poll pondering

last week's question: "what pets do you have (or wish you could have)?"
results:
"dog" - 1 vote

my thoughts:
I've had nearly all the pets that were listed. I would love someday to have a dog again, however it would depend on 2 factors: living someplace where having a dog would be allowed, and it would have to get along with the cats I already have. Because I am not about to trade away any of the cats just to get a dog; the cats are family and they're staying.

Would I ever get another cat? Unless I move to a place that is much larger and it was a cat that would get along well with the five I have already, I think I'll stay with the ones I have. One thing I am not is someone who is one of those crazy pet people who takes in more than they can handle.

I have had rabbits before, as told in my entries about my sad experience last fall giving them up. I would be interested in having a rabbit again someday, but as with the scenario of getting a dog...it'll have to wait until I move to a larger apartment or a house where I'd have the room.

I still have a gerbil that I've had for about 2 years. Which is about as long as some of the longest that I have ever had hamsters before. Aside from Whiskers (the original) that I got when I was just a tiny kid, my next pet that was "mine" were a pair of siberian dwarf hamsters that a ex-girlfriend got for me back in 1998. Since then I've had countless hamsters at various times. They don't always live long as some have only lived with me a few days or a few weeks before they've gotten sick and passed away, while others have lived a full year or two or more. Hamsters are cute and cuddly and were always fun to have. This gerbil that I currently have is my first experience with one of those. It's sad that I can't really ever hold him because he WILL bite my finger. And he has drawn blood before doing it. So if I ever looked at getting another one in the future, I'd hope to get one that wouldn't be apt to bite. Or at least hope it wouldn't.

I would gladly get another fish or more fish again. Living downstate a few years back I had DOZENS upon DOZENS of tiny tropical fish at once, which led to my purchasing of a 55-gallon aquarium tank setup. Which I still have, it's just in storage. Since Goldie died a few weeks ago, whom I've had for about 7 or 8 years, I've been interested in getting more fish or another fish or something. Only problem is, the area I live in has no pet stores. Only "pet supply aisles" in local retailers. Thus I'd have to travel back downstate to actual pet stores when I am ready to have a tank setup again. Just not sure if I'd go for another goldfish, back to tropical fish, saltwater fish, or something else. I'd even consider a beta fish that look so pretty, but I've not had good luck with those in the past.

Hopefully I will come up with a new poll question sometime later today and get it posted up. Thank you to the one person who bothered to vote on the recent poll question!