Believe it or not there is a lot of confusion going around on what a pet is and what defines a pet from some of the other animals out there.
well the real definition of a pet is an animal kept for companionship as well as enjoyment, usually a household animal. Things that do not come under the pet category include working animals, lab animals, livestock and sport animals, lets not forget wild animals also.
If you really want a good example then think of a farm. Think about it for a moment, cows, chickens are the livestock and working animals and the horses would be sports animals and mice wild, you then go onto the cats and dogs which are the pets!! You would hope there wouldn’t be any kind of lab work going on that would harm an animal in a farm so this is why I have left it out of the mix in this example.
When thinking of a pet think about what a vet could see and what they couldn’t. Although you will find most vets out there can easily take a look at a wild bird they would prefer to look at pets such as a ferret vet. Thinking about those vet referrals is very important indeed.
so now that you know exactly what a pet is which are the ones that are really worth buying??
The dog and cat are the most popular ones but is this really much of a surprise, the other ones at the top are the birds, equine the fresh and saltwater fish and lets not forget the ones like reptiles and other small mammals.
It is worth knowing that the more out there your pet is the harder and more expensive the animal surgery will be if it comes to needing treatment!