The first pet I purchased was a little budgie from Woolworths a long time ago. We went on to buying more budgies, then a couple cockatiels from a pet store, then a Quaker and an Eclectus parrot from breeders. The first cat was one from a garage of "free kittens" my husband brought home to me for our anniversary. We bought another kitten, very sickly, from a pet store. She died early of kidney failure. We took in a stray cat that was hanging around eating bread we'd throw out for the birds. And we purchased both of our Bengal and Tonkinese cats from breeders. We also adopted a DSH from a local no-kill shelter.
