what pets did you grow up with.

[BirdManDan]

Growing up we only had fish, guinea pigs and one cat. Never a dog, so when I got married and bought our first house I bought a big dog. A Rottweiler named Muffin, a total sweetheart. Then since growing up in the water the next thing we bought was a 300 gallon saltwater reef fish tank. Oh so enchanting and relaxing! I still have that tank!

 

[finchly]

Growing up I wasn’t allowed pets but I loved them so I kept bringing home strays and injured birds anyway. I had rabbits and goldfish....and an aquarium full of tropical fish. Finally I was allowed a dog but she had to stay outdoors. Once I told this old lady I would take her ancient collie and care for it but my parents took it to the shelter while I was away at camp.

My dog, when I grew up and moved away from home I wasn’t allowed to take her with me. I was really sad about that.

I made up for it by having quite a zoo myself, and I raised my kids on a farm where we had horses, dogs,cats, birds, rabbits, and more.

 

[Fritzgerald16]

Every critter category out there! Cats, dogs, fish, birds, guinea pigs, horses, goats, chickens, ducks, lizards...
My parents were (and still are!) saints, I was rescuing everything under the sun (imagine that..) and they rarely gave me a hard time about it (except that one time I put a yearling calf in the back of my car and drove it home, that was a little dangerous...)

 

[AzaleaMist]

Growing up I was always around animals. We had beef cattle, outside cats, a bunny once that was from
My grandpas rabbits. It wasn’t a nice bunny. We had ducks once, and we always had a dog. The dog was only allowed on the kitchen though, slept on a rug. I had a few hamsters at once time, and a small aquarium, a Guinea pig I was later forced to get rid of, and a budgie named Peppy. I eventually had one indoor cat. I also had a pony at one point.

Both of my grandparents that lived close by were also farmers. They both had horses at one time or another, one had pigs and dairy cows, a house cat and a grumpy rooster that only liked me and the other had chickens and rabbits, dogs, guinea fowl, ducks, and even peacocks I think.

My other side of the family was into birds and that is where my bird love comes from. Budgies usually. My grandma always had a budgie, so did one of my uncles. My dad even had birds at one time.
All this animal exposure fostered my love for animals and I as an adult I’ve had many different animals except snakes and spiders. I also worked for a vet for over 8 years. My sisters are also passionate about animals.

 

[hrafn]

As a little kid I grew up with a golden retriever, approximately five million cats, my eldest sister's hamsters, several fancy mice, lovebirds, budgies, and a lutino cockatiel named Fred. Fred was the one who really made me fall in love with birds, and when he passed away I picked out Kraz for my next birthday.
And things just snowballed from there, lol.
Now I've got sixteen pets, including my fids, a dog, a cat, a snake, a skink, tarantulas, fish, a newt, and a supremely fluffy bunny.

 

[Tiny birb]

For my family it was mostly a dog 2 fish and 2 chatty birds my favorite was going to the pet store and looking at the conures