Your First Pet
What was your first pet? Mine was a bunny I bought at the local fair when I was about eight or so. My mom wasn’t impressed since I bought it with out asking. Three days later the bunny went back to the farmer and we got my money back. In my defense, it was my cousin’s idea at the time. I later got some hamsters, but I quickly found out that I was allergic to them. It wasn’t until some time later (after college) that we got Beagles, which I found out that I adore. I ask the pet question because we recently got some gerbils and while they are far from our first pet, the books we’re reading all say they make great first pets.
Maybe you’re someone that’s never had a pet. Any reason why? I probably wouldn’t have gotten our Beagle at all if it wasn’t for my wife. I wasn’t really a pet person at the time. I’m still reluctant to get a pet now, but I love them all the same once we have them. Currently, we have a Beagle, some fish and two gerbils. We’re such a happy family. ^_^
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March 26th, 2013 at 8:22 am
I think we had a dog and a budgie when I was a baby, and when I was a little older, we had a budgie and a cat. The first pet I bought myself was a Siamese fighting fish. The first pet my partner and I got together was a rat.
Currently I have my 14 year old cat.
March 26th, 2013 at 8:51 am
Mine were a pair of cats named Tigger and Bambi. One got into the cleaning supplies (or so I was told) and the other had feline leukemia and had to be put down.
March 26th, 2013 at 5:58 pm
The first pet I ever had was a cat named Tony. He got to weigh about 19 pounds at his largest.
March 27th, 2013 at 10:04 am
My first pet was a Russian Blue, which i had from age 2 to 16
April 2nd, 2013 at 11:27 am
First pet… depends on what you consider a pet. When I was born, my family already had several cats and a horse. But I didn’t consider many of those animals my ‘pets,’ even though they probably meet the definition. My first pet was probably the cat who we found outside of my sister’s bedroom window when I was 5 or 6. There was a running theory that people dropped their unwanted cats off at our house, knowing that we would take them in. Most of them remained outdoor/barn cats, but all were welcome in the house when they wanted. Anyway, he became my favorite pretty quickly, and ended up living for about 25 years. I used to tease my wife about her being younger (not by much) than my cat.
June 22nd, 2013 at 5:24 pm
hello, Joe Randel my first pets believe it or not was a bearded dragon and a Chinese water dragon I took good care of them all my life the bearded dragon was named mystic and the water dragon named zodiac mystic was only a month old baby he didn’t last very long but zodiac last for maybe 13 years I will get more reptiles soon I don’t know when ?