Show us your pets!

[Bicyclette]

This is our girl Echo - she's 9 months old and quite the mad dog

[TerraNik]

Here are my 2 buddies... George (light colour) and Steve (darker colour)! Lil ratties are soooooo cute! They're running around on my lap right now!!

[chickwhorips]

This is our girl Echo - she's 9 months old and quite the mad dog

she's only 9 months old and already has that sad puppy look down with no problem!

[Lise]

she's only 9 months old and already has that sad puppy look down with no problem!

She's sad because she doesn't have enough toys in the background. Adorable.

Question about rats for Kitsune and TerraNik: How do you keep them from just running away, hiding in the baseboards, doing what rodents usually do?

[velogirl]

Ooh, I'll play! This is Julie. She'll be 3 in October. She's the only pet I've ever had. We're getting a custom rack/basket made for her so the pic was for the builder -- Jos Ahearn.

Sticking with the bike theme, the second pic was when she was just a wee pup. The tricycle was mine from childhood and I found it when I went to sell my parent's house after they'd passed away.

[Kitsune06]

Lise-
Our house is pretty securely made... the only hole we've had problems with seems to be one made for wiring under the kitchen stove, that just empties into a closet.

DGF says that rodents left to themselves will wander around the house, but generally come back. I don't trust it, but have no real reason to disbelieve her, either... she lets gerbils run loose, and they're maybe half Gebo and Shyguy's size!

G and SG live in a ferret cage, separated (they fought too much when we had them together, and it would've been quite expensive to get them fixed...) and come out every day for an hour or so to play. Gebo helps with bike maintenance (sleeping in my hood or running up and down my arms while I'm cleaning the chain, etc) SG is too neurotic to allow me to focus on anything else, but loves his play time, anyway.
When they're a little older (George and Steve look like just lil' bebes!!!) they get really cuddly. Gebo will just sit there sometimes like a furry potato and let me rub his neck, cheeks and ears, bruxing his head off.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Kitsune- nice rats! I've known a few pet rats that were GREAT, but I've only had mice and hamsters and rabbits, rodent-wise.

Velogirl- NICE ATLANTIS!!!!
And how wonderful that you have your old trike back- it looks to be in fabulous condition! How nice that you have it again.

[sandy45]

All of your animals are sooo cute....DH got tired of listening to me...but the ones he saw he got the 'thats adorable' look...he's a sucker...hehehe

This is Allie she is a Tortoise Shell Cat...she is about to be a year and 5 months. She is a princess as DH puts it. All our friends say we dont need kids cause she is our kid. We love her and she loves to go to mom and dad's house and play outside with the other animals, but she doesnt travel. She also loves to help DH work on the bikes...

[7rider]

Kitsune- nice rats! I've known a few pet rats that were GREAT, but I've only had mice and hamsters and rabbits, rodent-wise.

GASP!!!
Noah, Tasha! Cover your ears!!
Sorry, but rabbits are not rodents. They belong to the order Lagomorpha. The difference comes down to teeth (they have extra incisors) and some other features. Rabbits are commonly called rodents, but they are not!
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mammal/.../rodentia.html