I had a rat who I loved. We brought him to the vet because he was sick, we spent like 250$ on it, just to have it die a little later, we put it to sleep. Then my dad said, wow, why didn’t I just get rid of the rat myself and go buy another one for 5 dollars. Smaller pets like that aren’t going to last long, so don’t get yourself so connected to them. I’m going to be sad when my dog who’s 15 years old dies, but that’s cause he’s been around for 15 fucking years. How long does a preying mantis live? And what are you going to do with it? Let it walk on you and look at it in its cage?