I've considered using a small animal for years.
If you are a children's entertainer - it's
really an automatic booking if you produce a rabbit for example. I've seen a lot of mediocre
children's entertainers get bookings with animals.
This lecture gives an overview on the
pros and cons of caring for an animal and practical ideas on producing them.
It's
impossible to learn everything about rabbit and dove magic from one lecture - it'd take a series.
But this is the best introductory lecture/dvd I've seen.
If you are considering
using a rabbit, dove, etc. this represents an excellent starting point.
As a caveat, I'd
just add that there are many practical problems that come with animals (transport, for example) and
the introduction really doesn't cover them in detail - but yep - it's a great starting point.