Companion birds and reptiles are the most rapidly growing area of pet ownership. People simply love their animals. Interaction with companion animals involves talking, touching, and care giving. People believe that their companion animal is a part of their family. While these attitudes were once considered outside the norm, it is now recognized that these feelings are common.
Many people think of companion animals as their children.
Pets generate a feeling of well-being, a feeling of being loved. They appear to miss us and to be happy to see us. They seek us out to be touched and to touch us. Most can be picked up and carried as if they were a child, and they require our care. Recently, scientific studies have confirmed what people have thought about pets for a long time - companion animals make people feel good .