They have no bowel/bladder control (because they "fly", they don't care where they do it) so you can't be precious about furniture or your own clothes. They need a big enclosure (floor to ceiling and the deeper the better; they can take up half of a room). You need to feed them insects. They're nocturnal so you don't need to care about your sleep being disturbed. They need a lot of socialisation so you need to spend a lot of time at home with them. Plus they're a long-term commitment because, despite being small, they have long lifespans.
I was interested in them as pets once and even went to see some. They completely stole my heart. When you hold your palm out in a kind of open gesture and one chooses to fly to you and then grip onto your finger, it's... well... there aren't words. If I was an unemployed millionaire, I'd have them. But I'm single and I work, plus I rent my place (so the furniture is someone else's).
Lots of people take them on because they're so cute and then abandon them because they're hard work. :/
What makes the cutest pet?
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They have no bowel/bladder control (because they "fly", they don't care where they do it) so you can't be precious about furniture or your own clothes. They need a big enclosure (floor to ceiling and the deeper the better; they can take up half of a room). You need to feed them insects. They're nocturnal so you don't need to care about your sleep being disturbed. They need a lot of socialisation so you need to spend a lot of time at home with them. Plus they're a long-term commitment because, despite being small, they have long lifespans.
I was interested in them as pets once and even went to see some. They completely stole my heart. When you hold your palm out in a kind of open gesture and one chooses to fly to you and then grip onto your finger, it's... well... there aren't words. If I was an unemployed millionaire, I'd have them. But I'm single and I work, plus I rent my place (so the furniture is someone else's).
Lots of people take them on because they're so cute and then abandon them because they're hard work. :/
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I think a good solution might be giving them a diaper.