Pets

I grew up with a calico short-hair feline, Dutchess.  She found our family when I was in 1st grade and she lived with the family until after I graduated high school.  My "foster" family had two cats and two dogs.

Over the years, Hubby's family had several fish, 2 cats, 3 turtles, 2 dogs, and 3 hamsters.  His favorite was his red eared slider, Rascal.

During our married life we've had two cats - Shadow and Mungo, whom we gave to my parents when we moved to Arizona; a red eared slider - Scamp, who we had to give away before moving into military housing, Scamp went to a turtle lover who built his own backyard pond and had others turtles to interact with; a beta that died after a year, and a plecostomus that died after a year and a half.

We are considering adopting a bird in the future.  Possibly a Conure [such as this one].  Our housing district does not allow cats, dogs, reptiles, rodents, or other furry critters.  We are permitted to have birds, fish, hamsters, and guinea pigs.

What kind of pets did/do you have?  What was/is your favorite?