The pets thread!

[DzigaWatt]

I've already posted this before, but


Kiwi the adorable tarantula!

Tarantula wins

[kjeks]

Do Lemon trees and cactus count as pets? I manage to kill every living thing around me within a month normally. The mouse only lived because my boyfriend set the trap, I'm sure about that. But the lemon tree is near the age of a months and shows no signs of dying while Gustav (my cactus) has become a beloved companion through the last five years!

Gustav even has eyes!

[Piney]

Do Lemon trees and cactus count as pets? I manage to kill every living thing around me within a month normally. The mouse only lived because my boyfriend set the trap, I'm sure about that. But the lemon tree is near the age of a months and shows no signs of dying while Gustav (my cactus) has become a beloved companion through the last five years!

Gustav even has eyes!

I have a cactus too! His name is Ned.
And I'm the same way with plants - Ned has stuck around for almost three months though 

[Fen Shen]

I don't have a real pet either, but a "mystery plant". It's grown from the seed of a fruit I ate in Thailand. The seed was just the right size to fit comfortably into my palm and felt a bit like polished wood, so I kept it as a talisman. Back at home, I put it into the pot of another plant that had recently died and completely forgot about it. Well, a month later a plant had started to grow... and it's still growing really fast. I came back from Thailand in March, and now the plant is almost half a metre high. 
I don't know what the fruit was called, and neither google searches nor my cousin who is studying plant biology could identify it. I hope the plant doesn't turn out to be carnivorous or poisonous someday...  ???

[dwuff]

I've already posted this before, but


Kiwi the adorable tarantula!

Aaah that's so cute, and Kiwi is the perfect name!

[Solovei]

I've already posted this before, but

Kiwi the adorable tarantula!

While I'm normally terrified of spiders, I will say that Kiwi is a pretty good name

[ThisCat]

Tarantula wins

Aaah that's so cute, and Kiwi is the perfect name!

While I'm normally terrified of spiders, I will say that Kiwi is a pretty good name

Thanks guys. This is how I go about naming things.
- Run through a bunch of random words and name-like things over a few days.
- Find one random thing that is just, yesss.
- Be happy.

[kjeks]

So here we are, Gustav and me. He's a bit shy actually:

[JoB]

So here we are, Gustav and me. He's a bit shy actually:

I guess you know what warmer-upper's bound to come in reply ...

[mithrysc]

So here we are, Gustav and me. He's a bit shy actually:

Awww! I understand the part about eyes now, too.

Sadly, all my pets are either dead or imaginary.

[dwuff]

So here we are, Gustav and me. He's a bit shy actually:

Sweet, did you get him from a breeder or is he a rescue?

[Fimbulvarg]

So here we are, Gustav and me. He's a bit shy actually:

At first I thought you had knit yourself a cactus but closer inspection reveals that is indeed an actual cactus, species unknown.

[noako]

Oh yes!


 

Kurapika (nicknamed Pulla, or bun.. like the pastry), turning 10 next April. He lives with my parents, since I moved away from home.
He is very independent, goes outside, catches mice and other vermin... birds... squirrels...

He doesn't really care for pettings, but likes to be in the same room as humans. If he happens to notice anyone from our family wandering to nearby woods, he follows you there and keeps meowing until you turn back

[JoB]

If he happens to notice anyone from our family wandering to nearby woods, he follows you there and keeps meowing until you turn back

Hint: He's sabotaging your hunting in his hunting grounds by warning off all the prey!

[noako]

Hint: He's sabotaging your hunting in his hunting grounds by warning off all the prey!

Oh no! And yet he tries to feed us by bringing all the dead critters to our doorstep...