Have you ever gotten a pet without doing all the research?

[Zippy]

I have.I went to the store for cat food and bird stuff and came back with a betta.

[Chilli]

I don't believe so.. I tend to research care for various animals in my spare time, so I know basic care of alot of animals I've not owned (such as gerbils, rabbits, snakes, certain frogs, etc. etc).
So no, I have never bought a pet without knowing basic care.

[Argranade]

My first pigeon Todum was a total surprise I fed it bread at first

Then I started to research and then moved to corn and seeds this was like 4 or 5 years ago when I started to learn about birds not just catch them lol.

My sugar glyder I did no research I just saw it told my mom I would love to have one but the pet store people gave me all the info I needed and I did go to the library a few times.

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

No, I've always researched my pets before I went out and got them .

[CatLuvrs]

We did when marissa was younger. I got a guinea pig. But reasearched after I got him. He died suddenly and I cried my eyes out.

[k9krazee]

My cousin spontaneously gave me a baby guinea pig one day. I researched a ton that first week he was here though.

[Miss Z]

I've always researched prospective pets. My mum and dad wouldn't consider getting me a pet until I knew something about that pet, so I spent my pocketmoney on books about them. It's always stuck from then on.

[BitsyNaceyDog]

Yes, Wyatt. I got a call from my mom one evening telling me that a guy she knows was taking his PD to the pound. The pound cannot adopt out PDs and Wyatt would have been PTS right away. I went to the guys house the minute my mom told me about him and I got Wyatt. Wyatt had been living in a cage that he could barely move in and he was eating crappy walmart guinea pig food. I called Justin as I was driving home with Wyatt to tell him that we had a new pet and I needed him to get a cage ready for him. Justin simply said "ok, which cage". After I got him home I did research.

I didn't know much about the snakes, tortoises, or iguana before we got them either. They too were rescues. Justin did know a great deal about each of them before we got them though. Justin has been reading about snakes practically since he has been old enough to read.

[zoey]

I've never adopted one from a shelter without research.
But I've adopted strays, without.
Even when you do research, you can still sometimes find things out about your particular animal, afterwards. For example, if it is a mutt, you might discover a breed they have in them, that might have some health or behavioral issues you didn't know about. So you have to be willing to bend, but then nothing about life/animals is cut and dry. Animals have taught me so much!!

[Suki Wingy]

yes, when I was 5 years old I got Tigger without knowing what species she was even! But my mom had cared for many different reptiles before so she knew to feed her/him crickets.

[GreyhoundGirl]

If you are counting fish, yes.

Other than that I did not research Greys/whippets. I had no idea I would ever get one. I researched for a beagle ( before pheobe died ), english springer spaniel, bernese, border collie and about a million other breeds that I would have liked to have. I did thousands of reaserch of dogs, though. Just not greys in particular. She just sort of found me one day. ( best day of my life. )

Of course, now I would never have any breed other than a grey, so in the futur, I will have reaserched the breed.

[lute]

when i was younger we got some fish without properly researching. luckily i research whatever i plan on getting.

[moosmom]

Never!! I have always done my homework when it comes to obtaining a new pet. I want to know everything about my prospective pet.

[zoomer]

No... not really. I research all sorts of animals (mostly pets) so I know a lot about them.