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Originally posted by Allie_XO:
My darling animals.... I miss my babies! But anyway - There is the senior cat Oliver. He's about 10 yrs. old and rules the roost. He's had ear mite infections in the past, so his ears are funny looking, but it just gives him more personality. Then there is Tiggy - 23 lbs of Tiggy. He's huge. Then there's Gwen - think Nermal from Garfield. And the youngest of the cats is my baby, Malcolm (aka Melly). He's the sweetest fluffiest, darlingest cat and I miss him more that my family. We also have a Guinea Pig named Pandora, two orphaned flying squirrels named Tiki and Tavi, and one very large goldfish named Cloe. We are the people that neighbors bring orphaned animals to. We all know the number to just about every specialized animal rehab center in the area. The only reason we still have the squirells is that they were blown out of a tree during a hurricane and we couldn't get to the animal rehab place before we fell in love with them. I love my beasties!!!

Allie

Oh, I also have two robotic animals, but they aren't quite the same thing.

My sister has a black cat named Pandora.

Anyway, I am such a dog person. But since I can barely take care of myself, I cant handle a dog yet. I did have a sheltie growing up for 18 years that died when I was a senior in HS. Anyway she would really look out for me whan I was really little. I'd be playing in the front yard and If I would get too cloose to the street she'd herd me back towards the house. (they are natural herders) But it makes me wonder where my mother was... Anyway, we then got a schnauzer named Alex after this weatherman who was always drunk on TV - cause the dog seemed drunk when it was a puppy.

i also had a friend in college who was from china and she had the most adorable sheltie named rusty. I would always take care of Rusty on Holidays. When she graduated, she had trouble getting her immigration status updated to worker and she almost got deported. I was to get the dog if she had to leave the country, and I must admit that a small part of me SO wanted her to get deported so I could keep rusty. But she didn't, so I am still dogless.