What a great question as it prompts me to remember my angels right at the holidays! Our first two, Holly & Michael, were given to us by a teen who no longer had time for them. We fell in love instantly. Rocky was given to us by my hubby's fishing partner & later became my own personal baby. Sno came from a pet store but I consider her a rescue b/c she was nine months old & a SEVERE biter. We lost her in June at the age of eight. Next was Lucy. Our neighbor's daughter owned her, they built a new house, no animals in the new house, etc..... Lucky for us they gave her to us, although her & Sno could never get along & Lucy being an only fert was housed in her own cage. All these babies are my angels at the Bridge. Pooh.... my daughter's adrenal boy. He'll be five in February. I got him for her from a pet store for her birthday. Couldn't resist! Lexus & Maggie are our sisters. They were left at a pet store. Anna-Belle was another "I couldn't resist gift for my daughter." "Bella" & Pooh are the joys of her life. Princess is an older fert abandoned at the pet store. Scarlett, my precious miracle baby, I consider a rescue even though she came from a pet store. Got her & took her to our vet where I was told she was only about five weeks old. She would have died b/c she couldn't eat the dried kibble she was being fed. She slept with me & I hand fed her for weeks. Blaise, another pet store rescue. (Why do they seem to end up there?) And Aiden, our happy boy! Given to us by a college student who couldn't afford the pet deposit when he had to move to a new apartment. So, that's our eight ferts we have now. Christa & the Crazy Eight "If a man does not keep pace with his companions perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away." Henry David Thoreau [Posted in FML issue 5091]