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Hildegarde · 02-17-2008, 01:10 AM

No, it isn't a harsh bit of acceptance at all. One of the things about having pets with your children while they are young is that they experience life, but they also have to understand death. My daughter always wanted our pets to have 'babies'. So we bred our Siamese cat and our springer spaniel. It helped her a lot, I believe, in understanding the cycles of birth, life and death. This is a perfect time, hermies5,to use this to teach your daughter, and any other children you have, about life cycles. Hopefully it's not too late. It would be probably best for you all to have a small, private burial for your crab.

And we all understand, you can tell your daughter, and we offer her our condolences.

02-17-2008, 01:10 AM	#11 (permalink)
Hildegarde "Preparing For Third Molt" Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Gainesville, Florida Posts: 791	Re: Big Red. No, it isn't a harsh bit of acceptance at all. One of the things about having pets with your children while they are young is that they experience life, but they also have to understand death. My daughter always wanted our pets to have 'babies'. So we bred our Siamese cat and our springer spaniel. It helped her a lot, I believe, in understanding the cycles of birth, life and death. This is a perfect time, hermies5,to use this to teach your daughter, and any other children you have, about life cycles. Hopefully it's not too late. It would be probably best for you all to have a small, private burial for your crab. And we all understand, you can tell your daughter, and we offer her our condolences. __________________ The Kids: Big Momma, Bwana, BiBi, Honey, Aggie, Stretch, Sparky, Houdini, Tang, Zeke & Izzie; The Big Guys: Kaiser, Mo-de-law', Belle & SuzyQ; and our 15 new Little Ones; all PPs and our baby Es: Killer, Ol' Yeller, Scooter, Mr. Greenjeans, Orange and our tiny Smidgen.