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Saw somebody telling another person that a goldfish might be a good choice for a young kid because "a short lifespan could be a benefit if the kid gets bored in a month."
Let's get this out of the way right now. Goldfish, if properly cared for, live for... not months. Not years. Decades. As in "You get your kid a pet now, and he'll be taking it to college, and showing it to his kids (assuming he has any)".
And they're not "low-maintenance" either (as that person also claimed). If they were low-maintenence, they'd live a lot longer than a month in most people's minds.
I've had my fill of taking care of animals badly. It was a mistake. Now? I don't want to hear of so much as one maltreated fish, do you hear me? If you can't care for them properly, don't bother at all.
And the first step of caring for them properly is doing the research before getting one. Just because popular culture and your next door neighbor tells you that goldfish die fast doesn't mean they actually do. Nor would it mean that they aren't entitled to proper care, even if they *did* happen to have short lifespans. Which they don't.
Let's get this out of the way right now. Goldfish, if properly cared for, live for... not months. Not years. Decades. As in "You get your kid a pet now, and he'll be taking it to college, and showing it to his kids (assuming he has any)".
And they're not "low-maintenance" either (as that person also claimed). If they were low-maintenence, they'd live a lot longer than a month in most people's minds.
I've had my fill of taking care of animals badly. It was a mistake. Now? I don't want to hear of so much as one maltreated fish, do you hear me? If you can't care for them properly, don't bother at all.
And the first step of caring for them properly is doing the research before getting one. Just because popular culture and your next door neighbor tells you that goldfish die fast doesn't mean they actually do. Nor would it mean that they aren't entitled to proper care, even if they *did* happen to have short lifespans. Which they don't.
