That kind of sucks =( Just my personal opinion, but I tend to think a dog would be much more likely to do damage to a person than any reptile (barring venomous of course)...a lot of times I think they're just catering to negative public image of animals, but a lot of places have laws against ferrets, and I've read that they've been domesticated longer than cats (anyone else heard this?), so I dunno...can't say I'm not biased at all