BROWNIE GIRL SCOUT
PET BADGE ACTIVITY BOOK
Make and donate a blanket and
return this completed activity book to your troop leader to
earn your PET badge!
PET BINGO
Choose a pet and read it’s information below. Do 3 in a row for BINGO!
FISH
BUNNY
HAMSTER
BIRD
DOG
CAT
IGUANA
GUINEA PIG
TURTLE
PET INFORMATION
FACT
Cost to own (1st year,
inc. set up supplies)
Space needed by pet
Food eaten per day
Kind of human
contact pet likes
How often wash,
brush, other grooming?
Bird (Small)
$270
Bunny
$1,055
Cat
$1,035
Dog (Medium)
$1,260
18” (at least double
wing span wide).
1 tbsp pellets, ¼ tbsp
seeds
Large cage + exercise
area
¼ cup of pellets, 2 cups
of greens
Apartment or house
Talking. With work,
can be hand trained.
None
Being petting, sitting
on you (not being held)
Weekly to daily
brushing depending on
season (shedding)
Large yard or park for
exercise
Depends on food but
around 2 ½ cups plus
up to 4 dog biscuits
Petting, sitting on your
lap or near you.
Bathe 3-4x per year,
trim claws monthly
FACT
Cost to own (1st year,
inc. set up supplies)
Space needed by pet
Fish
$235
Guinea Pig
$705
20 gallon tank
Food eaten per day
1/16 tsp fish
flakes
2 sq.ft. or larger
cage + exercise area
¼ cup pellets, hay,
vitamin C, baby
carrot, yogurt treat
Being petted and
held
Kind of human
contact pet likes
None
How often wash, brush,
other grooming?
None
Bath every 1-2
months, trim claws
as needed
¾ cup dry food and 6
oz moist food plus up
to 5 treats
Petting, sitting on your
lap or near you.
Brush at least weekly,
clip claws 3-4x/month
Hamster
$340
Iguana
$300
5” Turtle
$235
12”x18” or larger
8’t x 8’l x 4’w
40 gallon tank
cage
terrarium
1 tbsp of pellets
¾ - 2 cups of
1 tsp turtle
plus apple slice or
chopped greens,
pellets, bits of red
raisins
fruit, veggies
leaf lettuce
Being petted and Climbing, sitting on
None
held
you; being rubbed
between the eyes
Brush daily
Bath weekly, trim
None
claws 3-4x/month
Sources: ASPCA.com, petplace.com, avianweb.com, humanesociety.org, reptilecare.com
JUST FOR FUN!*
*Doing the puzzles is not a badge requirement. They are “just for fun”.
FEEDING PETS
DAILY DIET OF A 50 LB ADULT DOG
- 2 CUPS OF DRY FOOD
- 4 DOG BISCUITS
SHOPPING LIST
ITEM
AMOUNT
PRICE
Eukanuba Dry Dog Food
4 lbs (16 cups)
$14
Eukanuba Dog Treats
12 oz (31 treats)
$6
Iams Dry Cat Food
7 lbs (28 cups)
$14
Iams Moist Food
5.5 oz can
$1
Whiskas Temptations Cat
Treats
3 oz (120 treats)
$2
Kaytee Fiesta Guinea Pig
Food
4.5 lbs (18 cups)
$15
Timothy Hay
48 oz (32 cups)
$10
Vitakraft Yogurt Treats
5.3 oz (70 treats)
$5
Oxbow Daily C Vitamin C
Supplement
90 tablets
$8
DAILY DIET OF AN 8 LB ADULT CAT
- ½ CUP OF DRY FOOD
- 5.5 OZ. OF MOIST FOOD
- 5 CAT TREATS
DAILY DIET OF AN ADULT GUINEA
PIG
- ¼ CUP OF FOOD
- 2 CUPS OF FRESH HAY
- 1 VITAMIN C TABLET
- 2 TREATS
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO
FEED A PET EACH MONTH?
USING THE DAILYAMOUNTS ON THE PAGE ABOVE, FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH IT
COSTS TO FEED TWO OF THE PETS FOR ONE MONTH (31 DAYS)
MONTHLY COST TO FEED A ______________________________ IS $________________
MONTHLY COST TO FEED A ______________________________ IS $________________
THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN OUR WORKSHOP
AND DONATING THE BLANKET YOU MADE TO A SHELTER ANIMAL!
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