My boy is 6, and has been gassing for a pet for a long time. We want to get him something, but our parameters are pretty narrow:

  • Can’t be a cat or dog (allergies)
  • No rodents/mustelids (wife: ew)
  • No snakes (wife: ew)
  • No birds (wife: ew)
  • No Arthropods (Wife: ew)

Reptiles/frogs/amphibians are ok in our books.

Ideally, I would like something he could physically handle on occasion but that’s not a deal breaker.

Fish are cool, but kind of boring to a 6 year old maybe.

Crabs are cool, but seem kind of cryptic.

Would be amazing if it didn’t break the bank and was somewhat easy to care for

Thoughts appreciated if you have any.

  • All dogs are different (even allegedly hypo ones) and all people’s allergies trigger on different things. Make sure all housemates spend a few hours with a dog or cat you are thinking of adopting before you commit. Contact your local animal rescue and they will be happy to help you meet a few animals. You may even be able to foster-to-adopt to make sure it’s a good fit. I would recommend against spending a lot of money on an allegedly allergy-free designer dog. And of course, please spay or neuter your pet.

    •  Track_Shovel   ( @Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net ) OP
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      4 months ago

      Yeah, for sure. We will do our research but it was more of a lack of starting point that triggered this post.

      Sounds stupid I know, we just assumed a dog was really just never in the cards for us, and left it at that.