Particularly interested in hearing from mice and tarantula owners. I don’t really know what there is to like about those specific pets, and it would be nice to hear it from an owner of those pets.
I’ve got three cats. All males. I like cats because they are fairly low maintenance with a high cuddle return. Especially with an auto feeder. All I have to do is scoop the litter box once a day and I get to pet them when they feel like coming and sitting with me. Watching them interact with each other is entertaining and occasionally will melt your heart with how sweet they are to each other. Here’s a pic of them sitting with me while I play video games.
I have 3 gerbils.
It’s quite a lot of entertainment for such a low maintenance pet and if I’m staying away from home for few days I just need to make sure their bowl is filled with food and I put few extra water bottles and they’ll be just fine. Downside is that they only live 2 to 3 years but then again you then get to choose wether to get new ones or something else. Something like a cat or dog is a much longer commitement.
Gerbils are surprisingly social animals and super curious about everything. I love when I’m doing stuff and notice one of them just observing me thru the glass and clearly thinking hard in her little head about what’s going on.
A protip for anyone thinking about getting gerbils: get three. It’s highly probable one is going to die much sooner than the others and they get depressed when alone. Introducing new gerbils to adult one can be difficult so by having three there’s a greater chance the last two are going to live about equally long.
It doesn’t eat much and bearly moves. Haven’t had to take it to the vet and seems content with life… Then again it is a rock with eyes painted on it.
We have two dogs, both of them excel at the whole uncondtional love thing. Even when we don’t deserve it they do.
