Pets and I

I try not to keep pets. The only times are spiders (which i caught) and mealworms (for school project). I think i got keep terrapins before but that was so long ago that I forgot what happen to them. It's not that I don't like animals, in fact I love them, cats, dogs, insects, reptiles, whatever. However I know my limits when it comes to this, and I do not want to endanger other lives because of my own selfishness or mistakes.

There's only one reason: I'm not responsible enough to take care of them. Other than the fact that I may choose to do other stuff than interacting with them, i will probably neglect their well-being. Which makes me a bad caretaker. All these are hypotheses, but I don't want to take the chance.

I came to write this, because my (younger) sister recently bought a dog named Kino (either that, or somebody gave it to her). I was VERY skeptical when I know this. Why? Because she has a VERY BAD record of taking care of pets.

She kept hamsters for two times, and both times she manage to screw up by ignoring them. The first time, I even have to help her take care of the hamsters, where machiam like I'm the owner. I did all the feeding, and the lazy me even bother to wash the cage when i feel that their living conditions are terrible. Eventually they died off, when I was not available then to do anything. I got so pissed that the second time I didn't bother to help her, even though I feel bad for the little guys. It was meant to be a lesson, and true enough after they died off because of her negligence, she didn't keep hamsters anymore.

My father is also another example of a bad owner, when he keep those luohan fishes of his. In the end, I was the one who feed them and change the water, so much so that when there's a blackout, I'm the only one concerned that they might die of air deprivation, and I keep pumping air manually into the water.

Now you know why even though I''ve never keep pets, I will rather not because of all these bad experiences. I admit I'm a bad caretaker, but when people who are keeping the pets are worse than I am, I really don't know what to say. (probably WTF)

And now, my auntie bitched to me about Kino barking, and I'm sure there will be a family quarrel coming soon. I wouldn't want to get involved with their squibbles. Kino, I feel bad for you, but blame it on your owner. I'm not up to the task.