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Rhiannon12866

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3. Well, I had a mouse, frogs and a turtle when I was a kid

Reply to multigraincracker (Reply #2)

Tue Aug 31, 2021, 05:29 AM

Aug 2021

The mouse I bought in a store and my Dad had us set the turtle free in an artists' colony with woods and a stream. I like to think he's still there. But anyone who decides to make a pet out of a big cat is just asking for trouble. My domestic cat who I found as a kitten in a supermarket parking lot is wild enough.

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I used to visit the Western North Carolina Nature Center with my grandmother Rhiannon12866 Aug 2021 #1

Wild animals make terrible pets. multigraincracker Aug 2021 #2

Well, I had a mouse, frogs and a turtle when I was a kid Rhiannon12866 Aug 2021 #3

My ex was a rehabber and had two "pet" bobcats. multigraincracker Aug 2021 #6

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