I'm being deployed for the military for a year and have a few small tree frogs I've been keeping as pets the last few years. I was hoping to find someone to care for them but I have been unable to and it's getting close. I suppose I'm going to give them to a local pet store but I was really hoping to find someone to take care of them while i'm away so I could get them back when I return.
But the refusal by everyone to do me this favor is really irritating me. Am I being unreasonable? The care is pretty easy, you just need to make sure they have water and give them some crickets every week or so but I can get why someone wouldn't want to deal with that, but on the other hand it's the things you don't want to do that you do for others that separates a real friend/family member from a Fairweather associate. Further, one of my supposably closer friends, instead of just saying no replied with stupid jokes like he was going to feed them to his cat or I should leave them in a river. A no would be fine but the denigrating pisses me off. It's like telling him to put his cat or dog to sleep. I could probably kinda force my parents to take them but they're old and i'm not sure I want to do that. I'm not going to ask again because It's making me feel like I only have friends who are friends when it's convenient for them.
I guess my questions are:
Should I just give them to the pet store?
Am I wrong for being pissed off for everyone's refusal to help me out?