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Cost: $1,000 to $250,000 Care Level: ***** Food: Hay, grain, grass, alfalfa, supplements, $1,800 per year. Living Space: 1/2 to 1 acre per horse with a stable or barn for shelter. Pet Fact: The horse family was on the earth before man by some 50 million years. Horses came to America in the 16th century by Spanish Explorers. |
Cost: $50 to $1,200 Care Level: **** Food: Dried or canned dog food, $150 to $175 per year for a medium sized dog. Living Space: Basket or bed and yard appropriate to size of dog. Pet Fact: Dogs have been helping herd and gather flocks since as early as 1000 B.C., usually working with sheep, goats, and cattle. |
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Cost: $25 to $30 Care Level: ** Food: crickets,vegetables,fruits $125 per year. Living Space: Aquarium or pond. Pet Fact: Turtles are one of the oldest living reptiles and have remained unchanged for 200 million years. With proper care a turtle can live from 30-100 years of age. |
Cost: $30 to $600 Care Level: ** Food: Dried or canned cat food, $50 to $100 per year. Living Space: A comfortable home, a litter box for indoor cats. Pet Fact: The first cat to be domesticated was the African Wildcat in the valley of the Nile some 5000 years ago. |
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Cost: $20 to $3,000 Care Level: **** Food: 10-15% seed; 85-90% pelleted food plus fresh fruits and vegetables. $240 per year. More Info. Living Space: A spacious cage with perches and toys. Pet Fact: A bird's wings can bear the bird's weight, plus light items such as food and nesting materials. |
Cost: $20 to $350 Care Level: * Food: Salad or mice, depending on snake, $100 to $130 per year. Living Space: A large empty fish tank with foliage Pet Fact: Snakes are great escape artists. They will not try to get out of anything-and they usually succeed. |
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Cost: $1 to $5.00 Care Level: * Food: Grain/pellet mixture, $96 to $100 per year. Living Space: A wire cage or large empty fish tank with bedding. Pet Fact: Rats don't like cheese. They prefer coffee, black pepper and milk. |
Cost: $1 to more then $250 Care Level: ** Food: Flake or frozen fish food, $25 or more per year. Living Space: Aquarium Pet Fact: Fish are very sensitive to odors and vibrations (you never want to tap on the glass of an aquarium), but they have very poor hearing. |
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Cost: $15 to $30 Care Level: ** Food: Alfalfa tablets, $40 to $60 per year. Living Space: A spacious hutch. Pet Fact: Most rabbits have upright ears. Others have long floppy ears that touch the ground. Floppy-eared rabbits can't hear as well as those with upright ears. |
Cost: $10 Care Level: ** Food: Nut/pellet mixture, $15 to $25 per year. Living Space: A wire cage or large empty fish tank with toys. Pet Fact: Guinea pigs originally came from Peru, where Incas first raised them for food. The are also called "cavies". "Hamster" comes from the German word meaning "to hoard" - exactly what they do with extra food. |
 
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