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No pets now and haven't had a pet in around 10 years although I have considered getting one several times. I had several pets growing up including a turtle, rabbit, dogs, cat, mice, guinea pig, fish and ferret. And I love them all but since my family moved so much we never seemed to be able to keep them more than a year at a time. Some died but many we would have to either sell or simply give away when it came time to move. As an adult I haven't really had many pets. The last pet I had was fish (I had a 250 gallon tank) for a while and loved them but they ended up dying after during a very hectic and trying time of several moves due to unstable housing. I lost everything in my home during the moving not just my fish and the tank which I paid close to $300. I'm still pissed about that since the people I trusted to care for my fish let them die not to mention stole all my stuff. Anyway, I haven't had anymore pets since then because my husband isn't a pet person and basically views them as another child (and we don't need anymore children at this time) but if we were to get one it would probably be low maintenance specifically a small dog (neither of us are cat people) although my husband does have a interest in exotic pets (that he knows damn well we won't be able to properly care for such as a owl, bat, or cuttlefish) even though he keeps saying he doesn't want pets.

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I took in a friend's two cats when she moved. I was never a cat person but holy crap, these little fuzzy ninjas stole my heart. I guess it is fair to say that most people who don't like cats never owned one. That is 100% facts. Now I don't see myself ever being without at least one!

I love some animals as pets but not snakes, they're very dangerous to humans, no matter how I decide to pet the snake it can act weird unexpectedly to my kids in the future.

I have seen a lot of weird pets. I saw one guy that owns a crocodile and I felt like it's too dangerous. How can you take up something that's capable of killing you? It's the same thing with snake as well. I can't do and it's why I prefer dogs and cats as pet.

sourgrapes said:

Some people are just crazy. I knew a guy who kept nothing but venomous snakes and reptiles. He ended up having to hand a lot of them over when the state banned the keeping of certain species. Unless you run some sort of educational program, there is no reason to collect dangerous animals like this.

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Exactly!! Such dangerous animals can pose a serious problem for the people living in that environment should anyone of them find its way out of their cage or a pen, I don't even know which one it's called.

If I'm not keeping a dog or a cat, then count me out. My girlfriend is a cat lover, so I tend to love cats more.

I once had two puppies, they were so cute and admirable. They seem to know when one is in a good mood or not. The fun part is that when I stay away for months in school without them, they still recognise me.

I greew up with cats and dogs. I think its great to have pets and develope love for them. Having pets lets you become responsible and the feeling of accomplishment can be great. One of the biggest problems I noticed is the challenge of animal hoarding. This starts slowly as the animals start mating and giving birth, before you realise it their are animals everywere. It becomes more difficult to give them out for adoption because one has become attached to them emotionally. It becomes a chore cleaning after them, taking them to the vet and even walking the animals. Animal hoarding is now becoming more common and is even seen as a mental health illness that may need intervention by a trained therapist and psychologist.