Poll: Pets

McAllie5 · March 2012

Ok, so I know this is kind of along the lines of an "I'll never", but whatever. Just go with it. It's Saturday night. :P

Is there a kind of pet that you say/have said that you won't ever allow your kids to get?

Obviously we're talking along the normal lines of pets. Not sheep or alligators here. And sure, if you ever win the lottery/get a ton of land/what have you your thoughts may change. But I mean as of this moment, where do you stand?

Hope2Have · March 2012

I really don't like animals and yet I have a dog, 2 cats, and 5 chickens... so I'm sure she'll be a total animal kid and I'll end up with more.

McAllie5 · March 2012

I don't ever want to have a ferret, rabbit, a bird, or an insect/arachnid as a pet.

In my experience, ferrets always turn whatever room they're kept in into a "musky room". I can smell them across the house. Kudos to anyone who can keep them without stinking up the place, but I don't think I have it in me.

Rabbits scare me. And if you've ever fed a live rabbit to a giant python, you've heard them scream. It's horrifying. Also they're poo factories.

Birds can be lovely, but again, I've had too much experience with noisy, biting, blood feathers, and poo. Again. I know they can be magnificent, lovely creatures. But not necessarily in my house.

Insects and arachnids... they can get out. They just creep me out. I know it's selfish to restrict what my kid can get because of my issues, but nope, not gonna get one in the forseeable future.

I'm ok with fish, frogs (even poison dart frogs), turtles, snakes, lizards, and almost all other mammals.

AgrippaRidesAgain · March 2012

We're not getting another dog. Too much work. We love the one we have, but we're done when she's gone.

DH insists that we also won't get hamsters/gerbils/small mammals. They creep him out. He could probably handle a guinea pig, but it would depend on how hard the kid begged, LOL. We're odd in that we'd prefer reptiles. Just no snakes.

ChiTown Bridget · March 2012

Hamsters or Guinnea Pigs. They give me the heebee geebees.

CountryMile · March 2012

Lets put it this way, I would only allow a cat or a fish.

Arnegard · March 2012

We live in ND with about a 5 month winter. I do not like winter. DH is allergic to cats (not that I would ever want one) - but due to our winters as a factor, we will never get one.

No rodents either. They are my phobia.

We have 2 fish & 3 kids and I feel content.

littlemomma10 · March 2012

I love animals, and had a bunch growing up. My mom drew the line at birds, and I tend to agree with her. I don't see them as being great kid pets, and I have no inclination to clean up after them. My mom would NEVER have let us get a snake, but we still caught garden snakes and kept them outside. I wouldn't be a huge fan of having most reptiles, really. I'll be steering them towards the gerbils and hamsters.

charlatti · March 2012

DH doesn't like hamsters, so we'll avoid those. I'd rather not deal with a bird. We have a dog and a cat now, and that's plenty.

Daisy77 · March 2012

I said we'd never get a dog. Poo in the yard, the training, etc. And......now we have a dog. But she was a drop-off so she's our "oops" pet:) So not planned but she's ours now!

Sharon21 · March 2012

The list of animals I would allow is a lot shorter than the list I would never allow. We have a cat and DD is getting a frog tomorrow for her birthday. I have no problem with dogs, fish, and turtles but I think that is about it for pets. Bunnies are actually my favorite animal but I would never own one as a pet.

lwsnake · March 2012

Turtles! Because they Live forever (like 50 + years) if you take good care of them, Die immediately if you don't, Carry salmonella, Really arent fun or exciting pets.

Pet turtle released into the wild are a serious threat to wild populations because they are usually non natives species and many turtle are captured wild leading to decimation of wid populations

*the naturalist steps off her soapbox*

McAllie5 · March 2012

lwsnake:
Turtles! Because they Live forever (like 50 + years) if you take good care of them, Die immediately if you don't, Carry salmonella, Really arent fun or exciting pets.
Pet turtle released into the wild are a serious threat to wild populations because they are usually non natives species and many turtle are captured wild leading to decimation of wid populations
*the naturalist steps off her soapbox*

True that! PSA, people: If you have a semi-exotic or exotic animal you want to get rid of, call your local zoo/aquarium/pet shop. They'll almost certainly take in that animal as a donation and you won't put the indigenous species in your area at risk.

FusionLMT · March 2012

I doubt I ever want any more pets. We have a dog that is 4 right now, and she is so much more work now that we have kids. We like to travel also, and the expense of boarding or the hassle of having someone petsit just sucks. My family had a bunch of animals growing up, and they just seemed more hassle than they were worth. I'd rather spend the money on other things.

catlackey · March 2012

ChiTown Bridget:

Hamsters or Guinnea Pigs. They give me the heebee geebees.

This exactly!

JOEBunny · March 2012

I am not much of an animal person. I grew up with 3 farms, my great grandmothers, my grandparents (they just went on weekends, didn't live there, so no animals), and my aunts (again, weekends, but they only lived about 20 minutes away, so horses, and now that they live their full time, cows). It is a lot of freaking work. The goats get eaten by coyotes, the cows die giving birth, the horses need daily care to make sure they are healthy. Then there is the plowing of the fire lanes (my parents have a 275 acre tree farm, again, don't live there). I see no point in having chickens, mice, gerbils, or hamsters, though I might take a guinea pig.

I don't want land, I don't want a pet, though I would not mind a couple of miniature goats, but we have a ton of coyotes here, so even though we can have them in the city of Atlanta, they would be food, since I live by 40 acres of woods.

I have promised DH a dog when DS goes to pre-k.

If it were strictly up to me, I would have two house rabbits that are just like Joe Bunny was. He was the best pet ever for 13 years, and I wish he was still with me.

meangene · March 2012

NO CATS!

But I am more than open to dogs, birds, reptiles, and spiders. When I was a kid, I lived in the country so I would go catch my own snakes and tarantulas. It was never a good idea, but it was fun and when I got bored, I would just let them back into the yard Since we live in the city, I don't mind getting DD whatever kind of pet she wants one day. Unless it's a cat.

heatherjh · March 2012

no snakes!!!! lizzards are fine, but no snakes! Most of our family's scared of spiders, which is funny since they're all teenage boys, lol, besides our baby.

Mrs.Hizzo · March 2012

We can't have a cat because of my DH's allergies. I won't let them have a reptile, because they kind of creep me out. Rodents don't bother me, but they'd have to be MUCH older and more responsible before I'd consider one. And definitely no cockroaches or tarantulas.

LynsiBHM · March 2012

H says we'll never have anythiing but dogs. I wouldn't mind anything that doesn't make the house stink like sh!t. LOL I don't do litterboxes or any type of cage poop.

And no spiders. eewe

eaglesfan700 · March 2012

We aren't getting anything that I have to walk or take care of, so no dogs. Cats annoy me, so none of them

Really, the only pet I would allow is fish and even that won't happen for another year or so

I know, I am mean mommy

rab41380 · March 2012

DD is 3.5 and she is asking for a Guinea Pig right now, and she is so serious about wanting one! Everytime I tell her we have enough pets, she goes in hysterics. The only thing keeping me from getting her one is that we rent our home, and we cannot have anymore animals. To be honest, I really am not into having to clean or take responsibility on one more animal or human! I am on overload with responsibility, so she will just have to enjoy what she has....

Temp174496125006552 · March 2012

We will never get a dog. I told DH this prior to us getting married because he had dogs growing up. I had them as well, which is why I never want one. Jordan has asked numerous times growing up if we could get one and the answer was always no. She has even tried to get Ben in on it and has had him ask me to get one. It's not going to happen.

First of all, I don't like them - at all. Secondly, I know that I'm the one that's going wind up walking it, feeding it, taking it to the vet, cleaning up it's poop, etc. No thank you. Not that this really matters because my mind is that dead set against getting one, but our yard isn't fenced in and I have no interest in spending the money on a fence or an electric fence. It's just one more reason to add to the list of why we won't ever get one.

Temp174496125006552 · March 2012

I should add, we have 3 cats and when these are gone, we're done. I am tired of always being the one to take care of the pets, so when these cats pass away, no more. I would maybe consider a fish, but that's it.

Temp6313048411121614 · March 2012

No snakes or spiders.

Expecting girl 3 · March 2012

No insects or Arachnids. I can't even watch spiders on tv without itching and feeling like theyre on me. Scorpions are cool on tv but as for in my house, no they're like spider transformers! Spiders with armor. We have 2 cats and a dog and choose to stick with normal pets.

Expecting girl 3 · March 2012

No insects or Arachnids. I can't even watch spiders on tv without itching and feeling like theyre on me. Scorpions are cool on tv but as for in my house, no they're like spider transformers! Spiders with armor. We have 2 cats and a dog and choose to stick with normal pets.oh, and our DDs have a hermit crab that sits and gets ignored pretty much. When it dies we will use the tank for fish.

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