Just fish not dogs or cats anymore. DD does and GD do have those.

Hi socks,

I suppose that it'd have to be the kids, with their small fingers, that would pet the ant pets, no?

ole joyful

I don't know if you would call them pets but we have a pile of ducks, geese & guineas, besides that Macaw.

We are down to one old dog, 14 1/2 years old now that our kids are grown and gone. At one point we had birds, fish, rabbits, dogs, hermit crabs and an all white ferret. I'm done with pets after the old boy Jack goes. The things we do for our kids!

In addition to the 3 indoor cats we have a pair of love birds that we adopted after a 47 bird rescue. The exotics all found homes fut no one wanted these guys. So I took them in, the rescuer was thrilled! I had asked him how old he thought they were and how long they would live, he said they would probably live another 5 years or so.....that was in 2000. They are still with us! LOL!! They were nasty, they would throw themselves at the sides of the cage trying to bite, I had to wear heavy duty gloves even to feed them.

Today the are tame(r) but still not loving by any means!

We also have a 100 gallon tropical tank of gourami and angels. And we have 6 feral cats we are taming so that we get them in for neutering. . . and possums and raccoons and skunks......we love them all.

I have a 55 gallon aquarium,a yellow cockateil.The bird is about 20 years old.

We have a rather large head-standing catfish who is over 16 years old! He's the only fish left in his tank - he's very friendly and likes to get his belly rubbed while he's feeding - upside down. You can practically hand feed him, too.

Helene

In addition to five cats and two dogs, I have about 14 foot long koi, a betta fish and a hive of bees. I love my bees and hope they made it thru this winter.

Our Texas Desert Tortoise Lucy died last summer after being with me for over 45 years. She was fully grown when she was found so she was probably 65 to 70 years old.

Three years ago a neighbor brought me a Mississippi Map Turtle. Ethel is outgrowing her aquarium and and the several hundred dollar pump setup so we will probably be putting in an outdoor pond for her this year.

When the kids were young we had hermit crabs,hamsters, rats and garter snakes along with cats and dogs.

DS and his GF have a cat and sometimes 2 r two. they share one cat with his girl's mother.

DD raised rats for years while she was single. Now she and her DH have 3 little dogs.

I was just discussing pets with DH last evening. We have a Lab and a Rot that are approaching their 8th birthdays. The reality is they are seniors and so are we even though I and the dogs don't act it and DH is doing his best. LOL

I told him that since I will be 60 I think I have it in me to do raise one more pair of large high maintenance dogs from puppyhood. Then after that set I think I'll be too old. I suggested that if we were still in good health and active enough in a decade we might consider becoming puppy raisers. That would allow us to have dogs without the worry of them outliving us. An alternative would be to take in older retired service dogs and give them good final years at a slower pace with us old folks. We'll see what the future brings.

A fourteen foot Koi! That is really big! Did you mean 14 inch? I have a pond of Koi and a pond of goldfish. Also have outside cats and my Pomeranian Izzi.

Sue

Yes, I'd like to hear more about that 14' koi!! It's in the swimming pool?

When I was young and my family lived in Jacksonville Fla near the St Johns River, we had a baby alligator. We nursed him back to health after what looked like a run in with a boat propeller. We kept him for about 6 months until he finally escaped his pen and went back to the wild. We used to walk him with a dog leash--no lie!

I think she's saying '(14) foot-long Koi'

Thanks for clearing that up Kay, we just got some Koi and that would take up a good part of my pond at 14 feet!

Of course, that's what she meant. She has 14 koi. I don't know why, I just think a 14' koi is very funny! Like one of those big marlins they catch on the sportfishing boats!

Oh I have donkeys,mini,I have a koi pond with 1' long koi,I have a turkey he came to our farm,he ran the neighbor hood ,so we named him after the twp name.It was getting to be hunting season so we put him in the chicken house,now that he has a home hes gorgeous,Hes beautiful,now hes eating,horses 3,swans.

That is some turkey you have! I couldn't resist. :)

Sue

I have a pond full of Koi and goldfish.Not even sure how many....they had babies.