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I don't really see the point in pets. I have a hard enough time taking care of myself. If I needed to pick something then a rat might be a good choice though since they don't get in the way too much and are still smart. It would be cool to set up a massive labyrinth for it to live in.

The rat in my profile picture does not belong to anyone I know, it is just some picture I found on Google Images. I wanted a creature that looked suitably bedraggled and miserable.

Bilge Rat wrote:I don't really see the point in pets.

Amazing.... thats exactly how i feel about children.

tresdoss wrote:

Bilge Rat wrote:I don't really see the point in pets.

Amazing.... thats exactly how i feel about children.

Its not rocket science, they ensure the existence of humanity.....

Sherak wrote:

tresdoss wrote:

Bilge Rat wrote:I don't really see the point in pets.

Amazing.... thats exactly how i feel about children.

Its not rocket science, they ensure the existence of humanity.....

Thats nice... does'nt mean i have to like them though.

tresdoss wrote:

tresdoss wrote:

Bilge Rat wrote:
I don't really see the point in pets.

Amazing.... thats exactly how i feel about children.

Thats nice... does'nt mean i have to like them though.

Who said anything about liking them, it was the point of them you questioned.....

Clearly the continuence of humanity is the 'point' of having children but it still astonished me that so many people make the conscious decision to put up with them. Ensuring the survival of the species may be a noble goal but it doesn't benefit the parents in any tangible way. Even the scummiest, most drug-addled trash on Jeremy Kyle always seem to want access to their illigitimate spawn. I can't work out why they bother.

slinger wrote:

Killer_Carp wrote:

Shaolin_monkey wrote:I'm a rat person myself, given the chance. I had two rats in my teens and twenties and loved them to bits.

A long with my dog I have three ferrets named Sniper, Bear and Blizzard. I had a rat in high school named Jaxx. He would always get out of his cage and sleep on my pillow at night. When I would wake up he would be sitting there staring at me.... I think he want to kill me or something.

Do rats seriously do things like that?

Not sure if all rats do that, but Jaxx did.

We have two rabbits who we let run around the garden pretty much all day and last night I looked out the window and one of the neighbour's cats was sitting near them, with a slightly pouncey look about him. Anyway, my bunny Pugwash went up to him, and the cat moved a few feet away. Pugsy went up again and the fucking yellow cat ran away

Stay out of my garden you bloody coward, or I'll set my pair of bunnies on you!

Do your Rabbits look like this?

Sadly I can't see that, but I'm guessing Monty Python?

Triggerhappytel wrote:Sadly I can't see that, but I'm guessing Monty Python?

Rabbids, as in the game.

Cats are wonderful creatures. Cute, furry, intelligent, and they can take or leave you. They're not gonna piss and moan if you don't lavish attention on them all the time. By contrast, next doors dog has been whimpering for the past 5 nights because it's not used to being left outside. They are in CONSTANT need of attention. I don't get the appeal at all.

Markusthe3rd wrote:Cats are wonderful creatures. Cute, furry, intelligent, and they can take or leave you. They're not gonna piss and moan if you don't lavish attention on them all the time. By contrast, next doors dog has been whimpering for the past 5 nights because it's not used to being left outside. They are in CONSTANT need of attention. I don't get the appeal at all.

By contrast, I like the affection you get from dogs, and just about every cat I've ever met seems totally apathetic over my presence which makes having a 'relationship' with them seem quite pointless when you seem to get nothing back. In addition to that, cats are very prone to turn and scratch you at a moment's notice when you haven't really done anything wrong. Hate 'em.

Triggerhappytel wrote:

Markusthe3rd wrote:Cats are wonderful creatures. Cute, furry, intelligent, and they can take or leave you. They're not gonna piss and moan if you don't lavish attention on them all the time. By contrast, next doors dog has been whimpering for the past 5 nights because it's not used to being left outside. They are in CONSTANT need of attention. I don't get the appeal at all.

By contrast, I like the affection you get from dogs, and just about every cat I've ever met seems totally apathetic over my presence which makes having a 'relationship' with them seem quite pointless when you seem to get nothing back. In addition to that, cats are very prone to turn and scratch you at a moment's notice when you haven't really done anything wrong. Hate 'em.

My cats are awesome. I have 3. Ginger is always on one of our laps. Biscuit loves pats and attention. Spike is a little more stand offish than the other two but she still likes pats. And I can also say that Ginger and Spike NEVER bite or scratch. Biscuit can get bitey if he gets brushed but I can honestly count the number of times he has put his teeth on me (not even biting) in the last year on less than one hand. And those times were because my moisturiser smells weird to him. I should also say that all 3 of the cats are always around us, they really seem to like human company. I guess I must have lucked out cat wise.

A couple of times our old cat came for a drive in the car with us, he would like down on the dashboard When we got our new dog a couple of years ago he disappeared and has never been seen since, he must not have liked the dog which I can understand, he is a sheepdog and every time the cat went outside to jump over the back gate the dog would herd him up like a sheep

Must admit I miss the little dude, even though he looked like an alien and had a massive flee allergy which caused him to constantly pull his fur out.