hobbs wrote:
I was so lucky! Mum and Dad both liked animals so we ha a selection
over the years but always had a cat and a dog, I kept mice and my
sisters
and I had a rabbit to share we also had a hedgehog for a while
Jean.P.


My Mom was a softie for anything in need. We always had a menagerie.
We acquired, over the years...

Quite a few dogs (mutts, a Dobie, a great Dane, a Weimereiner, a Golden
- all rescued); umpteen cats; a raccoon; a duck, a thrush, a dove, a
parakeet, a rabbit, 6 or 7 mice, gerbils, hampsters, a guinea pig, a
snake, turtles, crayfish, crabs, a clam, tadpoles, frogs, toads,
lizards (a couple varieties), fish, seahorses, sea monkeys, and a pet
land snail. It was great as a kid - I lived with Doctor Doolittle.

That's probably why I have 7 companion animals now - including snakes
and a turtle.

-L.