Yes, bunnies ARE great! Even when they eat through electrical cords, chew your nice boots, or nibble pages out of your books. :tongue:
I've heard chinchillas are really good pets, but they're so expensive! My sister was telling me a few days ago that you have to be really gentle with them, too, because their bones break very easily. She told me that a woman went into a pet shop near our house and accidentally broke the poor thing's ribs! The pet store banned her after that.
I am going to side with PaulH on this one, though not quite for the same reasons. My family had pets when I was younger, cats, dogs, a rabbit. My parents used to have spider monkeys and horses, but this was before my time. I had a cat many years ago, but I currently have no desire to own a pet.
My reasons are two-fold. Firstly, I do not want to be responsible for taking care of anything (I don't even have real plants). I intend to move around quite a bit in my life and never truly settle down, thus a pet would be quite a burden. I am becoming increasingly averse to responsibility of any sort.
Secondly, and more importantly, I do not wish to own another living creature, much as I would not wish to be owned myself. I also do not agree with zoos and circuses. It goes against my values. I know some see it more as a friendship, but I cannot quite come around to this line of reasoning. All of this is not to say that I do not like animals. Quite the contrary, I like them enough not to anthropomorphize them, eat them, or exploit them for diary products, fur, leather, etc. I am actually quite fond of animals, even the human variety from time to time.
If I were to consider a hypothetical situation in which I were inclined to own an animal, I am drawn to cats. I am rather catlike and tend to bond immediately with cats, even those who generally shun others.
We used to have 1 Dog, 3 cats and 3 guinea pigs but now we are left with 1 cat:
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did he eat the others ?
and no I don't have any pets, it's too much work in a tiny flat
if I had a house on actual land with a large courtyard then yeah definitely
I am going to side with PaulH on this one, though not quite for the same reasons. My family had pets when I was younger, cats, dogs, a rabbit. My parents used to have spider monkeys and horses, but this was before my time. I had a cat many years ago, but I currently have no desire to own a pet.
My reasons are two-fold. Firstly, I do not want to be responsible for taking care of anything (I don't even have real plants). I intend to move around quite a bit in my life and never truly settle down, thus a pet would be quite a burden. I am becoming increasingly averse to responsibility of any sort.
Secondly, and more importantly, I do not wish to own another living creature, much as I would not wish to be owned myself. I also do not agree with zoos and circuses. It goes against my values. I know some see it more as a friendship, but I cannot quite come around to this line of reasoning. All of this is not to say that I do not like animals. Quite the contrary, I like them enough not to anthropomorphize them, eat them, or exploit them for diary products, fur, leather, etc. I am actually quite fond of animals, even the human variety from time to time.
Ironically (since I started this thread), I agree with you! Recently I've been dumping all the responsibility that I can and running as fast as possible from any new responsibilities.
And I agree that people should respect animals. I hate when people treat their pets like people at the expense of the animal. And I, too, sometimes wonder if owning pets isn't cruel. However, some species have been bred to be pets and do seem to really love relationships with people. That being said, I still always read up on a pet's natural environment, behaviors, diet, etc. so that I can make him/her as comfortable and happy as possible.
It is liberating, isn't it? It is nice to find kindred slackers within the ranks of my fellow INFJs...
Interestingly enough, it is thought that cats actually domesticated themselves.