The pets thread!

[Solokov]

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...  ???

Mango perhaps?



Anyway, currently no pet, also no photos of previous pets.

Anyway starting from most recently passed on to oldest.

Lucy: red furred queensland heeler, blind in both eyes and we ended up having to put her down due to health issues in 2011
Dexter: Rabbit, Minirex, he lived about..I want to say 12 years from the time that I had him and he was a few years old by that point as well.
Pepper: Blue furred queensland heeler, older sister to Lucy (same mom different litter) Passed away in 2008...I think.
Streak: Black furred queensland/Rottie, elder sister to Pepper and Lucy, died to poison one of the nieghbor's put out to kill coyotes.
Specky: Australian Shepherd Blue heeler mix: Someone messed with my dad's truck and she went through the driver's side window after him at a festival and we never saw her again unfortunately, hard to explain but when not at work she was more or less my babysitter as a kid.


So my plan is, since I intend to continue working in the field of forestry, to see if I can get into one of the programs where they find homes for some of the wolf-dog crosses that occasionally show up, otherwise I'm thinking muttly mix with Australian shepherd in there as a work/home protection dog.

Edit: and then I see a Czechoslovakian wolfdog and am left thinking "OMG SO FLUFFY!"

[Fen Shen]

Mango perhaps?

No, I've also eaten lots of mango and that definetely wasn't one.

It's sad to hear how your previous pets died (what were the neighbours thinking??). My family has a dog, and I don't think there will be another one after her because my parents keep saying she's the one and only that fits into our family.

[Solokov]

No, I've also eaten lots of mango and that definitely wasn't one.

It's sad to hear how your previous pets died (what were the neighbours thinking??).

To be fair I use the term neighbor's loosely as they were the neighbors to the farm and not our neighbor's at home, and he was thinking "damn coyotes killing my chickens!" Anyway, no point being depressed over their passing really, it's a part of life.


Also can't think of anything beyond a mango, do you have any photos of the plant?

[Fen Shen]

As a baby:

Now:
(The foot rule is showing 80cm)

I noticed that the newest leaf has a strange shape... hm.

Edit: Can anyone tell me why the pictures aren't visible? I resized them with height=300 and used external links with img /img in square brackets.

[mithrysc]

As a baby:

Now:
(The foot rule is showing 80cm)

I noticed that the newest leaf has a strange shape... hm.

Edit: Can anyone tell me why the pictures aren't visible? I resized them with height=300 and used external links with img /img in square brackets.

You have to change the link a bit: replace "www.dropbox.com" with "dl.dropboxusercontent.com"

(Explanation here for the interested)

[kjeks]

I think it doesn't work because the pictures are located in your dropbox and thus no direct image-adress for copying can be set.

Your tree looks nice, though

[Fen Shen]

Thanks to the three of you and especially to mithrysc! Now it works, although the images are loading a bit slowly. And good to know about the dropbox links in general.

[Solokov]

[pictures of tree]

Can't tell just yet. It doesn't help that some trees have different leaf structures from a young tree to an adult tree, can really only take a shot in the dark here.

Have you looked up Canistel, Longan, Sapote and Malay apples?

[OrigamiOwl]

As a baby:

Now:
(The foot rule is showing 80cm)

I noticed that the newest leaf has a strange shape... hm.

Edit: Can anyone tell me why the pictures aren't visible? I resized them with height=300 and used external links with img /img in square brackets.

Eee!! So cute! 8'3 *wants to pat it*
I thought it looked a bit like an avocado tree-baby...? Or a lychee?

[Fen Shen]

It was none of the fruits you mentioned, but... (wait for it...)
The google search led me to some image and now I know what it is: a jackfruit!!
I didn't realize it before because I always thought jackfruit looked huge and prickly (like this:

But there are inner parts that look exactly like the fruit I was eating and even the seeds look right.


That's for the happy part. If I lived in Florida or somewhere else with a warm climate, the tree would become 30 to 40 feet (9-12 m) tall and could even have fruits (it's monoecious) after 3-4 years (it may live up to 100 years!). But under the current conditions... well, I'll try to make it as comfortable inside the house as I can for my little soon-to-be huge jackfruit.

[OrigamiOwl]

It was none of the fruits you mentioned, but... (wait for it...)
The google search led me to some image and now I know what it is: a jackfruit!!
I didn't realize it before because I always thought jackfruit looked huge and prickly (like this:

But there are inner parts that look exactly like the fruit I was eating and even the seeds look right.


That's for the happy part. If I lived in Florida or somewhere else with a warm climate, the tree would become 30 to 40 feet (9-12 m) tall and could even have fruits (it's monoecious) after 3-4 years (it may live up to 100 years!). But under the current conditions... well, I'll try to make it as comfortable inside the house as I can for my little soon-to-be huge jackfruit.

Those ARE cool seeds! Awwwww! X3

[Solokov]

It was none of the fruits you mentioned, but... (wait for it...)
The google search led me to some image and now I know what it is: a jackfruit!!
I didn't realize it before because I always thought jackfruit looked huge and prickly (like this:

But there are inner parts that look exactly like the fruit I was eating and even the seeds look right.


That's for the happy part. If I lived in Florida or somewhere else with a warm climate, the tree would become 30 to 40 feet (9-12 m) tall and could even have fruits (it's monoecious) after 3-4 years (it may live up to 100 years!). But under the current conditions... well, I'll try to make it as comfortable inside the house as I can for my little soon-to-be huge jackfruit.

Neat. The only reason I didn't include jackfruit was because I had assumed you meant hat whatever it was had only contained one seed in the whole fruit.

[Fen Shen]

That's because I thought the yellow inside-thing was the whole fruit.

[Ceceoh]

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

<p>Noako, I had a tabby cat who was very like that, too. Her name was Kittyhawk, and while she really hated to be touched, she loved to be around folks, and would follow along on walks or watch you while doing the yard work. For a cat that wouldn't cuddle, she sure had a big personality.

[ThisCat]

<p>Noako, I had a tabby cat who was very like that, too. Her name was Kittyhawk, and while she really hated to be touched, she loved to be around folks, and would follow along on walks or watch you while doing the yard work. For a cat that wouldn't cuddle, she sure had a big personality.

Was Kittyhawk in any way related to romantically apocalyptic?