Why Are Zhu Zhu Pets A Fantastic First Small Pet?

By Amy Wallermen

Is it really true the Zhu Zhu pets are so cool that your child will stop asking about when they can get a real hamster and still end up thrilled with the automated one you're thinking of getting them? Most kids have started asking for a pet of their own by the time they are 5 years old. Some start asking a couple years earlier than that. Once the concept of a small pocket pet becomes clearly a good idea to your child, how do you go about designing the appropriate tests of their maturity and ability to care for another living creature?

Almost all children want a pet or two. Yet despite their promises of making a good and responsible pet owner out of themselves, pocket pets are often left neglected when the weather warms up, when the cool new kid in school becomes your child's friend, or any one of a host of distractions that leave the pocket pet sitting alone and waiting. It usually takes a child 4 to 6 weeks to start forgetting how to take good care of a real pet.

So, maybe little Johnny isn't quite ready for a pet hamster as of right now. A Zhu Zhu pet is a great way to find out exactly what he already knows about taking care of a hamster and what he needs to learn. No, the real hamster won't come with his own set of wheels or the ability to brush his teeth, but this is a fantastic great insight for both you and your child to figure out together.

Unlike stuffed animals or even talking toy pets, the Zhu Zhu pets are not likely to be readily outgrown. They are highly engaging little toys that offer a wide range of accessories to give your child the chance to learn and develop not just pet caretaking skills, but understand realistic time tables and the benefits of waiting until he is older to have a real pet of his own. Mazes make play time fun. The tooth brushing sounds and the hamster's toilet flushing trick is enough to hook some kids for life. The bedroom of the little hamster's house brings about sleep sounds and he wakes with a simple alarm clock just like the rest of us.

This is the hamster that brings all of the smiles that a real hamster could without all of the hamster hazards. There is no need to lug large bags of specialty bedding home from the pet shop because cleaning the cage is actually obsolete. This hamster is not likely to find the whole family frantically searching the house for that lost little guy that escaped from his cage. There are no long, lonely days for the hamster as his food dish sits empty. Your child has the freedom to make mistakes with his automated hamster that he can't make with a real hamster.

Of course, this is a wonderful invention for any child with significant allergies. Children with severe allergies have historically had to sit on the sidelines when it comes to that rite of passage for most children. The childhood pet does not need to make a child sick.

While Zhu Zhu pets won't completely replace a real pet, it is certainly light years ahead of the average stuffed animal that kids of yesteryear received. These little guys will interact with you, play during convenient hours, and since they are not nocturnal like most pocket pets, there's no one to keep your child awake at night.

While Zhu Zhu pets aren't ready to take over the world with their cute little Zhu Zhu cars, as an alternative solution to real pets this is so far the best yet discovered. With constant fun and the practice of developing live pet skills, you may just see your child blossom into a full blown animal lover with great caretaking skills. - 31409

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