Pets Make Bad Gifts

Pets Make Bad Gifts

There are many people who think that giving someone a pet as a gift is a good idea, well since the holiday season is upon us, I thought I'd share why giving pets as gifts can be a terrible idea. One that just may backfire tremendously.

First off, you don't know if the person really wants the pet, and if the person does, what if you get the wrong color, breed, etc.

There are just so many reasons as to why pets make bad gifts, but you can always give gift cards and homemade coupons as to you get a guinea pig of your choice, or whatever...

Animals

I have too many... Ha... Well, it's true.

I have had dogs all my life. My experience with dogs ranges from volunteering weekly for 5 plus years are various dog rescues. Dog training for over a year. And just plain personal experiences.

As for my experience with reptiles; I have been researching reptiles for over 7 years, and have owned them for over 4. I have a small hobby business breeding leopard geckos, african fat tail geckos, and crested geckos. goreptiles.com

My experience with small and furry animals goes so far as 10 years off and on hands on experience and research. I was the certified specialist for a retail petstore, as well.

The list of my zoo inludes:

REPTILES

• 12 leopard geckos
• 5 african fat tail geckos
• 2 crested geckos
• 2 bearded dragons
• 1 ball python

SMALL AND FURRY

• 3 rats
• 2 chinchillas
• 1 hamster
• 1 mouse

DOGS

• 1 yorkie (mine)
• 1 pit bull (mine)
• 1 mutt: hound/heinz 57 dog (partially mine)
• 1 dalmatian (cute dog at the house)
• 1 st bernard/collie mix (my mother's)

Please take everything written in this blog as personal experiences unless otherwise said.