Furvey 2.5
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The 'Furvey' is a furry lifestyle related questionnaire. You can use it
as a template for introducing yourself to alt.lifestyle.furry. You may
also find that completing a Furvey helps you to explore your own furry
thoughts and feelings.
The Furvey is voluntary. Ignore any questions or sections which do not
apply to you, or which you do not wish to answer.
When posting a Furvey to alt.lifestyle.furry, it is a good idea to
include your name in the subject header, e.g. "JackFox's Furvey".
Yourself
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1) Are you male or female?
2) How old are you?
3) What zodiac sign are you?
4) What year were you born in, and what is your Chinese New Year animal?
5) What month/day were you born in?
6) Are you left handed or right handed?
7) What interests/hobbies do you have?
8) What do you do for a living?
9) What talents do you have?
10) What annoys you the most, in general?
11) Where in the world do you live?
12) What part of your country do you live in? (city, countryside, suburbs
etc.)
13) Do you consider yourself to be psychic, in any way?
14) Do you consider yourself to be of above-average intelligence?
15) Is your living space (e.g. room/house/apartment etc) furry themed?
16) What kind of music do you like?
17) What do you do to relax/wind down?
18) Do you draw/write/make furry things?
19) Have other furs seen them?
20) Have non-furs seen them?
21) Have they been shown somewhere ? newgroups, web pages, comics,
fanzines etc)
22) Are you a meat eater?
Being furry
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23) How does furriness influence your life?
24) Do you think about furriness more than anything else?
25) Was your furriness evident from a young age?
26) What do you like most/least about being furry now?
27) What is/are your 'totem' animal(s)?
28) How, and when, did you realise your furriness?
29) Was it by accident, or did you strive to discover why you felt this
way?
30) Do you think that your (human) body resembles, in any way, an animal?
(e.g. long, slender feet)
31) Do you think that your personality resembles that of any animal/furry?
32) Would you prefer to not feel furry?
33) What kind of furry interests/hobbies do you have?
34) Do you ever doubt how furry you are?
35) Are you ashamed/proud of being furry?
36) Have you ever worried about your 'furriness'?
37) Did you ever think you were childish/weird/confused?
38) Did you ever attempt to seek professional advice/write to a problem
page?
39) Have you ever had a furry dream?
40) Do you have them on a regular basis?
41) Do you wear 'furry' clothes? (not necessarily fursuits)
42) How do you act furry in public/in private/with friends? (furry and
non-furry friends)
43) Do you collect items relating to your totem animal? (e.g. statues,
plushies etc.)
44) Do you collect miscellaneous furry items? e.g.books, magazines, etc.
45) Has a major event in your life ever been affected by your furriness,
or had a furry theme? e.g. a wedding
46) Do you think you are furry for a reason, if so, why?
Being 'truly' furry
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47) What would you most/least like about being 'truly' furry?
48) Do you ever worry about being furry not being as you imagine?
49) Would you worry about being shunned by society/friends/family if you
became 'truly' furry?
50) Would you (given the chance) live in a furry-only world?
51) Would you become an animal/furry (assuming you could change back),
given the chance?
52) Would you become an animal/furry (assuming you *couldn't* change
back), given the chance?
53) Do you ever fantasise about being 'truly' furry?
54) Describe your furry alter ego.
55) Is your furry alter ego a carnivore/vegetarian/ominvore?
Furry fandom
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56) What furry things do you watch/read? e.g. films, cartoons, books etc.
Religion
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57) Are you religious?
58) What religion are you?
59) Do you think that being furry is like a religion?
60) Does being furry make you question your religion/beliefs?
Other people
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61) Are there others in your family who are furry?
62) Do you worry about people knowing about your furriness?
63) Are there people who are intolerant of your furry lifestyle?
64) How do you cope with these people?
65) Do you know someone who might be furry, but isn't aware of it?
66) How can you tell?
67) Have you ever introduced somebody into furrydom?
68) Is your Significant Other furry? [i.e. your
girlfriend/boyfriend/husband/wife. Animals don't count!]
69) Do you think the world would be better if everyone was furry?
The Internet
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70) What newsgroups do you subscribe to? [please avoid abbreviations
and include a brief description if necessary]
71) What furry-internet activities do you do?
72) Do you access FurryMuck (or similar), to live out a virtual furry life?
73) How important do you think the Internet is in your furry lifestyle?
74) Do you access/did you join the Internet just for the furry stuff?
75) Do you have your own web page/FTP site?
76) What kind of things are on it?
77) How did you discover the online furry community?
Furry community
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78) How did you discover the furry community?
79) Are you glad that you discovered the 'furry community'?
80) How have you benefited from the 'furry community'?
81) Have you met (real life) furries?
82) Do you often go to furry gatherings? e.g. Confurence, informal gatherings
83) What activities do you parcipitate with other furries in real life?
Animals
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84) Do you own any pets, or have access to animals? (stables etc)
85) Would you like to own some pets, or have access to animals?
86) Do you work / have you ever worked / do you want to work with
animals/furries?
87) Do you 'bond' easily with animals?
88) Do you agree with hunting?
89) Are you concerned about the environment?
90) About cruelty to animals?
91) What are your favourite kinds of pet?
92) Are you interested in real animals as well as furries?
93) Do you have a greater-than-average knowledge of your totem animal(s)?
i.e. do you own books on wolves or foxes, etc.
94) Do you ever get annoyed about how animals (in particular, your totem
animal) are portrayed in fables/mythology?
95) Have you ever/do you enjoy watching animals in the wild? e.g. lions
on safari, foxes in your backyard etc
96) What is your least favourite kind of animal/pet?
97) Do you read books/magazines/etc about animal spiritualism and other
furry lifestyle topics?
Furry sexuality (yiffing)
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98) How would you describe your sexuality?
You can either specify your answer as a number on a scale from 0-9:
0 = 'I'm not interested in this at all';
9 = 'I practice this a lot'
Or simply by checking the box:
X = 'Yes'
[ ] heterosexual
[ ] homosexual
[ ] bisexual
[ ] transexual
[ ] group sex
[ ] outdoor sex
[ ] fur-suit sex (whilst dressed up in furry animal costumes)
[ ] zoo (with RL animals, may or may not be emotionally attached to them)
[ ] plushophile (loves and/or has sex with plushie animals)
[ ] toonophile (attracted to cartoon characters, especially furries)
[ ] TS (TinySex - sex over the Internet, e.g. using FurryMuck or IRC)
99) Does outdoors sex make you feel more furry?
100) Do you prefer humans, animals, plushies, furries, or are they equal?
101) Is your sexual orientation with humans the same as it is with animals?
102) What are your favourite animals/characters for zoophilia
/zoosexuality/plushiophilia /toonophilia/ inflatable animal sex?
103) In what aspects of your sexuality are you open? Are non-furries aware of
your furry sexuality (if appropriate)
104) Do you enjoy sex with animals and humans simultaneously?
105) Are any of your plushies anatomically correct?
106) It is a common case for many furries to live thier lives as
heterosexual, and then through furry to discover their attraction
for the same sex, (be it same sex humans or furries) - is this the
case with you?
107) Has your discovery of being furry made you re-evaluate your sexuality?
108) Do you feel you are more open sexually due to furriness?
109) Do you enjoy casual sex with furries/non furries?
110) Do you practice safe sex?
111) How do your masturbation fantasies involve furries? (if appropriate)
112) Does sex in a fursuit make you feel more furry?
113) Do you compare a relationship (sexual or not) as being analogous to
a pack or pride behaviour?