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.<br><br>These lizards need food, water, a heat lamp, and some places to hide and climb, plus a steady diet of small crickets. More expensive to keep than a rodent, but watching how they move and feed is a great experience.){kind=link}
 have been cautious but not unfriendly with younger children, and great with everyone else. None of them liked other dogs except the ones they lived with.<br><br>Basenjis who live in colder climates will need boots and a warm jacket. Even at that, watch them closely outdoors in inclement weather and don't keep them out for as long as you might with another breed of dog.<br><br>Basenjis would be great pets for many households and living situations.){kind=link}
.<br><br>Hamsters are cute, soft, and vicious. They're also prone to illness as they get older, necessitating surprisingly high vet bills to keep them going. Of all the rodents we've owned, hamsters are my least favourite because of their unpredictability.<br><br>If you absolutely must have a hamster for your child, please advise them to wear gloves when handling them, and to never rouse a sleeping hamster.){kind=link}
 and scooped up the eggs into a water bottle we had with us. We also filled other empty water bottles with additional water from the swamp so that there would be no trauma or accidental toxic damage when we got the eggs home.<br><br>The eggs turn to tiny tadpoles very quickly, and they're really a lot of fun to watch. If one suddenly starts swimming, the water immediately becomes a writhing mass of high-speed black swimmers.<br><br>When we saw back legs appear, we released all but a couple of them back into the same pond we got them from. The other ones became adults in about 2 more weeks and we enjoyed them for a few days before releasing them as well.<br><br>Obviously, tadpoles can not be left alone with a small child or a sneaky feline, but for preschool and up they are a great learning experience, in terms of both amphibians and the importance of ponds for wildlife.<br><br>A few pointers: Don't put them in direct sunlight, or a room that's dark all the time. Once they grow back legs, they need to eat, so add some of the water-plants and algae from the same place you got them if possible. Don't overcrowd them; you need about a minumum of 1 litre of water for every 5-10 tadpoles.){kind=link}