Re: Show Me Your Pets!

[Digital Muse]

Oh gorgeous! Main Coon? What a lovely little face he has.

[Mydnyte Syn]

Yeah, he's mostly Maine Coon cat. Still considered an infant, though he's about 2 years old now, I think. Apparently his kind aren't considered adults until at least the age of 4. I'd like to know who came up with that.

[Kathryn Lacey]

He's very lovely. I love his face shape. ^^_^^

[ImmortalSin]

I finally have some pictures of my budgerigar Chaz!

That's him trying his hardest to stay as far away from the camera as possible.

And this is him with his Christmas present. It's a little toy shaped like a guitar with bells and all of that fun stuff.

[Sin]

His name is Cyndane. He's almost 5 years old now and the best cat I've ever owned. I've taught him "come", "no", "Not yours", "Ask", and most recently, I taught him to touch his nose to my finger on command. Randomly. There's no reason for that last one. But it's good to have a cat that stops and waits to be fed instead of helping himself mid-meal when you get up for a drink. And it's very nice to have a kitty beg to be let into a room when you tell him to "ask" nicely.

He also talks to me. I wonder if he has Siamese in him sometimes. But he is very polite when he talks. He goes "mao" instead of "meow", and talks quietly compared to his brothers.

I love my kitty. <3

[ImmortalSin]

Aw! He is absolutely gorgeous!

I love how he's snuggled into your arm (I'm assuming it's you) like that. And he sounds very intelligent. I can honestly say I don't know many, if any trained cats. That doesn't mean they aren't well behaved, but they are still unable to do the things Cyndane can.

I know what you mean about useless tricks though. I taught my dog this one thing a little while I ago. I'd get him to sit, lay down and then I'd tell him to "wait" and then place a treat on his paw. I'd keep telling him to wait, and he'd drool and try to look away in order to stop himself from eating it. And then I'd say "okay" and it'd be gone in a few seconds.

I've taught him to shake hands as well, and a few other useless things. If only he'd stop being so ignorant to the command "come". He only hears it when he wants to.

[Kathryn Lacey]

Immortal, your budgie is so pretty! I would never want a bird for a pet, but I like to look at them sometimes. ^^_^^

Sin, your cat sounds really cool. The only things I was ever able to teach him were that he wasn't allowed on the desk ((or he would get sprayed with water)) and how to play fetch. Though... playing fetch was more his idea than mine. It was just a lot of fun to play fetch with a cat.

[Digital Muse]

I don't know that any cat is truly 'trained'. One just convinces them to do what they do naturally on command. Usually by offering treats. But yours, Sin, sounds wonderfully eager to please. And gorgeous too. My big gray sits balled up like that with my hubby. They 'write computer code' together. And he doesn't meow either. He almost peeps. Huge cat, teensy little voice. It's pretty comical.

[Sin]

It started as a training of necessity. He also has a very violent hunting side that gets really bad when he can't hunt during winter. He gets cabin fever and goes nuts. So I started training him to take it out on one of my thickly padded coats. I would just shove my arm in, make sure he can't get his legs up the sleeve, and he goes all out.

But he has managed to claw me up even through it, so I had to train him to let go on command. Three different verbal commands or even a shout will make him stop. Since then I've been training him because he is extremely attentive to people. He even takes commands from my mom sometimes. Hehe.

I wish I had a bird... Will never happen with these cats but I do. They're so pretty.

[Savannah]

Aww everyone has such awesome pets!

Unfortunately I don't have pics of all mine at the moment because I still haven't managed to pry them out of my old hard drive, but here is two recent pics, the first is of my adopted kitty. King Tut. Or informally Tut, and while being insane he's earned the nickname 'tutter the nutter' surprising how well it fits. >.>



Another of Tut and my fish Boss. He's a mean fishie so he lives alone.



Okay I lied, it's three pictures. One close up of Boss, cuz he's cool. lol. He can even change colors, from entirely yellow, striped (his normal appearance) to almost completely black.

[Kathryn Lacey]

Is Tut a Siamese cat? He has lovely eyes.

Do Boss' colours change according to his moods or what? What kind of fish is he?

[Savannah]

Tut is indeed a purebred Siamese, and thank you Kathryn. It's amazing what he can get away with those pretty peepers of his. lol.

As for Boss, he's a bumblebee cichlid. They come from Lake Malawi in Africa. In their natural habitat they live in large caves with a particular kind of catfish, while the bumblebee cichlids are in their 'safe' black and yellow configuration they pick parasites off the catfish, then they change to a murky black to steal the catfishes' eggs when they spawn.

Also yes, in answer to your question, it can be an indicator of mood. Black for aggression and yellow when stressed.

[Loki]

Is Tut a Siamese cat? He has lovely eyes.

Quoted for truth.


Takun laying under the covers as a result of him not getting off the bed when I was trying to make it.


The result of me wrestling with my dog on the bed.


This gives you an idea of scale to see just how big he has gotten in the past several months since I've gotten him. He is about 90lbs now.


This is the look I get whenever I head off to class every morning. Takun has such a good sad face that it is by pure willpower that I am able to leave the house at all.

[Kathryn Lacey]

OMG! Loki, he grew so big so fast! He's so beautiful. That face is soooo sad. ^;_;^

This thread makes me want another pet, but I logically it's not a good idea.

[Digital Muse]

Dear lord, Loki! I'm used to extremely large dogs ( I foster Great Danes). But Takun's huge! I can't believe he's only 90 pounds. He's positively gigantic for a husky.

And that last picture of him in the window would break my heart every time too.

[Loki]

He's positively gigantic for a husky.

True, but he is about par for an Alaskan Malamute.

In fact, his father weighed in at 135lbs, so I think he has a little more growing still yet.

[Bird of Hermes]

True, but he is about par for an Alaskan Malamute.

I was about to say that I thought he looked like an Alaskan Malamute! Discovery and Animal Planet for the win.

[Loki]

I've taken a few more pictures of my pup since the blizzard came through, so I thought I would share them.


Is it just me or is he actually posing for this one?




Takun playing with my friend's 2 month old Husky/German Shepard mix, Turk.


Turk wrapped in my friend's coat. Does he not have the prettiest eyes?

[Kathryn Lacey]

That first picture definitely looks posed. It reminds me of those generic poses professionals always have their subjects do for senior portraits.

Personally, I think Turk's eyes look kind of eerie. ^o_o^

[Gadreille]

My new puppy, Sadie!

I haven't taken very good pictures of her yet, but it has been awful cold outside and my nice cam doesn't do great indoor shots.



I took this picture a week ago and I'm pretty sure she's already bigger...

[Kathryn Lacey]

Aww! She's really cute. I'll be excited when I can see a better image of her that doesn't have her blending into the background. hee hee

[Gadreille]

I know, it's an awful shot. For how cute she is, she's not very photogenic! lol

[Loki]

She is a cutie and seems to have a bright future as a ninja.

[Gadreille]

Yes, the bright purple collar is so I can see her

[Loki]

I hope your floors are light in color, otherwise she's quite the tripping hazard. Especially whenever you are carrying food that she wouldn't mind taking off your hands by taking you off your feet.

[Gadreille]

We do have light floors. But I often have that problem with my going on 18 years black cat, who often likes to sleep on - you guessed it - black blankets. There have been many times I've accidently sat on her, or sat down and felt a tingling of hairs on the back of my neck to see her lounging on a throw, waiting for me to turn my head away so she can nab some chicken...

Good thing Spooky hates Sadie, or she might have taught her that trick!

[Kathryn Lacey]

hahah Purple must be your favorite, right?

It goes quite well with black, though.

Ipo was a tripping hazard despite being light grey in a house with medium-brown floors. He always liked to walk right in front of you when you were going somewhere.

I miss having a pet. ._.

[Gadreille]

I did to. I went a long time without having one actually living with me. I had Bob but he was murdered a few weeks after Taeo was born. Sadie is our first pet since Bob.

[Kathryn Lacey]

Spoiler:

Well, after Ipo, my grandma decided that she didn't want another pet in the house. After a kitten knocked his best friend's laptop from a desk and broke it, Misery also decided that he wants a pet-free zone. Unless I'm able to convince him after we live together for a few years or something, I'm going to be without a pet for a very long time.

Wait... You pet was murdered? WTF happened? ^;_;^

[Gadreille]

We have a neighbor who came over repeatedly complaining to us about our cat, in spanish, translated through her quite embarrassed preadolescent daughter. A couple weeks after Taeo was born, he disappeared...He had a GPS tag in his body, so if he was picked up by pound or SPCA he would have been scanned. I have no doubts that this woman murdered him, for she absolutely hates all animals, and he was very trusting and could easily have been caught or poisoned.

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