"how many of you, had no close pets as children, but later in life
became animal and ferret people?"
This would be me. My parents are most definitely not pet-people. And
we were a sailing family so pets didn't really "fit" since we were often
away on trips on the boat. I had a couple of gerbils as a kid and that
was it.
As a teen we had a couple of cats but they were more "Mom's cats". When
I got out on my own I got a cat. Then a second cat. And a dog a few
years after that. It wasn't till just eight years ago that I became a
ferret owner.
Over the years now I've lost a dog, four cats and three ferrets. I know
have one dog, two cats and seven ferrets. And I'm closer to them than I
am my family.
I would say I definitely made up for my pet-deprived childhood :)
- Laura and The Seattle Seven at http://www.ferretocious.com
[Posted in FML issue 5268]