Memories of pets.
Yesterday I sorted out some bags in my room, got rid of quite a bit of rubbish, old, paid bills etc. During the sort out I came across a list I had made in 1998---a list detailing the pets I've had since adulthood. I sat reading that list for a while thinking back to those pets that had passed away, a lot of good memories. There was Sandy, a ginger tom cat whom I took in one 5th November. He had been a stray for a while, my neighbours and myself regularly putting out food for him. His owners had moved house and abandoned him. We had him for 5 months before he became ill and needed treatment. The vet x-rayed him and discovered that at some point during his life as a stray some one had shot him with an air gun. The vet estimated his age at 19 years old. He passed away shortly after that visit. Then there was Snowy1 (there was another Snowy who passed away with cancer last year) who passed away with cancer in 1998, she was another cat who had been abandoned by her owner, we had her for 9 years and Tosca who we got from the local animal shelter who passed away in her sleep, she was 9 years old.I made another list and was surprised to discover that including the current pets in my life over the past 34 years I have had a total of over 60 pets, this includes some 20 plus tropical fish I now have. All of these pets have enriched the lives of my children and myself so much.
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Nice to have memories and reminders of them though,
We need pets that live as long as we do.
freckles, I sure hope that's non-toxic paint.
JimNastics, parrots and tortoises, although other than for reproductive purposes I personally wouldn't advocate them as pets since many are scarce.
I had a few pets. German Shepherd - Rodger, he's gone when he was 12, Than black cat - Angela, she's gone when she was 8. Then for couple of months I had yet a jackdaw - Joe, I found him, he was dropped out of the nest, when he had has to learn to fly, he went to his relatives. And now I have lovely cat Bricis, he is 5.
These 2 pets supplied me with fond memories because they were such good pals and pets. They were calm and just stood by me whenever I needed a little bit of cheering up.
I don't know. I can't explain what I just said. It's just that they were always there.