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Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: AvenZerg on Sat, 15 October 2011, 14:38:24
This is my juvenile grammostola rosea.. it's not as big as it looks on the photo tho. it's only 2 inches..
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Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: fossala on Sat, 15 October 2011, 15:07:21
I have a giant house rabbit that is litter trained. He is about 1m when laid down.
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: Lanx on Sat, 15 October 2011, 16:40:22
the best ones can guard your stuffs
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Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: whiskerBox on Sun, 16 October 2011, 00:52:19
Quote from: Lanx;431920
the best ones can guard your stuffs


I agree
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And he is as fat as he looks
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: Lanx on Sun, 16 October 2011, 01:57:38
good lord... I had a friend put his cat on a diet, and the cat lost so much weight, but kept the sagging skin, lol, everywhere the cat walked it was practically cleaning the floor with the saggy skin (cat died this year, was 16ish old stray). I liked that fat cat more than their current cat (that grew up along with the fat one) cuz for some unknown reason i'm the only person that cat hisses and bites at, but i'm also the only one besides the owners that play with the cat, everyone else just looks at it, i actually pick him up tho! but cuz of that cat, we'll never have cats, cats aren't like dogs!
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: AvenZerg on Sun, 16 October 2011, 22:15:44
i'm more of a cat person myself.
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: Lanx on Sun, 16 October 2011, 23:43:50
but your first two pics are of a massive 8 legged thing. (i don't like insects, myself).
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: fossala on Mon, 17 October 2011, 02:55:20
Along with the rabbit I also have 3 cats. More the misses than mine though.
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: Lanx on Mon, 17 October 2011, 03:44:08
i wanna see this giant rabbit lol, i had 2 dwarf "hand sized" rabbits, yea they were "misses" pet too, oh my mom did raise a rabbit i left her for 10 years, that rabbit was like 20lbs, idk how it got so big.
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: Hydroid on Mon, 17 October 2011, 04:03:35
I want a ChinChilla, the little critters looks so awesome.
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: fossala on Mon, 17 October 2011, 04:34:26
Here he is but he was in a bad mood so doesn't look very happy.
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Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: Pretendo on Mon, 17 October 2011, 08:52:11
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Here he is but he was in a bad mood so doesn't look very happy.
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Big bunny is BIG!

My favorite pet was my cat Fred.  That little guy lived to be 19 years old, and knew how to bash his head into objects on command :D

"Hey, Freddy... 'BONK!'" *thud*
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: vils on Mon, 17 October 2011, 09:52:51
I'd like a Korean pet.
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: whiskerBox on Mon, 17 October 2011, 14:52:57
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Yes that is a huge rabbit!
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: fossala on Mon, 17 October 2011, 17:00:37
He is the best behaved rabbit I have ever owned and Have had rabbits for 13 years (since I was 10). He is only 10 months old a little growing still in him.
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: Lanx on Mon, 17 October 2011, 17:37:23
good lord, 10months? come to think of it i've heard about the UK having big rabbits...
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: fossala on Mon, 17 October 2011, 17:39:55
It's a cross between a british-giant and a flemish-giant.
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: Lanx on Mon, 17 October 2011, 17:45:35
what you feed him/her? lol when i had 2 dwarf bunnies they were so small that the smallest bag of alphfa would go stale after a month, their feeder was always full (vet told me to make sure they always had alphafa as main diet) a bowl full of fresh pellets and the occasional carrot/lettuce. And yes i always kept them in a cage cuz i had my killer dog at the same time, don't worry it was a mansion i took one side off each of the 2 largest cages they had and zip tied it together, it was like the size of a 300 gallon tank.
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: fossala on Mon, 17 October 2011, 18:01:21
He eats pellet food but has cereal and veg as a treat. He only costs around £8 a week to feed including treats.
I will take a photo tomorrow and show how much room he has, he lives in the kitchen but a lot of the time the door is open and he goes in any room except the bedrooms (not bunny proof).
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: Lanx on Mon, 17 October 2011, 20:16:47
i ran techflex on all my wires to bunnyproof my area, it was easy to slip the wires in and it was so dense that the rabbits couldn't get into the wires, i had a non dwarf early 2001, was playing a ps2 game and wondering why i was lagging, couldn't move... turns out rabbit was chewing cable as i was playing.
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: AvenZerg on Thu, 20 October 2011, 14:13:21
Quote from: ripster;433196
My son has a friend that eats rabbits she raises.  Such a precocious child - ran away from home at 17.
i can't remember the time i tasted rabbit meat.. (if i have ever)
some people say it's pretty nice, just don't have the guts to eat something that cute...
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: JustCallMeCrash on Fri, 21 October 2011, 10:37:28
Damn that is one big bunny! Also, nice beard you've got going there... you'll be HHKB before you know it!
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: fossala on Fri, 21 October 2011, 10:42:41
Quote from: JustCallMeCrash;436083
Damn that is one big bunny! Also, nice beard you've got going there... you'll be HHKB before you know it!


I also had my FreeBSD t-shirt on :P
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: Bry on Fri, 28 October 2011, 00:57:17
http://www.youtube.com/user/Revelatus?feature=mhee#p/a/u/0/Gv3DRMynBJA

My turtle Chief :D

Warning: dont watch this if you like grasshoppers.
Title: My VILG = Very Important Little Guy
Post by: Input Nirvana on Fri, 28 October 2011, 01:16:22
My VILG = Very Important Little Guy

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Smoochie helping mail an Evoluent Vertical Mouse to Ironman31 a couple months ago.
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Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: fossala on Fri, 28 October 2011, 03:34:52
Damn, sorry mate. All the look to the little dude.
Title: R.I.P. my little buddy. I love you.
Post by: Input Nirvana on Fri, 28 October 2011, 12:32:58
Today is my saddest day. Smoochie Doodle passed away last night in the hospital. My family for 10 years. Our morning ritual of sitting outside in the sun and trees, me with coffee and Smoochie with honey covered banana chips and apple was often the highlight. Today is the first day without him and I miss him terribly. Always value what you have.


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The last photo of Smoochie on the way to the vet yesterday. Right after this picture I held Smoochie the rest of the way to the vet hospital.
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: fossala on Fri, 28 October 2011, 12:34:47
I'm so sorry for your loss.
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: Bilbin on Fri, 28 October 2011, 14:01:01
My condolences.

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My dog Jessi and cat Sammi, 2006 picture I think.
My cat is 11, dog is 7 now.

Jessi is being very naughty lately, she is not eating her dry food and wants only meat.
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: Zifle on Sat, 29 October 2011, 13:14:40
I feel your sorrow, only yesterday (yes, 28th :'( ) I lost one of my cats.
At least he wasn't my only one, I have others to cheer me up:
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10171474/IMG_3599.JPG)

Picture is about two months old, lots have happened to my desk since then. I wasn't even aware Media center was installed !
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: Input Nirvana on Sat, 29 October 2011, 22:57:35
Quote from: Zifle;441851
Picture is about two months old, lots have happened to my desk since then. I wasn't even aware Media center was installed !

That darn cat! :)
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: Gerk on Sat, 29 October 2011, 23:53:10
Sorry to hear about Smoochie input nirvana :(

Here's a shot of one of our pugs, this guy follows me everywhere, total velcro dog.  His name is Cooper.  He's not that happy in this pic, he's about to get his nails trimmed.

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Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: AvenZerg on Mon, 31 October 2011, 20:30:19
i'm really sorry for your loss input nirvana =(
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: Input Nirvana on Mon, 31 October 2011, 23:58:46
Thank you so much for your thoughts. I really do appreciate the sentiments. I also appreciate those of you mentioning about your own losses (mostly via pm) as a reminder that this isn't just me, which I of course know, but need to hear. My perspective has been rattled by the sudden, unexpected and drastic nature of losing Smoochie. I had no idea when I took him to the vet that I would not see, hear, or touch him again. I fully anticipated another 10 years of having him throw grapes, freezing when a raptor would fly by, going bonkers when I would give him a banana chip, and his ritual sunrise/sunset squawks. I've got no one to hang out with and drink my am coffee with outside. I still imagine I hear him. That really hurts.

Saturday I put him in one of the most awesome places I've ever been. If any of you ever have the opportunity to travel to the Monterey/Carmel area of California, I highly recommend the Point Lobos State Preserve as a stop. You can walk maintained paths up onto cliffs and sit on benches overlooking the Pacific, seal island, bird island, coves, tide pools, wildlife galore, and surrounded by pines and cypress trees and native plants. Seals, otters, gulls, star fish, etc. A stunning place for an hour or a day. Diving, snorkeling, kayaking can be done and you can take in some history of the whaling that used to occur a hundred years ago. Google it.

Unfortunately, you can't bring your pets :(

This is the location in the preserve where I buried Smoochie about 10 paces from the walking path behind a bench (the dark shadow dot on the path):
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Looking south (towards tide pools):
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Looking west:
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Looking north (seal island):
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Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: AvenZerg on Tue, 01 November 2011, 12:58:11
that's very beautiful indeed.. i hope you recover from your loss fast. losing a pet can be just as painful as losing a human being.
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: keyboardlover on Tue, 01 November 2011, 13:00:26
Sorry about Smoochie input nirvana. I was really sad when my dog died when I was in college. Haven't had another pet since.
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: Input Nirvana on Tue, 01 November 2011, 13:23:43
I was doing ok until last night I saw a phone video of Smoochie in the car one day when we were sharing a piece of bread in a park. My heart stopped. Sigh.
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: awardsnight on Mon, 12 December 2011, 11:06:52
Quote from: whiskerBox;432122
I agree
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And he is as fat as he looks

Hahaha! Nice one! Good guard indeed!
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: hazeluff on Mon, 12 December 2011, 14:03:15
I had a pet dog when I was small. = ( It broke my heart when we had to put him down. He had tumors growing on most of his organs. I still feel terrible about it.
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: Lanx on Mon, 12 December 2011, 14:30:02
my doggie just had surgery to remove a growth on his lip, he had the cone on, and now they put him on steroids, turns out to be malignant melinoma, he's doing fine now, a bit more drool i have to clean up since he's missing part of his lip, but he's already going on 11+ years (got him from spca so this is at least his age).
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: golf144 on Sat, 14 January 2012, 11:27:33
It might have been said before, but **** gets my vote.
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: Barn on Sat, 14 January 2012, 11:54:52
Kitteh
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7028/6621966903_b052b1f9d2.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bnerberka195/6621966903/)
DSC_6565 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bnerberka195/6621966903/) by Barnaby N (http://www.flickr.com/people/bnerberka195/), on Flickr
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: hazeluff on Sat, 14 January 2012, 12:01:11
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Kitty cats and doggy (doggy passed = ( )
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Post by: KillerBee on Sat, 14 January 2012, 17:41:55
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She likes to rest up against it jeje
Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: 1uckyNumb3r7 on Sat, 14 January 2012, 23:52:30
My Boxer named Bailey

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Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: J888www on Wed, 18 January 2012, 15:33:54
This is my best friend, Jayazz Dogazz. Every evening, just before  dusk, we go Jay walking.
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Title: What's your favourite pet?
Post by: woody on Wed, 18 January 2012, 16:33:19
Hey, Monkey, where have you been all this time?

I'd try having monkey as a pet if it is legal/affordable at all. Maybe also a Jaco parrot when I settle down.