DallyTsuka
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- Mar 19, 2011
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- Parrots
- Dallas and Tsukasa (Cockatiels)
Mango and Munchlax (Peach Faced Lovebirds)
going into rant mode here...
so, my husband and i are major animal lovers. we love all animals. we have a little zoo ourselves and people tend to look at us like we are crazy. we have 12 pets. we have 2 chinchillas, 4 cats, 4 birds, and 1 hedgehog. they are divided between us for care. they are what we enjoy. instead of video games and partying and going to the mall and shopping like most people of our age group are into, we have our pets instead.
awhile back, at work, one of the managers kept asking us every chance she got if we would take in her cockatiels. every time, we told her no because we dont have time, money, nor space for anymore pets.
and now today, a co-worker came up to me and asked: "do you still have a lot of pets?"
i replied: "yes."
she continued: "oh, so are you looking into getting more?"
"no, we dont have time, money, or space for anymore pets."
and the conversation died off right then and there.
like sheesh, just because we are animal lovers and have a lot of pets, it does not mean we will take in every single animal thrown at us... driving me nuts! if one more person asks us to take in something, i think i might cry. do people not understand the time and care that goes into having pets? do we just seem like a dump-off for unwanted animals? i wish i could take them all. but you can't possibly save them all. we are just two people and though our animals are our life, we strive to give them the best home we possibly can, but there's a limit to how much of that care we can give.
does anyone else know how this feels? :/ does this happen to every animal lover too?
so, my husband and i are major animal lovers. we love all animals. we have a little zoo ourselves and people tend to look at us like we are crazy. we have 12 pets. we have 2 chinchillas, 4 cats, 4 birds, and 1 hedgehog. they are divided between us for care. they are what we enjoy. instead of video games and partying and going to the mall and shopping like most people of our age group are into, we have our pets instead.
awhile back, at work, one of the managers kept asking us every chance she got if we would take in her cockatiels. every time, we told her no because we dont have time, money, nor space for anymore pets.
and now today, a co-worker came up to me and asked: "do you still have a lot of pets?"
i replied: "yes."
she continued: "oh, so are you looking into getting more?"
"no, we dont have time, money, or space for anymore pets."
and the conversation died off right then and there.
like sheesh, just because we are animal lovers and have a lot of pets, it does not mean we will take in every single animal thrown at us... driving me nuts! if one more person asks us to take in something, i think i might cry. do people not understand the time and care that goes into having pets? do we just seem like a dump-off for unwanted animals? i wish i could take them all. but you can't possibly save them all. we are just two people and though our animals are our life, we strive to give them the best home we possibly can, but there's a limit to how much of that care we can give.
does anyone else know how this feels? :/ does this happen to every animal lover too?