ILUVSWTAS wrote:Son of a Beach wrote:My 4yo daughter has been asking if we can bring a leech home from her next bushwalk to keep as a pet. Yes, I'm serious - that's what she wants. So you never know what you'd have to face!
Haha. Did you tell her she would have to be responsible for feeding it every day.......
I did explain the problems with keeping leech as a pet - keeping them in a moist cool place, feeding them with blood, etc. A couple of days later she was talking about next door's cat visiting our yard, and I mentioned in an off-hand sort of way that maybe we should get a pet cat instead of a pet leech one day.
Then inspiration struck! If we got a pet cat, that would resolve the problem of how to feed the pet leech! She wasn't sure if she liked that idea, and it was promptly vetoed by the lady of the house, but I thought it was a great idea.