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I would be so mad if my license was denied for having pet rats. They are no more diseased than any other small pet.
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No more than a hamster. Mice actually are worse from my experience. Rats are like little dogs. They come when called, are very friendly and intelligent.
I would be so mad if my license was denied for having pet rats. They are no more diseased than any other small pet. -
Lizard? What kind? Frog? Snake? Interested to hear moreComment
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nothing too fancy!
lizard- gecko
snake- ball python
spider- lasiadora parybana(spelling may be off a bit)
Frog-African
The kids take turns caring for our pets. The lizard and spider eat crickets and meal worms. I clean up their cages, change water once a week. Very low maintenance. The kids lovveeee watching them eat, molt, make webs. Cricket allows tail pets, and the kids think he is a baby alligator/crocodile. Spider is SO COOL. She can't be touched by the kids (recticulating? hairs) but she's friendly and tolerates holding. Very fun to watch her dig/climb/eat/make webs/molt.
Snake is SUPER friendly, the kids love to hold and pet him. Their favorite thing ever is to see how many kids long he is, they each line up to put their arms under him. He's almost 4 whole kids long now!
This is all in my expanding science area- magnifying glasses, microscopes, life cycle toys and cards, anything from nature that strikes their fancy/is outside.
Lots of discussion about diets- insectivore, carnivore.... sleep cycles- nocturnal, climates-desert, tropical/rainforest. Animal classification- arachnid vs insect was a topic, etc.Comment
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I have personal (in my main residence) 2 Chinese water dragons in 150 & 55 gal, 1 American toad, 8 gerbils across 4 tanks, 4 dogs (Jack Russell, 2 Italian Greyhounds, a Saluki), freshwater 125 gal and saltwater 55 gal. We attend local reptile shows and my son was interested in a ball python.Comment
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We have 2 dogs 2 cats 2 bearded dragons and 4 chickensComment
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The boys love our Boston Terrier Oreo
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Rats are great! I grew up with rats and the females are much less smelly than males. They are fantastic pets especially if they were handled since birth. Just if tip if you're picking rats, get them from someone who LOVES rats and get them when they are really young. You can tell the males from the females when they are just born because the females have nipples =)
The home daycare my son went to had 3 dogs (2 large and a small). The small dog was almost always inside with the kids, the large dogs were usually outside. I liked that my kid got to be with the dogs because we don't have dogs...but I think when they added the 3rd dog, it got to be too much.
The kids couldn't play outside because dog poo was out there, my kid was terrified of the puppy because it would "eat" him him, he had sharp little teeth and never bit hard, but left scratches and my son would come home and tell me he didn't like the puppy. It made me a little uneasy, but I was never uneasy about him being with the other two dogs.Comment
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Our ball is SOOO awesome. He's handled daily, so when he sees the cage door being open he crawls right out into your arms. He also NEVER curls into a ball unless I put in live food (mice/rats scare him)
The kids call him a 'fraidy snake. :
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He has never, not once bit. Despite that, we teach the kids snake safety, don't allow them to touch his head (even though he loves chin rubs) and we don't allow the kids to have him draped around their shoulders- he's insanely strong and I have a hard time unwrapping him from ME sometimes.Comment
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