I have a zoo in my house :) I have 3 cats 1 dog and 2 birds. okay, that's not a lot but we live in a very small 2 bdrm apt. so the cats are taking over the joint heh.
My oldest animal is my dog. He will be 14 this year. He is a yorkie and I love him to pieces, the only problem is, he did not bond with me, he bonded with hubby, so he could care less if I come or go. He still is playful, and after he eats, he goes and gets his baby, which is a little stuffed multi colored dog and he runs around with it in his mouth, wanting us to throw it for him. He doesn't bring it back, so you have to chase him down, which is part of the game. His only problem is, he's a territory marker, so needless to say, we had to actually purchase the carpet in our new apartment when we moved in because it was brand new and we knew he'd ruine it. Needless to say, we will be buying a carpet steamer in a few weeks when hubbys tax money comes in.
My second oldest is going to be 11 this year and is a female cat that is polydactil, which means she has extra toes. She has mittens int eh front. She's a moose of a cat. Not necessarily fat, just huge. I saw her being born and her petit mom screamed bloody murder when she was born. She's a sweet kitty, she's black and grey striped. She loves to cuddle and loves to sleep in my arms. We got her fixed very young, probably the youngest I have ever fixed a cat and she is still a big baby.
The 3rd oldest is a male cat that is the longest cat I've ever seen. He's about 5. He's all black with a little white. We saw him at Petsmart in the ASPCA section where they were trying to give him away. He was due to be put down the next day because he was unplaceable due to one of his eyes is shrunken and he can't see out of it. Hubby is the one who said, we have to take him home, they are gonna kill him tomorrow! So we did and he's getting much better about cuddling.
The next in line is our baby cat that we brought home a year ago Christmas time from my mom's. My mom is notorious for finding strays, getting them fixed and finding them homes. Anyway, she found this little tiny grey kitten that was barely big enough to eat on her own in the middle of the street. She had been abandoned or something and my mom took her in and a few weeks later I saw her and fell in love with her and I brought her home from Los Angeles back to the Bay Area in our car on a leash. She was a perfect angel the whole trip. She slept on me just like a baby. She and the male are mates. They chase each other and tackle and play and lick each other, absolutely in love. She's still our little baby as she hasn't gotten really big due to a heart murmur. We are hoping she has grown out of it, and I need to take her in and get it checked.
Then we have 2 budgies (parakeets) that I never got trained, so they stay together in a huge cage. They don't do much but squack really loud when I'm trying ot talk on the phone. The louder I get, the louder they get. The grey female tries to eat them on a regular basis lol.
Hubby says we have a natural food chain amonst our babies. Too bad the cats are all bigger than my dog hehe
That's it for Ash's zoo.
Ash
P.S. I can't see anything right now because there is a big fluffy grey tail hanging right in front of my monitor cuz the little female loves sitting on top of my monitor and dangle her tail right in my view.
