- Earn the Mammal Honor.
- Keep a small mammal pet for at least 6 months. (Dogs and Cats are not included as small mammal pets.) For a suggested list of pets to choose from, see #5 below.
- Complete one of the following:
- If you currently have a small mammal pet, keep a record of the care for your small mammal for one month. Include in your record when it is watered, fed, and when its cage is cleaned.
- If you do not currently have a small mammal pet, but you have kept one in the past for at least 6 months, “babysit” someone else’s small mammal pet for at least one week. Record the care that was required.
- Give an oral report (at least 3 minutes) on what you have observed about your small mammal pet. Include favorite foods, some of its habits, when it is most active, and favorite story about the pet, etc.
- Do the following:
- Be able to distinguish between the following groups of small mammal pets (Note: local mammals may substitute those on this list not known in your area):
- Hamsters
- Gerbils
- Rats
- Mice
- Guinea Pigs
- Chinchillas
- Rabbits
- Ferrets
- Describe the basic care for one of the above list and describe one way the care of another one of the list differs from the first one you selected.
- Which of those listed are not rodents?
- Be able to distinguish between the following groups of small mammal pets (Note: local mammals may substitute those on this list not known in your area):
- Write a 200-word essay about the history and value of one of the pets listed above and what characteristics they have that make them good pets.
- Be able to identify five varieties of hamsters and five varieties of rabbits.
- Why is it not good to make pets out of small mammals taken from the wild?
- Rabies: What is it? How is it spread? Can you get it from small mammals? Is it curable? How can you avoid getting it? Which small mammal pets can carry it?
- Why should you not handle your small mammal pets when you have a cold?
- Find three references in the Bible to animals that we now consider to be small mammal pets. According to the Bible, are they considered to be clean or unclean meat?
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