[JoeFromSidney]

Don't forget pet food. Dry dog or cat food will keep, and depending on the length of an emergency, it may save you from having to destroy a loved pet.

I once had to kill a pet rabbit so we could eat it. I don't want to do that again.

[JRandomFreeper]

I once had to kill a pet rabbit so we could eat it.

From the time I was 7 until I was 14, I raised and slaughtered rabbits for money. Just don't ever name them. Because you eventually even eat the breeders.

Did it again about 10 years ago with New Zealands. Bought 2nd at show at the Ft. Worth Fat Stock Show for a breeding doe, and paid a price for it.

She had some great babies. 6 weeks from birth to pan.

A bad spot in the fence and a dog pack wiped that out.

/johnny

[ponygirl]

When I was five years old, I went to my grandfather and told him I had given all of his pigs names. I was pretty proud of myself and kind of shocked when he shook his head and said, "We don't name the pigs."

"Why not?"

"We never give something a name that we're going to eat later."

(Imagine my big-eyed look.) That conversation has always stuck with me.

[Shadowstrike]

The pet food was the first thing I stocked.