I consider myself a cat person.  My family had our boy-kitty for years, since he was a kitten, but he sadly passed on earlier this year at nearly 16 years old. 

I adopted another cat, a sweet girl-kitty who used to live with a friend of mine, just over a year ago.  My friend had taken care of her well for years, but she was no longer financially able to own a cat, and the cat's foster "parents" weren't doing a great job of taking care of her.  At the risk of sounding like a major loser, I will say that my kitty is probably my best friend in the whole world - she's very cuddly, very happy, and she never bites or scratches me on purpose. 

I'd be interested in owning pets besides cats, with the exception of fish, birds, and maybe rabbits.  I find fish dull, although some of them are extremely pretty, while birds are noisy and not especially affectionate.  My sister owned a rabbit for a while, and while he was adorable, he never seemed especially happy to be living in a cage, nor did he seem happy to be picked up.  And I would LOVE to own a chinchilla one day...those things are so soft and fluffy!

I'm a dog person, but I love pretty much all animals. I have a dog, a horse, and three fish. I also work at an animal sanctuary, so I'm good friends with goats, sheep, horses, chickens, pigs, turkeys, rabbits, as well. It's sort of my dream to have my own farm sanctuary for abused animals.

we usually had a cat around.  My mother swore by cats...I more like swore at 'em!









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