Cats and Dogs, Dogs and cats

[orbsycli]

i Once had a cat that lived with me in this apartment.

I looked Galaxy straight in the eyes one night when i was tripping,
and she never
EVER
got close to me
ever again.

she walked away one day.

[InfiniteNow]

I share residence with my friend, and 8 1/2 year old Italian Greyhound (think, mini greyhound... around 13 pounds, but shape and mannerisms the same as the large ones). His name is Galiath, and he's my bro. Sometimes, smarter than I'd like (he figures things out, and sometimes that's just frustrating!)

He's totally cat-like (he even walks on the top part of the couch like cats would), even though he's a dog. He's like 1 foot tall, but can jump 8 feet verticle, and can run 35mph...

Very affectionate, very fun, very fast, and very cool. Sorry, no digitized pics... but he's a handsome one.

[Racoon]

Originally Posted by C1ay

I think she was probably a he. A female Pink-Salmon should have lived 15-20 years where the male would die about 1 year after maturity, 2-3 years. They can live their entire lives on insects but I do feed my larger tarantulas mice occasionally. If it was a she, her demise was not because of her diet.

Damn!! The Guys at the Pet Shop Said that They ONLY sell Females!!!!

Those Rat Bastards!! (thats how long mine lived, 2 1/2 years!)

I'll try again soon, Cuz' My Tropical Aquarium got a case of Ick, and drove my Red-Tailed Shark Mad, and he ate all the other fish ,then died!!!
Aquariums are High Maintainance!

I'm gonna buy another Tarantula....

[C1ay]

Originally Posted by Racoon

Damn!! The Guys at the Pet Shop Said that They ONLY sell Females!!!!

I've found very few people, including those at pet stores, that can sex tarantulas. My local pet store actually asks me to do this for them pretty often. It requires a skilled look for epiandrous fusillae, sperm spinnerets, on the forward part of the abdomen underneath, the epigastric furrow, located between the forward pair of book lungs. Males will have them and females won't.

Take a look at Rick West's site to see what to look for and take a light and a magnifying glass with you to the store. I would not recommend trying to positively sex any tarantulas that are younger than the 2nd or 3rd instar, moult, as the fussillae are incredibly small and hard to tell if they are different than the surrounding hair. Spiderlings are also harder to hold on to without hurting them than larger specimens. I have found that one of those 30x pocket microscopes from Radio Shack helps sometimes as well.

[Drip Curl Magic]

First dog I had was a mut named willie. he was pretty rad.

Then we got Bruno (willie's son)

Then we got a really annoying and slobbery dog named Uzi.... he would beat up willie all the time.... 'til willie died.

Then after we lost both Willie and Uzi, we got a new little pupster named Mariah (I like to call her Poopers).

As of right now we have both Bruno and Poopers. But it looks like Bruno doesn't have much time left.... he's starting to lose control of his bladder... and his kidneys are weak.



As for cats.... I've had a few as well.

When I was really young, we got a cat named Naomi. She was really awesome. But she died in '99 when she got ran over by a car in the middle of a main street that we used to live by. (we burried her right next to willie)

Then we got a really freaky cat named Chance. We named him Chance because he was the only kitten of his litter to have survived birth.

He's kind of a mean cat, though. He'll purr while you pet him and act like he likes the attention... and then out of nowhere he'll attack your hand. He's weird.... and he looks like an alien. He's still around today.

And within the past couple of years, we got another cat named Takara. She's really skiddish- she will hardly even let me be in the same room as her.

She spends most of her time hiding in the closet..... she wasn't like that when she was a kitten, though.

Yeah, that's about it as far as cats and dogs go.

But I've also had many other pets like Turtles, Tortoises, Iguanas, Hermit Crabs, Spiders, Various bugs, Rats, Hampsters, and Birds.

My Mother reffers to our house as a "zoo".

[Racoon]

Excellent Info there Clay!!!
Thanx.

I will refer back to your post when I'm ready to commit to a 15 year relationship!!

[Racoon]

Originally Posted by Drip Curl Magic

He's kind of a mean cat, though. He'll purr while you pet him and act like he likes the attention... and then out of nowhere he'll attack your hand. He's weird.... and he looks like an alien.

My cat did that as well. Not uncommon. My cat would draw blood!
He would also pee in my clean laundry basket if he thought I wasn't doing something right!

Seems they like attention, up to a point, and then, Wham! "Back off, I just licked my fur and now I smell like Human!"

Sounds like you got a buncha' critters!

[TheBigDog]

Originally Posted by C1ay

It requires a skilled look for epiandrous fusillae, sperm spinnerets, on the forward part of the abdomen underneath, the epigastric furrow, located between the forward pair of book lungs.

Can you post that again for me... slowly... ooo yeeeaaahhhh.....



Bill

[Drip Curl Magic]

Originally Posted by Racoon

He would also pee in my clean laundry basket if he thought I wasn't doing something right!

haha, coincidentally, my freak of a cat does that as well. Along with bathtubs and any other sleek and smooth surface.

And when we lived in out old house- he always used to spray. We had gotten him fixed at a young enough age.... but there was another male cat that'd lived in the house years ago.... and he probably smelled with.... which is why he'd spray all the time.

Luckily, he doesn't spray in out new house, so, it's staying nice and clean and new looking.

But he definately still pees in the bathtub and empty laundry baskets.

I think he does it for attention.... when he wants food, or something.

He's such a pig. If we gave him the chance, he'd eat until his fat little belly popped. Just this morning, I caught him downing about tablespoon of stick butter that was sitting on the counter.

he's so fat!

[Racoon]

Ha!

My cat would wait until I got my clothes out of the Dryer and before I'd put them away! I'd go get a clean shirt from the basket to dicover his
"Complementary Scent Marking! "

He was SO smart. At night he would Unlatch the Garbage cabinet, then tip over the Garbage can that is pretty tall, and rummage for scraps..
Hmmm... that sounds like what a Racoon would do.!