Pets

[hollywoodchuck]

I really want a pet.
I figure next year I'll have the time/ money to look after & love it & I just really want a little companion. There are studies that say people are more at ease with pets & such. I haven't had a pet since grade 10.

So, I really wanted a turtle but you have to be mad careful with them & can't handle them too much so that put me

Comments

[realmofdreamers]

Aww, it's so awesome that you want to adopt from the humane society! Would you have a special part of the house where a guinea pig or rabbit could stay out of its cage, maybe in a part of the house where there's less wood? We had gerbils for a couple of years, and they also loved to chew everything...we bought some wooden "toys" for them (a little bridge and a treasure chest), and we'd also put toilet paper rolls in their cages for them to chew. They worked really well as long as we peeled off all of the glue and extra bits of paper, and the gerbils would use the chewed up paper to make little nests. They were perfectly happy as long as they had something in there to chew, and it was really funny to watch them go at it haha. :-)

[manderxpander]

I don't know a ton about rabbits, but I used to know a bit about Guinea Pigs, maybe not so much now, :P.

But when my cousins had rabbits, their Dad built this pen/cage thing for them to stay in outside, and then in the winter they brought them in. All I know is that rabbits need lots of exercise, so if you got one you might need a nice sized cage, or be able to take him/her out and play with the for a couple hours a day/every other day.

I know more about health things, like don't get a cage with wire bottoms, and try to avoid pine, and cedar shavings. They're very dusty, and can cause respiratory problems. For Guinea Pigs I know that you shouldn't feed them a lot of alfalfa hay because it can make them sick, and you have to watch their vitamin C intake, and such, just like Hamsters.

[prettypollyanna]

A turtle would be so cute! I used to want one so much, but i think it's illegal to get them here now.. or something along the lines of that. Sorry, i can't really say much about pets since i've never had any. We've had fish before, but they don't really count and my sister had a hamster before. A girl i was babysitting for had some gerbils which were okay, a bit odd.