Buying a pet, any suggestions?

do not buy. adopted! :D

Anyone with your attitude getting a pet should get sued, as should anyone selling you a pet. That's a life you're talking about and it's already just about the money and your personal freedom. You're not ready to get a pet, get a twitter account, write a blog or do some other meaningless things to keep you busy and away from pets.

Low commitment pets eh? Fine, I won't suggest an ovcharka or a panda bear. For you : Commitment level low: pet rock, pet gravel, pet wood. Commitment level medium low: pet cactus, the rose of jericho, triops, goldfish. Commitment level medium: Water turtles (although I did have a pair of them back at your age I did grow bored of them quickly because there's not much to do to play with the buggers, so they should be perfect if you only want to feed them once a day and change their water every other day. Downside: their life spans are around the century but I don't think that will be a problem in your case.) Commitment level medium high: parakeets, bungees, other birds, rabbits, rats, ice, ferrets, hamsters ( also cute). Those actually require some attention apart from feeding and cleaning their cages and the birds like to chatter which might be an issue if your parents don't like the noise of birds tweeting or parrots squawking. Commitment level high: Chinchillas, I had one once and it was amazing and cute and sweet and the softest thing ever, but they require special living conditions ( temperature, humidity etc). I left it to my then boyfriend for a week and it died because he didn't keep it cool enough. :| Chinchillas can't sweat and it was during the summer so he pretty much killed it. They can also be expensive-ish. Commitment level impossible: Dogs! I love dogs and I want a mal but you are not ready for doggies yet so you are wise not to go for one.-----Whatever you decide, let us know, k? I am curious to see what you will pick.

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animals are not toys that you can purchase. just because you can buy them, it doesn't mean you have to. go to your local shelter if you want an animal.

well it scares me as fuck when i read a thread like that, go to the animal shelter and free a pet that has been gifted on christmas just like you want it...people nowadays
i want a pet but i dont know which one...cant believe to read such crap

Adopt instead of buying, many animals (such as dogs, cats and pets like that) suffer to reproduce in a forced way... The more you buy, the more they will need more.

A dog is a great companion to adopt; but as you say a long term commitment as are parrots. So if this is your first per just get mice or a hamster. Or believe it or not a turtle in a nice terrarium is great.

I would not recommend just buying a pet based on random strangers recommendations, instead do some research, but consider the advice you get here as starting point. And make sure that you are actually able and willing to actually take care of your pet several years down the line. If you are bad at commitments, then a pet is not for you.

I've personally had 4 different animals (not counting fish), and here is my take on them:
Rats: Rats are really easy to take care of (but make sure you have at least 2, otherwise they might get depressed!), will eat about anything, tend to be very friendly & social and are just awesome. They are also smart, and the ones I had seemed to enjoy solving minor puzzles.
Read eared slider turtle: Incredibly easy to take care of, you basically only need to clean their aquarium ever so often, feed them and make sure that they have a nice basking spot, and they will be happy. Aquarium+lamp for basking spot+everything that goes into the aquarium (like a proper pump, and something to build the basking spot out of) will be expensive though, and those $100 won't cover this.
Degus: Cute and relatively smart, but they need a large cage (and you need more than one, otherwise it might get depressed), and even if you buy a used cage, it's likely that it will cost more than $100. Mine also made a lot of noise as they had a tendency of being very active, so keep that in mind.
Leopard geckos: These geckos can't climb on glass, which makes them a lot easier to take care of than most other geckos, and it also makes their terrarium cheaper, as you don't need to make sure that it is quite as escape-proof as it would have to be for any other type of gecko. Easy to take care of, cute and they don't eat anything expensive (back when I had them, in the late 90's, food would cost about 0,2-0,4€/day for 2 geckos). A good terrarium with all the other things you need to keep them happy might be expensive though (my family just used an old aquarium for them, which worked well, but if you don't have one of those, then $100 won't be enough).

Every pet is commitment, dont fool yourself.
If u cant be there for it dont get it, if u cant feed it dont get it, if u cant pay bills for vet dont get it, if u cant get normal life conditions for it dont get it.(Cats are exception, they can take care of themself) Just my 2 cents.
I had everything from parrot(died of old age), dog, turtle(was to big, now lives in a zoo), fish, rabbit, etc....
Now I have dog wich is 5 years old(frenchie) , freshwater fish tank (200 litres), and wanna get leopard gecko to be my friend :D

I adopted 2 hamsters. I wouldn't get one again. They are easy to take care of, but they are asleep during the day.

A tortoise and name it Michelangelo.

Why not buying a Gremlins?

i suggest a swarm of bees (no joke, i am a beekeeper)

• you do not have to invest lots of time

• you get honey

• they are nice to watch

• they rarly sting you (i never use any protection and get less than 1 sting a month) [after a while you get immunity anyway]

Leopard Gecko,

Needs a cage (can be small for starters but you'll need to upgrade)

Cave two (hot cave and cold cave)

Bowl (water)

Crickets

Animal itself

Learn to hand feed them and they can be quite friendly.

Yes, don't buy, adopt one. There are plenty of homeless animals, cats, dogs, and even more uncommon ones, just take a look around

Banana!

Hi, buy a chinchilla.
On the one hand you need a cage with kind of a climbing parkour inside but on the other hand they are very cute and friendly.

Additionaly it is worth to mention that chinchillas are very active at night.

So, you want a pet that doesn't need to be take care of but that's also someone with who you can share great times (so no fishes, hamsters ecc...). I guess you should just be more realistic.

Try a bunny.

get a snake you have to get a little bit more then 100$ but after you have the terrarium its just like 20-40$ for a normal corn snake and like 1$ a week for mice i personaly own 2 high end pythons both worth nearly a 1000$ they are really really awesome pets the first few weeks they meight bite you but when you just handle them fine they wont bite you anymore ofcourse dont piss them off becouse they are still snakes they dont need allot of care as long if your responsible enough to take care of them they are great pets and you learn allot from them like being responsible

Dont buy a pet become a pet.

For sure a Crocodile!

I love all these people saying to adopt or listing dogs and cats, Learn 2 Read.

Bearded Dragons, funny to look at, incredibly docile, don't make noise, eats once a day maybe, poops maybe twice a week (picked up with a tissue), and only takes up a shelf or half a desk. You do have to take it outside or sit it in front of a sunny window for a bit everyday (for UV).

Some parrots are great too, but those are a bigger commitment than a dog, but often worth it ;-p

Buy a garrobo