Pet owners: In your past, before you became the responsible caretaker you now are, did you ever ignorantly neglect an animal? If you did, what was the outcome? How did it affect your decisions to care for animals in the future? What helped you correct your negligence and how would you pass that learning experience on to others who may mean well but don't have a clue?
Here's my instance: Winning all the goldfish at the county fair by throwing a PingPong ball, and then dumping them all into one small tank with no real working filter and no clue how to care for them- of course they died quickly. My parents knew nothing about fish but forbid me to ever have more until I learned everything I could about them. Six years later, I was working in a pet store and specializing in fish and small animals. (And had 3 big fish tanks in my apartment!)
What have you learned the hard way? Share, please, I think it would be educational. Thanks!
2007-09-28
07:42:16
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