Well folks, I found an IRL cat hater!
Genuinely took me off guard when she said that.
She also snarled in disgust when I showed her a picture of one of the sweet heart strays in my neighborhood.
…Probably coming off as a fake post, but no, I’m being serious!
Wait until you own a pet that isn’t a cat or a dog and watch people contantly joke about eating your pet
Haha yes my pet chickens and shrimp do look delicious, let me make the same joke about eating your puppy and see how well it goes down
Or if you own a rat people will ask if its dirty and aggressive (not so much any more because the internet has shown people how nice they are, but when I was a kid my pet rat would get all kinds of comments about it being vermin)
Aggfh! I know that feel! Rats are awesome and I jusr cant handle the lifespan to fall in love again. I lived on a farm where all of us were vegan and every expected us to be using thr animals for stuff. We just had space for some extra friends. Chickens are cool people! We can have goats cause we like hanging out with goats! Animals are cool guys and appreciating them for who they are shouldn’t be weird!
Oh my god, I love rats!
Me too! I would have them as pets again as an adult, but I’ve told myself no more pets with short natural lifespans because I’ve had to say goodbye to a enough pets in my life that it’s starting to take its toll (grew up with rats, budgerigars and chickens and they all have shortish lifespans 5-8 years goes by faster than you think)
It’s depressing really. Why I’m not interested in having rats/mice/similar.
I still miss my budgie. I hate how such incredible little dudes have such short lifespans. And when people go “oh there are so many you can just get another” they miss the point, because none of the others are him and have his personality
Chimkin enjoyers rise up
There’s a cat out in the world named Chimkin (that exact spelling) because of me. He’s a swole & roly-poly boi who awaits his couch time with his human every night and he is very dumb, especially compared to his mastermind brother.
I’m a huge fan of rodent and rodent-adjacent pets. I’d never get one cos 1. cats, 2. cages, 3. ferret-proofing my house sounds impossible.
But please invite me over and let me hold them!