#How did you convince your parents to get your first reptile?

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pure path
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What did you do?

normal zodiac
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They kept reptiles before i did

cedar acorn
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my neighbor turned family friend got one for their kid i pet sat for them for four years before they had to rehome it, i was allowed to keep it because my mother grew attached to it watching it grow as a baby

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perhaps asking them to petsit for people who have exotics to show you want to take on this kind of responsablilty might do the trick

hazy reef
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Honestly, my parents just disliked hamsters and rodents way more than turtles

pliant quiver
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Not to be rude, but if you're young enough to need to convince your parents, think very hard about whether or not you're ready for a reptile, and if you're still gonna be able to care for it when you leave for college/university, or maybe move into an apartment that may not allow reptiles, etc etc

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It could be that you're old and mature enough, but many people often aren't until their late teens or even later than that

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And as I said, you need to consider whether or not you'll be able to care for the animal as changes happen in your life and you move out of the house and whatnot

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I'm just speaking from experience, as I had pets when I was too young and immature to properly care for them, and I'd like others to avoid the same mistake

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But it could be that you're like 20 and are ready for the responsibility, in which case, have at it

pure pumice
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I didn't tell them hahayeaaah
I spent a couple months gathering the supplies and building the tank, then got my lil sweetheart and didn't say anything until they noticed her in my room one day
I would not recommend doing this kek but hey, I showed 'em how I've been caring for her for awhile, paid for everything myself and would continue to do so, and pointed out that no problems have occured since she joined the family
She hangs out with the family in the front room now after they fell in love with her lol

crude imp
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You weren’t living in their house at the time were you? If so how did they not notice lol

cedar acorn
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Some parents dont look in children's rooms ....for whatever reason they have, respect of closed doors, chillax parents, etc.

polar tulip
cedar acorn
polar tulip
teal lake
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I'm a parent and didn't get a reptile until I owned my own house but from a parent perspective I'd never let me kids keep a pet I didn't feel comfortable caring for. Because at the end of the day even if it is their pet it is a living creature in my house and it is my responsibility to make sure that it is cared for. That includes making sure the kids do the chores asscoited with the pet. Maybe you could convince them to watch some careguards with you on YouTube and you could pick out something that everybody's comfortable with together.

placid hinge
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Talk about it much and Ask if you could do something to get one , that's what i did

tall sleet
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make sure they know u can care for it and that you will be paying 100% of the cost

ripe thicket
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Prove u can take care of them by ur self

forest ivy
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i did my research got good grades, and they were like "well he knows how to care for it and stuff so he should get it" so i got my first reptile which was a petco leopard gecko

dense flax
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Didn’t really convince them to get my first one, but my second one I had to. Tbh, parents have super annoying opinions about reptiles

placid hinge
wind spruce
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Still convincing them lol

placid hinge