“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.”
– Anatole France
I am an animal lover since I can remember. I mean, I was not tied to an animal when I was born just like you were watching in several online videos.
But I so LOVE animals. I envy those people that has natural instincts to pet even the wildest of animals. For this article, I will share my pets in my entire lifetime...
Some chicks, ducks and roosters
These are the animals that I take care of. But since I was so little and young, I intend to be with them all the time and squirm the life out of them. I still don't understand since I was so young.
Pigeons
As I grew up, I managed to pet some pigeons. That they have the liking of me being their master. I fed them naturally and I enjoyed their company. Unfortunately, my parents have the dislike of them because of going to the roof for them.
Gringo
He's a dog. Unfortunately, he was so abused by our neighbors that he became violent. He even almost bite my father's hand when he was eating. And my father come to a realization with the saying "Don't bite the had that feeds you!" So he was executed.
Sexy
She was my dog. I took care of her. She was named SEXY because of the way she walked. Bumping her butt sideways. Unfortunately one morning while I was at school, she was ran over with a car and she died instantly. I cried when I learned about her passing away and was made food by the drunkards in our neighbors (at that time it was not a crime yet).
Bini
She was a daughter puppy of our pet POGI. She always make sure to get out of our house and eat garbage even though we make food for her. Unfortunately, she died with some virus that we can't understand because vets here are scarce in the Philippines at that time.
Pogi
The most LOYAL dog in our family. He was even pictured graduated as our family dog. He was the BEST DOG that we had. Unfortunately, he had died of a sickness that we hadn't known at that time. Some people said that POGI saved our FATHER from his sickness (PANCREAS disease).
Iggy
I bought a local pet IGUANA for myself to boost my confidence since I don't get girls with my looks and charisma in college. She died because my brother fed her hotdog instead of ONLY veggies. Sinusubuan ko pa nga siya ng togue to eat. But she still died.
Nagini
Since POGI, we have never had a pet until I brought NAGINI. He is a ball python since I really want a reptile as a pet. He died because of the pandemic (for the food) and sexual mate that should be happening every year. But there is no one to mate.
In my plans for the future... I will have three dogs, a snake, a turtle and an iguana just to fulfill my love for animals. But I welcome all sorts of animals for me to take care of. Hope that they are not going to die so soon and while taking care of them.
Kapish!