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How many pets do you have?

  • 29-11-2004 2:41pm
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,959 ✭✭✭


    Just wondering. We currently have

    5 cats (two of which are mine)
    and
    4 birds (budgie, cockatiel & 2 zebra finches)
    2 fish
    1 rabbit.
    which all belong to me.

    The most we ever had was

    20 cats
    2 rabbits
    3 chickens.

    That was only for a couple of months. Most of the cats were kittens that were rehomed when they were 8 weeks old. The fact that one of our cats had SEVEN kittens in ONE litter didn't help!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 345 ✭✭tck


    two miniature collies (shetland sheepdogs) known as shelties

    cutest little things *sniff sniff*
    look very like the ones below


    Shelties.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 174 ✭✭clairey


    i have 1 horse, 6 cats, 2 dogs, 5 fish, 2 budgies and my 2 rabbits only recently died :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,518 ✭✭✭✭dudara


    2 dwarf hamsters (Jubjub and Noodle)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,323 ✭✭✭bennyx_o


    1 dog and 1 fish. :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,258 ✭✭✭✭Rabies


    6 Horses
    2 St Bernards
    1 Irish Wolf Hound
    1 Terrier
    1 Cat


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  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,885 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hellrazer


    2 dogs,1cat,1 tarantula(had 3 but got rid of 2 to make room for the reptiles),1 snake, 1 bearded dragon.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 374 ✭✭meepmeep


    2 cats, 3 dogs (2 collies, german shephard,), snake, and 2 rabbits

    Phew!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 665 ✭✭✭skittishkitten


    8 mules
    2 horses
    6 dogs

    It would have been 7 dogs , but I had to have Shasta put to sleep Saturday. :( She was old and very ill .


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,439 ✭✭✭ando


    1 red setter ;) eire

    eire.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,182 ✭✭✭Tiriel


    none anymore my ickle pet mouse Tutter died start of Sept! Can't bring myself to get another one just yet :(


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 529 ✭✭✭Ebonyks


    2 mongrels :D, one is a Labrador/Terrier cross :eek: I think and the other is...something else/Terrier/spawn of satan


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,769 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manach


    5 Dogs + 6 cats in the house.
    Not so much their owner, as chief servant. :rolleyes:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,959 ✭✭✭Nala


    Manach wrote:
    5 Dogs + 6 cats in the house.
    Not so much their owner, as chief servant. :rolleyes:

    Heh heh!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    At the moment I/we keep the following species:

    Mammals

    Mongolian Gerbils
    Palld Gerbils
    Syrian/Russian/Roborovski Hamster
    Fancy & Dumbo Rats
    Nile Rats
    Chinchillas
    Ferrets
    Degus
    Rabbits
    Guinepigs
    Cats
    Dogs

    Exotics

    Long Eared Hedgehog
    Sugar Gliders
    Skunks
    Richardson Ground Squirrels
    Black Masked Hedghog

    Reptiles/Amphibians

    Bearded Dragon
    Water Dragon
    Bosc Monitor Lizard
    Berbera/schneider Skink
    Green Iguanas
    Royal Python
    Corn Snakes Motely/Amel/Candy x amel
    American Green Tree Frogs
    Toads

    Birds

    African Greys
    Astralian King Parrots
    Ring Necks
    Budgies
    Finches cut throat/orange bishops/zebra/bengalise
    Canaries
    Love Birds
    Cockateils
    Crimson Rosellas
    Ducks
    Geese
    Chickens


    Think thats all - ohhh I almost forgot my husband PJ!

    About 200 pets give or take!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,733 ✭✭✭Blub2k4


    Sorry to post OT but Bond has just mentioned something that has interested me for a while.
    If I may ask Bond/Faye what does a skunk smell like when they spray their defensive spray? Is it like anything that we know?
    Just curious.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,959 ✭✭✭Nala


    Bond-007 wrote:
    At the moment I/we keep the following species:

    Mammals

    Mongolian Gerbils
    Palld Gerbils
    Syrian/Russian/Roborovski Hamster
    Fancy & Dumbo Rats
    Nile Rats
    Chinchillas
    Ferrets
    Degus
    Rabbits
    Guinepigs
    Cats
    Dogs

    Exotics

    Long Eared Hedgehog
    Sugar Gliders
    Skunks
    Richardson Ground Squirrels
    Black Masked Hedghog

    Reptiles/Amphibians

    Bearded Dragon
    Water Dragon
    Bosc Monitor Lizard
    Berbera/schneider Skink
    Green Iguanas
    Royal Python
    Corn Snakes Motely/Amel/Candy x amel
    American Green Tree Frogs
    Toads

    Birds

    African Greys
    Astralian King Parrots
    Ring Necks
    Budgies
    Finches cut throat/orange bishops/zebra/bengalise
    Canaries
    Love Birds
    Cockateils
    Crimson Rosellas
    Ducks
    Geese
    Chickens


    Think thats all - ohhh I almost forgot my husband PJ!

    About 200 pets give or take!

    :eek:
    Jebus crisps! How much room do they all take up?
    You must spend a fortune on food.
    But it must be lovely to have such a menagerie of creatures. :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,007 ✭✭✭pretty-in-pink


    3 cats, 2 dogs. Though if I had my way......................


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    Blub2k4 wrote:
    Sorry to post OT but Bond has just mentioned something that has interested me for a while.
    If I may ask Bond/Faye what does a skunk smell like when they spray their defensive spray? Is it like anything that we know?
    Just curious.

    Pet skunks are descented at 4 weeks old - He has a very slight musky smell less smelly than a ferret now - I am considering getting him neutered as well to see if that stops the muskiness.

    From what I know a skunk smells rotten! If not descented & Rascal certianly would not be living in my bedroom if he was smelly!
    neev wrote:
    Jebus crisps! How much room do they all take up?
    You must spend a fortune on food.
    But it must be lovely to have such a menagerie of creatures.

    All the birds except for the finches are outside in avaries as are all the piggies & bunnies except for 1 netheland dwarf baby & 1 baby lion head that I had to hand rear when her mum died. At the moment most of the rodents & gliders & chins etc are downstairs in the room that will be a guest bedroom! I have the skunk, squirrels & hogs in my room along with my snakes & frogs/toads & a water dragon & 1 of my bearded dragons & 1 stick insect & a cage of burrowing cockroaches(these are reared as a complimentry food for the lizards) My igs & monitor & 2 more beardies are in the front room - turtles/tortoises & skink are in the kitchen - cats & dogs go where they like.

    Feeding is not that bad I'd say at most €100 a week - some weeks less depends how much bird seed needs buying. Its great having so many pets - I breed some of them & we are in the process of opening our pet shop. Cleaning cages is the worst! but it has to be done - I was sick all last week with flu & have a cold now so I am behind with cleaning out duty - I will get some more cleaned today - & will give the animal room a good sweep out.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,959 ✭✭✭Nala


    Post a pic of it all! You could probably open a pet farm and make a fortune.


  • Subscribers Posts: 19,425 ✭✭✭✭Oryx


    2 dogs (one mutt and one golden retriever)
    1 goldfish
    2 ducks
    1 adult male type creature that makes more mess than the rest combined :)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 951 ✭✭✭Bettyboop


    4 little shi?-tzus that carry on like pitbulls :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,531 ✭✭✭jonny68


    Rabies wrote:
    6 Horses
    2 St Bernards
    1 Irish Wolf Hound
    1 Terrier
    1 Cat
    wow St Bernards and an Irish wolfhound absoutely beautiful Dogs,if i get another dof it`ll be one of these........ ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,531 ✭✭✭jonny68


    A yorkie and 2 highland terriers ,lovely dogs........ ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 534 ✭✭✭Doper Than U


    2 horses
    3 dogs
    no cats anymore :( my sister' cat died this time last year.

    Hopefully I'll be moving to the country soon.. so I'll get LOADS more animals... he he he... *horses, horses everywhere!*


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 792 ✭✭✭hadook


    3 permanent dogs - 2 wolfhound crosses & a border collie
    4 permanent cats

    12 foster dogs (7 of which are 2 week old greyhound x rottie pups)
    3 foster cats
    3 feral cats

    10 rabbits
    2 ferrets
    27 gerbils
    11 mice
    7 chinchillas
    15 jirds
    2 jerboas


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