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Well...i am not really "animal" lover. I absolutely love dogs and hamsters, but i don't really like cats. In fact, i FEAR them for reason unknown.

I love dogs ever since i was a baby due to my dad and his side of family. My dad is a dog lover as well, in fact, some of my uncle and aunties are too. One of them is a breeder. They breed hunting dog or known to them as Wolf Dog; mixture of dog and wolf from a long time ago, suitable for hunters. The uncle even gave me one of the pups which we name him Brother Mark.

When i was a child, i remember seeing my dad jump into a deep drain to pull out a pup. We kept the pup. The pup, Browny was the first dog in my life, Brother Mark comes second after Browny passed away.

It may sounds weird, but all the dogs love my dad too. No matter how fierce the dogs are, my dad is still manage to soften them and soon have them licking his face or hand. I have yet to see a dog growl at my dad. I am jealous at this ability though....

I also remember seeing my dad going very very near to a dog which had recently gave birth. The female dog made her nest under a slide in the playground. No one dare to go near there because the dog kept growling whenever someone came near she and the pups. However, she allowed my dad to touch her and even picking up the pups for inspection. I really have to say "Wow~" at that. However, someone called the authority to take the dogs away not soon after that.

Since then, i have been trying to be like my dad. I love dogs, but not all dogs like me. I wonder why~

I also love hamster, although not as much as i love dogs. I was a hamster breeder when i was younger. My dad build me a very very very large cage for all the hamsters i had. I no longer have hamsters now because they attract mouse and rats to my house. One of my hamsters even eloped with a mouse. At that time, i had about over 50 hamsters at the same time, i remember having more males than females. I sold some of them to my friends, and some to pet shop at the price of RM 10 for one. However, i was sad when i dad sold my favourite, Mr. Grey too.

Mr. Grey was the first generation of my hamsters. He was the great-great-great-great grand father of the other hamsters. Another first gen of male was Mr. White. However, Mr. White passed away on Deepavali after he sired his first brood of babies. His wife was the one eloped with a mouse. {sweat}

I have no experince with cat at all, but i remember being bitten and scratched by one. Talk about pain~

I hate fish because they always die on me. I am not fated to keep fish. Two of the fished i had before went suicide. One hit a rock and died. Another foolishly jumped out of the tank and died, plastered to the wall nearby. I hate fish~

I like hedgehog and porcupine, but i do not dare to touch them.

I had chicks before, but i strangled them. I was...3 years old back then. My mom told me so. Even now i feel very sad that i actually murdered two innocent chicks. My mom said i was just trying to put them to sleep...

I had rabbits before too. I can't remember what happened to them....but i remember my neighbour had a barbeque with rabbit meat on her table....

I had birds too, but i "accidently" freed them. I don't like watching them in cage. I prefer watching them flying in the blue sky.

I also had turtle before, but let them go into the lake at centre park because the pool is bigger.

Among the animals i have had before, i still prefer dogs. I love dogs.

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i love dogs
i love cats...
i love rabbits
i love hamsters
i love turtles/tortoise..
i love fishes..

i hate reptiles - snake (some ppl keep it as pet) or frog/toad or spider

dogs make a good companion for sure.....

you see at times when we are really down - they are really there for us no matter what
how down you are - they are there to cheer you up.... some how there are a very special species........ i have yet to experience that myself....i cant wait to have one....... i cant have one yet..... i hope real soon.....in near future.. {wink}

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hi all

well, in terms of animals, i don't really have any dislike although as pets, i've only kept dogs, mice, and now cats. oh i've kept fish as well betta fish, flower horn, gold fish, swordtails, and the rest. i prefer non-saltwater fish as they're easier to keep. that was during my lotus planting days.

now i've moved home and the new house is smaller so i can only keep cats and as i don't have much time to spend at home i try not to take in more despite the temptations.

i saw this beautiful dog profie at paws and wanted to adopt her but have to changed my decision after my family objected. since i stay with them, if they're not okay with the decision, i can't do much as i do require their help in caring for the dog too.

sometimes i feel like going ahead to adopt the dog as i'm only using my own money, my own resources and i'm the person who's doing the cleaning up, etc, so why should i listen to the rest and be dictated in my actions and non-actions by their opinions, right?

oddly enough i don't dislike snakes, in fact i'm quite awed by them, they're so beautiful so soft and "so alive" contrary to them being described as "cold" and other negative objectives. and they're so intelligent. just take a look into their eyes and you see why i say so.

i don't think a noble creature that's meant for freedom and stood for freedom like a horse should be ridden. god didn't meant for such creatures to be subjugated by us. it's a bit sad when i see the horses being ridden.

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Me too. I hate to see animals that are supposed to be wild lose their freedom.

Horse
Fish
Bird
Turtle
Monkey
Chipmunk
etc
etc.

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Pretty much every animal... Not necessarily for pets, but I just love animals in general....

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Mmm.. sometimes I love animals more than humans... their innocence, sincereness and loyalty often strike me as more genuine than many humans haha..

I personally have the most experience and attachment with dogs, but I equally appreciate other forms of lives, each one is so wonderful and lovable in its own right.. (ok, ok... I lied, I don't really favour cockroaches) haha {sweat}

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Wahahaha... Andy... So cockroaches are your Kryptonite ey?{wink}

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Hahahaha.... show me a flying cockroach and I'll show you a new Olympics high jump record and an agonizing scream audible from the next galaxy. {scared}

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nobody like cockroaches, so do I ! and yes i hate those flying around {shy}
but funny part they cannot get extinct one {smile}

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But there are people in America keeping Madagascar Cockroaches as pet!!!! Maybe they watched too many Fear Factor and fell in love with cockroaches.

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Haha.. these flying cockroaches are like laser-guided homing missiles - aiming right at me when they fly! Running is futile.. they seem to be playing a game of tag, ever flying nearer and nearer to me, taunting me with their intentionally-missed attacks and buzzing laughs until I black out and collapse foaming... {sweat}

Urghh yeah Fear Factor is gross... eating everything from maggots to bull testicles.. and that program is always wonderfully timed to coincide with my dinner haha...

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Same here same here. I once kena "tag" by them even though i was running away from it. So now everytime i see them flapping their wings, i'll start running right away.

I'm okay with cockroaches, but not flying cockroaches.

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By and by, that reminds me of the accident with rat.

I thought i am okay with rats since i breed hamsters. But then...there was one day when i came out from my room, i came face to face with a big fat rat with red eyes. I donno what happened then but i screamed as lout as i can. Yeah, i screamed and my parents thought i saw thiefs or something. So when i told them i saw a rat. They just laughed at me and said.

" A hamster breeder afraid of a rat?"

I really donno why but i was really scared at that time when i saw the rat. It was soooo different with hamsters. Yeesh...{vomit}

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Yup, some even put diamonds and such on the cockroaches and make them into a brooch. Ever watch America Next Top Model?? I think one of the seasons involve them walking the stage with cockroach brooch.

I donno what to feel then. Should i be disgusted or feel pity towards those cocroaches?

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ah andy, me see a kindred spirit in you. gimme five!

same experience here - i hate it when the cockcroach zoom in on you out of the whole crowded area or in the whole wide living room, you're the target even though you're running away from them. perhaps they can smell the fear?

however luckily i have my protectors to call upon - my kittens.

that was what happened when i was cleaning out their litter box in the bathroom one evening. i was in the midst of scooping out the litter when this huge cockcroach crawl out from the drain-hole. i just can't drop anything (not yet anyway), i did the next best thing, screamed my lungs out. at the same time, i grabbed the water hose and keeping hosing at the cockcroach in vain hope that it would beat a hasty retreat. it was smarter. it went into the corner and started heading towards me, streams of water not withstanding.

i quickly turned off the tap, dropping everything (can't help it) and turn tail and ran

and who should came charging into the bathroom, anna, nicky and coco.

they were my real heroines. although they didn't manage to catch the cockcroach, they did went in to investigate and came out with a puzzle frown on their faces. i pointed at the bathroom and indicated they should go in there. they went in again with no result and they left.

they were my real hero and heroines. they charged to my rescue with no second thought no questions no conditions. later on, i found out why they didn't see the cockcroach - it had climbed up the wall up to our 5 feet high - that was why my kittens didn't catch it.

i related the incident to my sis who thought they were the bravest cat on earth and we rewarded them with their favourite canned food.

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For some reasons, I can't bring myself to kill even cockroaches anymore... I try to catch them and then release them outside the window!

But mosquitoes, well, 50/50.. depending on my mood.. sometimes, I let em suck on me.. and sometimes i will MURDER em..

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Hai... "Siew Keong" getting a real hard time here.... Eh... mind you, to some people cockroaches are pets k

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i am ok with rats...seen a lot....fat one too.......... i normally do the catching of rats in the house..

cockroach no! i run away when i see one... {shy}

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I've got a friend who was quite okay with cockroaches when he was a kid... okay here meaning... I don't disturb u, u don't disturb me kinda okay... Until one day he was taking a dump in the toilet nd one of those nasty fellows actually flew and landed on his face. Just imagine the havoc created by one of these "cute" little buggers....

Andy, just imagine... this could have happened to you.

Hai... Those little critters can survive a nuclear winter, basically outlived the dinosaurs WITHOUT evolving and only to be killed by a can of Ridsect or 5 Ringgit Bata Shoe... That's bloody ironic if you think about it.

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Yeah.. it's usually in the second phase where they make u eat things to gross you out...

HOWEVER, being chinese and being malaysian. There are some parts which are actually a delicacy and I know a few people who would ask the other contestants "uh... are you gonna eat that? Do you mind if I have seconds?"
ahhaha

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hahaha...
i killed small one before - ***whack** hahaha
big one the normal size - nope... if i see one in my room
that's it - i cannot sleep whole night till i get rid of it with ridsect! ahaha

i have few encounters...... it just crawl at my face - next thing i know - i did grab it and throw/push it - i was asleep ok..i wont know but i definitely know it is a silly bug moving here and there...

you see one..you forever see them roaming the whole house.. it gives me the chill when one goes over my leg {sick}

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Speaking of delicacy.. I have actually eaten cockroaches before while I was in China with my buddy Andy... but Andy chickened out, of course! He din't even try the nice juicy beetle! Oh, but he did chewed on the leg of a giant spider though...

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Ezer, how can you put those thing into your mouth and digest into your stomach eeeewww{vomit}

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Haha... I will try everything once... except shit, that is... or dung!!

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Urghh... Ezer, you can digest all the cockroaches and worms you want - I'll gladly remain as a spectator on that!

Ezer is exceptionally, bizarrely brave and adventurous when it comes to exotic food - but when it comes to normal meals during travel, I'd mostly be the one dragging him to try new things while he'd gladly settle for just chicken/duck/goose rice, teochew porridge or fast food - oh, and not to forget a good bottle of TsingTao beer hahaha!

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heh heh... that's so true.. don't forget my biasa sweet and sour chicken! never go wrong with that, for sure!

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why of all things talk about kachuak ah? {sweat}

There is this bunch of classmates in the US last time who have got this craze over exotic insects.... {sweat} black beetle, scorpions, spider, expensive kachuaks, etc etc etc..... {sweat} This crazy guy even bring his black beetle to class!!!!! {sweat}

I bodoh bodoh at first thought it was fake.... it was plastic or somekind of polymer figurine.... then... the legs moved!!!!! {sweat} The best joke, he can tell me the beetle is tame?? EH HELLO, how do you tame an INSECT? *rolls eyes* *where is that smiley??*

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Err...i sure hope you don't feel like eating dogs or cats because these are also delicacy in China. During my last trip to Beijing, i saw a man beat a cat to dead with people surrounding the scene to watch. Then the tour guide told me these people are just going to eat the cat....

I promise myself that will be the last time i will ever step my foot into China.

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your friend meaning of tame that the beetle still let you touch it

if it is wild - probably it will be flying and end up dont know where {shy}

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i think if wild, they will BITE, STING, squirt some smelly odor, or something like that lah....

whatever lah..... tame ke not tame ke, its still a blardy insect ok. I call them our local siew kiong's long lost cousin. Me still no like.

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I am an animal lover..I respect animals as God's creation...even if I see a rat in my home I would not purposely set a trap to kill it.

I have a lot of pets at home...that is why I cannot volunteer to be come a fosterer anymore (eventhough I'd love to do that) because my neighbour is mad at me for keeping so many pets in my home. {shy}

I am going to move to a bigger house by this year end, next year onwards I could volunteer myself to be a fosterer.

Right now I could only help to spread the words to refer people to adopt the dogs in this forum. Or help to post here where someone wanted to give up his/her dog.

Actually helping a purebreed dog to find a good home is a very difficult task...have to scrutinize carefully.

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Errr...the topic is on animal...why everybody here out of topic already..."Siew Kiong", Beetle and snakes are not consider animal...

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I can handle beetles and cockroaches...spiders are ok too...kinda want to be spiderman..but I hate lizards.They freak me out.So whenever I see a lizard in my house(very often)I will try to kill it,which is once in about 5 years since I'm lazy to do anything about it.One time though,I threw a dart and it hit the lizard dead center of mass.It hung up there for two days,then fell into my rice when dinnertime.{vomit}

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They are part of the Animal Kingdom ler... I think... haha...

And anything gross is always interesting to talk about...

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HMMMMM...... HMMMMM..... *now where is the sarcastic smiley and also ROFL smiley* *andy, more smileys please!*

From my best buddy Prof. Wiki:

"Insects (Class Insecta) are a major group of arthropods and the most diverse group of animals on the Earth, with over a million described species..." Did I and everyone else NOT see the word ANIMAL in the above quote?? {oh}

Oh dear darling, since when ANIMAL is narrowed down to exclude INSECTS and REPTILES???


Again from wise Prof. Wiki:
"Animals are a major group of multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa."

So now you telling us siew kiong is unicellular organism like the bacteria staphylococcus aerues??? The same bacteria that usually gives you sore throat or medically termed staph infection. {shy} *now where is ROFL smiley*

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EEEWWWW.......... why lah you left it hanging... get a penyapu to sweep it down ke...

Eh now got spray to keep lizards away. Green bottle. Tesco got sell. About RM17. So far, I think quite effective. Lizards just dont come. I think it makes the surface slippery so they got no grip. {smile}

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so far i haven't really kill a lizard on purpose....
i used to get one friendly one at my living room
but every since i did renovation to my house 5 years ago - that lizard went missing.....

only once i crushed a lizard accidentally between doors {oh} dead -

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Here's what I mean by steffy1811 having her own self defence mechanisms... say something wrong... confirm got a bloody stinger missile hot on your tail.... {good}

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