I'm curious about the purpose of this "survey" and what your plans for the results are, butterflywing. Since you brusquely refuse to read prior postings about this topic, it seems like you are not interested in what pets board members have and the phrasing of your study objective has little to do with what animals are owned by any of us anyway.
Originally Posted by butterflywing
I'm conducting a 6-week survey to find out which animal quilters relate best to.
Just because I may own a particular species of animal, does not indicate I "relate" best to that species at all. And what I own now, due to circumstances, does not mean that it is what I would prefer were the circumstances different. It is not necessarily relative to a change in "taste", as you put it. And if you are counting worms, should you not also count the mice I shelter in my garage, or the wild turkeys I feed all winter? What about those who have no companion animals at the moment? I bet plenty of them "relate" fondly to some type of critter.
So, what exactly is the goal of this exercise?