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For a long time I've wanted to build a table with water features, and release a dragon head goby in there when playing. Pretty monstrous looking.

Cats, always Cats,

but once you have 2 or 3 you can consider other pets to help entertain them

We have now 10 cats out of those we only ever actively sought out 5 of them. The rest just showed up on our doorstep... across the street in the ditch... under our porch... ETC

(we had one of ours give birth to 4 kittens about 2 months ago)

If you want a pet that will constantly interfere with hobby and try to get in the way for attention... then get a cat. If not, get ANYTHING else.

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
Cats, always Cats,

but once you have 2 or 3 you can consider other pets to help entertain them

And entertaining to you as your pet Doberman chokes on one of the cats.

 Jihadin wrote:

Knockagh wrote:
Cats will help you strategise..... Wise animals .... We'll sort of!

He's not kidding

That cat reading the book really has The Art of War by Sun Tzu tucked in there. Plus, he's reading it in Chinese.

Axolotls

Friends for life - Get a dog. Accept no feline substitutes.

Minimum maintenance pet - Get some rats. Always get more than one. They will reward you, rats can be very loving pets.

Budget rats - Get some mice. Same but smaller.

Rats are awesome but they don't live very long. I grew as attached to our pair of rats as I have any dog and when they both died within a couple-three years it was pretty brutal. Not sure I could do it again.

My dog, Kobe, is the best pet for a war gamer. He doesn't take up a lot of your time, he's clean and well behaved (mostly) and he's smart. He's also the perfect early warning system. If my wife goes out he lets me know when she's back almost before she knows. That rattling clacker of an old Diesel engine has him up and barking straight away.
This is perfect if I'm busy cocking about on my Xbox or playing Diablo 3 on my Mac when I should be working on my degree!

Plus, he's a Yorkshire Terrier and so is cute as button!

 GrimDork wrote:
Rats are awesome but they don't live very long. I grew as attached to our pair of rats as I have any dog and when they both died within a couple-three years it was pretty brutal. Not sure I could do it again.

Mice live longer I find, Whisper, my last remaining mouse is four years old and doesn't look old yet, and she is a fit as a fiddle.

Thing with ratties and rodents in general is that you have to accept their short lives. Having a large colony of rats is one way, so there is a continuous cycle, but I don't think so. Just a pair will do, eventually one will go and the other will need lots of love in the remaining months. Your rats will gently teach you about mortality, death and the way of all things.

I had some rats, they lived their lives and I loved them, I dont need to get more, I learned their lesson while they were still alive and in their prime, and celebrated their lives rather than mourned them. I do miss my first mouse, Geri, though, she was a most extraordinary animal.

 Orlanth wrote:

 GrimDork wrote:
Rats are awesome but they don't live very long. I grew as attached to our pair of rats as I have any dog and when they both died within a couple-three years it was pretty brutal. Not sure I could do it again.

Mice live longer I find, Whisper, my last remaining mouse is four years old and doesn't look old yet, and she is a fit as a fiddle.

Thing with ratties and rodents in general is that you have to accept their short lives. Having a large colony of rats is one way, so there is a continuous cycle, but I don't think so. Just a pair will do, eventually one will go and the other will need lots of love in the remaining months. Your rats will gently teach you about mortality, death and the way of all things.

I had some rats, they lived their lives and I loved them, I dont need to get more, I learned their lesson while they were still alive and in their prime, and celebrated their lives rather than mourned them. I do miss my first mouse, Geri, though, she was a most extraordinary animal.

We had a pair of rats. The first died the other week but we new it was coming. You know how sometimes rats lose their ability to walk using their back legs? This one also started to go blind. The other one is very much alive and still going strong but its interesting to note how rats mourn as well.

Catahoula mix, saved from a kill shelter.

Absolutely adorable, and super mellow all the time. Added bonus if you like to hunt or get rid of pests.

Doesn't bother me when he sees me when its miniatures time. Bribe him with treats though just to be sure.

I've 2 kittens who are now five & almost four and half years old.

Stitch, the older kitten, is kind of a pill with my wargaming as she's a constant attention seeker, or else practices her hockey moves with anything left lying about. I have a rule that if she jumps up onto the table and demands a belly rub, anything she squashes is automatically removed as if it has suffered a '6' result from a Destroyer attack - including any terrain!
We call it the 'Judgment of the Fluffy Mass'

Loki, the younger one couldn't give a rat's fart about any of it, as she's more interested in either eating, sleeping, eating, emulating Stitch for belly rubs, eating, or else hunting down anything non-human/feline that so much as twitches...

Cockatoo. Nobody will want to play at your place again. Can be used as sonic warfare against other players, or neibors. Greater threat range than wienerdogs when wings are not clipped. Can be color coded to many SM armies.

 Jihadin wrote:
Sugar Gliders

My little diva's name Brisbane and Sydney

Came to post. I haven't had one in a couple years but I've debating on getting a pair again. They were amazing.

Just saw video on sugar gliders. Reminded me of flying squirrels. Do they do well on the table?

Little furry Slannesh of loving creeping across the table.....climbing on top of some ruins.....pouncing on some Sm Scouts in another ruin....no cover saves

 Jihadin wrote:
Little furry Slannesh of loving creeping across the table.....climbing on top of some ruins.....pouncing on some Sm Scouts in another ruin....no cover saves

I've seen them go all Yoda with a light saber, but instead of grunts the sound is more "manamanamana".

Hedgehogs are p great.

 Soladrin wrote:
I have two cats and a puppy.

My puppy is good at... destroying... everything. It's a Staffordshire bull terrier...

We have a bull terrorist. She is not all that bright but is (generally) a sweet critter (see below).

Also have three standard poodles, one of which turned the main mast of this:



into this:



The poodles have formed a gang. They are cunning, sneaky, and evil. The plan and execute plots and heists.

We also have two little rat dogs (Chinese Crested), one of which (thanks to a horrible incident with the bull terrorist) looks like Zombie Dog:



(We think she tried to hold onto a toy the bullie wanted and it cost her half her lower jaw).

Also have two kune kune pigs and a goat



And 7 horses.

As for 'best pet for a wargamer'? I would go with the horses. They don't mess with your toys, and when riding them you can be a cav trooper, a knight, a hussar, or one of many other gaming appropriate figures for a little bit. At least in your mind.

 CptJake wrote:


As for 'best pet for a wargamer'? I would go with the horses. They don't mess with your toys, and when riding them you can be a cav trooper, a knight, a hussar, or one of many other gaming appropriate figures for a little bit. At least in your mind.

I live in a tower block, where do I store my horse?

 Orlanth wrote:

 CptJake wrote:


As for 'best pet for a wargamer'? I would go with the horses. They don't mess with your toys, and when riding them you can be a cav trooper, a knight, a hussar, or one of many other gaming appropriate figures for a little bit. At least in your mind.

I live in a tower block, where do I store my horse?

In your nay-bor's apartment!

We have two greyhounds, they are about as good of dogs as you can ask for.

The only real issue we have is that they really like to chase anything that runs away; and that is really a pretty minor thing.

You can get them from adoption groups for a very reasonable price.

 Geemoney wrote:
We have two greyhounds, they are about as good of dogs as you can ask for.

The only real issue we have is that they really like to chase anything that runs away; and that is really a pretty minor thing.

You can get them from adoption groups for a very reasonable price.

Velcro dogs (I've one to )

Can always find mine under a blanket

We had a rescue greyhound named Sabot (as in the tank round that travels about a mile per second).

He was a cool dog.

Nice pic of the Chinese Crested, especially the drool.

And hedgehogs are pretty cool.

How about a miniature horse if you haven't got the room?

Get a miniature horse. They live longer than dogs.

A miniature horse might need less room than a regular horse, but it still needs a lot of room and some pasture.

They also have the problem of having the same nutritional needs as a horse, but the appetite of a pony. Meaning they get fat and founder much easier than a regular horse.

We had a mini horse named Trooper. He was funny. He was sure he was about18 hands tall and the king of the pasture.