Pet is a big responsibility
Today as a pet you can startalmost anyone, although half a century ago no one could imagine that a turtle or a boa constrictor would live at home. What is enchanting in these pets, whether it's a cat or a rabbit, why do so many people want to buy a pet for themselves?
The origin of the word "pet"
In the 18th century the word "pet" was used in relation to people, animals, was equated with the word "pupil" and had the following meaning: a pet is a person in relation to his tutor.
Nowadays the word "pet" is already associated withpets and has a completely different formulation: a pet is an animal that a person cares for, cares for and maintains its viability, while caressing and caring.
The most common pets
First place by right is occupied by cats. After the census of pets that are registered, the number of cats was 200 million, this is only the official version, some state that this is not the limit, and 500 million is a more real figure.
In second place are fish, theirthe number is as close as possible to cats, this is explained by the fact that the fish are kept in groups and multiply quite quickly. To date, there are about 28,000 species of fish that can be kept at home.
The third in the list of the prevalence of a pet is a dog, at the end of 2007 their number in America alone exceeded 72 million. Dogs conquered the hearts of people with their faithfulness and quick learning ability.
The birds are in our ruteng. Falcons, parrots, peacocks, canaries - and these are only the most popular, in addition to the listed, there are many more species of bird-pets.
The tortoise is an interesting exotic animal,a pet of this kind requires special attention, turtles have a complex habitat that is difficult to maintain at home. There are 250 species of turtle in the world, but most of them can not be content at home, but it does not prevent a person to carry the turtles to the category of pets.
