Worst Chores Ever (and animals too!)

[Kain]

I'd take a pet duck.  The area I live in is pretty...wet...most of the year so...the duck would be more at home.

[zman9000]

how did this go from what chores we hate to what pet we want?

[Daddy Poi's Oily Gorillas]

how did this go from what chores we hate to what pet we want?

i have to get up every morning and feed our 38 chickens, 2 geese, 3 turkeys, 7 ducks, 3 dogs, and 4 cats.

Feeding animals is a chore, so hearing someone have that many animals makes us want one.

[dwkjohn]

Believe me, its not that fun to have alll those animals. I have to go out there 3+ times a day to check on themand change their water and feed them etc. It takes up alot of time. A few maybe, but not that many.

[Charon]

I would imagine so, I have only 2 pets and they're quite a burden themselves.

Speaking of chores though, I had to weedwack. I hate doing that. ugh grass gets all over you...

[Rolina]

There's a reason parents take care of pets and not kids.  It's because it turns out to be a chore.  Kids want the fun of the pet, but not the responsibility.

[Salanewt]

I only have plants now, since my fish died a little while ago. The most that I have to do for "pets" is to water them every few weeks. I just got a new one though, so I will have to work on it as well. It isn't a chore either, but taking care of my lizard, dog, and occasionally fish used to take some time.

[Charon]

There's a reason parents take care of pets and not kids.  It's because it turns out to be a chore.  Kids want the fun of the pet, but not the responsibility.

I hate it when I see a parent taking full responsibility for a pet for this very reason. When I was 8 years old I was doing most of the pet chores (except for walking the dog because the dog was very strong and the neighbourhood sucks). People are so stupid...

[dwkjohn]

A little (lot) off topic but a girl at my school, when we went on a  math competition, we stopped at walmart and she bought a gold fish. It lived for about 3 months. Poor fish. But she took care of it.

[zman9000]

well gold fish don't live that long.

I rember my family use to have a gold fish that was like 12 years old, and at the time was older then me. I was 9 and well i kinda sorta killed it and lied about the reason...
only read if you can take it...
[spoiler]I tried to pick it out of the fish bowl one day and it scared me and I droped it on the floor. it would have been fine but my mom started to come down stairs and I thought I was going to be in trouble. it was making lots of noise floping on the floor and I couldn't pick it up. so i picked up a chair and slamed the leg on it like 20 times. my mom found me in the act, the fish was so hurt and stoped floping but was still alive. I told my mom that I just wanted to play with it... which kinda was true but what I wanted to do was get the fish out of the bowl because i droped a silver dollar in it...

when I think back to what I did to that pore fish I start to get teary eyed...[/spoiler]
after this I started to take care of all my pets and spent time with them even if i didn't like them...
This became my biggest chore when we had 2 dogs, 4 fish, 2 hamsters, 20 ginna pigs, and a psychotic parrot. and they all had names starting with "S"

SPEEDY WAS THE BEST MOST AWSOME FISH EVER!!!! *crys*

[Charon]

I've had four pets:

- Sasha, a husky/German Shepard mix. She was so loving and kind, I loved her. She died when I was 12 years old (we owned her before I was born). I miss her...
- Heidi, a German Shepard. She was... weird. After our vacation to Florida in 2002 she got really screwed up (probably because my brother didn't take care of her) so we had to give her up.
- Alexis, a cat. She's been around forever. She's a year older than me and is somehow still alive. Seriously, she barely eats, she has trouble jumping and she's got a dog pestering her and she's pushing through like an adamant little old lady. Jeez.
- Penny, a black coated retriever. She's downright crazy mental but she's cute and funny. She's weird because she doesn't really like hugs or being pet like other dogs. She also absolutely HATES other dogs to the point of trying to kill them (luckily I managed to save that little Terrier), and she hates people outside too, but once they step in the house they're fine. Also, she freaks out big time with bubble wrap or if we whisper or tell her to "shhh". lol

I don't mind taking care of my pets, I've taken care of them since I was about 7-8 years old (and I mean everything with that, my parents only take them to the vets). They really quite like me in return (except my cat, but she's a @#$%& to everyone) and it's quite rewarding in that respect.

[Rolina]

I've had four pets:

- Alexis, a cat. She's been around forever. She's a year older than me and is somehow still alive. Seriously, she barely eats, she has trouble jumping and she's got a dog pestering her and she's pushing through like an adamant little old lady. Jeez.

I don't mind taking care of my pets, I've taken care of them since I was about 7-8 years old (and I mean everything with that, my parents only take them to the vets). They really quite like me in return (except my cat, but she's a @#$%& to everyone) and it's quite rewarding in that respect.

Understood.  The martian is now a Catgirl.

[Salanewt]

Those seem like cool pets. Hehe, grannycat. It is nice that you take care of them yourself; shows responsibility.

Pets (that I remember and have taken care of myself for longer than a month):

- Samantha, a Bichon Frise. She was the runt of her litter, so she was always a little weaker. So loving and cute, but a bit weaker... I miss her... When I was young, we gave her to my grandparents because we were not home often enough for her. We/they had to give her up, but the new "owners" were trying to train our 8-year old dog to follow rules that she NEVER had when she was with us. Gave them a paragraph explaining how she had been raised too, the morons. We got her back with a busted leg, flees, and dozens of gnats, and she was put down a month after that.
- Yoshi, a Hamster. I was not particularly fond of it, so I gave it up shortly after getting him.
- Yoshi, a Bearded Dragon. I used to feed and play with him, but I gave him up when I was told that "I could keep Samantha that way". Big mistake, as my mother forgot about that promise as I was bringing him back to the store from where I bought him. They closed shortly after that, so I could never get him back.
- Yoshi, a Betta Fish. I would clean out the bowl about once or twice a month, and feed him every day. Died when I went away for vacation; our neighbour was unable to take care of it.
- Yoshi II, you see where this is going. Just died about a month or two ago. No more pets for me until I move out!

And now that my pets are all dead, I reserve the time that was spent on them for plants instead. My mother just bought a Jade Plant for me, so I am going to work on raising it. My Aloe is doing quite well, and has even spawned children. It is such a chore to take care of all of the plants, as I usually have to spend about 20-30 minutes whenever I water them.

Role: Actually, that does sound like a good idea if you are serious about it. That will be for the Main Characters discussion though.

Edit: Perhaps pets are a bit off topic, but it is a chore to take care of them.

[Charon]

You had 4 pets named Yoshi.

WHAT IF YOU GOT A PET YOSHI. WHAT WOULD YOU NAME IT.

[Rolina]

Sala, it was a joke.  I'd have thought that obvious.

Also, Sala... REALLY?  And you wonder why we say you have a strange Yoshi obsession...

[dwkjohn]

come on. there are worse obsessions. like drugs smoking and that sort of stuff. i was once obsessed with sea monkeys. and they were all nqmed fred.

this morning i found a little red eared slider. he was olny just bigger than a silver dollar. this afernoon. i took him down to the lake and set him next to it. he loved it.

[spoiler]then he was swimming and i was watching him to make sure nothing happened to him. then... a catfish ate him. just *glomp* and his short life was over. *sniff*  [/spoiler]

[Salanewt]

Aw... wait, the fish ate him? It was either a really young turtle, or a giant fish. Either way, it is nice that you brought the turtle to the lake, despite it becoming a snack.

Role: Sort of, it was mostly because I didn't want to get sad just from hearing the name. Hearing someone say something similar to "Samantha" usually makes me a little sad, yet Yoshi doesn't make me miss my pets too much. I actually do miss my bearded dragon though, but not having crickets escape is nice. If you think I am obsessed with Yoshi after reading about my pets, you should see what I started doing to my PC in 2010.

[dwkjohn]

both. twas a giant catfish about a foot'n'ahalf long. and the turtle was about:

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[Rolina]

Sala, catfish get HUGE.  The poor guy didn't stand a chance... I doubt he even finished his ninja training.

[Charon]

Hell I saw a turtle the other day that would probably eat the turtle you were talking about. Tiny turtles are begging to be eaten in the animal world.