Not really, I'm not into fakes.
Pet's are what they are, and even if they don't like me, they are still just mantis', or fish, or whatever. After all, mantis' are just predators/killers.
I consider the world one big enclosure with all of us being pets, we humans are usually just a bit more predatory, be it killing or business wise, and destructive to this world.
I actually consider the world just one small cell, in a huge organism, and we're just little organisms inside this one cell of the biggie. The atmosphere is just the cytoplasm that surrounds our cell, and space is just the interstitial space between the other cells.
The japanese say 'think of things that are large as small, and things that are small as large, and you will understand them better'.
All animals have a mission in life, and who am I to disrupt that, but I have been know to kill and eat them
I kinda go by the code of the wild, when I meet another animal I like, and get along with, then it's cool while we keep each others company. When we split I'm sure I have learned something different, but I try not to let it change my live in a negative way.
I always leave my options open, when I see a fake I get another pet
and that fake can go on it's own and live the life it was intended to live, the wild life. oooOOOOOhhhh, aahhhhh
I personally don't like to cage my pets.
I had intended my mantis' to be free in my indoor garden, but they didn't survive on their own in the conditions of the garden, so... and they don't seem to be faking me about nuthin'.
The only time we fenced our dogs, when we lived in the country, was when they got to old or were too young to fend for themselves, and that was only part of the time.
Most of my mantis' will be freed when the weather gets warm enough, and they are big enough to fend for themselves. Some in the house, some outside.
I'm sure they'll all end up outside since there really isn't any food for them inside, and I have no intentions of setting fruitflies and crickets loose in my place. As long as they don't upset me, and I can trust them, they can share my space.
