I adopted Skylar from our local family-run pet store about a year ago. He was nearly eaten twice after Spike, the gray tabby knocked over his cage and let him loose in our house. Funnily enough, it wasn't Spike who nearly swallowed him, but Shadey and Boxcar, our dogs.

Shadey had him as far as her mouth before I smacked her on the rump and screamed "spit that out" before she looked confused and ejected him onto the carpet, covered in drool. Directly after that, Boxcar ran over and snatched him up and I had to pry her jaws open to get him out.

Miraculously, Skylar was completely uninjured through the whole ordeal, but obviously shaken up. About a day after that, he had apparently adjusted to our house well, and began singing, from his cage that is now thankfully affixed to our ceiling instead of sitting on a stand in the corner of the room.

Sugar was one of the many animals that just showed up at our house out of nowhere. Like Toffles, my kitty, she appeared about a day after our neighbors had moved away -- but not the same ones that had owned him. Nope, yet another neighbor of ours moved, and left a family member behind -- this time, a rather noisy but adorable parakeet whom I've taken in and named 'Sugar'.

It's very interesting to watch her squawk loudly and noisily, or whistle and mimic everything she hears -- mainly wolf-whistling and 'uh-oh', then to have Skylar hop over next to her cage and begin singing, trying to outdo her, or at least teach her how to sing 'properly'.

If anyone could tell me what breed of parakeet she is, I'd really appreciate it. I don't know a ton about birds, but it would be interesting to know what kind she is. Technically, the same goes for Skylar, too. I know their species, but not their specific breeds. xDD

I adopted Middy from our local pet store about four or five years ago. I can't remember the exact date, but it was about a year after I got Shadey, if I remember right -- I had him a few months before I got Toffles, so he should be around five now.

Middy's awesome. He'll run away from anyone except me, and he loves me to bring him fresh vegetables, especially lettuce and carrots. His favorite is celery, but he only gets it occasionally when we're making fresh soup, as it has to be cut into tiny chunks. It's always the first thing to be eaten when we give him the leftovers from our vegetable beef soup ingredients. :3

He really missed Boots when he passed away, and although poor old Chipper helped him move on, now Chipper's gone, too, and he's a bit lonely. I'd love to adopt a nice young girl bunny to befriend him if I weren't afraid they might breed through the bars of the hutch. XD