I do, a male cat Michael Alexander Simon aka Mikey.
Absolutely precious with those blue saucer eyes! Is it a Birman? The plush fur, colourpoint coat and wide eyes are similar to that breed.
Anyway, here are my contributions at long last:
Firstly, I can't resist sharing two pics of our own family cat called Stumpy. She was the runt of the litter, a moggie the owners were going to drown. She was with me most of my life, but sadly passed away in 2014 at eighteen years old. A beautiful cat... I miss her. We had three other cats but I don't have access to the photos.
Next are my two budgies, Phoebe and Blue Boy! My mum bought me Phoebe at the very end of 2014 to help lift my spirits, and it worked like a charm. She is hand-trained and we used to have an inseparable bond. That changed when we introduced Blue Boy in August 2017. We called him that because we'd always promise to get Phoebe a blue boy one day, haha. The two now live together. She prefers him over me these days, not that I blame her. xD
Blue Boy is a sweetie pie, though he doesn't like hands, haha. Super adorable, highly persistent at wooing Phoebe by singing and doing circus tricks! Pulling her tail doesn't win him any favours, though (she then gives his an extra hard yank for good measure!).
And here we have my sister's guinea pigs! As to be expected, they're funny, plump, irresistibly cuddly, and never stop asking for food! I have a video of them tucking into a salad, sorry about the quality. Apparently we got a "buy one, get two free" deal?Little Blackie was pregnant when we bought her. What a nice surprise! All three are girls.
From left to right: Pandora,
Didymus, Little Blackie.
Last but not least, I'll introduce Matthias, named after the mouse hero from Redwall. We have native wild rats living on our property, and one day my mum found Matthias abandoned on the floor. He was naked, blind and deaf, and completely helpless. He was placed under my care, and I immediately bundled him in a soft woollen beanie. None of us thought he would survive, but he sure proved us wrong?even at that tender age, he had an intense will to live.
It was a struggle at the best of times, but with the help of
milk formula and a lot of TLC, Matthias made it through his most fragile stage and quickly grew to adulthood! And he sleeps in the same beanie!
I still can't believe how fast he's grown. Though he retains the inbuilt instincts of wild rats, Matthias is more than accustomed to human company. He doesn't bite. Of course, he's constantly itching to be let out his cage, so I rat-proofed a room for him, Phoebe and Blue Boy to run/fly freely around. They love it!