to buy ds (2.9) two guinea pigs?

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DH thinks DS is too young for pets. Granted we have a rabbit and a cat but the rabbit is alas very unpredictable and aggressive so I won't allow DS near it. Cat is more placid but generally lives outside and in conservatory and sleeps all the time.

DS loves to look after things and when we went to the farm last week he say stroking a guinea pig for over half an hour and asking about what it ate and where it lived etc. I know it was partly novelty but he genuinely got a lot of pleasure from the little creature. When it licked DS's hand DS said 'Ahhh! He likes me! He's giving me kisses! I'll look after you little piggy.'

I think DS would be quite into helping with feeding and grooming even though he is only little. Obviously I would be ultimately responsible and would clean them out and supervise DS with them to make sure he doesn't hug them too hard. DH says DS is too little to properly appreciate a pet. I think learning to care for something and look after it can only be a good thing.

Wibu to get two female piggies for DS? Hamsters are too small and generally piggies have a gentle temperament from past experience.

I think you want some piggies He is probably to young to handle them and his attention span for clearing out poop will fade , but if you want them get them im sure he will like them , we got DDs hamsters but waited till they were 3/4 so they could handle them , we have a cat and had a dog but they were more the adult pets than DC when they were younger ,

If you get rescues you ought to be able to get to know them a bit before you commit.

We 'rescued' couple of neglected pigs last year and they were absolutely terrified initially but they soon came round. The one I was the most concerned about had turned in to the most lovely boy now and absolutely adores us all and lives in our living room he's a treasure even if his toe nails do grow at the speed of light! He is also not the most attractive guinea in the world but what he lacks in looks he certainly makes for in personality :)

We got our other 2 guineas from PAH and they are great too but the there were a couple of pigs in the pen with them that had deformed ears and odd eyes.