I've never regretted a single one of mypets. The closest I've come is Oolong, our bearded dragon...my fiance found him fighting a cat on the side of the road in oursubdivision. Left to my own devices, I would have found alocal reptile rescue to rehome him... but my roomate desperately wanteda bearded dragon, so we kept him. Oolong's an excellentlizard. He's much cooler than any reptile I ever thought ofowning. Still, he's cost us over $1,000 in vet bills in thelast year (chronic abscesses resulting from the cat fight), I have avery bad habit of ignoring small pets who live in cages, and my roomate(the one who desperately wanted a beardie) basically ignores Oolongbeyond paying for part of his vet bills. I love the littleguy, but I'm really not the best person to be in charge of monitoringUV lights, cage temperatures, daily salad preparation, &caretaking of squirmy insect larvae to be fed to the lizard.Still... he's a super cool lizard, & I'm glad he didn't wasteaway in the wilderness or get slaughtered by that cat.
Meat was more my idea... I can't forsee regretting her, but then, Iknew what I was getting into by the time I opened myself to bunnyslavedom. :}
My advice to anyone is to research the heck out of any possible newpet, & seriously consider how the addition of said pet is goingto affect your personal lifestyle and/or household.Once you're certain that any "cramping" of your "style" that saidanimal might require is absolutely worth it, then you're ready for thenew member of the family!
