Having a pet can be fun and exciting, they are fun to watch, and they can help lift people’s spirits. Some people have an average pet like a dog or cat, while others might have more of an exotic pet like a python. Most people though would not ever think of having a Blue Penguin as a pet. Some people might choose a cat over a penguin. Having a pet Blue Penguin is better than having a pet cat because, a Blue Penguin requires less grooming, they take up less room inside of your house, and there is no need to spay or neuter a penguin. When it comes to grooming cats, one would have to make sure that their fur gets brushed. If the cat has short fur, one would have brush its fur at least once a week. If the cat has longer fur, one would have to brush …show more content…
With a cat on the other hand, there is a possibility that it might be spayed or neutered. Without spaying and neutering a cat, there is a bigger chance that the cat will breed and have babies. Having more kittens might be cool, but having “…more is not always better.” (Gladwell,48). There would be more money being spent on feeding the kittens and more time to train the kittens. That is why some people decide to spay and neuter their cat. Spaying and neutering is a surgical process in which to make a dog or cat unable to reproduce (AVMA.org). With most surgeries, they tend to cost quite a bit of money. The average cost of these surgeries is around $200, but it does depend on the vet and where one plans to have their cat be spayed or neutered. Either way, to make sure that a cat does not reproduce, it would cost money. On the other hand, making sure that a Blue Penguin does not reproduce is not so costly. One of the ways that one can prevent a Blue Penguin from breeding is to make sure that the lighting in the area is heavily regulated (Lafeber.com). In the spring and summer regulated lights around the penguin is not that hard. In the fall and the winter months, people use lots of artificial lighting since there is not a lot of sun during fall and winter. With the exposure to lots of artificial lighting, this will trigger any bird including the Blue Penguin to reproduce. This will