[HPforGrownups] There's somthing about Trevor

[jazmyn]

No: HPFGUIDX 46522


Hard to say what other pets students had.  Note only the FIRST YEAR
letter said 'Students may also bring an owl OR a cat OR a toad'.  Since
its not part of the other years letters, maybe they are allowed other
animals?  Perhaps Ron's rat was acceptable due to being 'small' and was
not considered a problem... or he kept Scabbers well hidden from the
staff all the time, being as some of the staff 'might' recognize he
wasn't really a rat in some way.  Dumbledore certainly knew Sirius when
he saw him as a dog.

One would guess that other small pets were tolerated and the staff just
ignored them unless they got into trouble. I could only see Filch or
Snape making an issue of a pet that wasn't on the list, then only to
scare the student more.

For all of the allowing of owls, toads and cats, we see the majority
have owls and there are few mentioned toads or cats around.  One would
think that some of the staff would have pets, other then Dumbledore's
Phoenix and Filch's cat.  I could see Prof Sprout as having some sort of
affectionate plant, like a big Venus Fly Trap?  Maybe Snape has a raven,
a black cat... or a hamster named 'Poofles' that none will EVER know
about and live to tell. ;)

Jazmyn