# Pet poll
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-poll/511508
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [September 25, 2009, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-poll/511508 "2009-09-25T13:04:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2009, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-poll/511508/1 "2009-09-25T13:04:59Z")
Let’s talk about pets! Note that I set the options so you can check more than one answer, so if you’ve got cats _and_ dogs _and_ a ferret, mark 'em all.
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### Author:  [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2009, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-poll/511508/2 "2009-09-25T13:10:20Z")
OMG I love you. Mostly all these polls have are “cats…and dogs.” Thanks for putting in reptiles!
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### Author:  [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2009, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-poll/511508/3 "2009-09-25T13:12:23Z")
I have none - but there is no option for that.
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2009, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-poll/511508/4 "2009-09-25T13:15:20Z")
> [@Khadaji](#):
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> I have none - but there is no option for that.
:smack:
Sorry about that! (Guess I coulda skipped “arachnids,” eh?)
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2009, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-poll/511508/5 "2009-09-25T13:17:47Z")
Two cats, one dog, three teenagers. All of them shed.
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2009, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-poll/511508/6 "2009-09-25T13:19:20Z")
> [@Khadaji](#):
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> I have none - but there is no option for that.
Okay, I changed “arachnids” to “none.”
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### Author:  [@LIONsob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LIONsob)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2009, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-poll/511508/7 "2009-09-25T13:24:01Z")
6 Cockatiels,2 Quaker Parrots and a 50 Gallon tank full of tropicals.
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### Author:  [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2009, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-poll/511508/8 "2009-09-25T13:24:18Z")
I just acquired five goldfish, who are happily swimming in their aquarium.
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### Author:  [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2009, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-poll/511508/9 "2009-09-25T13:28:47Z")
Two beautiful cats, although apparently I am godmother to three ferrets and a polecat.
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### Author:  [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-poll/511508/10 "2009-09-25T13:42:18Z")
> [@twickster](#):
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> Okay, I changed “arachnids” to “none.”
🙂 I’ve added my vote.
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### Author:  [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2009, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-poll/511508/11 "2009-09-25T13:50:39Z")
1 cat, 2 dogs, 2 cockatiels, 1 budgie.
We’ve lost two birds in the last 14 months and we lost our chinchilla two years ago, so we’re actually down a bit in menagerie population.
We added the cat in December so that our lives wouldn’t become too comfortable and to prevent that unsightly build up of money in my bank account (the cat has cost us at least $3100 in medical bills in less than a year, and that’s exclusive of food and litter costs).
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### Author:  [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2009, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-poll/511508/12 "2009-09-25T13:56:17Z")
The two dogs and two cats share their house with two people.
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### Author:  [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2009, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-poll/511508/13 "2009-09-25T14:01:59Z")
Guess how I voted? 😛
Just one ferret these days, not much hassle in herding her around.
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### Author:  [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2009, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-poll/511508/14 "2009-09-25T14:02:09Z")
This is interesting. I would have predicted a lot more aquarium keepers among the dopelist. . .
MsRobyn, you do know that you’ll need a 20 gallons per each goldfish in order for them to live their full lifespans, right?
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### Author:  [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2009, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-poll/511508/15 "2009-09-25T14:04:37Z")
Oh, we are listing them, too?
One desert gecko
one crested gecko - just a baby, he’s brand new
one snapping turtle
I used to have a beautiful aquarium. I may do it again one day. It’s a lot of time/expense/work to get it set up, but once you do, it runs pretty well.
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### Author:  [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-poll/511508/16 "2009-09-25T14:10:27Z")
Used to have a white rat and a beautiful Reeves turtle. Down to just the 2 cats nowadays.
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### Author:  [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-poll/511508/17 "2009-09-25T14:20:09Z")
Since you removed the arachnid choice, I’ll have to vote “other” 😉
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### Author:  [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-poll/511508/18 "2009-09-25T14:46:59Z")
Two cockatiels and a green cheek conure here.
We also currently have rodents, too, specifically field mice, but they aren’t pets, they’re vermin, and sad to say since they won’t move back outside on request they will soon be forcefully evicted.
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### Author:  [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2009, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-poll/511508/19 "2009-09-25T14:49:52Z")
We have two dogs, three cats, one fish, and one hedgehog. If it were up to me they’d all be gone tomorrow.
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### Author:  [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-poll/511508/20 "2009-09-25T14:51:07Z")
I wanna know what the other “other” voters have!
Mine = hermit crabs. Have had them for a little over a year, and am surprised by how much they’ve grown (sniff!) and how entertaining they are in their own weird little crabby way.
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