{"id":58716,"date":"2009-12-01T14:30:11","date_gmt":"2009-12-01T19:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/?p=134312"},"modified":"2009-12-01T14:30:11","modified_gmt":"2009-12-01T19:30:11","slug":"reptiles-that-don%e2%80%99t-make-good-pets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/58716","title":{"rendered":"Reptiles That Don\u2019t Make Good Pets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a fan and supporter of pretty much all pets. Though there are some I don&#8217;t understand ever wanting to have (tarantulas and hissing cockroaches come to mind), I respect that other people are into them and have a passion for taking care of and loving these creatures.<\/p>\n<div class=\"vidembedwrap\"><object width=\"590\" height=\"442\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/TRTMspvnLEc&#038;ap=%2526fmt%3D18\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/TRTMspvnLEc&#038;ap=%2526fmt%3D18\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"590\" height=\"442\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<p>Now, I&#8217;ve always liked the idea of having a lizard or snake as a pet, but I know they wouldn&#8217;t be a good fit for our family. I know that the bigger a snake gets, the bigger their meals need to get, and though I&#8217;m not squeamish about feeding them what they need (my first job at a pet store involved culling baby mice to feed to the snake population) and I don&#8217;t take offense to the circle of life and all that, I do know that it&#8217;s just not feasible for us to have to be running down to the pet store every so often for a fresh supply, and I don&#8217;t like the thought of keeping any in the freezer, either!<\/p>\n<p>Feeding issues aside, there are some animals that just don&#8217;t make great pets, period, especially beginner pets for kids (experienced adults are on their own <img src='http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' \/> ). The video above from CBS talks about some of these pets, and how people buy them thinking they&#8217;re so cute and small, but get a big surprise within a short time!<\/p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\">Blisstree<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/articles\/reptiles-that-dont-make-good-pets\/\">Reptiles That Don&#8217;t Make Good Pets<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a fan and supporter of pretty much all pets. Though there are some I don&#8217;t understand ever wanting to have (tarantulas and hissing cockroaches come to mind), I respect that other people are into them and have a passion for taking care of and loving these creatures. Now, I&#8217;ve always liked the idea of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":143,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}