray male long-haired cat who named himself...saw him in a pet store and he meowed at me quite insistently, and the name popped clearly into my head; there was no going home without him
Bink - male orange tabby (cross-eyed, dumb as a box of rocks, and farted like you wouldn't believe)
Mags - female shepherd/st. bernard mix - my baby, whom I had for only a few months, and whose loss still hurts 20 years later (she was stolen, probably for medical experimentation)
Bowie - white male cat with one blue eye and one green - deaf, and crazy (was feral and often reminded you)
Thor - 150-pound male malamute
Molly - female australian shepherd/poodle mix
Buster - male white dog with spots, including one encircling one eye - mutt
Jezebel - black female cat
Vashti - black calico/persian female cat (Jezebel's daughter)
Brundle - black male persian cat (Jezebel's son)
Willy the Tree Kitty - black male cat adopted after a local news story of his rescue from a tree
Morgan - black and white female cat
Uma - white and orange female cat
Lefsa - male orange tabby (Uma's son)

Current pets:

Urd - cream calico female cat (Uma's daughter) - in my sig
Neo - black male "Burmese Bitey-Face" cat (so dubbed by Mr. Engel) - in my sig
Imhotep - male cockatiel
Lucille - tranny cockatiel (original owner thought it was a she, and Lucille likes it that way)
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 11:26 PM
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37. They look fun! Urd has pretty markings. She looks like she's ready to take a swipe at me.
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scarlet_owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 09:22 PM
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20. Ok.
Reptiles and amphibians: Leonard, Herp, Pumpkin, Josephine, Beezus, Tinkerbell, Mr. Johnson and countless others that didn't have names.

Dogs: Oliver, Peabody, Pawn, Puff

Cats: Yoshi, Timmy, Azure, Chickie, Oreo, Gabby, Olive, Isis, Nico, Zelda

Ferrets: Akira, Tetsuo, Michiko, Kuma, Kiyoshi, Yoko.

Birds: Lucy, Ricky, Shut the Hell Up, Hannibal

Rodents: Farouk, Yuri, Penfold, Raoul





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DeposeTheBoyKing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 09:35 PM
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21. One dog (not mine, but my sister's) & 9 cats
Benjamin Peanuts Franklin (Ben) - male dog we had in childhood
Gypsy - Siamese cat I named after a famous Hungarian goalkeeper I had a brief thing with
Frankie - gray tabby cat I named for another soccer player (Yugoslavian) with whom I did NOT have a thing
Eliza Doolittle - cat of unknown breed named for my favorite movie
Zero - gray tabby cat named by my brother
Guinevere - tortoiseshell cat named that because I wanted something literary
Fergus - black & brown tiger cat named by a friend who had him (for Maynard Ferguson)
Simba - orange tabby cat named for the Lion King
Montana - blue tabby cat named for Joe Montana
Morrissey - flame point Siamese/tabby cat named for Steven Patrick Morrissey

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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 09:39 PM
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22. St. Blue, St. Pistol, Oscar the Great, St. Daisy Duck, J.R.,
Jeremiah The World's Greatest Husky, Betty the Terror, and all the nameless little turtles, birds and goldfish buried in our folks yards.
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smtpgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 09:57 PM
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23. many pets
Edited on Tue Jul-24-07 09:58 PM by smtpgirl
2 parakeets - Archie & Charlie
2 of those striped turtles that are outlawed (no names that I can recall)
1 iguana - Speedy
3 gerbils
umpteenth fish
a Chinchilla - Rusty, he was white

7 cats - OC, Scardy, Sweet Pea, Ugly, Deliah, Katie, Larry, Holiday
10 dogs - Fuzzy, Shirley, Fred, Campbell, Solo, Leftover, Blackie, Dusty, Tracy, Holly

All have led happy lives past and present
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reyd reid reed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 10:07 PM
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24. Lessee....
Taffy - male dog
Ginger - female dog
Heidi - female dog
Butch - male cat
Taffycat - male cat
Sham - female dog (Irish setter)
Pickles - female cat (loved dill pickles and peppermint)
Beebee - female cat (silver, kinda like a bee-bee)
Percy - piranha
Jack - Jack Dempsey
Mr. D - female cat (hey...#1 son named her when he was 3)
Friend - hamster of who-knows-what gender
Patches - female cat
Brownie - male dog
Barney - male cat
Comet - male dog
Casey - male dog
Smudge - female cat
Cricket - female cat
Clyde - red-eared slider (turtle)
Creature - leopard gecko
Furby - teddy bear hamster
Waggles - female cat
Cookie - female cat
Velvet - female cat
Assorted fish who have remained nameless
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 10:13 PM
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25. Here goes:
Bonnie: Maltese Poodle. (RIP)

Cinder: Peek-a-poo and Bonnie's daughter. (RIP)

Cary: Freaky little Cocker Spaniel. (We gave him away to the neighbor when we moved. Probably RIP)

Koshka: Freakly little Siamese mix. Lived 90% of her life in the closet HATING US BITTERLY. (RIP)

Polly: Cattle dog x Lab mix. (RIP)

Bailey: Teh awesome Springer x Golden Retriever. He's my guy. Lives with my mom.

Pippi: Teh awesome mystery dog (Cattle dog? Boxer? It's a mystery...) from the pound in Tehama County. Lives with my mom.

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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 10:16 PM
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26. Oh, and BTW,
This did not include Whiskers I, Whiskers II, Pookie, Rattus, Georgie, Mikie, Opal, or Jasper. Three hamsters, three rats, and two snakes. (RIP all except Opal, who ran away. :( Well, slithered. :( :( )
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TommyO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 10:38 PM
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27. It's a relatively short list of animals that have allowed me to care for them.
Ginger, a cat that wandered into our yard - my father warned my mother not to feed the cat, but she did and the rest was history.
Duffy, a black lab that was too much for the family to handle
Trixie, a cat who I wasn't very friendly with, but who I bawled my eyes out over when we had to put her to sleep.

long, long, long gap

Seba, an incredible cat and familiar for my ex who introduced me to my new-found love of furry critters.

Phoenix, a skittish classic tabby
Guylian (Phoenix's adopted brother), the most wonderful loving cat I've ever met, he's a Maine Coon and I love watching him in the snow (it's the only time he goes outside).
Corky, adopted to keep Guy company while I'm at work (Phoenix went with my ex after a breakup), a literal handful as he's the biggest cat I've ever cared for.

Now, Phoenix is back with me and it's a three cat, one keeper household.
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ironflange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 10:52 PM
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28. OK, I'll try
Pepper - cat
Caesar - poodle, half-brother to another dog named Cassius
Montana - Aussie Shepherd
Chickadee - Sheltie
Myshra - cat
Real Meow - cat
Charlotte - cat
All deceased :(

Nicki, Cleo, Amber - current cats

Lots of pocket pets too, a few were Rudyard the mouse, Gump the hamster, Squiggy the zebra fish, Fish Stick the betta. . .


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querelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 10:57 PM
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29. No
Too painful for me. Sorry......

Q
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stuntcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 11:12 PM
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30. only two dogs so far
my only dogs have been Zach and Andy, but I'll have another one someday.
my cats were Bob, Daisy, Jules, Carmen, Socks, Tyco (named after the toys, way before the big crimes), Soup, Sebastian, Milla, Amos, Jake.. and 1 or 2 more I can't think of without looking thru my pictures, I forgot most of the 90's.

Right now we have the ones in the picture:
Percy, Tonka (Tyco's husband before she passed), Putty (who we adopted when she was 2 or 3 & later found out has a penis :o )
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 11:15 PM
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31. Ok
Dogs (all purebred collies)
-King (A Sable)
-Hamish (A Tricolor)
-Drake (A Blue Merle)

Cats
-Cali
-Ashes
-Maggie
-Pounce
-Grendel
-Gandolf

Fish
-George (a bristle nose plec)
-Rocky (A Firemouth)
-Floyd (A Red Tiger Oscar)
-PePe (A Freshwater shrimp)
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stuntcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 11:20 PM
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33. I knew a cat named Grendel
my aunt's Russian Blue who I spent summers with when I was little. I love the book Grendel too! That's a great name.
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 11:23 PM
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36. We named her that
because she was the most evil cat we had ever seen. For some reason, she hated everything, everywhere, all the time. People, her brothers and sisters, our dog, everything. It was odd, because her litter mates were fine :shrug:
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MysticalChicken Donating Member (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 11:19 PM
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32. These are all the ones I can remember
Edited on Tue Jul-24-07 11:21 PM by MysticalChicken
Poco - Amazon parrot (not gray). We had him when I was very, very young, about four or five years old. He froze to death when the heater broke during a particularly cold winter.

Misty - fat fluffy gray cat that I hated because she stunk. She died when I was fifteen or sixteen.

Midnight - my favorite cat ever. Sleek and black. She was "a lady." Never scratched or bit anyone--ever. She was a stray and adopted us when I was ten, and died when I was twenty-five of old age.

Sugar - Cocker spaniel that I had as a kid.

Monique - Rabbit that my next-door neighbor gave me. She died of mysterious causes.

Buddy - Our black lab. He's old. He'll be 12 in September.

Kurayami - Japanese for "darkness." Fluffy black cat, just out of kittenhood, that we got a year and a half ago. Possibly bi-polar. Most affectionate cat I've ever seen in my life and also the most bitey.

Abigail, Beatrice, Camille, Dolores, Eleanor, Frances, Gertrude, Henrietta (and also names beginning with I through O which I can't remember): Chickens. Two were red, C through H were black with red feathers on their chests, and I through O were white. They were egg-laying chickens, not for eating. They all froze to death during an ice storm, at least those that hadn't already died of old age. But they also had distinct personalities and looks - Abigail was dark red and hated humans and would not let herself be petted, Beatrice was lighter red and would only let you pet her when she was in a good mood (which wasn't often), Camille had middle toes that bent inward and was also the friendliest (I could pick her up), Dolores had the least amount of red feathers on her chest, Eleanor had the most red feathers on her chest (and she was also "pretty," if a chicken can be called pretty. Her eyes were large and she had a long neck and a very coo-ing sort of voice), Frances was the old fat one (she was the one that died first, I think, of old age), and I don't remember what distinguishing characteristics Gertrude and Henrietta had. The rest of them were all white and all looked alike. BTW, my mom named them all, not me. I hate most of those names.


This is possibly my most depressing post ever. "Here's the names of all my pets and also how they died."
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 11:28 PM
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38. My cat bites too, but they are just "love bites." But people get scared by them.
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MysticalChicken Donating Member (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-25-07 12:02 AM
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41. He's never broken the skin...
so I don't think he's biting to hurt.

He does scratch a lot, though. I've gotten so used to it that it doesn't even hurt anymore.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-25-07 12:06 AM
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42. I'm used to my cat doing it, but he wants to sit on the lap of ANYONE who comes here,
and he has scared people by jumping up on their laps when they didn't expect it, and a few minor biting/scratching incidents have occurred, but he's not trying to hurt them. It's just normal behavior in his mind.
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 11:33 PM
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39. OK
Ginger - male cat - named after a female cat that was about to be picked
Snert - male rat - dunno why the name
Trax - male hamster - named after a Transformer
Bubba - male rat - fat and a glutton; died trying to get at kiwis in a plastic bag
Hank - male dog - named after the children's series "Hank the Cowdog"
Disco - male cat - named after Simpson's character "Disco Stu"

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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-24-07 11:49 PM
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40. Terry was the first...She was a mutt who adopted us.
Then there were:
Waldo the green anole
Lizzie the fence lizard
Claude the green anole
Scherzo the gerbil
Scheherezade the guinea pig
Ralph the tripod border collie mix
Eleanor and Franklin the hamsters
El Gecko the leopard gecko
Mandu the blue persian
Amp and Hibian the fire-belly toads
'Tastrophe the tortie (also known as Fifi)
Mist the border collie
Heathcliff the marmelade tabby (aka Doingabeast)
Quark the black, except for a small triangle of white
Ion the tortie
Positron the feisty tux (aka Ziti)
Electron the tortie (aka Lekkie)
Cookie the calico
Waffles the clingy tux (aka Mommy's Precious)
Sonic the mellow tux
Helicopter the hamster
Rocket Ship the hamster
Numerous unnamed fish

And our current pets:
Tails the grey shorthaired polydactyl
Link the twin of Quark
Wolfgang the border collie mix (aka Wolfasaurus Rex)




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