Rearing animals

I remember that when I was little, my parents brought a hamster couple to home. My sister and I were very excited to have pets. My mom told us they decided to have pets so that we can learn respect for life. I was too young to understand what that meant but just nodded. 

I frequantly took them out of the cage and play with them. I fed them, petted them, and did everything that I considered as showing my love. My mom warned me saying that my behavior could make them stressful, but I thought playing could never be stressful. Later, the female hamster gave a birth to four little hamsters. I also took those out, fed them and played with them. One day, I found out all little hamsters were gone. Those parent hamsters ate their babies. 

My point is, animals have feeling just like a human being, but it's not the same way as we do. The part where Barbara tries to care for her turkeys reminds me of my hamsters. At first, she thought of buying an incubator to save those eggs, but laster she learned "refraining from these kind of sentimentality." It turned out to be a right choice. The turkey started to sit on her eggs and they hatched. Now I know keeping a moderate distance from them is the best way to take care of them.