How many pets do you have at the Rainbow Bridge?

[Kirsten]

I have two RB kitties.

My Aysche, a persian girl, who only lived for 21 months. She died from FIP. She went to the Bridge in 1986.

And my Katz, my beloved tux girl. She lived with me for 14 years; she had hypertrophic cardiomyopathia and in the end, she was so miserable that my vet helped her to cross the Bridge. That was in May 2000.

Kirsten

[Taz_Zoee]

I've had several animals in my lifetime. But they were "family pets". A couple cats were conisdered mine. Jasper, a black cat, that I believe was hit by a car and had internal injuries. He went to my brothers house and died. And then I had Jinx, a orange and white kitty. Wow, I can't even remember how or why he died.

So, Taz is my first cat as an adult. And Zoee is the first dog. Luckily I still have them with me. Although, I know the time will come when I must say goodbye and that is going to hurt so much!!

And there was Bruce's Cocker Spaniel, DJ, that we had to let go in March of 2005. I only knew him for a couple years.

[Queen of Poop]

Not to mention all the pets had as a child. Of my own pets, I've lost 5. With one to come, hopefully not too soon.

Sami, my first own dog. Lived to be 12 years old, died a week after her 12th birthday, her body quit on her.

Rascal, the second of our ferrets and the first to die of cancer, he was only 2 years old.

Trouble, our first ferret, died at 4 years of age of Adrenal Gland Disease and its associated complications.

Miko, our third ferret, actually adopted with his brother Sebastian after Rascal died to keep a lonely Trouble company. Miko had awful cancer on his blood vessels that made blood leach into his body cavity. Had surgery to remove 3 cups of blood, found the cancer, got the diagnosis, he died 10 days after surgery.

Sebastian, adopted with Miko. Diagnosed with Adrenal Gland Disease 2 weeks after Trouble died. Changed vets, he got the surgery and lived to be 6 years old before he joined his brother Miko at the Bridge, 12 days before Christmas, 12 months after Miko left.

I miss them all TERRIBLY. But I know they are well and happy.

Sasha is almost 15 and holding her own for now, but I know in my heart that her time grows short.

[smokey the elder]

Smokey the Elder went to the Bridge on Dec. 19, 1999. She had cancer.
Pixel was PTS Dec. 26, 2004 (lousy Christmas present.) She was a feral who got really sick before I could catch it.
I had a rough stretch: Ebony PTS Dec. 17, 2006; Diva passed in January 2007, and Luna in March 2007. Ebony and Luna were old (over 15.) Diva, my first CH cat, was 10 1/2.

And on D-Day (June 6) I lost Moby, my nearly 16 year old diabetic. I miss them all so much, but it is good to have a thread like this to remember them all.

[jenluckenbach]

Counting only pets in my adult (aka married) years there were

cats...

BrightEyes, Amanda, Thumper, Bear, Y.Lee, Lucas and Rutherford

Ev'ret the ferret

And 17 or so fancy mice.

Also some very special foster cats and kittens,

Braveheart and Tuvok being the two who stand out the most.

[Whisk_Luva]

I've lost 5....

The first was my fish who was called Polly... I had her when I was about 5.

Then I lost Nut who was my guinea pig due to what I think was old age, and about 6 months later, her sister Egg died.

Then I had Whisk, my hamster who died less than a year ago. He had to be put down due to a tumor...

Lastly, I lost my Chino (another hamster) a few weeks ago because of old age.

Miss all my babies a lot

[Medusa]

Oh heavens, they're too numerous to count! I remember every single one of them, though, from my first kitty kat to my little bunny to my dogs and more cats. I miss every single one of them.

[Marigold2]

I also have had too many to count. Since I lived on a farm when I was a child I had cows, horses, geese, chicken, duck, rabbits, pigs, dogs, and tons of barn cats. As an adult I have had more rabbits, cats, hamsters, dogs.
My pony Joker comes to mind he is certainly gone many years now.
As do the three horses, my pet cow King I was very fond of. My pet pig.
Maybe 30 or 40 cats have come and gone. Our dogs, Cindy, Princess, Heidi, Gypsy, Buffy, Rex, Hobo so many. Each one life was of great value, bringing joy and love, happiness and laughter, tenderness and loyalty.
Bunnie, Bugsey, Buckwheat, Buster, Bunny, Snowy my rabbits.
Cassie, Olivia, Annabell, our recent cat loses in 10 years.
And then all the rats, hamsters, gerbils, birds, mice my daughter and boyfriend have had.
I am going to be so busy seeing them all when I die. Heaven is full of all our pets, it will be wonderful.

[Taz_Zoee]

So, Taz is my first cat as an adult. And Zoee is the first dog. Luckily I still have them with me. Although, I know the time will come when I must say goodbye and that is going to hurt so much!!

Well, the time came much sooner than I expected/hoped for Taz. I let him go tonight. I couldn't even imagine how it would feel at the time I posted the above quote. Its much worse than I anticipated.

[katladyd]

So, so, many.
Childhood:
Ringo: Boston terrier; distemper PTS
Taffy: Cockapoo Old age
Adult:
Molly: Doberman: cancer
Maverick: My Tennesee Walking horse, the best I ever rode! old age 30 years old.
Harry: Chinese crested; went away to die, never found him
Kitty: Long haired tabby: mauled by neighbor's dog (Miss you still)
Tomas: A Most Excellent Tan and White Cat, Old age, PTS
I still think of, and miss, them all!