h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Canada cool always wanted to go there.

Got another question - what was your first pet?

My first pet was a dog a Black and Tan Irish Terrier I named Whisker that was in 1973 I was 4.

I think we had some gerbils when I was small, my father bought two budgies, and my stepdad had a fat rat, but our first real pet was a grey tabby cat named Chuck (short for Woodchuck Findus Katerli)...

They're regular 'house cats' but they're big. I think they're both 15-25 lbs. I've never weighed them but I did measure one around his waist. 24"!!! I think they've both lost a bit of weight since we moved into the house. More room to run around. One has huge furry paws and is really tall. They're just big cats.

My first pet... if I recall correctly... was a hamster. I named it Petsee. I was young and geeky. "He's a pet and you can see him!" :P

I know a cat so fat its stomach goes *shlup shlup* on every step when it walks down the stairs...

Meeka's belly is pretty loose and hangy so it swishes side to side when he runs! lol! Cylde is just really tall and has such long fur it's hard to tell if he's actually chubby or not.

Either way they're both happy and healthy and loving and insane the way a cat should be.

This thread seems very popular.

never had a non-imaginary pet (and I'm 40)

Decide that the next fat spider in your kitchen is your pet...

yeah

Decide that all the creepie-crawlies are pets and stop killing 'em everyone who does is a killer - yeah.

Unite against the fascist bug-killers

Yeah

right on man (or woman)

from animal-creepy-crawly lover



UG - they're big cats!!

Since both my parents are biologists, I have been taught to respect creepy-crawlies... While I don't like big s, I refuse to kill them, I catch them using the old glass and postcard and throw them out. Ticks and mosquitoes are a different matter, but that's self-defense...

I don't kill spiders
wasps are another matter

Save the Spiders

Wasps are okay just don't panic and the won't sting you

Ants are interesting but I did used to torture them with magnifying class

Daddy long legs / crain fly 'I used to pull of their legs and made them into flying cigar'

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Not funny. NOT funny.

All creatures deserve respect. We wouldn't have the planet we do if it weren't for creepy-crawlies.

Abso-loot-lee

I am not proud of my insect torture but I wanted to come clear. I am sorry you little anties and Mr or Mrs crainfly.

Tadpoles which never seemed to grow into frogs.

We fed them on crusts and kept them in jam jars in the coal shed. My father wouldn't have them in the house.

So did they just die as tadpoles or did you see any legs growing?

I used to have a few microscopic pets, a few amoeba and a hydra (hydras are !) Not as odd as my sister, she had pet rubber bands with individual names, and according to her, personalities...