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gizmosdeath

gizmosdeath

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oooo35980 said:
My son is 3 and helps take care of "his" A. avic. He does as much as I do, fill a water dish and drop a roach or superworm in. Sort of an ideal pet actually, provided his interactions are supervised. As long as you don't go: "Here is a King Baboon, you're on your own." I don't see any issue.
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This made me LOL!
 
BobGrill

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oooo35980 said:
My son is 3 and helps take care of "his" A. avic. He does as much as I do, fill a water dish and drop a roach or superworm in. Sort of an ideal pet actually, provided his interactions are supervised. As long as you don't go: "Here is a King Baboon, you're on your own." I don't see any issue.
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If you did that with any T it could be an issue.

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CitizenNumber9

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Bambi, my 3.5" H. mac, comes out of hiding pretty often now that she's settled. Maybe she's just weird.
 
BobGrill

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I'm not going to tell you how to raise your kids. I am simply voicing my opinion. I do not feel like young children should own Ts

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It's always nice to brag about how much your kid can do with a T, and talk up your kid for being so responsible at such a young age, but I'm sure a lot is supervised, at least for a lengthy time so the child can pick up on the routine. I had my first T when I was 9, and I was all on my lonesome with it. I handled it a lot, and luckily never had an issue there because the person who gave it to me showed me how to be careful with it, but I used it to scare people a couple times. Had a power trip going that they were so scared of it and I wasn't. I kept it alive, but certainly not in the best conditions. There was no internet yet, and I never thought to look for books on caring for it better, just took the LPSs word for it. My cat wound up killing the T, which wound up in me getting another immediately, with which I got distracted by new interests with friends and other activities. I ended up neglecting the T and ultimately starving it to death. I was so traumatized by the failure I didn't get another T for almost 10 years after that, but when I did I also never neglected or lost one since. I waited til I felt responsible enough to care for one again. But I can see from my own personal childhood experiences, being on my own with a T, why people recommend against it, especially if the child is being left to care for it all alone.
 
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freedumbdclxvi

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BobGrill said:
I'm not going to tell you how to raise your kids. I am simply voicing my opinion. I do not feel like young children should own Ts

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Fine and dandy. Dpending in how they act and how they learn, I do.

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Keith B said:
It's always nice to brag about how much your kid can do with a T, and talk up your kid for being so responsible at such a young age, but I'm sure a lot is supervised, at least for a lengthy time so the child can pick up on the routine. I had my first T when I was 9, and I was all on my lonesome with it. I handled it a lot, and luckily never had an issue there because the person who gave it to me showed me how to be careful with it, but I used it to scare people a couple times. Had a power trip going that they were so scared of it and I wasn't. I kept it alive, but certainly not in the best conditions. There was no internet yet, and I never thought to look for books on caring for it better, just took the LPSs word for it. My cat wound up killing the T, which wound up in me getting another immediately, with which I got distracted by new interests with friends and other activities. I ended up neglecting the T and ultimately starving it to death. I was so traumatized by the failure I didn't get another T for almost 10 years after that, but when I did I also never neglected or lost one since. I waited til I felt responsible enough to care for one again. But I can see from my own personal childhood experiences, being on my own with a T, why people recommend against it, especially if the child is being left to care for it all alone.
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Who said anything about letting my kid care for it alone? His spider is in his room, while I take care of maintenance. He helps me pour water or drop in crickets.
 
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Keith B

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I'm not necessarily saying you are. I'm just sharing my story for those parents out there, like mine, who might think it's a good idea. Although you won't really find those parents on here. That kind of parents are the ones that are against a spider in the house, but tolerate it because the kid wants it, and as long as the kid takes care of it. They're probably secretly hoping they kill the animal and don't ask for another. In my case, it worked..
 
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