Pets in the house

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Today I visited the zoo with my toddlers (5 and 3)
Well - on the way back all they could do was talk talk and talk about the monkeys , the lion , the bear and the ducks. Obviously they were more than excited at seeing all those animals up close. All sorts of gibberish in their lingo :stuck_out_tongue: sometimes they also put some tame questions to me also :slight_smile:

So I started thinking in terms of getting them a pet of their own. So that they start taking some sort of responsibility and keep themselves occupied by playing with it , feeding it etc etc. The most common ones are cat / dog / different kinds of birds / an aquarium.

What could be an ideal pet for a child of this age. I dont fancy spending too much time with the pet as I am quite busy . The few hours that I have for the family - I would like to spend with the family - wouldnt be so nice if all I had to do after comming back from the office was to clean up the cat basket or feed the canaries etc etc.

Shouldnt be too much trouble :o

By the way I am not too much interested in a puppy for obvious reasons.
A kitten could be fine or an aquarium :confused:

my guppy brothers and sisters - any suggestions ?

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My suggestion would be to go with a fish or turtle. Turtles may be better in that they can walk around outside of the water for abit. Small enclosed spaces are never good (in my opinion).In my house we used to have pets in the house when I was in secondary school. I dont even remember my pets at the age of 3-4. I can tell you one thing. Kids will say they will take care of the pet, clean it, feed it, etc, however I would say about 90% of the time, this ends up being done by the adult. I speak from experience.

I have had the following pets:
Rabbits, birds, cats, dogs, ferrets, chickens, fish and turtles.

Easiest and least messy were the turtles and the fish. smile

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i second Munni's suggestions..i've never kept a turtle, but we've had many fishes over the years and they are relatively easy and not too time-consuming to look after.

Goldfishes are supposed to be the hardiest of the lot. They come in colours besides gold as well. My sis has a large jet-black goldfish and it looks gorgeous. Not certain, though, how much your children would enjoy having a fish as a pet because they obviously would not be able to pet it or hold it in their hands... from that point of view, a turtle might be a better option. Hamsters are very cute too, but i think they are mostly nocturnal so, in general, they would be most active during the times that your children would be sleeping.

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Thanks munni and nadia
Turtle could be a problem - I will at least need some sort of a small tank or something - I wonder how I am gonna manage that - but still I agree it would be good to have a turtle sometime later maybe.

As I think more and more about it - I somehow think I am gonna get a pair of bunnies - easy to hold - they DO make a mess I know - I had rabbits as pets when I was I school i remember :stuck_out_tongue:

SO next weekend me and the boys are gonna make us a small rabbit home in the garden and get ourselves some rabbits :hehe:

the following nursery ryhme that the young one just learned at school

abbu laaey doo khargoosh
aik thaa kala aik sufaid
donoo thay pinjray main qaid
kala shoor machaataa thaa
pinjray say takraataa thaaa
:rotfl:

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I vote for an iguana. or maybe a tarrantula.

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We've got a pet cat, they make good pets,

or how about something like a hamster?

:)

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:eyesroll: Paa Fraudia what do you have as pet?

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None of you people have dogs?

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*Originally posted by Chaltahai: *
None of you people have dogs?
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Dogs being najiss are not kept inside the house as pets . They are allowed to be kept either for hunting or for guarding the house :)

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don’t go for turtles. they are known to carry some sort of disease. and i think they are not sold at pet stores anymore.

well fish wouldn’t be too entertaining for children. children want to pet their pets and take them for walks and stuff.

i kept a kid as a pet for a while in pakistan. i found it to be the best pet. :k: i’ll post a pic of it later.

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Turtles are meant to be kept as pairs. If you keep just one, it will die sooner than it should.

Fish are good, but if you leave them to the kids, they will feed them to death.

Cats are fine, except that they will claw the heck out of your house, and leave hair all around. Not advisable with kids, unless you will supervise them, (which you're not willing to):).

Get them a pair of turtles. Kids can be hands on with them, which they will like, and the turtles arent that active, so they wont be a risk to the kids, even if you are not around. They dont mess around much either.

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Phajja Nanbai, does the Quran forbid dogs as pets? I'm not sure, can you give me a Quranic source?

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*Originally posted by aahmed: *
Phajja Nanbai, does the Quran forbid dogs as pets? I'm not sure, can you give me a Quranic source?
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You keep a dog as a pet, but not in your house.. Thats where you live.. You can keep it outside your house.

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But dogs are a man's best friend.

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Best friend or not, outside is where he should be. :)

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Gizzy, when you say SHOULD, is that your opinion or is this a religious decree? If it is a religious decree, I asked for a quranic reference.

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you kept what as a pet?

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you kept what as a pet?

lol.
i think Dewana Tera is referring to a young goat.

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*Originally posted by who---me: *

you kept what as a pet?
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LOL @ confusion.

sorry for the confusion. a baby goat is referred to as a kid.

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Phajja Bhayee... i dunno if it might sound disgusting.. but hav u ever heard about a lab mouse as a pet?!?! u kno the lil white ones pharmacy labs mostly hav for experiments... ?!?! my cousin got her one as a pet... it was so cute.. :) .. lived upto 4 yrs.. which is pretty extraordinary for them in the regular circumstances...