My dog, Star: We had been looking for a dog for awhile, and I came across Star at Narf Rescue. She was the perfect size, and when I walked up to her pen she looked right up at me and I was in love.

My cat, Cupcake: Again, we had been looking for a cat for awhile. My mother surprised me with her when I arrived home from school one day when I was in 4th grade.

My snake, Chubby: I was jealous b/c my boyfriend had recently gotten a snake. We spent a weekend putting a divider in the large terrarium he had for his snake, and I fell in love with the Western Hognose while I was researching what kind of snake to get. The pet store that I now work at happened to have a hatchling Hog there, so I took her home.

My beardie, Alielle: I won a small dragon online. After he had been home for eight days, my cat got into my room and killed him. I re-screened and cat proofed the tank, and installed a lock on my door. I then set about looking at beardie breeders online, and I found Alielle at Beardie Village. (http://beardies4sale.homestead.com/main.html) She was a tiny baby, and she is still very small for her age, but she is beautiful and has a huge personality!

My other beardie, Magoo: Magoo was someone's pet for several years before they got bored with him and dumped him off at my workplace. His vision isn't fantastic, and he is not in his prime, so the other dragons were getting all of the food. As a result, he lost a dramatic amount of weight and became very sick. When I saw how skeletal he had become I took him home. I am still trying to nurse him back to health.