Hello from Atlanta GA

[bshmerlie]

I don't consider my frogs to be pets. They do not have names, I do not play with them or attempt to cuddle with them at night, and they do not respond to me in any meaningful way. They are a little bit of the natural world that I am privileged to keep in my home. Anyone who thinks they have a pet frog needs to look up the word anthropomorphism.

I feed them...I take care of them....they do have names...they are my pets. No I don't dress them up in sweaters like some people do to there dogs...but they are still pets. I don't buy 30 frogs at a time of one species like you do but I suppose if I did I would also start labeling them group A and group B for breeding purposes. They probably do the same thing at puppy farms. I'm sure those breeders at the puppy mills don't consider them pets either.

[Tony]

I don't buy 30 frogs at a time of one species like you do but I suppose if I did I would also start labeling them group A and group B for breeding purposes.

Yeah, how dare I track the bloodlines of a critically endangered frog with the intent of breeding large numbers of strong, healthy froglets. What a scumbag I am.

[bshmerlie]

Yeah, how dare I track the bloodlines of a critically endangered frog with the intent of breeding large numbers of strong, healthy froglets. What a scumbag I am.

Actually my comment was just to point out why you probably wouldn't consider them pets. Nothing more.

[Tony]

Actually my comment was just to point out why you probably wouldn't consider them pets. Nothing more.

I don't consider them pets because they simply can't be. They don't have the brain structure to be able to recognize their owner or have any sort of meaningful interaction beyond simple stimulus-response. If you want a pet get a mammal or a bird.