( Some people might find this gross. You have been warned )
I have a nature/animal loving family. There's always been at least one dog in the family since my father was little... and even before that.
Incidentally, most of them have either been called Bobby, Blaxie, Major ... or ..(very surprisingly) Kitty!!
Though dogs certainly have been the most popular pets, there have been pet cats [even wild ones ;)], birds, fish and loads of other animals too.
I've even seen my dad stroke and pet a frog!! And it didn't seem to mind in the least. :)
Also, since we've spent a lot of time in our village where there are all kinds of creatures, we're pretty used to being bitten by insects and not minding them. So it's weird (and amusing) when my friends go eeeek!, aarrghh!!, bhaagooo!! on spotting even the tiniest of insects.
This monsoon, some tiny snails managed to sneak into the house. This got me all excited ... and .. a lightning bolt of an idea struck me -- maybe they could be my pets? :D
So i got small box which had earlier contained chocolates, washed it clean, put pieces of some green veggies, put a small piece of chalk inside (in case they need calcium) and their home was ready! And then i put 2 snails in the box - the biggest and the smallest one.
...and they got names too!
This tiny one was call Ferrari
... and this one, Pulsar. (Pardon the bad photography. They're taken in bad light :-\)
Can't tell how proud i was of doing this ... my own pet snails!
Err... secretly, i also wanted to see if Pulsar would eat Ferrari. It didn't. :P
In fact they didn't do much. Eat-Sleep-Poop-Repeat was all they did.
Even so, except when i had to clean their box - which was every alternate day - i enjoyed their company :) ... and with all those nutritious green veggies, and my love and care, they grew too!
But damnit! All good/bad/creepy/slimy/gross things come to an end. No, they didn't die, silly! Winter was approaching...and i couldn't keep them without proper 'infrastructure' to keep them warm. I had to let them go to find a nice place to hibernate. Must say, even after 3 months of *ahem* love and care, the farewell wasn't quite teary-eyed enough. Hmm ... I wonder why...
We adopted a street pup recently and haven't named him yet. Can you suggest some good names? Oh, wait! Maybe we should name him Bobby? ... or Blaxie.. or Major??
PS: ... or FURarri ?? lol. :P
I have a nature/animal loving family. There's always been at least one dog in the family since my father was little... and even before that.
Incidentally, most of them have either been called Bobby, Blaxie, Major ... or ..(very surprisingly) Kitty!!
Though dogs certainly have been the most popular pets, there have been pet cats [even wild ones ;)], birds, fish and loads of other animals too.
I've even seen my dad stroke and pet a frog!! And it didn't seem to mind in the least. :)
Also, since we've spent a lot of time in our village where there are all kinds of creatures, we're pretty used to being bitten by insects and not minding them. So it's weird (and amusing) when my friends go eeeek!, aarrghh!!, bhaagooo!! on spotting even the tiniest of insects.
This monsoon, some tiny snails managed to sneak into the house. This got me all excited ... and .. a lightning bolt of an idea struck me -- maybe they could be my pets? :D
So i got small box which had earlier contained chocolates, washed it clean, put pieces of some green veggies, put a small piece of chalk inside (in case they need calcium) and their home was ready! And then i put 2 snails in the box - the biggest and the smallest one.
...and they got names too!
This tiny one was call Ferrari
... and this one, Pulsar. (Pardon the bad photography. They're taken in bad light :-\)Can't tell how proud i was of doing this ... my own pet snails!
Err... secretly, i also wanted to see if Pulsar would eat Ferrari. It didn't. :P
In fact they didn't do much. Eat-Sleep-Poop-Repeat was all they did.
Even so, except when i had to clean their box - which was every alternate day - i enjoyed their company :) ... and with all those nutritious green veggies, and my love and care, they grew too!
But damnit! All good/bad/creepy/slimy/gross things come to an end. No, they didn't die, silly! Winter was approaching...and i couldn't keep them without proper 'infrastructure' to keep them warm. I had to let them go to find a nice place to hibernate. Must say, even after 3 months of *ahem* love and care, the farewell wasn't quite teary-eyed enough. Hmm ... I wonder why...
We adopted a street pup recently and haven't named him yet. Can you suggest some good names? Oh, wait! Maybe we should name him Bobby? ... or Blaxie.. or Major??
PS: ... or FURarri ?? lol. :P
26 comments:
pet snails??!! very... ummm... unusual!! :D
this is by far the best post you have ever written. loved it...
omg!! thats amazingly weirdly funny!! and how cm i didnt get to c pulsar n ferrari?hmm?(*frown*..and ooohhh u got a new pup...!!cant wait to meet him :) :) how bout naming him "chevrolet"..hehe!!lolz....(tho,on a serious note,hw bout "frosty")
i want a pulsar too....
nice names HP
i do not like slimy creatures..but d names are cooooooooool! :)))))
wowww... snails!!
its vry nice to have pets.. we used to have a doberman few but he was bigger in size than I was..! So we dumped him.. I mean gave it to someone else.!
pet snails sahi yaar.. i too had a dog long back.. but you need to really give all your pets a lot of time and care... they are a huge responsibility...:) but it feels good taking care of them... I love watering plants too...
no wonder you call yourself hirni! :P
btw, abt the snails' Eat-Sleep-Poop-Repeat routine, what did u expect? them to start performing tricks or start juggling? :D
I loved this! And your snails were so cute.
Er.. where did they go to hibernate? Are they coming back?
And do remember snails are not sentimental,and certainly dont believe in PDA! :D
hahah...luvly pets :)..what do they eat?..i mean any fvrts??
cute...
i just blogged but my spidey pet... wonder why didnt this naming thing strike me.. i am gonna name it now...
How abt Caesar?? i tot everyone named their dogs as caesar.. but blaxie, bobby?? :P
@ divya: i am ;)
@ lala: heyyy!! thanks a lot!! made my day!
@ mayuri: you came here in winter naa.. and the pup isn't at home. he's in the factory. we'll go again to have guavas there :D
@ chriz: thanks!
@ tinni: i know :P thanks.
@ abhinav: lol ! yes, pets are awesome.
@ swayam: yup. feels great :)
@ abhi: my animal loving family named me that ;) . i've usually had dogs as pets... so .. umm .. yes.. i kinda did. :P
@ jayu di: i'm not sure they know the way back :(
"And do remember snails are not sentimental,and certainly dont believe in PDA!" -- i wish they did ! haha!
@ prakhar: they ate just about everything a gave them. including fruits!
@ the rat: i saw the spidey. he's really good looking ;)
caesar does sound familiar. one of the dogs might have been named that..tho not since i was born.
:O u wanted to see if pulsar eats ferrari or not? OMG !!! HP :| :| how mean and idiotically inquistive can u get, girl!!!!
congrats for the pup! :) and snails look cute btw. :| how come u didnt cry when they left ur place? :| :| ur not a typical crybaby emotional fool types naa :P :P wah proud of u!! did trinaa shriek out each time she saw the snails? :D :D :D tell naa tell naa tell naa :P
hmmm names!! it's a he.. :-? how abt ranbir? :P
hmm not bobby, not blaxie not major X-( bad names che...
stephen? roger? charles ? i prefer a majestic type of name :-?
sorry cant be of help :( :(
hehhe..snails..kewl!
Eat-Sleep-Poop-Repeat ...was u xpecting them to do sumthing else???? :O
bobby/baxie/major??bad choice... :|
name it furrari instead :P :P...
how abt toyota?? ;)
Suggestions:
1. Kutta or Cute-aha!
2. Billo :D
3. Flubber
4. Bluffer :D
5. Shera
6. Tinkle (after the comics :))
P.S. I like Fur-ari :D
Damn! So matching!
I kept all sorts of weird pets:
dogs (standard), sometimes whole litter of pups and mommy canine (dman humans have spoilt the sense associated with some animal gender specific names)
cats,
SNAILS! (A whole box of 10-20 snails every monsoon. I used to water them everyday. Even beyond monsoons. So while the snails outside curled up and hibernated/died, mine lived through for almost 5-6 months. (maybe I messed with their life cycles?) Sometimes a few also laid a row of tiny eggs. 2 babies (around 1 mm when born) even emerged and grew).
Goat
Lizard baby. (I actually caught and released live mosquitoes in its 'net box'. Released it in a month
A weak Chameleon baby. Released it when it grew stong and started biting my thumb!
A very old and big grasshopper which couldn't do much flying etc ate vegetable slices in a 'garden tub' till it died in a week (wonder if I killed it with wrong food or it was its life cycle)
Few injured crows and doves now and then
etc
You can name the dog as 'Bachu Chambu', the weirdest name one of my dogs ever had. (bachu because it came as a pup to me, chambu because of its weirs flask (chambu) shaped head)
But all this animal thingie was long ago, till class 11 max. I was even thinking of becoming a vet.
But now I dont feel much for animals or anything. (I am an unfeeling reptilian creature now :P)
Oh yeah, I forgot I had earthworms to keep the snails company.
Frogs used to be my overnight bucket-guests (I now realise it was probably tortue for them to keep swimming in a bucket whole night for my satisfaction,rather than jumping around in the monsoon night:P)
nature/animal loving family???
that sounds like MY family..
Ferrari is the bigger one, isn't it???
so how can pulsar eat ferrari??
oh, and btw, name the street pup Kitty..
very original, and err.... unconventional too
@ mads: lol ! i am! :P
who said crabs are emotional fools? who said? they aren't ! hunh !
:P
@ amrita: hmm .. i didnt really know what to expect .. :P
@ vinisha: arre ! mast names! thanks!
@ stupid : wwoooww !! so many !! woow wwooww !!! i'm proud of you !! :))
only water kept them alive despite the cold?? how did you keep them warm? and what kind of box did you use?
u kept mosquitoes !!! muhahhahhaah!! hilarious !!
i find earthworms very interesting.. will keep them .. next monsoon.
dont see any frogs now a days .. only dirty toads..
woow!! you've had more pets than most people i know!
you're my hero !!
but why did you stop? pets are so cool!! try keeping some mosquitoes again ;)
@ jinxed pixie: same pinch. :P lol.
no no! ferrari is the smaller one.
yeah .. kitty.. hmmm .. lol
testing testing..fotu testing
its ok i think..lemme noe if u dont like it
oyiiiiiiiii sho cute...shonu monu I love snailsssss..
mwah mwah
awwwwww. love the family. love the snails even more. :D
and if you delete the blog, you are so dead. DEAD.
sorry, got an english exam, thats mindfucking me so much, i can only talk in word limit now. i just hate word limits! :P
muah. and its good to be back *nudge, nudge, wink, wink*
didnt miss me? how rude!
:D
photu upload karni pup ni.. cute cute pup ni :)
did u name it yet?
Hey are you a professional journalist? This article is very well written, as compared to most other blogs i saw today….
anyhow thanks for the good read!
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