response 1 of 16:

Oct 3 00:44 UTC 1996

My cat was part of a litter born in the student house I lived in in East
Lansing a few years back.  (Anybody from MSU remember a house called "Thee
Alamo"?)  We had a cat (well one of us did) that was a rather strange breed
with a short tail, and she hadn't been spayed.  Long story short, Dave was
one of the kittens.

I'm (as always) seriously considering getting a second cat, which I'll
probably get from somebody I know.

response 3 of 16:

Oct 4 19:47 UTC 1996

Hey Scott.... I happen to know of an adorable, mostly kitten that
is looking for a good home..... <grin>  She's a stray that is kinda
staying with someone I know, but he can't keep her....

Both of my family's current pets- a dog and cat came from the Humane
Society.  Our dog is a purebred German Shepherd (with out papers,
unfortunately....) who was two.  And my cat was on of a litter of
abandonded cats, I have no idea what breed he is except mostly
Siamese (the voice gives it away...  and what a voice he has...)

response 5 of 16:

Oct 12 01:23 UTC 1996

Well... the one cat could help to keep the other occupied and
entertained... <grin>

Thanks a lot of thinking about it. :) :) :)

response 7 of 16:

Jun 1 17:35 UTC 1999

The way some people treat animals just burns me... <sighs>  Many just
drop them off into the country thinking that they'll just be able tosurvive
on their own... That's how my friend Julie got her beautiful, long-haired,
tuxedo cat Nikita.  Someone just dumped her off a week or so after 
Christmas- Julie and I are thinking it might have been a gift to someone
who turned out to be allergic- and Julie found her sitting in the middle
of the road.  Took her home and for awhile she was her "Ethiopian Baby"
cause all she did was eat, and ended up with a lil tiny body and a big
big belly. (Okay, so Ethiopian Baby isn't politically correct... but
ya know...)  

Julie also rescued a beautifully trained chocolate lab, she found her on
Thanksgiving.  No one replied to her adds in the paper, or signs in the
neighborhood, or even reported her missing... So Julie got another pet.

response 9 of 16:

Jun 3 12:36 UTC 1999

Good for you, Amanda. :)  My grandmother actually did the same thing to 
my aunt...  Aunt was moving to an apartment and gramma said she would take
her dog, Misty. (Misty was a... large furry dog, I'm not sure what breed,
but she was big, with long dark fur)  Auntie couldn't control Misty, but
didn't want to give her up. Luckily for Misty Gramma convinced Auntie to
leave her.

response 11 of 16:

Mar 28 15:22 UTC 2001

Years ago, I used to work in a pet store. One of the dog groomers stole 
a young cat from her neighbor because the neighbor was abusing the cat 
(starving her, throwing her against walls, etc). The dog groomer brought 
the cat to the pet store with the idea of making her a pet store cat. It 
turned out that she was really afraid of people and spent all day hiding 
and clearly wasnt too happy at the store during business hours. Then one 
night, someone didnt close the finch cage properly and in the morning, 
there was a pile of about 50 dead finches on the floor of the store. The 
owner decided that the cat wouldnt be a good store cat and paid me $20 
to take her home. I have had her ever since. 

response 13 of 16:

Apr 1 21:08 UTC 2001

Yeah. It is too bad about the little birds. I have a bird and when I 
first got this cat, she tried to stick her paw in the cage to kill the 
bird. I have never heard a cat scream like that. There was a lot of 
blood and a kitty with a sore paw for quite some time. The bird still 
hates the cat and yells at her when she comes in the room. She has never 
put her paw anywhere near the bird cage since that one time. 

response 15 of 16:

Aug 2 04:48 UTC 2004

check this dog out...it looks like a panda bear (sorta)
http://www.angelfire.com/anime4/pandadog/Enter/PandaDog.htm