Esilda wrote:I've got a dog (australian shepherd) named Hope and a cat named Dixie. I got the cat 7 years ago 'cause nobody wanted her... She was too young to be given away, I was very angry at the owner. She's beautiful, people always ask me for her breed! She's a stray cat haha
And I got my dog 3 years ago, because I LOVE dogs

And last dog I had was when I lived with my parents, well she only lived 5 years.
I also had 2 budgerigars (they even had babies), 2 goldfishes, 2 guinea pigs and a black and white rabbit when I was a kid :)
Took me a little moment to realize what Budgerigars are, over here in the U.S. we call them parakeets. That's so cute they had babies! I've also had goldfish in the recent past, I loved them and the salt water tank we had in the living room was so awesome.
I've had my fair share of small pets: hamsters, birds, rabbits, guinea pigs, geckos, fish... my sister had a few snakes and turtles. But I kind of realized over time that these kind of pets just don't show you affection like a cat or dog would. I would still love to have a fish tank since they are fun to look at and if you put a finger in they will kinda nibble on it cutely. I liked when they would follow your finger too.
When I was getting a fish tank for my room we planned on getting just one, but they had a sale going on so I got 5 instead. There was this one small koi fish swimming with all the others that had a deformed tail. It was like the spine had been bent and the tail pointed upwards. It still swam just fine and everything, and the seller said I could have it for free... but my mom saw the tail and said no way. She isn't like me and only wants pets that are "pretty" or "cute"