And I told it to behave! 
Intolerable, this behaviour, all this burping and such.
On the other hand I'm glad that I didn't mix things up and sent you the wrong one! The much smaller versions are just as peaceful, but they settle in for warmer, cosier and especially moister places. BTW, they're called "Moptopussy"
Now, I had no idea where all this would end up when I posted the whole thing off. All I knew was that one pink girl would probably like it, and beyond that one root vegetable had something in mind, too.
Oh, before I forget it: They must be somehow related to Gremlins: By all means keep it away from water! (Seriously, Lian's Moptopuss lost lots of its original fluff after washing!) They don't turn evil from that, though.
We just woke up Lian's head pet to have a look at the story, but they're obviously a bit simple: It almost crashed the screen trying to get to its pink mate.
Anyway we all had a good laugh here, thanks Karrot for turning my lil' contribution into this fun story.
For anyone who would like to grow or attract their own Moptopuss I could supply instructions, there are already some in the thread I ported over from TDF. I guess I won't be doing another one soon, though, because of some things I'd have to figure out still - and it's one hellofa lot of work.