Pets

A vampire bat- the worst pet in the world.

What kind of creature are we looking after at the moment?

Scott: Hamster.

Is it good?

Scott: Em, it’s only good at nighttime. You know, because…

Why?

Scott: It’s always sleeping at daytime.

But we’ve taken him out a couple of times.

Scott: Yes, they were near nighttime.

What does he look like?

Scott: He looks a bit more like a mouse, rat sort of. Sort of like a mouse and rat combined, even thought I don’t know what they look like.

Does he have a name?

Scott: We just call him HS.

What does that stand for?

Scott: Humphrey Sophia.

Nice name – why is it called that?

Scott: Because we argued over what name to give him, so we combined them together so it was fair.

Are hamsters good pets?

Scott: Sometimes – if they wanted to come out more.

You don’t sound sure.

Scott: If they wanted to come out more, they’d be the best pets -and if they were awake in the morning, like we are.

What do you think the best pet would be?

Helen: A hamster?

Scott: The ones you used to have, what were they?

Helen: A bunny?

We had gerbils and rats.

Scott: I guess they’d both be really good pets in that case. Did they stay alive for longer than the usual?

The gerbils were about four years and the rats were about three.

Scott: The gerbils were a bit older.

Why do you think they’d be good pets?

Scott: Because they’re awake at the time we are and they’re not nocturnal.

What do you think would make bad pets?

Scott: A vampire bat, for a start.

Why?

Scott: What it’s like goes with its name.

So you wouldn’t want it as a pet?

Scott: No, because they’re… wouldn’t like a hedgehog either, it would leave spikes all over everything.